Predicting the market using a machine learning competition built on a decentralized science platform, with CrunchDAO CEO Arnaud Castillo

Lex chats with Arno Castillo, founder and CEO of CrunchDAO.
CrunchDAO is a research team of data scientists and quants that
leverage the power of collective intelligence and Web3 to produce
and sell next-generation predictive financial insights. In the
discussion, Lex and Arnaud touch on decentralized asset
management, data science, building portfolios, and web3
organizations. Arnaud shares his background in finance, including
his experience working at Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank, as
well as his work in consulting and entrepreneurship. Arnaud
explaines how CrunchDAO has developed a framework called the
design framework to address the challenges of using machine
learning in financial markets. The framework is designed to share
their research and data sets with others in the industry,
allowing for collaboration and feedback.


 


MENTIONED IN THE CONVERSATION


 


CrunchDAO's website: https://bit.ly/3z60sDU


Arnaud's Linkedin profile: https://bit.ly/40cWrJS


 


Topics: Decentralized Autonomous Organizations, DAO, artificial
intelligence, machine learning, Blockchain, Web3


 


Companies: CrunchDAO, Numerai, Lehman Brothers, Deutsche Bank


 


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TIMESTAMPS


 


1’25”: Arnaud’s background in finance & experience working at
Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank


 


5’06”: Learning the concept of Economic Value Add (EVA) and its
connection to DAOs & DAO Networks


 


9’15”: What it means to be a DAO stakeholder & the agency
issues around management in a corporation versus the public goods
inside of a DAO


 


15’17”: The role of a CEO/Business Leader & how this changes
when applied to a DAO  


 


18’35”: Identifying business opportunities in fairly technical,
difficult, innovative markets & immersion into the machine
learning fintech space


 


23’42”: CrunchDAO: What it does, the problem it solves for, and
the architecture of the technology involved relating to the user
experience


 


28’40”: Comparison of CrunchDAO to Numerai (developer
competition-based hedge fund) & the evolution of
decentralized asset management in capital markets


 


36’22”: Machine learning challenges in financial markets &
CrunchDAO’s framework for sharing their research and datasets


 


38'26”: Channels to use to connect with Arnaud & learn more
about CrunchDAO


Disclaimer here — this newsletter does not provide investment
advice and represents solely the views and opinions of FINTECH
BLUEPRINT LTD.


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