Mingxuan He

quantitative research for the decentralized economy

💬Chat with my AI clone!

Hi, I'm Ming.

I'm a researcher & data scientist at Gauntlet. In a nutshell, I tackle cutting-edge problems in the decentralized economy using tools from math, economics, and data science. My current focus at Gauntlet is restaking protocols & LRTs. I also have a breadth of interests in agent-based modeling, algorithmic game theory, zkML, and AI agents.

Previously, I worked at Nethermind as a research & data science intern and at Polygon as a DeFi research analyst.

I completed my M.A. in computational economics at UChicago, where I received the Phoenix Scholarship and was advised by Gina Pieters and Anthony Lee Zhang. I completed my B.A. in math and economics w/ honors at Grinnell College.

During free time, I enjoy gaming and watching movies/anime with family.

Links

Mingxuan (Ming) He 何明宣

Pronouns: He/Him/His

ENS: mingxuanh.eth

Affiliated Orgs/DAOs

ChicagoDAO / UChicago Blockchain

ETHChicago

Pioneer Capital Investment Club

Grinnell CSA and ISO

Token Engineering Commons

Miscellaneous

Pronouncing "Mingxuan" "He"

What's New

2025

(Feb 2025) Gave a talk on "Pricing Slashing Risks" at ETHDenver's Restaking Circle event [video]

2024

(Dec 2024) New research blog "Assessing the Economic Security of Stablecoin Collateral in Restaking" published [blog] [thread]

(Aug 2024) New research blog "Restaking Collateral Health" published [blog]

(Jun 2024) I officially joined Gauntlet as a data scientist in applied research!

2023

(Dec 2023) New paper "Deep Learning for Dynamic NFT Pricing" available on arxiv [paper]

(Oct 2023) Invited by Uniswap Foundation as a founding member of the MEV-UX research group.

(Sep 2023) Gave a talk on LSDFi @ ETH Chicago [slides] [video]
(Sep 2023) Hosted a workshop on agent-based simulation for DApps @ ETH Chicago [slides]
(Sep 2023) Gave a talk on LSD risks @ Science of Blockchain Conference - DFS Forum, Stanford University [slides]

(Aug 2023) Open-source project "Dynamic Optimization Algorithm for Self-regulating Tokenomics" accepted by Gitcoin Grants 18 and received 800+ public donations. [news article] [announcement]
(Jun 2023) Started a research internship at Nethermind, working on mechanism design and quantitative modeling for DeFi.

2022

(Oct 2022) Mentored student cohort on onchain data analysis @ Blockbeam DeFi Bootcamp.
(Aug 2022) Started my M.A. program in computational economics at UChicago. Received a Phoenix Merit Scholarship.
(May 2022) Graduated from Grinnell College with degrees in math & economics w honors!

2021

(Nov 2021) Presented paper "Cascading Failures and the Robustness of Cooperation in a Unified Scale-Free Network Model" @ International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications (ICCNA21).