Georgi is the Co-founder and CEO of Hinkal. He holds two degrees from Stanford: MBA and MS in Sustainability. His past experience includes Marketing, Finance (Privacy and Compliance) and Investing.
Hinkal is excited to announce its dApp V.2 release, introducing Cross-Chain Shared Privacy and hETH 一 the first ever ETH liquid privacy token. This development presents a new yield primitive, allowing stakers to stay liquid while earning yield for providing privacy. Hinkal’s Shared Privacy is a win-win ecosystem
Imagine being able to transact and store assets on-chain without revealing your identity. Shielded pools make this possible through a set of smart contracts that enable anonymous transactions.
With less than a week until the Hinkal V2 release, let's explore the updates, differences from the current framework, and how it enhances transaction privacy. Current version: key achievements and challenges With Hinkal V1 we have already accommodated the need for privacy for two major use cases: * Private
Overview: Hinkal partners with Everstake and Simply Staking as Staking Delegates for Cross-Chain Shared Privacy. These are the two largest staking providers as of now, and we are honored to have them joining Hinkal’s ecosystem to enhance privacy in DeFi. Let’s unleash this partnership and all the benefits
At Hinkal, we believe in the collective expertise of Curators participating in the dApp selection/whitelisting process to enable privacy. Our Curators play a pivotal role in integrating and advancing our ecosystem.
Hinkal’s “Shared Privacy” framework expands the repurposing value of assets, by enabling scaling privacy horizontally for all networks and thus enabling mass adoption of blockchains with the core built-in primitive - privacy. Let's explore how this is achieved.
Introduction For blockchains to achieve institutional adoption, they should have all the best qualities of both traditional finance and blockchains. There are three layers where blockchains radically lack the privacy that exists in traditional finance by default. 1. On-chain wallet address. This is the most vulnerable part as it represents
This article was co-authored by Nika Koreli, co-founder and CTO of Hinkal, and Shota Natenadze research & governance analyst at Simply Staking. Time to Reconsider Privacy and Security in DeFi? Liquid staking has revolutionized DeFi, enabling holders to pursue further profits. However, tokenized positions, especially for significant holders, entail several
This article was co-authored by Nika Koreli, co-founder and CTO of Hinkal, and Jason Li, co-founder and CEO of MPCVault. Introduction FinOps (financial operations) for web3 teams are important for their successful survival and operation. Although there are plenty of notable solutions to cover the needs of regular crypto natives,
This article was co-authored with zkMe, the pioneer in Web3 Identity solutions. Introduction The recent crackdowns and heightened enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are reshaping the landscape of the cryptocurrency market. In 2023 alone, the SEC initiated 26 enforcement actions in the cryptocurrency space,
This article was co-authored with Bentzi Rabi, co-founder and CEO of Utila, a leader in enterprise-grade MPC wallets. Introduction With the emergence of new investment vehicles and yield opportunities on DeFi - the latest one being LSTs and LRTs, institutional investors are ramping up their positions and exposure to Ethereum.
With the emergence of Arkham, Nansen, DeBank, and other on-chain data analytics tools, blockchain lost its pseudonymity. Entities and individuals can be targeted, their activity and assets held can be tracked - including founders, team members, VCs, and private investors who are about to receive vested tokens. To address this,