Deep Technology & Decentralized Intelligence
Applied research on deep technology, blockchain protocols, decentralized finance, and AI-agent ecosystems — supporting technology startups, venture capital firms, and foundations with rigorous research, strategic intelligence, and publication-grade analysis.
Our research has supported mechanism design across institutions with a combined market capitalization exceeding —
Mechanism Design & Security
Design and audit of incentives, governance, and economic security for complex systems.
Technology & Economic Assessment
Technical and economic assessment of technology ventures for startups, investors, and foundations.
Risk Analytics & Monitoring
Quantitative tracking of protocol, market, and systemic risk through ongoing indices and monitoring.
AI Agents & Market Behaviour
Empirical analysis of autonomous agents operating in financial and on-chain markets.
Payment Growth: An Authenticity Audit of x402 Activity
Beyond 100 million transactions: decomposing agentic payment activity to identify independent economic demand behind the growth story.
Identity Expansion: Participation Depth in ERC-8004
Observable participation evidence from the first 10,000 on-chain agents — a registration-heavy, observably shallow identity layer that is not yet an economic layer.
Protocol Formation: A Functional Map of Agentic Commerce
Functional roles, governance, and an authenticity yardstick for A2A, AP2, x402, and ERC-8004 — the four protocols answering interaction, authorization, settlement, and identity.