Professional

• I work at Uniswap Labs in Strategy and Operations. Uniswap Labs builds software that enables anyone to create and access markets, for any asset, at any time.
• I’ve previously worked (reverse chronologically):
  • at Circle on public policy,
  • at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on payments and retail banking policy, and
  • for Congressman Jason Smith of Missouri.
• I graduated cum laude from Claremont McKenna College, majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. I wrote my thesis on conceptions of property rights at the time of the American Founding.

Past (public) work

• I publish long-form thoughts periodically at zachrwong.info/writing.
• I’m not a dev, but I put some technical work on Github and Dune.
• I tweet @mud2monarch. I started my Twitter account as a pseudonymous profile named “Gyges Lydias.” Gyges is a character in Plato’s Republic.
• I wrote Circle’s comment letter to the SEC on DeFi regulation, and I was the lead author on some other letters.
• At the CFPB, I contributed to the Dodd-Frank Section 1033 ANPR and the Big Tech information orders.
• At Claremont McKenna, I was one of four student representatives on CMC’s 2019 Strategy Committee, which developed and published a strategic review ahead of a new capital campaign that has raised over $1 billion.

Hobbies

• I enjoy endurance sports including backcountry ski mountaineering, trail running, and cycling. I used to live in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• I follow Formula 1 racing and mixed martial arts.
• I enjoy cooking, fine food, coffee, and wine.

Connect

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/mud2monarch
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachrwong
• Email: zach (a) zachrwong.info
• Location: New York City