Op-eds, thought leadership, and executive positioning for founders and executives. Most engagements are confidential — details available in conversation.
Client names withheld. All work published under the executive's byline.
Wrote op-eds and thought leadership for the CEO and senior executives of a regulated digital asset bank. Topics included institutional custody infrastructure, T-bill-backed collateral models, and the competitive dynamics of off-exchange settlement. Pieces placed in Bloomberg, Barron's, and major crypto publications. Also developed reactive commentary on macro developments like interest rate shifts, regulatory changes, competitor moves to position the CEO as a go-to institutional voice.
Ghostwrote bylined articles and op-ed pitches for the head of one of the world's largest crypto exchanges. Topics covered self-custody as investor protection, regulatory strategy, DeFi accessibility for traditional investors, and the exchange's differentiation from competitors.
Developed op-eds and bylined content for the executive team of a crypto lending platform. Wrote about the convergence of TradFi and DeFi lending, how institutional entry is driving down costs and expanding access to these new financial products, and why the traditional finance playbook doesn't fully apply to digital asset credit markets.
Wrote op-eds and spokesperson commentary for the head of institutional capital at a major Layer 1 blockchain. Covered the tokenized Treasury market, stablecoin adoption trends, prediction market infrastructure, and the institutional on-chain thesis. Developed tailored versions of each narrative for different outlets — crypto trade press got the on-chain data story, traditional finance reporters got the "why this matters to your readers" version.
Wrote thought leadership for the co-founder of a digital asset infrastructure company used by Deutsche Bank, State Street, and other major institutions. Topics included tokenization trends and how legacy banking infrastructure fails at handling digital assets.
Led written communications for a Layer 1 protocol's integration with a leading Ethereum Layer 2. Wrote the press release, embargo pitches to tier-1 press, and spokesperson talking points. Managed the narrative from testnet through mainnet and positioned the token as core ecosystem infrastructure.
Ghostwrote op-eds and media pitch narratives for one of the first Bitcoin core developers. Topics included rethinking Layer 2 security models and the risks of over-reliance on complex cryptographic systems.
Selected pieces that can be shared publicly.
American Banker
Ghostwritten op-ed for a digital asset infrastructure executive, published in one of the most widely read publications in traditional finance. The piece argued that blockchain-based settlement challenged the industry to move beyond T+1 to true T+0.
Translate a deeply technical blockchain capability into a business case that traditional finance executives would take seriously, without sounding like crypto evangelism. The piece needed to meet American Banker's editorial standards and advance the executive's positioning.
Led with the regulatory and operational pain points TradFi already recognizes then introduced blockchain settlement as the proven solution. Anchored claims in existing standards rather than future promises.
The standards and infrastructure for true T+0 trades already exist and are proven to provide robust and reliable same-day settlement.
Gelato / ABC Stack
5,000-word manifesto ghostwritten for blockchain middleware founder, challenging the entire Ethereum L2 scaling narrative with hard data on user behavior. Used real bridge usage numbers to argue that sovereign rollups are the logical evolution of blockchain architecture. The piece sparked industry-wide debate and was publicly credited by the founder.
Position a competing architecture against established L2 solutions without alienating the Ethereum community. The argument had to be data-driven and technically rigorous enough to hold up under scrutiny from protocol researchers, yet accessible enough to shift the broader conversation.
Created industry-defining content that reframed the debate from "which L2" to "why L2s at all."
Optimism had just 404 unique users utilizing its canonical bridge last week. Meanwhile, LayerZero alone had 25,000. Users have voted with their wallets.
Before ghostwriting full-time, I worked inside these companies.
Product positioning and content strategy for crypto's most established security platform. Developer docs, launch narratives, case studies, thought leadership. Client placements in Forbes, Bloomberg, Fortune, Nasdaq.
5,000-word founder manifesto challenging Ethereum L2 scaling narratives. Technical documentation and developer content for a leading Web3 middleware platform.
Content strategy and positioning for a DeFi protocol building peer-to-peer commitment infrastructure. Translated security audits into compelling narratives.
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