Team doxx status

Circle USYC's assessment for RD-F-111 — scored green on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

All named Hashnote founders (Leo Mizuhara, David Shapiro, Alex Walchli) are real-name doxxed with verified multi-year TradFi and institutional-tech careers. Leo Mizuhara: 12 yrs Bank of America (MD), 5 yrs DRW FICC Systematic Trading, now VP Product at Circle post-acquisition. David Shapiro: CTO Scout Security (ASX IPO), VP Eng Latch Inc (NASDAQ IPO). Alex Walchli: Director of Engineering ZeroHash. Circle parent exec team (Allaire, Disparte, Chandhok, Tarbert) fully disclosed in NYSE IPO S-1. Highest pseudonymity tier: real-name with institutional track record.

Sources #

URL
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230228005480/en/Hashnote-Institutional-DeFi-Asset-Management-Platform-Launches-After-%245mn-Incubation-From-Cumberland-Labsretrieved 2026-05-15
URL
Hashnote | AboutHashnote About page listing founders with full names and career backgroundsretrieved 2026-05-16
URL
Circle Internet Group S-1/A SEC FilingCircle S-1/A SEC filing disclosing full executive team including Jeremy Allaire, Dante Disparte, Nikhil Chandhokretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Classify each named team member as: real-name / consistent-pseudonym-with-track-record / pseudonym-no-track-record / fully-anonymous.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol circle-usyc factor RD-F-111 score green collected_at 2026-05-15 21:56:43