Launch AppPlease join us in welcoming Origin Protocol’s youngest hire to date: Ryan McNamara.
Ryan is a recent graduate from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business but not new to the crypto-sphere. First onboarded to Ethereum’s blockchain via CryptoKitties, Ryan has been an active Ethereum advocate since 2016, starting the cryptocurrency club at his high school in 2017 and running University of Michigan’s Wolverine Blockchain club in 2020.
After seeing a need for cryptocurrency coverage at Detroit media outlet Benzinga, Ryan went full-time at the publication his Junior year. During his time at Benzinga, Ryan grew cryptocurrency readership from the tens of thousands to millions of readers per month, mainly through organic searches and SEO-optimized content.
Ryan was first introduced to Origin Protocol via his livestream Moon or Bust, where he interviewed Matthew Liu a handful of times before meeting in person at NFT.NYC. After hitting it off with the Origin team, Ryan joined Origin last month to build out Origin Protocol’s new blog and manage product announcements pertaining to OUSD and Origin Story.
Dedicating just about every hour of his waking life to Crypto Twitter and content management, Ryan is passionate about spreading the word about blockchain technology. In his own words, “One of the largest barriers to mainstream adoption of crypto is education. By educating those about the opportunities that lie within crypto, we can onboard the next billion users to blockchain. Sure, there’s plenty of UX improvements to do, but users need to know why it’s so important to get onboarded to crypto today.”
When Ryan’s not writing about crypto, you can find him spending time driving or working on cars. While he loves a good manual transmission, he’s currently sporting a 2011 Ford Fusion with a license plate that reads “Bitcoin”–– a subtle reminder to take profits in the next bull market.
As a self-proclaimed hypebeast, Ryan saw the potential for NFTs early. After covering Bored Ape Yacht Club news soon after the mint, he made his first large NFT investment a few days after the MAYC mint. Below is Ryan's Mutant #21468, which he plans on holding for the foreseeable future:
To stay in touch with Ryan, be sure to follow him on Twitter!