Who Is Behind KeyForDEX?

We are a small but highly specialized team of DeFi practitioners. In a world where 90% of reviews are written by copywriters based on press releases, we chose a different path. Our principle is Skin in the Game.

Every member of our team is an active trader or on-chain analyst. Before publishing a guide or DEX review, we connect our own wallets, pay gas, open margin positions and face real slippage. We don't trust marketing — we trust smart contracts and math.

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Giuseppe Cocomazzi

Technical Author & Security Researcher

Senior Researcher at Certora. Academic background (Politecnico di Bari, summa cum laude). Specializes in DeFi infrastructure risks, blockchain cryptography, cross-chain bridge vulnerabilities and consensus.

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Riley Holterhus

Technical Author & Security Editor

Smart contract auditor and Lead Security Researcher. University of Waterloo graduate. Has publicly audited smart contracts for Frax Finance, Optimism and Coinbase.

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Maxim Sapelkin

Founder & Lead DeFi Analyst & UX

Professional DeFi trader and chief tester (contributor) at KeyForDEX. Lives by the skin-in-the-game principle: he trades his own funds on the exchanges under review, measuring actual slippage, hidden fees and order execution stability.

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Rajeev Gopalakrishna, PhD

Technical Reviewer & Web3 Analyst

PhD in Computer Science (Purdue University) and former Lead Auditor at ConsenSys Diligence. One of the creators of the smart contract weakness classification (SWC Registry).

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Kurt Barry, PhD

Senior Technical Editor & Risk Analyst

PhD in Physics (UIUC) and former Smart Contract Lead at MakerDAO. Developer of the protocol core, liquidation logic and RWA integration.

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