Derek Walkush

Growth lead at Unichain

Derek Walkush is Head of Growth at Unichain and was previously an Investment Research Partner at Variant. He got interested in crypto in late around DeFi summer after conducting high level research on blockchain as an analyst in Georgetown’s student-run hedge fund. Looking to learn more about the space, Derek interned at Accolade Partners, which launched one of the first institutional crypto fund of funds. His interest and conviction only seemed to grow; he soon dove into the on-chain world and became a part-time contributor at Index Coop and AladdinDAO; he was recently elected to Aladdin’s research council where he pitches stable farming strategies. After teaching himself SQL and working as an analyst for a project finance startup, Derek began writing for Spencer’s newsletter, OurNetwork, applying his interest in data querying and fundamentals analysis. Realizing the generational opportunity in front of him, Derek left Georgetown to join the team full-time in June . His primary research interests are on-chain data analytics and token distribution. In his free time, Derek enjoys working out (former D rower), s movies, cooking, and traveling.