Hey! I’m Yash

I’m currently a Smart Contract Engineer at Ondo Finance.

I recently graduated from Duke, where I studied CS and PPE. In college, I spent time interning as as software engineer building cryptocurrency exchanges at AlphaPoint and as a researcher developing an Identity Protocol at Samsung Research America. At school, I ran the Duke Blockchain Lab, where I built a course taken by 40+ undergrads and TA’d an MBA Crypto Course. I also conducted research at the intersection of consensus algorithms and reinforcement learning with Dr. Kartik Nayak.

After I graduated, I had a short stint at SteadyState Finance, a DeFi insurance startup, and Microsoft, as a PM on the Xbox. I now work at Ondo, where in addition to being a solidity engineer, I help design our new products (some of my research can be found in Blog Post).

What I’m Thinking About:

• Applying Everlasting Options to RMMs: WIP
• Using NFTs in the real world: Post

What I’m Reading:

• Who Gets What and Why (Alvin Roth)
• Options, Futures, and Other Derivatives (John Hull) Notes