Abdul Rehman

Led DeFi strategy for the Monad ecosystem and managed a team of 2 defi specialists
Scaled the ecosystem to 100+ live protocols, $500M+ deposits, $250M+ TVL, and $10B+ DEX volume
Led negotiations and agreements with protocols including Aave, Morpho, Valos ($100m+ onchain credit line)
Managed $2m monthly incentives budget and reduced the cost of acquiring TVL from 25% to 5% in 3 months
Onboarded and supported GTM of all blue-chip defi protocols for mainnet launch

Joined Monad Labs as the 15th employee to build the BD function
Built the ecosystem BD process and pipeline, and led ecosystem positioning strategy
Onboarded 20+ native protocols and blue-chip defi protocols into the ecosystem to build early traction
Built ecosystem project pipelines across defi, gaming, and consumer - scaling to 500+ projects
Helped source and close 20+ native protocols to build natively on Monad

Joined Sei Labs as the 7th employee to build the ecosystem BD function
Scaled ecosystem to 50+ projects prelaunch
Designed ecosystem fund, scout program, and incubation initiatives
Led execution of sei airdrop including eligibility logic, onchain analysis, and claim UX for 100k+ active onchain
wallets across 7 blockchains
Led technical narrative for the chain for the commercial launch

Scaled TVL from $6M to $500M+ — ranking in top 50 defi protocols by TVL in 2021
Led integrations and partnerships with 60+ DeFi protocols
Managed expansions to 10+ blockchains in collaboration with ecosystem teams
Drove user acquisition through partnerships and product improvements
Managed token rewards strategy across vaults to drive growth