Eric Wall (researcher)

Eric Wall is a Swedish researcher and investor also known as "Erica" for founding the Simp DAO.[1] He is a former advisor of the Human Rights Foundation on cryptocurrencies and privacy.[2] Previously Eric Wall used to work as a Chief Investment Officer at a Scandinavian cryptocurrency hedge fund Arcane Assets[3]

Career

From November 2017, Wall worked as columnist for Bitcoin.com for five months. From January 2019 to July 2019, he worked as a cryptocurrency and blockchain advisor for Nasdaq, Inc. (After the acquisition of Cinnober by Nasdaq)[4]

In 2019, He joined Arcane Assets(a Scandinavian-based cryptocurrency investment firm) as a chief investment officer.[5][6][7]

In January 2022, Wall started Simp DAO as a cisgendered man, photoshopped to look like a woman as a joke.[1] He plans to not make a personal profit from it and instead donate all earning to charitable causes.[1] The concept behind simp DAO is to demonstrate "virtual gender identity" and to find new ways of monetisation in the creator economy.[1]

In February 2022, he announced collaboration with IreneDAO and EuniDAO, calling it "The CreatorDAO Alliance".[8] In April 2022, The CreatorDAO Alliance collapsed.[8]

References
  1. Nicolle, Emily (2022-04-27). "Crypto pushes identity and gender boundaries with Simp DAOs". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  2. The ZCash (2019-03-11). "Human Rights Foundation Cryptocurrency Research". Zcash foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. Ostroff, Alexander Osipovich / Caitlin. "穩定幣TerraUSD暴跌震動加密貨幣市場，堪比「銀行擠兌」". 華爾街日報中文網 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  4. AB, Breaking Media. "Förlorade allt när kryptobörsen hackades – nu ska han ratta ny fond: "Känns rätt"". Breakit (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  5. "Eric Wall, Arcane Crypto AS: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  6. "Ukraine asked for donations in crypto. Then things got weird". The Washington Post.
  7. EkText, Henrik (2022-01-24). "Kryptoexperten om raset: "Jag hade börjat köpa in mig nu"". Dagens industri (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  8. Nicolle, Emily (2022-04-28). "Crypto's 'Friends Forever' Future Dies in a Day". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
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