David Gogel

Head of Growth & Operations at dYdX Foundation - Author - Builder, Advisor & Investor in DeFi / Crypto / Blockchain / Fintech / Web3 startups

David Gogel, a prominent figure in the cryptocurrency and tech industry, currently serves as the Head of Growth & Operations at the dYdX Foundation, leading growth strategies, community initiatives, business development, and operations.

He is the Founder and CEO of GogelX, offering startup and media consultancy services to founders, with a focus on advising NFTs, Web3/crypto businesses, and fintech startups.

A well-established entrepreneur, writer, and angel investor, David has a background in advising early-stage founders through various roles such as Techstars Blockchain accelerator.

David is a published author with the World Economic Forum, contributing insights on decentralized finance and blockchain technology. He has also been recognized as a Top 100 FinTech Influencer for Sustainable Development Goals.

With a strong educational background from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School, and significant experience in corporate development at AIG globally, David pursued his MBA with a focus on entrepreneurship and operations.

A polyglot and global citizen, David is fluent in multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, Mandarin, and Japanese. His diverse interests range from emerging technologies, exotic food, reading, traveling, podcasts, investing, snowboarding, boxing, and music.

David's career has spanned across various prestigious organizations such as Paperchain, Techstars, Venture One, LinkedIn, and AIG, holding roles in corporate development, entrepreneurship, and blockchain programming.

His passion for fostering tech communities is evident through his involvement in Wharton FinTech and the Penn Blockchain Club, where he engaged in blockchain programming and planning.

David's expertise, extensive network, and commitment to empowering individuals and businesses with technology tools underline his contributions to the tech and startup ecosystem.

Highlights

Sep 27 · twitter

In my 4+ years with the @dYdX family, I’ve consistently admired the team's ability to innovate on emerging technologies and scale billion+ (and in one case, trillion+) dollar products—while strategically sunsetting old versions to focus on 10x larger opportunities.

Solo - L1 Spot & Margin Trading: https://t.co/guBI4GgxaQ L1 Perps: https://t.co/GkGiUFSLgj V3 - L2 Perps: https://t.co/gcw2d0ivMm

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”—and this requires a strong product vision and technical prowess to embrace tech that improves exponentially.

The dYdX Chain, just 10 months old, has already generated $225B in volume, $37M in USDC protocol fees distributed to stakers and validators, and onboarded 16K traders. Still not the biggest exchange yet, but we're getting there. And if anything, it's a major step toward achieving our goal of democratizing access to financial opportunities.

With the upcoming dYdX Unlimited launch, dYdX is unlocking the next stage of growth with Permissionless Market Listings, Megavault, an affiliate program, permissioned keys, and much more. All code is fully open-sourced and run by 60 independent validators, running the network in a permissionless manner.

Sep 26 · twitter

Solana’s leading wallet + Perps on all Raydium spot markets + dYdX’s best in class DEX infra, product, and liquidity = Trade Anything on DeFi’s pro trading platform