Emerson Daniel Akpi

Web and Blockchain Developer

Jos, NG.

About

Highly accomplished Solo DeFi Protocol Engineer with a proven track record of innovation, recognized as a two-time prize winner at the Atrium Academy Uniswap Hook Incubator. Expertise spans across Ethereum, Stellar, and Stacks ecosystems, driving the development of cutting-edge decentralized finance solutions that convert idle capital into high-yield assets and enhance protocol functionality. Successfully delivered complex projects like AgentFi, a novel x402-gated execution gateway, demonstrating advanced capabilities in smart contract development and blockchain architecture.

Work

3MTT

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AI/ML Fellow

Summary

Current fellow in the 3MTT AI/ML Track.

Stellar WA Build Residency

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Lead DeFi Protocol Engineer (AgentFi)

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Summary

Developed AgentFi, an x402-gated DeFi execution gateway enabling autonomous agents to transact on Stellar yield.

Highlights

Architected and delivered an x402-gated DeFi execution gateway for autonomous agents on Stellar, enhancing transaction security and control.

Wrapped Soroswap and DeFindex behind HTTP-payment rails, streamlining access to advanced DeFi protocols.

Exposed an MCP server for direct LLM integration, facilitating sophisticated agent interactions and automation.

Shipped an operator dashboard for comprehensive permissioning and observability, improving system management and transparency.

Atrium Academy UHI8

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Lead DeFi Protocol Engineer (StableStream)

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Summary

Led the development of StableStream, a dynamic stablecoin manager built as a Uniswap v4 hook on Unichain, optimizing liquidity and yield generation.

Highlights

Awarded the $2,000 Alumni Prize for innovative contributions to the Uniswap Hook Incubator program.

Engineered a system to detect out-of-range USDC in concentrated liquidity positions, enhancing capital efficiency.

Successfully routed idle capital to Aave and Compound through Reactive Network, generating additional yield for liquidity providers.

Implemented a just-in-time capital recall mechanism on swap demand, maintaining concentrated liquidity guarantees.

Delivered a solution that returns yield to LPs without compromising concentrated liquidity positions, optimizing returns.

Atrium Academy UHI7

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Prize Winner / DeFi Protocol Engineer (PILI)

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Summary

Co-built PILI, a privacy-preserving impermanent-loss protection delivered as a Uniswap v4 hook, recognized as a prize-winning innovation.

Highlights

Secured 'Prize Winner' recognition at Atrium Academy UHI7 for pioneering impermanent-loss protection.

Developed a Uniswap v4 hook that preserves privacy by hiding position-level loss exposure.

Ensured accurate protocol-level IL accounting while maintaining user privacy, enhancing trust and efficiency.

Collaborated within the UH17 cohort to successfully deliver a complex DeFi protocol, demonstrating strong teamwork and technical execution.

Stellar Drips

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Architect / DeFi Protocol Engineer (CoralSwap Finance)

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Summary

Architected CoralSwap Finance, a Soroban-native AMM on Stellar featuring dynamic fees and integrated flash loans.

Highlights

Architected the swap, fee, and lending modules across a four-repository organization, ensuring modularity and scalability.

Designed and implemented dynamic fees to optimize liquidity provision and trading efficiency on the AMM.

Integrated flash loans functionality, enhancing capital efficiency and enabling complex DeFi strategies.

Developed a Soroban-native Automated Market Maker (AMM) on Stellar, demonstrating expertise in blockchain architecture and smart contract design.

LuckyHive

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Protocol Engineer

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Summary

Developed LuckyHive, a no-loss prize savings protocol on Stacks, implementing advanced winner selection mechanisms and yield distribution.

Highlights

Implemented seven Clarity contracts for TWAB-weighted winner selection from continuous deposits, ensuring fairness and transparency.

Integrated commit-reveal randomness to enhance the integrity and unpredictability of winner selection.

Designed a 45/45/10 yield split between primary winners, runners-up, and treasury, optimizing incentive structures and sustainability.

Successfully launched a no-loss prize savings protocol on Stacks, demonstrating expertise in Clarity smart contract development and decentralized application design.

Education

Web3 Bridge Africa

Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria
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Bootcamp Solidity

University of Jos

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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MSc Business Management

University of Jos

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
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BSc Business Management

Awards

Invited Participant

Starknet Foundation Ideation Circle

Invited participant in the Starknet Foundation Ideation Circle, contributing to advanced blockchain concepts and development discussions.

Alumni Prize

Atrium Academy Uniswap Hook Incubator

Awarded the $2,000 Alumni Prize for outstanding contributions and innovative projects (PILI and StableStream) developed within the Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI7, UHI8).

Atrium Academy Alumni

Uniswap Hook Incubator (UHI7, UHI8)

Recognized as an alumnus of the prestigious Uniswap Hook Incubator for successful development and prize-winning projects PILI and StableStream.

Prize Winner

Atrium Academy UHI7

Recognized as a prize winner at the Atrium Academy UHI7 for the development of PILI, a privacy-preserving impermanent-loss protection protocol.

Languages

English

Certificates

Stellar WA Build Residency

Stellar Development Foundation

Skills

Smart Contract Development

Solidity, Rust on Soroban, Clarity, Foundry, Hardhat, Soroban SDK, Clarinet, Slither.

DeFi Protocols

Uniswap v4 hooks, Aave, Compound, Soroswap, DeFindex, Reactive Network.

Blockchain Domains

AMM design, concentrated liquidity, JIT capital, MEV, x402 / MCP agent rails.

Blockchain Chains

Ethereum, Unichain, Base, Stellar, Stacks, Starknet.

Programming & Tools

TypeScript, Python, Vercel AI SDK.