Max Sherwood
IT Entrepreneur
I love working at the intersection of economics and technology. Since 2013 I’ve followed the growth of blockchain, encouraged by the power that it gives to the individual. Since 2022, as a co-founder of H2O Nodes I support blockchains with IT infrastructure.
Now, I'm exploring in how technology can decentralize energy infrastructure, by broadening market participation and enabling investment in renewables and energy storage.
🗣️ Featured talks
My June 2026 interview at Vienna Blockchain Week.
✍️ Featured reports
📁Archive
✍️ On Proof of Stake
- "A guide to liquid staking" - October 2022
- "Proof of stake blockchains are part of a green future" - August 2022
- "Crypto ETP investors waive a yearly $64.9M in staking rewards" - May 2022
- "Without staking, institutional crypto investors cannot escape inflation" - December 2021
- "Proof of Stake yield uniquely offers certainty, longevity, and scalability" - Nov 2021
- "Finoa's approach to institutional staking" - May 2021
- "Why Ethereum is still the home of DeFi" - June 2023
- "Wallet wars: who will win, and should they?" - May 2023
- "The role of MEV in DEX arbitrage" - March 2023
- "Solana on its own two legs" - December 2022
- "Voyager: The danger of indirect crypto exposure" - July 2022
- "Celsius in hot water" - June 2022
- "The UST fiasco and European stablecoins" - May 2022
- "HSM and MPC — it’s not one “versus” the other" - November 2021
- "The importance of custody diversification" - June 2021
- "Crypto adoption among retail and institutional investors in 2022" - December 2022
- "What protocols are crypto funds and VCs investing in?" - November 2022
- "The state of institutional DeFi" - August 2022
- "Finoa's 2022 Family Office Report" - April 2022
- "Bitcoin for Corporates: De-risking cash in a negative real-yield environment" - September 2021
- "Crypto ETPs’ Fees Cost Up to 6 Times More Than Third-Party Custodians’" - August 2021
- "How family offices can achieve yield in 2021" - July 2021
- "How traditional and crypto-native hedge funds invest in digital assets" - June 2021
- "The evolution of institutional crypto investing" - May 2021
⌨️ Work Experience
Founder
RevTec | 2026 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
RevTec | 2026 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
Founder
RevTec | 2025 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
RevTec | 2025 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
Co-founder
H2O Nodes | 2022 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
H2O Nodes | 2022 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
Content & Communications Manager
Obol Labs | 2023 - 2025
Spreading the good word about Obol's Distributed Validator Technology (DVT).
• Developing the narrative with blog articles and data-driven reports.
• Technical documentation restructuring and evolution.
• Representing Obol on Twitter Spaces, meetups, etc.
Obol Labs | 2023 - 2025
Spreading the good word about Obol's Distributed Validator Technology (DVT).
• Developing the narrative with blog articles and data-driven reports.
• Technical documentation restructuring and evolution.
• Representing Obol on Twitter Spaces, meetups, etc.
Growth & Research Manager
Unstoppable Finance | 2022 - 2023
Helping to grow the presence of the Ultimate DeFi wallet.
• Creation of content for blog, twitter, webinars, etc
• Research to inform product roadmap (Ethereum L2, insurance solutions, etc)
• Active participation in the community incl. organizing meetups.
Unstoppable Finance | 2022 - 2023
Helping to grow the presence of the Ultimate DeFi wallet.
• Creation of content for blog, twitter, webinars, etc
• Research to inform product roadmap (Ethereum L2, insurance solutions, etc)
• Active participation in the community incl. organizing meetups.
Partnerships & Ecosystem Analyst
Finoa | 2021 - 2022
Leveraged my crypto knowledge and experience in a business development role at Finoa, Europe's leading digital asset custodian.
• Competitor analysis that informed Finoa’s current fee schedule
• Wrote content for publication on the blog and in reports
• Established partnerships
Finoa | 2021 - 2022
Leveraged my crypto knowledge and experience in a business development role at Finoa, Europe's leading digital asset custodian.
• Competitor analysis that informed Finoa’s current fee schedule
• Wrote content for publication on the blog and in reports
• Established partnerships
Founder/creator
Wholegrain Crypto | 2019 - 2022
Started an online course for cryptocurrency newcomers, teaching traditional long-term investing lessons in the context of bitcoin’s rise and 4-year cycle.
• Broke down fundamental investment ideas into a 16-video curriculum
• Launched website, sales funnel, and lead generation automation
Wholegrain Crypto | 2019 - 2022
Started an online course for cryptocurrency newcomers, teaching traditional long-term investing lessons in the context of bitcoin’s rise and 4-year cycle.
• Broke down fundamental investment ideas into a 16-video curriculum
• Launched website, sales funnel, and lead generation automation
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