Excited to share I’ve joined the DELV team!
As this next chapter unfolds, I’ve been meeting with each member of my new team learning the deep behind-the-scenes work they’ve been completing over rigorous cycles of research, development, and testing. The talent surrounding me here is nothing short of impressive.
It is an absolute privilege to be joining Charles St.Louis, Jonny Rhea, and Gregory Lisa as their COO to serve the team they’ve built and work closely together with them to steer the growth and success of DELV.
Looking ahead, like any other firsts, onboarding has been filled with excitement and eagerness, but the resounding emotion I feel today is of focus and determination to continue advancing Web3 forward.
This opportunity presents chances unlike any other:
🔹a chance to introduce a novel, research-based primitive never before possible in TradFi
🔹a chance to represent Web3 leadership in the eyes of the public amongst the growing list of good actors who will emerge battle-tested from the bear market
🔹a chance to help democratize finance and usher in a world where the economic system operates on decentralized infrastructure with objective and transparent rule enforcement
🔹a chance to further a collaborative and human-focused approach deep into our company’s culture
🔹a chance to make fixed, predictable, and trusted yield rates in DeFi possible for all
🔹a chance to develop new leading standards for Web3 governance and the open-source community
I’ve already been a part of DeFi in Web3 previously as a partner, investor, and most importantly, a user, and I’ve long admired the contributions of other giants including MakerDAO, Aave Companies, Compound, yearn.finance, Chainlink Labs, and Uniswap Labs (to name a few) who’ve built critical primitive standards of the ecosystem and lead the way iterating upon them. There’s also Coinbase, whom we have to thank for bringing us as far as we are today and leading by example.
Fundamentally, markets are built on trust; without trust, problems arise with consumers and regulators. The best protections for an efficient Web3 ecosystem are the same as what regulators want: clear rules with a rubric to operate but with room to innovate, safely, fairly, and competitively.
The ceiling to educating the public will be limited to the level of what this industry accomplishes.
In the wake of monumental collapses of former emperors revealed to have no clothes, Vitalik Buterin’s recent quote on Farcaster hit home for me "… we've done too much communicating, we need to do more demonstrating!"
There's a duty to show the entire world the greatness this budding industry has in front of it. We have a duty to deliver results.
If you’ve read this far (or skipped ahead), the bottom line is that my commitment is to operate with the best information we have, to deliver Hyperdrive and DELV’s future products from our team in ways that people will actually want and can trust.
It's still so early, stay tuned.
We are thrilled to announce that Shant Marootian has joined DELV as Chief Operating Officer.
Before joining DELV, Shant was the first employee and former COO of Tessera (formerly http://fractional.art). While there, he defined, established, and drove all company operations.
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2moBeen crying about this on and off all weekend. It seems so surreal....it is like losing a family member that was a favorite. Sam Rubin was a KTLA staple that everyone who was born and raised in Los Angeles grew up watching him. His son's tribute to him was absolutely beautiful and moving. RIP Sam Rubin....you are and will be so missed.