People
The team is organized by department, with the founding director coordinating cross-department work on blockchain and crypto markets across empirical methods, mechanism design, algorithms, experiments, and AI.
Department
Leads the lab and coordinates its research departments, combining empirical work in FinTech and economics with algorithmic game theory and mechanism design.
Founding Director and Department Coordinator
Adrasteia Labs; Research Assistant at The University of Hong Kong
Co-founder of Adrasteia Labs. Heikichi Hayashi leads the lab and coordinates its research departments. He previously contributed to empirical research in FinTech and economics, and also works on algorithmic game theory and mechanism design.
FinTech · Economics and computation · Algorithmic game theory · Mechanism design · Tokenomics · AMMs and MEV · Empirical economics
Department
Runs experimental work on blockchain markets, crypto incentives, algorithmic game theory, and mechanism-design experiments for decentralized systems.
Research Collaborator
Sun Yat-sen University
Advisors: Prof. Wanlin Lin, HKU-ICCDS and Sun Yat-sen University; Prof. Peng Wang, The University of Hong Kong
Collaborating researcher working on blockchain experimental economics, crypto incentive experiments, algorithmic game theory, and mechanism-design experiments.
Blockchain experiments · Crypto incentives · Experimental economics · Mechanism design experiments
Department
Develops empirical research on blockchain data, DeFi, digital assets, crypto trading behavior, macro-finance linkages, and market evidence.
Core Member, Empirical Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Economics
Advisors: Panle Jia Barwick (University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER)
Core member contributing empirical research on blockchain data, crypto market behavior, digital assets, and evidence-driven analysis for lab projects.
Blockchain data · Crypto markets · Empirical research · Digital assets
Core Member, Empirical Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Core member conducting empirical research on DeFi, macro-finance, blockchain data, and crypto market behavior.
DeFi · Macro-finance · Empirical research · Crypto markets
Research Collaborator
The University of Chicago
Research collaborator conducting empirical research in economics and political science, with interests connected to blockchain governance, crypto markets, and digital economic systems.
Empirical economics · Political science · Blockchain governance · Crypto markets
Department
Builds the lab's computer science theory, algorithmic, and AI research capacity for blockchain protocols, crypto markets, and decentralized finance.
Core Member
University of Chicago, Department of Computer Science
Core member focused on computer science theory, algorithms, and AI for blockchain systems, crypto market design, and economic computation.
Blockchain algorithms · CS theory · AI · Crypto market computation
Core Member
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Computer Science and Engineering
Core member focused on computer science theory, algorithms, and AI methods for blockchain analytics, crypto infrastructure, and interdisciplinary research.
Blockchain analytics · Algorithms · AI · Crypto infrastructure
Core Member
The University of Hong Kong, Department of Computer Science
Core member focused on game theory, multi-agent games, and blockchain security, studying incentive foundations and adversarial behavior in blockchain protocols and multi-agent systems.
Game theory · Multi-agent games · Blockchain security · Protocol incentives · Crypto systems
Department
Studies theoretical algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, and incentive systems for blockchain, DeFi, and crypto market infrastructure.
Core Member
Boston College, Economics Department
Core member focused on theoretical algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, and incentive foundations for blockchain and crypto market design.
Crypto incentives · Algorithmic game theory · Mechanism design · Blockchain market design
Core Member, Economic Theory
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, School of Economics
Core member working on cryptocurrency and blockchain research through algorithmic game theory, mechanism design, and crypto market incentives.
Cryptocurrency · Blockchain · Algorithmic game theory · Mechanism design