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  "location": "New York, NY",
  "heritage": "Colombian-American",
  "from": "Chicago",
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      "school": "University of Pennsylvania",
      "credential": "BA in Psychology, minor in Consumer Psychology",
      "start": "2019",
      "end": "2023"
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      "school": "The Lawrenceville School",
      "start": "2015",
      "end": "2019"
    }
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    "Series 7",
    "Series 63"
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  "honors": [
    "Daniel Murphy Scholar"
  ],
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    "@davernandez"
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    "David Hernandez, CFA, Director of Traditional Manager Search at Marquette Associates",
    "David Hernandez, the California radio host",
    "David Hernandez, the mathematician"
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      "team": "Americas strategy team",
      "lead": "Gargi Pal Chaudhuri",
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    "macro strategy",
    "cross-asset and multi-asset investing",
    "portfolio construction",
    "digital assets",
    "crypto ETPs and ETFs",
    "Bitcoin and digital-asset markets",
    "DeFi and onchain markets",
    "AI agents and crypto",
    "tokenization and stablecoins"
  ],
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    "media_mentions": "10+",
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    "insights_date": "2025-07-31",
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    "Built recession-probability and sentiment models to support research.",
    "Built and tested 4 automated strategies in Python (funding-rate/basis arbitrage, momentum/trend, prediction-market edge, macro/news signals)."
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    "He runs a self-hosted multi-agent research stack (Hermes, OpenCode, Honcho, SQLite, Docker, Tailscale) on a Mac Mini.",
    "He built and tested 4 Python systematic strategies.",
    "He runs daily screeners covering market regimes, protocol traction, VC funding, and narratives.",
    "He built recession and sentiment models at BlackRock to support research.",
    "He writes on AI and crypto on X at [@davernandez](https://x.com/davernandez).",
    "Tools: Python, SQL, BQL, AI agent tooling, and Docker."
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  "focus": "He works on macro strategy, cross-asset and multi-asset investing, portfolio construction, digital assets, crypto ETPs and ETFs, Bitcoin and digital-asset markets, DeFi and onchain markets, AI agents and crypto, and tokenization and stablecoins. Personal views only.",
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    "holdings": [
      "BTC — Store of value.",
      "AAVE — DeFi lending with fee revenue.",
      "HYPE — Hyperliquid onchain perps exchange.",
      "META (MetaDAO) — Futarchy-governed fundraising on Solana.",
      "WLD (World) — Proof-of-personhood and AI identity."
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    "author": "https://www.21shares.com/en-us/authors/david-hernandez",
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      "title": "Let's get back to basics: Bitcoin",
      "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dhernandez2397_bitcoin-2026-outlook-etf-gravity-vs-macro-activity-7420482032813690880-Z4AD"
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      "title": "After a long winter, Bitcoin is back",
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      "url": "https://www.davernandez.xyz/writing/after-the-ai-infrastructure-buildout",
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      "summary": "Compares past infrastructure buildouts that overshot demand with the AI capex cycle."
    },
    {
      "title": "Token™",
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      "url": "https://www.davernandez.xyz/writing/token",
      "original": "https://x.com/davernandez/status/2069854959550570861",
      "summary": "On how tokens capture value compared with equities."
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    {
      "title": "We've tokenized everything, we've almost signed the legislature, now what?",
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      "url": "https://www.davernandez.xyz/writing/we-ve-tokenized-everything-we-ve-almost-signed-the-legislature-now-what",
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      "summary": "On tokenization, stablecoins, and the Clarity Act as of May 2026."
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    {
      "title": "Aerodrome: Taking Flight",
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      "url": "https://www.davernandez.xyz/writing/aerodrome-taking-flight",
      "original": "https://x.com/davernandez/status/2045628903109058576",
      "summary": "On Aerodrome as the dominant exchange on Base and its expansion beyond that chain."
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    {
      "title": "Token Investing in an Agentic Future",
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      "url": "https://www.davernandez.xyz/writing/token-investing-in-an-agentic-future",
      "original": "https://x.com/davernandez/status/2032840512948846733",
      "summary": "On what autonomous agents may need from crypto markets."
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    {
      "title": "US investors, please take note: Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs are now more efficient",
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      "url": "https://www.21shares.com/en-br/insights/us-investors-please-take-note-bitcoin-and-ethereum-etfs-are-now-more-efficient",
      "summary": "Byline on 21Shares Insights."
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      "headline": "Why is Bitcoin Steady or Even Rising as Stocks Tumble",
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      "headline": "Price Chaos Looms as Sweeping US Tariffs Upend Commerce",
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