Hey everyone - wanted to announce that a few weeks ago I joined the GTM team at @megaeth focusing on making sure MegaApps become successful and MegaDefi keeps growing Im excited to join the likes of @NamikMuduroglu, @ImperiumPaper and the rest of the team, aiming to prove over time why Mega is different. Not many know this, but my career has been quite wildly diverse: I spent most of my web2 career working on app growth for companies like Bolt, as well as working with the giants of the mobile gaming industry. Yet most will know me from the past 4 years of being an intense defi user, degen, market participant and group chat spammer. I am glad to be able to be combining these two passions, bringing in the incentive aware UA spending thinking from web2 to Mega, as well as helping build a defi system that I as a long time user would enjoy exploring. My focus on Apps will be two fold: 1) Helping shape Terminal, reinforcing its value as a curated discovery layer for apps on Mega and helping build its incentive system to promote breakout apps. Am especially looking to working with teams focusing on something new and to reward teams that are Mega and USDM aligned. If you are a dev building something new, especially if it's something that hasn't been done before or is a onchain experiment, PLEASE reach out! 2) Helping the most mega-aligned apps navigate their go-to-market plans. Apps should get help with launch strategy, distribution, positioning, and the right connections. Founders should be focused on execution, not blocked by figuring out who to talk to, how to launch, or how to tell their story. It is no longer just about building new protocols. It is about bringing real collateral onchain. And where else to build that than the chain built for super fast blocktimes and millisecond latency oracle updates. @ImperiumPaper will still be the main person for USDM growth. We already made a strong first step here with our collaboration with @aave, hitting over $1B in deposits a few days ago. There is a long backlog of high-quality collateral looking to work with us, in addition to native teams like @brix_money and @CapApp. Looking forward to seeing how we can enable them across MegaDeFi. TL DR: Joining megaeth, helping build a curated experience of apps, building an incentivization model backed by actual economics, and making Mega by the best place for onchain finance on EVM. Mega GDP go up ⬆️