Ilia worked as a CFO at a white-label crypto exchange provider, a Senior Consultant at PwC, and the Head of a DeFi fund focused on stablecoin-based yield strategies. Since 2020, Ilia has been actively involved with crypto projects, specializing in financial architecture, treasury and risk management, and DeFi research.
Areas of professional expertise include:
- Treasury and risk management for digital asset ventures, including exchanges, OTC desks, and liquidity products
- Financial infrastructure setup for crypto-native projects and crypto integrations for traditional financial institutions
- DeFi research and fund structuring, including operational security, investment strategy design, and on-chain execution frameworks
- Tokenomics design: building data-driven token flow models, supply-demand balancing mechanisms, and investor-aligned incentive structures
- Product analytics and reporting for financial protocols and WEB3 startups