Forgd
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About Forgd
Over the past six months, Forgd has made key progress in market maker (MM) transparency. In May, it launched a head-to-head comparison tool based on historical trading data from 500+ token projects and 35 market makers, linking RFQ workflows to historical performance (). In the same month, it formed a strategic partnership with G-20 Group to publish its market-making track record via anonymized, aggregated data (). In August, the Market Maker Leaderboard went live on DefiLlama, providing standardized rankings on pricing, depth, reliability, and execution quality (); soon after, the Performance Index launched on Tokenomist, assigning AAA-CCC letter grades and using a rolling 30-day window to assess trading KPIs, trust, coverage, and more ().
Official future focus: embed MM performance data into mainstream analytics platforms, advance market-structure transparency, make market-maker selection data-driven; use rolling windows to require MMs to sustain reputation; expand data coverage for a more representative dataset (; ). The roadmap centers on linking quotes to execution via standardized historical performance, enabling end-to-end transparency through RFQ and monitoring tools.
Shane Molidor: Co-founder & CEO. Former CEO/CRO/Head of BD at AscendEX, Global Head at FBG Capital, early employee at Gemini. Led AscendEX's Series B to ~$500M valuation. Princeton BA; studied economics at LSE.
Scott R. Byron: Currently Managing Director, Head of Research, and Core Contributor. Former Head of Venture & Research at AscendEX, helped 50+ token projects design primary-to-secondary transitions and early price discovery, built due diligence frameworks.
Benjamin Loveless: CTO. Former Head of Trading at JIT Strategies; quantitative trader/developer specializing in Python/C++/Rust, market making and delta-neutral strategies. PhD in Mathematics & Computer Science from UCL.