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marco amendola

@marcoamendola

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I deliver DeFi protocol risk research and on-chain intelligence for institutions.

Spain

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a role where I can lead DeFi protocol risk and on-chain investigations, turn complex incidents into client-ready decision memos, and build automated AI research workflows that scale insight with speed.

I research DeFi protocol risk and market manipulation, then translate on-chain findings into material leadership teams and institutional clients can actually use—incident reports, investment committee memos, competitive intelligence, and risk frameworks.

Since Mar 2026, I’ve been running independent Market Integrity & Protocol Risk Research, including designing an insider-trading detection methodology for prediction markets (wallet clustering, entry-timing analysis against information events, and on-chain fund-flow tracing), plus ongoing protocol risk and incident work across lending, staking, and prediction-market infrastructure.

At Yield.xyz (Jul 2025 – Mar 2026), I served as sole analyst reporting directly to the CEO—writing 12+ oracle exploit and insolvency-style incident reports, authoring a 30-page investment committee memo used directly in client conversations, and building the company’s risk parameters rulebook from scratch (25+ parameters across blockchain, protocol, asset, and vault risk). I also operated my own research infrastructure—multi-model routing, automated data ingestion via custom MCP servers, codified report architectures, and audio-to-data pipelines with Whisper—so I can deliver high volume and speed that would normally require a full team.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Market Integrity Risk Research

Current

Independent

Mar 2026 - Present (3 months)

Designed and built an insider-trading detection methodology for prediction markets using wallet clustering, entry-timing analysis, and on-chain fund-flow tracing. Conducts ongoing protocol risk and incident research across lending, staking, and prediction-market infrastructure.

DeFi Risk Research Wallet Clustering Prediction Markets Protocol Incident Research Oracle Exploit Pattern Analysis

DeFi Analyst (Risk & Research)

Yield.xyz

Jul 2025 - Mar 2026 (8 months)

Produced 12+ incident reports on oracle exploits, vault execution failures, infinite mint attacks, and insolvency events, structured with timelines, root cause, fund-flow tracing, exposure mapping, and remediation criteria. Authored a 30-page investment committee memo for three lending protocols, including bad debt quantification and $50M exit liquidity modeling used by the CEO in institutional ca

DeFi Incident Reporting Vault Architecture Competitive Intelligence Investment Memos Client Risk Documentation Risk Frameworks

DeFi Researcher

Independent

Jan 2020 - Jan 2025 (5 years)

Performed on-chain research across four market cycles, covering yield farming, protocol research, and governance participation across major L1 and L2 ecosystems. Built a market microstructure trading framework using volume profile, footprint charts, and order-flow analysis for spot and derivatives.

Market Microstructure Derivatives Protocols

KOL & Growth Specialist

Omni.App

Mar 2022 - Feb 2023 (11 months)

Built a creator-led acquisition channel across 50+ crypto KOLs to drive primary user acquisition and supported protocol integration sourcing and ecosystem partnerships. Led multilingual community operations for the “Just Stake It” campaign across Discord (IT/ES/EN).

Growth Strategy Community Operations Discord Management Creator Led Acquisition Crypto Marketing Multilingual Communication Ecosystem Partnerships