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The record.
The 20% Yield Gap: How ayFLOW Outperformed FLOW Staking by 2x Over 10 Months
A ten-month, on-chain comparison of cumulative returns across direct FLOW staking, ankrFLOW liquid staking, and the ayFLOW vault, and why the 12-percentage-point gap matters more than the headline number.
The staircase, the plateau and the dip: reading nine months of live DeFi yield data
From 1,000 FLOW to 18M FLOW in TVL, ∼$210K in cumulative USD profit, and what nine months of share-price data tells us about real DeFi yield.
What 9 DeFi Stablecoin Vaults Actually Paid Depositors Over 12 Months vs What They Advertised
Share-price-verified returns from May 2025 to May 2026, why a 41.5% headline number deserves more scrutiny than celebration, and what the survivors had in common.
What 29 stablecoin vaults actually delivered over 16 months vs what they advertised
An on-chain look at what depositors really earned, the gap between reported and realized APY, and the eight vaults that stood up to the data.
Why DeFi Yield Aggregators Misrepresent APY, and What On-Chain Share Price Actually Shows
A breakdown of how DeFi yield is measured, why aggregator APY diverges from realized returns, and the verification methodology serious depositors should be using in 2026.
The Yield Number on That DeFi Dashboard Is Probably Lying to You
ayUSD: The Vault of Vaults Solving DeFi's Yield Optimization Problem
DeFi doesn't have a yield shortage. It has a yield selection problem.
DAO Treasury Management in a Bear Market: Why Most Will Fail (And What Survives)
DeFi Yield Optimization for DAO Treasuries: A Practical Execution Framework
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Evidence trails, payout reconstruction, attestation review.
Counterparty mapping, oracle dependencies, stress liquidity.
Flows, incentive cycles, category outlooks.
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Who leads it
Serial entrepreneur with 10+ years in DeFi. Co-founded Decentralized Foundation (DeFi portfolio management via NFTs). Background in asset-management strategy and institutional relationships. Responsible for strategy direction, product vision and go-to-market.
13+ years in AI/ML and algorithmic trading. 6+ years quant crypto/forex trading. 4+ years complex DeFi strategies (triangular arb, delta-neutral funding, looping). Built the vault-discovery engine, on-chain verification layer and risk-scoring framework. Leads the technical team.
The bench
Led by Bogdan IvaniukBeyond the leads, the technical team adds specialist engineers — each with 12+ years in their field — spanning quant research, machine learning, data, on-chain forensics, protocol engineering, front-end and infrastructure.
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