We started Delphi Digital with one simple mission: to build the best institutional-grade research firm focused exclusively on crypto and digital assets. Leveraging our expertise in finance and investment research, our specialty is applying rigorous financial analysis to understand what drives value to these emerging networks and financial instruments.
“Delphi Digital originally predicted the bitcoin price would reach a bottom by Q1 2019 in their State of Bitcoin report released in December. The team's reasoning behind their most recent call is mostly based on blockchain analysis, macroeconomic trends, and various forms of technical analysis.”
“The apparent runaway success of the token offers a glimpse into just how frenzied the speculation has become over the future of decentralized finance, or DeFi – blockchain-enabled systems, mostly using the Ethereum network, that allow for the lending and trading of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, without the need for trusted intermediaries like banks and centralized exchanges. "DeFi is hitting its stride and the space will continue to accelerate,” the research firm Delphi Digital wrote Wednesday in a report."
“Delphi Digital uses “Unspent Transaction Output” (UXTO) data to sort Bitcoins by the last time they were moved. The amount of time an amount of Bitcoin stays still is referred to as its “UXTO age.” “In the days following the selloff, there was additional movement from slightly older holders in the 6-12 month range and 12-18 month range, with heightened exchange inflows to match,” said the firm.”
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Yan Liberman, CFA, CAIA
Managing Partner
Yan's focus at Delphi has always been on the quantitative side, ranging from developing predictive on-chain metrics to dissecting various types of Automated Market Makers. His time was primarily spent building out models for research reports and designing token econ for projects on the consulting front. This has helped him develop a strong understanding of token mechanics and assessing their ability to accrue value.
As Managing Partner of Delphi Ventures, his focus will be on investing in and working with portfolio companies. He will also host Delphi’s Deconstructing DeFi podcast.
Yan brings a strong understanding of fundamental and quantitative analysis to Delphi Digital having spent a sizable part of his career in a research capacity. He provided in-depth, company-specific insights and thematic research in a previous role as an Equity Research Associate covering the global technology sector for Bloomberg Intelligence. Prior to this, Yan worked as a Dividend Forecasting Analyst for Bloomberg L.P., where he developed a systematic approach for predicting future capital distributions of companies leveraging fundamental and regression analysis. After his time at Bloomberg, Yan moved to Deutsche Bank's Leveraged Finance CRM group covering the Retail sector. Yan holds a bachelor's degree in economics and is a CFA and CAIA charterholder. Yan has his Series 79 license.
Medio Demarco
Head of Research
At Delphi, Medio focuses on identifying new opportunities across various key sectors. He manages the research team, guiding overall strategy and recognizing themes for the team to prioritize. Medio’s expertise is broad in terms of the diverse topics he’s well versed in, while also being able to dive in at a granular level. He plays an important role in writing research, analyzing data and building economic models. If it’s interesting, it’s on his radar.
Before co-founding Delphi Digital, Medio was an Associate in Deutsche Bank’s risk department. His responsibilities included assessing derivatives exposure, legal negotiations, structured financing transactions, and non-recourse equity loans for the bank’s hedge fund clientele. Prior to working at Deutsche Bank, Medio was an Analyst at Bloomberg L.P. covering U.S. corporate bonds and Treasuries. Medio has a bachelor's degree in supply chain management and has also passed Level II of the CFA exam. Medio has his Series 79 and Series 63 license.
Jose Maria Macedo
Head of Consulting
José was previously the founding partner at AmaZix Capital as well as being Partner & Head of Advisory at AmaZix - one of the largest marketing, community management and advisory companies in the space, having worked with over 130 projects, including the likes of HDAC, Bancor, Bankex, GBX, WePower and Gochain. Starting off as an analyst, José worked his way up to eventually co-found and lead the advisory department at AmaZix (eventually spun-off to AmaZix Capital) where he helped build a strong team comprised of economists, computer scientists, and finance executives which played a key role in auditing & designing the token economic models as well as drafting the documentation (whitepapers, technical papers, token economic papers, and pitch decks) for many of AmaZix’s 130 partners. Before entering crypto, José studied Economics & Philosophy with a focus on Game Theory and Econometrics, graduating with a first-class honours while starting several businesses, including a successful exit to a large UK-based wholesaler. His business ventures have been featured on National TV and Huffington Post, as well as earning him the Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Award (presented by Prince Andrew), Shell Livewire Grand Ideas Award, Enterprise Champion award and Student Entrepreneur of the Year. José has spoken at conferences all over the world, regularly writes about token economics and his writings and thoughts have been featured on publications such as EuroNews, Yahoo Finance, and Bitcoin.com among others. He is also a member of the scientific committee for San Marino where he acts as its token economic expert, advising the government on how to understand, structure and regulate crypto assets.
