About Me
I am a Digital Money Economist in the macro finance division of the research department at the International Monetary Fund.
My research interests are Applied Microeconomic Theory, Blockchains and Cryptocurrencies, Digital Money, and Market and Mechanism Design. I have received my Ph.D. from the University of Mannheim in 2023. Previously, I was a researcher in the Market Design Department at the ZEW.
You can find the latest version of my CV here.
News
| Jul 13, 2025 | Decrypting Crypto: How to Estimate International Stablecoin Flows, a new paper that leverages AI and ML to overcome the “anonymity” of crypto assets and map the geographic distribution of $2 trillion in 2024 international stablecoin flows! |
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| Mar 28, 2024 | Optimal Membership Design, a new paper with Piotr Dworczak, Scott Duke Kominers and Changhwa Lee. Feedback is welcome! |
| Feb 19, 2024 | My paper The Value of Decentralization Using the Blockchain has received a major rework. It is now available as Platform Precommitment Via Decentralization. |
| Jun 3, 2023 | I am serving on the program committee of the Advances in Financial Technologies 2023 conference at Princeton. Please submit your papers on all things blockchain and crypto by June 15th here. |
| May 2, 2023 | I will join the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund as a Digital Money Economist in August 2023. If you are in the DC area, feel free to reach out! |