Andrew Kang of Mechanism Capital Joins As Origin Advisor and OGN Holder
Today, we are excited to share that Andrew Kang, Managing Partner of Mechanism Capital, has joined Origin as an official advisor. Separately, Mechanism Capital also holds a significant allocation of Origin Tokens (OGN) as part of its inaugural cryptocurrency fund. We have known Andrew for several years and have continually been impressed by his thought leadership in DeFi and his amazing investment track record. Andrew has been an early investor and early user of DeFi cornerstone projects like Yearn, Curve, Aave, Sushiswap, Cream Finance, and many others. His Twitter is amongst the most followed and cited in the DeFi ecosystem for its thoughtful investment predictions, and the research analyses put out by Mechanism Capital are amongst the most rigorous research pieces in the industry.
We’re thrilled that Mechanism Capital has a significant vested interest in Origin Tokens (OGN). Andrew will be advising us on our continued build-out of the Origin commerce platform, with a special focus on furthering our DeFi efforts with the Origin Dollar (OUSD) and other DeFi projects aimed at targeting mainstream cryptocurrency users. We expect his advice to be instrumental in helping us achieve our grand visions of bringing forward a peer-to-peer payment app and debit card powered by OUSD and integrating OUSD as a composable money lego across existing DeFi protocols like Aave, Compound, Yearn, etc as described in our recently updated litepaper.
More recently, Andrew and the Mechanism team have expanded their investment strategy and research analysis into the white-hot non-fungible token (NFT) space. We also expect to work closely with Andrew and his team to rapidly scale out our NFT launchpad and build the best platform for enabling direct-to-fan NFT sales for creators across all genres. Just as he has excelled in DeFi, we expect Andrew to quickly become one of the most recognizable names in the NFT industry.
Finally, Andrew is renowned for being an expert in token economics. At Mechanism, he has worked with many of the projects that he invests in and advises to improve their token models and release schedules. Together with Andrew, we intend to explore additional token utilities and value accrual mechanisms for OGN across our products.
This is an exciting new working relationship for Origin. We look forward to working with Mechanism Capital and Andrew closely in the next few years to accelerate Origin’s product and community growth. Please show Andrew and his fund a warm welcome to team Origin!
Learn more about Origin:
- Buy Origin Tokens (OGN): Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, Binance, Huobi, Upbit
- Track OGN token metrics: originprotocol.com/dashboard
- Get Origin Dollars (OUSD): ousd.com
- Launch your decentralized store: originprotocol.com/dshop
- Learn more on our company website: originprotocol.com
- Join our team: https://angel.co/originprotocol/jobs
Learn more about Andrew Kang and Mechanism Capital:
- Learn more on the Mechanism website: mechanism.capital
- Follow Andrew Kang on Twitter: twitter.com/RewKang