At Delphi Ventures, José will focus on overseeing, iterating and improving the investment process, working with portfolio companies and building a world-class investment team.
Tom Shaughnessy
Head of Corporate Development
Tom Shaughnessy was the founder and lead crypto analyst at 51percent Crypto Research before merging and becoming a part of the Delphi Digital team. Tom focuses on the planning and execution of strategies to meet the firm's objectives. These activities include securing partnerships and consulting contracts on a global basis, helping to build the firm's divisions, networking, growth and more. Tom also hosts Chain Reaction which features top founders of major projects.
Prior to Delphi Digital, Tom was on the cloud and communications equity research team at Oppenheimer. Tom’s coverage at Oppenheimer included the cloud companies (Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure), wireless companies (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint) and various infrastructure providers including datacenters and tower companies. In this role, he performed extensive financial modeling work for each company while also researching and writing numerous white papers with the team spanning 5G, NFV/SDN, and other tech-focused topics. Eventually, this cloud coverage led Tom to co-write an extensive 100+ page crypto/blockchain white paper exploring the dynamics of cloud companies and blockchain back in 2018, which was sent to Oppenheimer’s institutional clients. Tom graduated with a B.S. of Finance and holds his Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses.
Anil Lulla
Chief Operating Officer
At Delphi, Anil focuses on designing and implementing long-term strategies for the firm. He translates this strategy into actionable goals to keep in mind as he oversees daily operations. In addition to his duties as COO, Anil contributes to Delphi’s ongoing research. While he’s spent a lot of time diving into Bitcoin and the emerging space of open finance, Anil enjoys keeping up with the rapidly changing landscape of DAOs.
Prior to co-founding Delphi Digital, Anil was a Leveraged Finance CRM Associate at Deutsche Bank where he covered the Retail and TMT sectors. In this role he performed extensive fundamental analysis including enterprise value assessments, FCF analysis, and downside stress testing on high risk companies. Before joining Deutsche Bank, Anil spent two years at Bloomberg L.P. covering new debt issuances and producing data-driven insights for Bloomberg News. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance with a concentration in entrepreneurship. Anil has passed Level II of the CFA exam and has his Series 79 and Series 63 license.
Kevin Kelly, CFA
Global Head of Macro Strategy
Kevin’s core focus lies at the intersection of global macroeconomic trends, financial markets, and the emergence of crypto and digital assets. As Head of Global Macro Strategy, Kevin provides key insight on the salient trends impacting both traditional and digital asset markets, helping bridge the gap between conventional market analysis and blockchain-specific applications. He strives to grow the institutional awareness of crypto assets and their allocation benefits in today's unique investing environment.
Kevin comes with a background in traditional equity research. In his prior role as a U.S. Equity Strategist, Kevin provided insight on global equity markets for a vast array of institutional clients. He brings with him extensive experience in equity market data, analytics, and research, often being cited in financial journalism or discussing markets on financial media outlets (TV, radio, etc.).
Kevin is a CFA charterholder with a bachelor's degree in finance and economics. He is also the host of Macro Matters, a podcast that examines key investment themes across various asset classes under The Delphi Podcast brand.
Luke Saunders
Chief Technology Officer
Luke leads all things technical within the Delphi Digital team. Working closely with Anil to identify and implement technical initiatives which feed into our long term goals and maximize value to our subscribers. These include data collection and analysis, the creation of dashboards tracking key metrics and augmenting our research with live data feeds and automation.
