Shivank Kapur

Head of Product - ChimpX AI

• joined as a sr. product engineer and later headed the product & engineering team, leading a cross-functional team (4-6 engineers) across backend, infra, and AI systems.
• architected and built end-to-end crypto trading infrastructure, primarily backend-driven, enabling <2-minute user onboarding, 99.9% system uptime, and a 40% reduction in user drop-offs during wallet connection and first trade.
• designed and deployed AI trading agents on BNB Chain and Katana, alongside a DEX aggregator, backed by high-throughput infra (MCP servers, load balancers, autoscaling) capable of handling 10x traffic spikes without latency degradation.
• owned product roadmap, growth strategy, and execution, scaling 3 core products to $500K+ cumulative trading volume, 9.5K+ registered users, and 25K+ on-chain transactions within the year.

DevRel Engineer - Router Protocol

• led the development of SDK & CLI toolkits, dev documentation and weekly audits for developer resources, resulting in 100+ SDK/CLI downloads, 30% reduction in integration issues, and improved onboarding time for new developers by ~40%.
• built a real-time token-tracking dashboard to track the performance of ROUTE token across all 6+ exchanges (CEX & DEX) delivering live price, volume, and liquidity alerts, etc. to Slack; collaborated with the market-making team to improve liquidity depth and reduce price spread volatility by ~15-20%.
• evangelized about the products - router nitro and cross-chain intent framework (CCIF) through workshops, demos, and technical content, reaching 500+ developers across community calls, hackathons, and online sessions.
• created router academy - a learning platform for cross-chain development using router protocol, onboarding 300+ developers, publishing 15+ tutorials, and driving 50+ production or testnet integrations.

Integrations Engineer - MerkleHQ

• led the frontend engineering team, owning UI architecture, code quality, and delivery across multiple consumer-facing crypto products.
• implemented protocol integrations across Solana and EVM-based chains, enabling multi-chain asset interactions and reducing integration turnaround time by ~30% through reusable components and standardized APIs.
• drove alpha and beta testing for products including wardrobe.live and fomowtf.com, executing 100+ test cases across wallet connections, transactions, and edge cases; identified and resolved critical UX and transaction-flow bugs prior to public release.

Research Analyst - BlackRabbit

• conducted in-depth research on various cryptocurrency projects, blockchain technology, and decentralized finance (defi) protocols. especially in bitcoin, ethereum, depin, solana, RWA ecosystem.
• tracked market trends, on-chain data, and industry developments, synthesizing insights into actionable research briefs used for internal strategy and public-facing content.
• assisted with report planning, editorial calendar management, and report distribution across multiple platforms.
• created high-quality written reports, including articles, blog posts and social media updates, to educate and engage our audience.

Kalshi Earth - Decentralized Prediction Market

an app which allows users to bet on kalshi about the future prediction of weather.

Mediasort AI

an app which lets you track your competitors winning content daily, sorts all of it by views, and allows you to make your own version in one click.

OnlyStans - AI Influencer Management Platform

create & automate your own AI influencers. endless personalities, endless possibilities. build your brand, grow your fanbase, and turn your ideas into income.

Scaffold Next Pro

a CLI tool to scaffold production-ready Next.js 15 applications with typescript, tRPC, supabase, stripe, AI integrations, and more.

Whop Trading Terminal

a platform inside whop app in which users can trade any token on any blockchain with a single click.

ExpressBTC

a simple app built for buying and managing BTC easily with a clean UX. absolutely beginner free with no banks and paperwork.

Giga Rush

built not your average crypto lottery DApp. users can buy tickets, LPs can deposit liquidity and earn fees per ticket purchase and even the platform earns from the ticket sales.

LFG Trade - Solana Trading Bot

a telegram bot that allows users to trade any memecoin across pumpfun/raydium, manage their portfolio & perform token analysis of any token.

Token Tracker Dashboard - Automated Token Tracking

a real-time dashboard created to analyze the performance of ROUTE token across all listed exchanges along with slack integration to send updates there.

Location Lens

test your geography skills with real-time videos from around the globe.

How much would I raise?

a fun tool that helps founders estimate the amount of capital they can raise based upon their X profile.

Orderbook Simulation Engine

a tool that allows users to simulate orderbook data for any JSON file and creates trades for that using a robust rust backend.

Defi Intents

coming soon.

Paytream - Cosmos Payroll

a DApp to provide a convenient way for employees to receive their salaries. instead of waiting until end of the month to receive their salary, employees can now receive their salary anytime, on any chain, using PayStream.

Efficient Bridge Estimator API

an API that helps users source a target amount of USDC (e.g., on Polygon) by analyzing their funds spread across multiple chains. it computes the most efficient bridging routes—possibly using multiple source chains—to consolidate and deliver the desired amount with optimal cost and speed.

AI Hedge Fund Trading App

a hedge fund of AI agents that work together to gather stock data, analyse it, and execute buy and sell orders based on the results.

Rome Protocol Dev Academy

an academy comprising of extensive developer resources on how to build using Rome Protocol.