Matthew Stephenson, PhD

Behavioral Cryptoeconomist in Los Angeles

Matthew Stephenson, PhD

Behavioral Cryptoeconomist in Los Angeles

Crypto Highlights

  • Head of Cryptoeconomics at Pantera Capital
  • Former BlockScience Senior Engineer (including MakerDAO, Dapper Labs, Hedera)
  • 2018 Essay on NFTs for Science was honored in a16z's "NFT Canon"
  • Helped solve a $12m Ponzi on Ethereum using cryptoeconomics/game theory
  • Created and sold first Science NFT in March 2021 (with 10% of the proceeds directed to Center for Open Science)

Academic Highlights

  • PhD in Strategy (Econ), Columbia Business School (2022). Thesis includes research on Wash Trading in crypto markets
  • MSc Economics, Warwick University (adv: Robbie Akerlof), Econometrics Thesis on Bitcoin
  • US-UK Fulbright Scholar
  • Published in Journal of Economics Behavior and Organization, Strategic Management Journal
  • Used Zero-Knowledge Proofs to allow third party verification of my statistical results
  • Work
    • Pantera Capital