On Incentive Design in DeFi Protocols
Exploring the mechanisms that make or break decentralized systems—from tokenomics to governance structures.
Dec 2025
DeFiIncentives
0xGCS
Product Manager · Crypto · Payments · DeFi
Focused on building real-world crypto infrastructure, incentive-aligned systems, and payment rails.
About
I live in Miami. Grew up in New York and lived there most of my life before making the move south.
I've been in crypto since 2019. DeFi Summer was the inflection point that pulled me fully into the rabbithole—the composability, the permissionless innovation, the economic experiments running in real-time.
Product manager since 2018. I've spent most of my career building at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto infrastructure.
Outside of work, you'll find me watching Liverpool, playing soccer, or deep in research on new protocols.
Writing
Long-form essays on crypto, incentives, and systems.
The State of Crypto Payments
A practical look at where we are in building real payment infrastructure, beyond the speculation.
Nov 2025
PaymentsInfrastructure
Prediction Markets and Information Discovery
Why prediction markets matter for price discovery and what we can learn from their design.
Oct 2025
MarketsAI
Experience
SuperlogicCurrent
Aug 2025 – PresentProduct Manager
Facilitating crypto payments for real world commerce and tokenizing loyalty rewards.
MoneyGram
Jan 2024 – June 2025Product Manager
Built the world's largest cash-to-USDC on & off ramp.
Deepwaters
Mar 2022 – May 2023Product Manager
Assisted in designing the protocol, tokenomics, and platform development.
21Shares
July 2019 - Nov 2021Product Manager
8th Employee.Created leveraged crypto products and the short BTC ETF providing investors with short exposure to BTC.
Work & Research
Technical documentation, whitepapers, and research of past projects I was involved in.
MoneyGram Ramps Documentation
Technical documentation for integrating cash-to-crypto on/off-ramps, covering API design, compliance flows, and settlement logic.
Deepwaters Token Paper
Token framework for Deepwaters outlining fees, incentives, validators, and community governance through milestone- and time-based token distribution.
Deepwaters Whitepaper
Whitepaper detailing the hybrid trustless trading engine using TEEs and blockchain custody to eliminate front-running, PFOF, and custodial risk.
Ecosystem Tokens Whitepaper
Index tokens providing diversified, on-chain exposure to leading smart contract ecosystems, removing cross-chain complexity through automated rebalancing, minting, and redemption.
Leveraged Tokens Whitepaper
ERC-20 inverse tokens enabling short crypto exposure via daily rebalancing, automated minting and burning, and stablecoin settlement without direct derivatives.
21Shares sBTC
The first ETF to provide short exposure to the price of Bitcoin through the use of structured short sales and daily rebalancing.
Books
- Psychology of Money — Morgan Housel
- Same as Ever — Morgan Housel
- Skin in the Game — Nassim Taleb
- What Has Government Done to Our Money? — Murray Rothbard
- When Breath Becomes Air — Paul Kalanithi
Interests
DeFiEconomic IncentivesPrediction MarketsAIPayments
Tools
GitHubClaude CodeCursorJupyter NotebookNotion
Hobbies
Reading · Traveling · Poker · Soccer · Yield Farming · Airdrop Farming · Film
People I Admire
- Vitalik Buterin
- Erik Voorhees
- Jürgen Klopp
- Nassim Taleb (when he's not on Twitter)