Storyteller, operator, and investor
I believe humanity's superpower is unlocked through increased productivity—whether through electricity, the internet, or AI—or through new coordination mechanisms like language, religion, government, and crypto{graphy, currency}.
Currently, I work at Eigen Labs leading business development, GTM strategy, and our data product. I lead an exceptional team accelerating crypto into the 21st century in terms of speed and throughput. We've raised $234.5M from a16z, Blockchain Capital, and other top investors.
Additionally, I am a fellow at the Decentralization Research Center and a guest lecturer at Stanford Law School.
Affiliations
Writing
- ★ Progressive De/Centralization: A Playbook for Building Decentralized Applications
- Why Absolute Sovereignty Fails - and Interoperability Wins
- Weekend Musings: Can We Build a True Health System?
- Bridges as Clients
- Portfolio Allocation 2023
- BLOG: Financial Infrastructures for Crypto Games
- Metagovernance in Crypto
- How to build the promised ve(3,3)
- PALM: Protocol-owned Active Liquidity Management
- Student Organizations Pull Their Weight in DeFi Protocol Governance
- Bitcoin's Frenzy of Activity Pushes Average Transaction Fee Over $7, Nearly 2-Year High
- Liquid Staking Leader Lido Upgrades to Second Version on Ethereum
- How DAOs are creating a new model of work
Reflections
- ⚕️ On hiring
- 🥷 Killer vs Cynics
- 📖 Don’t negotiate, tell stories
- 🫧 Storytelling: The Architecture
Investing
I angel invest in vertical-defining projects with a strong emphasis at the infrastructure level. Besides investing, I enjoy working with founders navigating (technical) narratives and GTM. I've co-invested alongside exceptional investors such as Paradigm ($10B+ AUM), a16z crypto ($10B+), Polychain ($5B+), and many others.