Carmelo Ippolito is the Chief Architect at ARK, specializing in DeFi protocol design and DAO governance model building. He participated in the early mechanism design and conceptualization of Olympus (OHM), has in-depth research on its core model, and possesses extensive experience in economic models and on-chain architecture. Previously, he worked at Glassnode, where he was engaged in on-chain data analysis and crypto market research.