Ashwanth
Samuel

I'm building a company with my wife, MB.

Before this journey, I was an MBA student at HBS and a part-time stablecoin researcher at MIT's Digital Currency Initiative. Before my return to academics, I worked on DeFi at Protocol Labs and was a consultant at Bain in Boston.

Stablecoin research

• Aug 2025The GENIUS Act is Now Law. What's Missing?
• Aug 2025Will Stablecoins Impact the US Treasury Market?
• Aug 2025Stablecoins and the Limits of Existing Analogies
• Jul 20251:1 Redemptions for Some, Not All
• May 2025Designing Payment Tokens for Safety, Integrity, Interoperability and Usability

Side projects

• SeenlyWedding photo sharing with face matching. We used it at 6 weddings.

Contact

Email me at ashwanthsamuel@gmail.com or grab time on Calendly. I also write on Substack.