ABOUT THE AUTHOR

I’m Frederic,
an AI-native builder and DeFi believer.

I graduated from UW–Madison in computer science and math. Before graduating, I built projects that won hackathons across the blockchain industry, from ETHGlobal to Sui Overflow.

I love talking about Ethereum, Solana, Sui and the rest of the blockchain world: how the technology works, and why I believe in permissionless finance.

With AI, I love testing and trying new tech, and my whole life runs on my AI workflows.

Pencil sketch portrait of Frederic by the Chicago River
The biggest risk in life is not taking enough risk.

The road so far

Hackathons, conferences and campus events since 2025. The high point so far: Sup Wallet won first place at Sui Overflow 2026, and I presented it at Sui Basecamp in Singapore.

2025 Building at hackathons

6 stops

  1. Apr

    Taipei · ETHGlobal

    Sponsor awardHackathon

    Realove, World’s Best Mini App. Result ↗

  2. May–Jun

    Prague · ETHGlobal + Pragma

    2 sponsor awardsHackathon

    CzechOut won Yellow and Blockscout awards, then the Pragma conference. Result ↗

  3. Jun

    Sui Overflow → Athens

    3rd placeHackathon

    SeaWallet.ai in Payments & Wallets, then OceanDAO in Athens. Result ↗

  4. Aug

    New York · ETHGlobal

    Sponsor awardHackathon

    Mediearn, Best App Using Walrus for Storage. Result ↗

  5. Nov

    Madison · Badger Build Fest

    2nd placeOrganizer

    Co-organized a campus hackathon with 140 registrations; SeaPay later took second at Venture Build.

  6. Dec

    Ann Arbor · Midwest Blockchain Conference

    Conference

    At the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.

2026 A bigger stage

4 stops

  1. Feb

    Denver · ETHDenver

    Conference

    A week of talks and side events across the Ethereum ecosystem.

  2. Mar–Sep

    Madison · UW events

    Organizer

    Moderated a startup panel, co-hosted the Spatial Intelligence Ideathon, and helped run Badger Build Fest 2026 for about 200 students.

  3. Aug–Oct

    Sui Overflow → Singapore

    1st placeConference

    Sup Wallet won the Agentic Web track; I presented it at Sui Basecamp during TOKEN2049 week. Result ↗

  4. Nov

    Austin · University Blockchain Conference

    ConferenceNext

    At UT Austin, November 20–21.

Awards are team results within the named track or sponsor category.

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About AiFi

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