DiogoFerreira
DeFi native BD and partnerships. Six years across blockchain, fintech and digital assets, building tokenomics, GTM and open source tools with AI.
In short.
I lead commercial work for early stage crypto protocols. Tokenomics design, exchange and market maker coverage, validator networks, and the pre and post TGE GTM that turns a launch into adoption.
At Sunrise I designed the $RISE tokenomics, co authored a MiCA compliant whitepaper, and secured partnerships with Binance Labs, Coinlist, Kaito and Noble USDN. At Pyme DAO I owned exchange coverage across 50+ counterparties, drove 40K+ users and shipped a Gate.io listing.
Now building DYORX, a Solana DeFi savings circle protocol for LatAm, alongside a steady stream of open source crypto tools. I use Claude Code to go from idea to deployed MVP without a traditional engineering team.
Where I’ve worked.
Seven roles across crypto, fintech and enterprise tech. From Microsoft BD to building token launches.
- Oct 2025 to Present · Remote
Independent Builder
DYORX / Open Source- Designing DYORX, a Solana savings circle (consórcio / ROSCA) protocol concept for LatAm with WhatsApp native UX and a PIX on ramp. Currently a closed beta MVP.
- Designed tokenomics and DeFi yield layer, then built a multi agent Python simulator to validate mechanics across 100+ participants.
- Shipped 8+ open source crypto tools, including the Meta Fear and Greed Index, TGE pressure calculator, Kaito tracker, stablecoin heatmap and a Hyperliquid trading agent.
- Nov 2023 to Sep 2025 · Remote / Singapore
Strategy & Partnerships Lead
Sunrise (Interliquid Networks)- Designed complete $RISE tokenomics and co authored the MiCA compliant whitepaper with legal counsel.
- Secured partnerships with Binance Labs, Coinlist, Kaito, Noble USDN, Legion, Clique, Turtle Club and Alea Research.
- Led pre and post TGE GTM across $RISE, HaruFlyer and USDrise. Raised $3M across rounds and onboarded 100+ partners.
- Apr 2023 to Nov 2023 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Business Development Lead
Pyme DAO- Owned BD across 50+ exchanges and 15+ market makers. Led the Gate.io listing and a pre seed round from 500 Eurasia plus a Polygon Studios grant.
- Scaled the protocol to 40K+ users, 400K+ wallets connected and 4M+ peak impressions inside a 150K+ parent community.
- Aug 2021 to Apr 2023 · London, UK
CS & Operations Lead
Blockchain.com- Progressed from CS Associate to team lead. Built internal SOPs together with Compliance and Finance.
- Exceeded CS KPIs every month across a high volume crypto native customer base.
- Oct 2020 to Jul 2021 · Zurich, Switzerland
Consultant (part time)
Spirit Blockchain Capital- Market research for a listed digital asset holding company. Earned the cryptocurrency investigator certification from BIG group.
- Nov 2019 to Jul 2021 · Lisbon, Portugal
Microsoft BD
Arrow Electronics- Built and executed strategic sales plans for Microsoft SaaS and Azure. Closed six figure enterprise deals.
- Dec 2018 to Nov 2019 · Lisbon, Portugal
Education Technology Advisor
Microsoft- Delivered workshops and implemented Microsoft Education solutions across enterprise education accounts.
Things I’ve shipped.
A handful of live products and tools. The full list of repos is right below.
dyorx
WhatsApp based savings circles earning DeFi yield on Solana. Closed beta MVP exploring consórcio style ROSCAs with PIX on ramp for LatAm.
dyorx-sim
Multi agent LLM simulation testing whether DeFi yield (7% APY via Kamino on Solana) improves savings circle retention. 100 AI agents, 10 circle compositions, Claude Haiku 4.5. Research report and interactive notebooks.
meta-fgi
Meta Fear and Greed Index. Aggregates multiple FGI sources into a single composite signal, refreshed continuously and free to use.
degenclaw-agent
Virtuals Protocol DegenClaw Competition entry for Season 1, March 2026. QuantAgent multi agent LLM signals routed to Hyperliquid perps via ACP.
tge-calculator
TGE Selling Pressure Calculator. Analyse potential selling pressure during Token Generation Events across vesting schedules, no backend required.
bull-market-relapse
Track every time you've called the bottom. A shame counter for crypto degens who never learn.
Every public repo.
Let’s build
something.
Open to BD and partnerships roles at DeFi protocols, advisory work around tokenomics and GTM, and the occasional collaboration on open source crypto tooling.