During a 20-year career as a software developer, Luke was involved with many tech and web startups, including being part of the founding team and lead developer of a project that scaled to over 3 million unique visitors per day and achieved a successful eight-figure exit. His interest in open source development led him to be a member of the core team of one of the leading (at the time) web frameworks. He also co-founded AmaZix, one of the premier crypto community management and advisory firms, which at its peak had over 150 staff and generated over seven figures in monthly revenue. Luke holds a degree in Computing and a Master’s (Distinction) in Artificial Intelligence. With his varied background in business, technology and token design, Luke bridges theory and practical implementation.
Paul Burlage
Analyst
Paul focuses on delivering actionable research and comprehensive token economic models for Delphi’s clients. He brings an understanding of both the granular mechanisms of crypto-systems, as well as its ever-evolving narratives and trends. As a frequent user of decentralized applications (mostly DeFi), Paul enjoys tinkering and analyzing projects from their nascency to potential product-market fit.
Prior to Delphi, Paul studied at Boston College, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry and minors in Economics and History. While interning at Delphi Digital, Paul won 1st place in the 2019 BlockTower Investment Analyst Competition (BlockTower is a leading crypto and blockchain investment firm).
Alex Gedevani
Analyst
At Delphi, Alex focuses on producing quality and in-depth research that provides actionable insights for clients. He covers a diverse group of topics and sectors across the digital assets landscape, with a special interest in the thriving Ethereum ecosystem.
Alex combines fundamentals focused research with a strong focus on token economic design and product-market fit. He enjoys testing out projects and using on-chain analysis to separate the signal from the noise to identify opportunities both at a project and sector level. Given the nascent industry, Alex prefers to keep an open mindset and is constantly reading up on the latest advances in crypto-systems design to stay on top of market trends.
Prior to joining Delphi Digital, Alex was a Financial Analyst at Barclays Investment Bank with a focus on the Equities asset class and also played an instrumental role in building out the Volcker Finance program at the firm. Additionally, as a Community Research Analyst at Messari, he helped expand the cryptoassets library by creating resource pages, asset profile pages, and publishing 3rd party research. Alex then interned with Delphi before joining full-time. Alex earned a bachelor’s degree in Finance and has passed Level 1 of the CFA exam.
Piers Kicks
Analyst
Piers acquired his first bitcoin at 13 years old in exchange for virtual currency in a video game. After reaching 69th globally in Rainbow Six Siege (over 50 million players), building an RSPS with his brothers, being a first-generation virtual reality user, and growing up with crypto, he leverages his unique insight into the undercurrents of the web to cross the digital divide.
He studied Computer Science and Philosophy at Newcastle University before starting Azar Capital—a hybrid crypto/venture fund. Piers has also led advisory roles with Saxon Advisors and 01 Capital—both are London-based digital asset consultancy firms. More recently, alongside some of the MetaCartel community leaders Piers started the world’s first cryptonative eSports DAO called MetaClan.
Anthony Pompliano
Board Member
Anthony Pompliano is the Founder and Managing Partner at Morgan Creek Digital, a multi-strategy investment firm. He is the host of the popular podcast The Pomp Podcast where he talks to the most interesting people in business, finance, and Bitcoin. He sits on Delphi's board where he helps drive the broader vision of the research organization. Previously he built and sold numerous companies, and ran Product & Growth teams at Facebook and Snapchat.
Sergio Mottola
Advisor
Sergio is an executive with over twenty years of experience in corporate strategy, business development, strategic partnerships and technology adoption.
Sergio was Chairman, CEO of the Republic of San Marino Innovation Institute, a private company owned by the "Serenissima" Republic of San Marino and incorporated to guide the Parliament and the Government on innovation policies. He developed the national strategy; the "San Marino Blockchain" project including the Blockchain legislation passed in Parliament on 6 June 2019; managed the Scientific Committee comprising representatives from leading international companies and professionals (Cisco, SIA, NTT Data, DNV GL, PWC, Studio Gattai, Minoli, Agostinelli & Partners, Studio Loconte & Partners); worked closely with Institutional Organisations (OECD, IMF, MISE) and diplomatic representatives (President of Albania, US Consul General in Florence, Ambassador of Israel in Rome) to articulate strategic partnerships.
He holds a degree in International Business, a master degree in Finance and Strategy at Cass Business School in London, where he continues his doctoral research.
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