Rick Maeda
Research Associate
Rick is a Research Associate at Presto and is interested in how & why people think the way they do, which has driven his love for crypto. Rick enjoys viewing crypto from a macro lens, as well as thinking about concepts from a first principals basis. He is currently based in Tokyo but has lived in HK, Singapore, Sydney, New York, and London. Rick started his career trading interest rate derivatives at JP Morgan in NY, then co-founded Orca Global, a Singapore-based multi-strategy digital assets fund. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science from New York University.
Articles by This Author
Daily Market Brief • Oct 23, 2025
Daily Market Brief 251023
Data Focus • Oct 22, 2025
Crypto Investor Survey: September 2025
Presto Original • Oct 21, 2025
TRON: Redefining The Global Settlement Layer
Daily Market Brief • Oct 17, 2025
Daily Market Brief 251017
Presto Original • Oct 17, 2025
Smarter Execution in DeFi: Ranger Finance and the Case for Aggregation
Data Focus • Oct 15, 2025
BNB Season and Falling BTC Dominance - Crypto Flow Report
Data Focus • Oct 13, 2025
State of Adoption: September 2025
Presto Original • Oct 9, 2025
From VC to ICM: How Tokenised Fundraising Can Change Capital Access
Daily Market Brief • Oct 3, 2025
Daily Market Brief 251003
