Simone Taravelli — Treasury & Portfolio Strategy
Treasury Manager, Onchain Asset Management

Bridging institutional
discipline with on-chain
execution.

Treasury Manager running $50M+ across DAO treasury mandates at KPK. Generating risk-adjusted returns against ETH, USD and EUR benchmarks through on-chain deployment, Zodiac Roles execution, and protocol due diligence. Six years in DeFi, cross-asset allocation at BNP Paribas. CFA Level III candidate.

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$50M+
DAO treasury mandates under management
6 years
In DeFi, four of them professional
CFA Level III
Candidate, February 2027. Levels I and II passed.
€4bn
UHNW portfolio coverage at BNP Paribas
MSc Finance
Católica Lisbon, #17 worldwide per Financial Times
Quant strategies
Funding-rate basis strategy live on Hyperliquid, prediction market arbitrage in development
About

A bit about me

Treasury Manager at KPK (formerly Karpatkey), an on-chain asset management firm. I run $50M+ across DAO treasury mandates, generating risk-adjusted returns against ETH, USD and EUR benchmarks through deployment across lending markets, LP strategies, LSTs, stablecoin venues and fixed-yield products.

I execute through multisig and Zodiac Roles setups under a self-custody model, define whitelisted interactions in clients' Roles configurations, and act as a standing emergency signer. I monitor positions and threats through Hypernative and Cyvers.

Six years in DeFi, four of them professional, moving from protocol research and risk analysis into treasury management, after cross-asset allocation at BNP Paribas Wealth Management (€4bn AUM). On the side, I build quantitative strategies on personal capital.

LocationGermany, remote
EducationMSc Finance, Católica Lisbon
CertificationCFA Level III Candidate (Feb 2027)
LanguagesItalian, English, French, German
TechnicalPython, VBA, Power BI, financial modelling
ThesisAsset Tokenization in Finance
Experience

Career timeline

Sep 2025
Present
Treasury Manager
KPK (formerly Karpatkey), Onchain Asset Management
Lead a two-analyst team managing $50M+ AUM across ETH, USD and EUR denominated mandates, defining strategy, allocation, sizing and timing, deploying capital across lending markets, LP strategies, LSTs, stablecoin venues, fixed-yield products and protocol-owned liquidity on AMMs.
Run protocol due diligence on new deployments and own the on-chain monitoring configuration that follows, maintaining and updating position-level alerting across Hypernative and Cyvers as exposures change.
Define whitelisted interactions in clients' Zodiac Roles modifier configurations, scoping which protocols and functions the treasury is permitted to interact with, and set the implementation timelines for deploying those permission sets with clients.
Execute daily on-chain operations through clients' Zodiac Roles modifiers, and through joint multisig execution with client signers where transactions fall outside scoped permissions, verifying calldata and simulating transactions in Tenderly before signing.
Act as a standing emergency signer for incident response, coordinating client communication during live events and reviewing and strengthening the emergency response framework over time, feeding lessons from incidents back into procedure.
Built internal and client-facing dashboards mapping Zodiac Roles permission scopes, making whitelisted interactions legible to operators and clients, alongside performance dashboards tracking treasury returns against defined benchmarks.
Own assigned DAO client relationships end to end, from performance and valuation reporting to strategic commentary on positioning and market conditions, and participate in DAO governance forums, reviewing proposals and publishing the reasoning behind treasury positions.
Jul 2025
Sep 2025
DeFi Portfolio & Operations Analyst
KPK (formerly Karpatkey)
Supported treasury strategy, protocol due diligence and yield strategy execution across DAO mandates, contributing to portfolio construction and client-facing delivery.
May 2022
Apr 2024
DeFi Analyst
BusinessPlug, Part time, Remote
Conducted protocol due diligence and risk analysis across DeFi, covering lending markets, stablecoin structures, LP strategies and governance mechanisms.
Jul 2023
Nov 2024
Portfolio Analyst
BNP Paribas Wealth Management, Lisbon
Supported cross-asset allocation and portfolio monitoring for UHNW clients (€4bn AUM), producing performance attribution, portfolio reviews and reporting tied to Investment Committee processes.
Built Python, VBA and Power BI tooling to automate reporting and surface decision-relevant insights for senior stakeholders.
Aug 2022
Jul 2023
Financial Controller
Siemens AG, Lisbon
Automated financial reporting and invoicing workflows through Python, VBA and Power BI, improving operational efficiency by approximately 70%.
Toolkit

Skills & tools

01
Treasury Management
Strategy, allocation, sizing and timing across lending markets, LP strategies, LSTs, stablecoin venues, fixed-yield products and protocol-owned liquidity. Benchmark-relative performance tracking.
LendingLPsLSTsFixed YieldPOLStablecoins
02
On-Chain Execution
Daily operations through Zodiac Roles modifiers and joint multisig execution. Calldata verification and Tenderly simulation before signing. Emergency signer for incident response.
Zodiac RolesMultisigTenderlySafeFordefi
03
Protocol Due Diligence
End-to-end evaluation and on-chain monitoring configuration. Position-level alerting across Hypernative and Cyvers, updated as exposures change.
HypernativeCyversGovernanceEconomic Risk
04
Quantitative Strategies
Systematic strategies on personal capital. Funding-rate basis strategy on Hyperliquid (HIP-3), delta-neutral with regime filter. Prediction market cross-venue arbitrage in development.
Delta-NeutralBasis TradePrediction MarketsPython
05
On-Chain Tools
Daily operational tooling for monitoring, simulating, and executing on-chain positions.
SafeZodiacFordefiTenderlyEtherscanHypernativeCyversDuneDeFiLlamaNansen
06
Technical & Data
Automation, advanced financial modelling, dashboard delivery. Internal and client-facing dashboards mapping Zodiac Roles permission scopes and tracking performance.
PythonVBAPower BIPower QueryExcel
Education

Academic background

Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics
MSc in Finance
#17 Worldwide, Financial Times
Thesis: "Transforming the Financial Industry with Asset Tokenization"
University of Turin
BSc in Business & Management
Erasmus at IAE Lyon University, France
CFA ProgramLevels I and II passed. Level III candidate, February 2027
Data Analyst with PythonDataCamp Certification
Bloomberg Market ConceptsBloomberg LP
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Open to conversations about treasury management, on-chain operations, DeFi strategy, quantitative strategies, and the convergence of crypto and institutional finance.

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