Isaac C.

I've been catching-up on a few areas since coming back from my sabbatical, including: • Vaults infrastructure and their integration within Fintech for new yield offering • Stablecoins expansion for faster payment, settlement, and Fintechs token layer • Trading consumer products and how Traditional Finance markets are being integrated within both centralized and decentralized exchanges such as Kraken and Hyperliquid (pre-IPO markets markets, tokenized equities and commodities, indexes and ETFs) The entire process of my research has been driven by AI as a core tool in my system: • To assemble complex research framework through agentic-systems (first principle analysis, data aggregation, adversarial-comparison and audit, 2nd & 3rd order magnitude of effects) • To build multiple tools and dashboard to facilitate access and monitoring of large data samples (including tokenized stocks vs. underlying equities tracker, option pricing evolution on BTC & ETH, CEX/DEX/Prediction Markets activity comparison) In parallel I've kept advising in my network around Product direction and strategy, including a consumer trading application, an onchain mini-games casino platform, a music-right mananagment tool, and a music-discovery aggregator for professional DJs.

Took a year off to reassess personal and professional priorities. Spent time exploring family cultural heritage and legacy.

Built and shipped Barnfight, a Solana prediction game where players back existing tokens with paid votes and compete for a pooled reward. I designed it to sustain participation beyond the rapid memecoin launch cycle, aligning incentives for players, token communities and game hosts. • Built and led a team spanning product design, frontend and blockchain engineering, after securing $50K in pre-seed funding from a private investor to fund development. • Designed the game rules, transaction-fee model and onchain settlement: each game’s pooled funds bought the winning token on DEXs. Used game theory to support fair competition and tested the system in closed games with real funds. • Led the roadmap, scope decisions and build reviews, shipping a functional MVP to Solana mainnet within a one-month hackathon window. • Placed 4th in the Gaming track of Solana’s Radar Hackathon, organized by Colosseum; won a $10K prize and secured a $5K Superteam grant. • Pitched Barnfight to investors through Superteam events and the hackathon network, attracting VC interest in seed funding contingent on an initial user base.

Designed a blockchain-based innovation system for Lucy, HyperloopTT’s innovation lab, connecting companies’ innovation projects with specialist talent and investors. Shaped the scope and architecture iteratively with lab executives to support its distributed working model. • Structured participant incentives, contribution rights, payment flows and governance. Produced specifications and diagrams mapping those relationships to smart-contract and wallet interactions; reviewed the design with lab leadership and external consultants. • Challenged a fundraising-token proposal because it lacked a product need and introduced misaligned incentives. Executives ultimately decided against pursuing it. • Proposed NFT-based identity by repurposing elements of the system design to simplify wallet-based distribution and limit implementation overhead. The identity and MPC-wallet recommendation received executive approval.

Built an independent practice in crypto product research, tokenomics and blockchain ecosystem design. Client work included around two dozen tokenomics projects and product consulting for HyperloopTT’s innovation lab, Lucy. - Applied research and product analysis - •Developed a research framework for crypto and DeFi products, including AMMs, lending/borrowing, perpetual DEXs and cross-chain bridges, informed by 3,000+ transactions across 10+ blockchains. Examined smart-contract functions, access permissions, liquidity depth, collateral/LTV rules and liquidation mechanics. •Analyzed protocol adoption, ecosystem activity and capital movement across CEXs and DEXs, examining wallet flows, holder behaviour and changes in TVL. •Compared trading products—cash, futures, perpetuals, CFDs and options—across crypto, equities, bonds, commodities and FX, examining how margin, funding, spreads and order-book depth affect execution across exchanges and brokers. - Tokenomics and liquidity design — selected client work, 2021 - •Translated clients’ launch objectives into supply, distribution and liquidity parameters, explaining the tradeoffs to founders. •Edited and deployed existing EVM smart contracts and added liquidity to implement the agreed design. •Helped projects collectively reach hundreds of thousands of token holders.

One-to-one mentorship with the fund’s Head of Risk Systems, focused on trading strategies and execution across crypto and traditional markets. •Trained in market-making inventory management, basis trading and delta-neutral hedge structuring across spot, futures and perpetuals, accounting for funding, multi-leg slippage and liquidation risk. •Read order flow and the tape to identify absorption, assess adverse-selection risk and decide when to trade or stand aside. •Practised order-book and DOM execution in Bitcoin perpetuals, equity-index and commodity futures through months of recorded, mentor-reviewed trading. Worked on queue position, fill quality, spread behaviour and passive/aggressive order selection. •Executed funding-carry strategies across venues, managing both legs according to funding rates and liquidity. Adapted order placement and built positions progressively to limit market impact in thinner markets.

Co-founded and ran an independent events brand in Paris, turning empty warehouses into one-night clubs: 20–30 events, repeated sell-outs and 2,000+ peak attendance. • Directed production and live operations, coordinating teams of 30–50 and budgets up to approximately €50K per event. • Designed the event experience around each venue, covering sound quality, bar staffing, security, door policy and pricing. • Negotiated venue and supplier terms, managed event P&Ls and averaged approximately 20% margin per event. • Delivered three partnership events with Boiler Room after it approached FMC.

Ran an independent maintenance service for music businesses and artists in Paris. •Led DJ backline operations and technical maintenance for clubs, festivals, and private clients. •Managed setup, calibration, pre-checks, and live troubleshooting of performance-critical DJ systems. •Held recurring technical responsibility for key event contexts including Concrete and Weather Festival.