Max Sherwood
Featured Content, CV, and Testimonials
Featured Content, CV, and Testimonials
✍️ Featured reports
🗣️ Featured talks
👋 About Me
Working Toward a Decentralized Future
Since 2013 I’ve followed the growth of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. What's always motivated me is the power that blockchain has given to the individual: the ability to take your financial life on-chain, off of legacy fiat-banking rails or the cash economy.
Since 2022, as a co-founder of H2O Nodes I've supported with infrastructure for blockchains, helping to launch new chains like Sui, and staying at the forefront of developments on Solana and Ethereum. I've been blessed to meet and work alongside smart, motivated people, who are creating the future of finance.
Since 2013 I’ve followed the growth of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. What's always motivated me is the power that blockchain has given to the individual: the ability to take your financial life on-chain, off of legacy fiat-banking rails or the cash economy.
Since 2022, as a co-founder of H2O Nodes I've supported with infrastructure for blockchains, helping to launch new chains like Sui, and staying at the forefront of developments on Solana and Ethereum. I've been blessed to meet and work alongside smart, motivated people, who are creating the future of finance.
📁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
Co-founder
H2O Nodes | Vienna, Austria | May 2022 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
H2O Nodes | Vienna, Austria | May 2022 -
Supporting blockchain networks with decentralized infrastructure, ecosystem building, and strategic investment.
Content & Communications Manager
Obol Labs | Remote | November 2023 - March 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 | Remote | November 2023 - March 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 | Berlin, Germany | April 2022 - November 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 | Berlin, Germany | April 2022 - November 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 | Berlin, Germany | April 2021 - April 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 | Berlin, Germany | April 2021 - April 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
Junior Technical & Business Consultant
Avaloq | Edinburgh, UK | July 2020 - April 2021
Customized core banking software for UK private banking clients as part of a new global delivery team.
• Added features and fixed issues for software releases for a large private banking client
• Worked within a focus group on internal communications.
• Completed four-week training on core software customization.
Avaloq | Edinburgh, UK | July 2020 - April 2021
Customized core banking software for UK private banking clients as part of a new global delivery team.
• Added features and fixed issues for software releases for a large private banking client
• Worked within a focus group on internal communications.
• Completed four-week training on core software customization.
Founder/creator
Wholegrain Crypto | wholegraincrypto.com | Summer 2019 -
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 | wholegraincrypto.com | Summer 2019 -
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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