I’m co-founder and CEO of Codex, the world’s first company specializing in stablecoin foreign exchange.
Previously I led token / airdrop designs, protocol economics at Optimism and built experimental incentive systems with Vitalik Buterin.
I’ve also worked in Adam Grant’s “handpicked research team”, contributed to IARPA research under the supervision of Philip Tetlock, worked at a quantitative hedge fund and helped deploy billions of COVID rescue financing.
I graduated summa cum laude from the Wharton School. My senior thesis was the most read Institutional Investor article of 2019.
Before college I attended Andover and served as an infantry platoon commander.
Writing
Heavy Chandeliers Root causes of stagnation in crypto + an ethos for the future
The True Story of Lee Kuan Yew’s Singapore, Palladium. Featured on The Browser and Longform.org. Hacker News discussion here.
The MBA Myth and the Cult of the CEO, Institutional Investors. Sharp coverage of our piece by Bloomberg’s Matt Levine here & the Washington Post here. Hacker News discussion here.
Media
New York Stock Exchange: Crypto Trailblazers
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Interests: markets, decision making (machine + human), epistemology
I love a good debate. But I don’t do it competitively anymore.
Born in Singapore. Grew up in Beijing & Andover, MA. Jungle warfare training in Brunei. Now in NY / Singapore.
Twitter @haonan