ProductStripesDeFi yield platform (RWA & crypto-native) · Co-Founder & Product Lead · 2024 – 2025
Architecting a multi-chain DeFi yield platform from zero
Defined the full product architecture for a tokenized RWA and crypto-native yield platform, from vault standards through audited smart contracts.
Full architecture built and audited across multi-chain deployment
The problem
Building a yield platform that could hold both tokenized institutional RWA and crypto-native strategies meant solving problems most teams never have to: asynchronous deposit and redemption at scale, DeFi composability without compromising risk controls, and keeping trading execution and risk management structurally separate so incentives didn't get tangled.
The approach
- Defined the full product architecture on existing vault standards (ERC-4626, ERC-7540), supporting asynchronous deposit/redemption alongside DeFi composability.
- Authored detailed product requirements across multi-chain deployment, deposit/redemption flows, and AMM integrations, coordinating directly with engineering through smart-contract design, testing, and audits.
- Partnered with trading desks and independent risk managers to structure yield strategies, deliberately separating risk management from trading execution to eliminate conflicts of interest.
The outcome
The platform was fully built and audited. It did not launch due to legal issues unrelated to the product or engineering work — a reminder that in regulated, cross-border DeFi, the legal and compliance path has to be worked in parallel with the product, not after it.