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Articles & Research

A selection of writing and publications, newest first.

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The Challenge of Impact Capital Allocation

2-part series on the structural blind spots in impact investing — CeLatam + Pedro Parrachia · 2025

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How to Build Web3 Communities in Latin America

Handbook · CeLatam · 2025

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Meet The Builders

6-part profile series on Latin America's Web3 builders — CeLatam · 2025

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DeFi Security Research

Attack modeling, protocol security analysis, and adversary profiling for DeFi infrastructure — including PCC threat modeling and Mento Protocol vulnerability research.

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2025

Modelling Assets for a Sustainable Economy

ReFaz + Ekonavi · LIFT Lab Program

Product developed under the LIFT Lab Program by the Central Bank of Brazil and the Federation of Brazilian Banks. Research lead.

From Chapada to Reconcavo: When Clean Energy Hurts

CeLatam + Liga Colaborativa dos Povos

Expedition across 8 cities in Chapada Diamantina and Recôncavo Baiano examining how "clean" energy affects local populations.

Blended Finance & Impact Capital Allocation in Chapada Diamantina's Renewable Energy Projects

CeLatam + Liga Colaborativa dos Povos

Latin America's Web3 Opportunities: Stablecoins, RWA, and ReFi Research

CeLatam · 2024

Empowering Education with Blockchain: The Journey of Blockchain na Escola

Blockchain na Escola Substack · July 18, 2023

The Challenge of Impact Capital Allocation | Part 2: The Solution Layer's Blind Spot

CeLatam + Pedro Parrachia

The Challenge of Impact Capital Allocation | Part 1

CeLatam

How to build Web3 Communities in Latin America — Handbook

CeLatam

Full Research: Hacking Growth — Stablecoins, RWA, and ReFi in Latin America

CeLatam

Mapping ReFi in LatAm

CeLatam

Stablecoins in Brazil

CeLatam

RWA in Latin America

CeLatam

Witnessing the Rise of Gira Hub Web3

Paragraph — ReFaz

Latin America's Web3 Momentum — My Journey at Blockchain.RIO 2025

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Romina from ETH Kipu

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Anthony from Celo Africa DAO & CKash

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Tereza Bízková from ReFi Medellín

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Luiz from Muda & Cambiatus

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Cush from Odisea

CeLatam (Medium)

Meet the Builders — Gus from Bankless Brazil

CeLatam (Medium)

Modular Carnival

CeLatam

Pioneering Web3 in Chapada Diamantina

CeLatam

ReFi, RWA, and Stablecoins in Latam: Research Grants — Know our Grantees

CeLatam

Embracing Evolution: From Knkt DAO to CeLatam

CeLatam

Celo's Impact in Latin America and CeLatam Mission

CeLatam

Hacking Growth in Latin America: ReFi, RWAs, and Stablecoins

CeLatam

Scaling Impact & Innovation in Latin America: our strategy for 2025

CeLatam

2024

The Brazilian Ecosystem of Regenerative Finance — PT I

ReFiDAO Blog

ReFi Spring 2022 Retrospective

ReFiDAO Blog

The Case for a ReFi Ecosystem between Brazil and Cameroon

ReFiDAO Blog

The ReFi Ecosystem in Suriname

ReFiDAO Blog

Collaborative Finance — Intellectuals out of their caves

CryptoCommons Association (Medium)

SECURITY ANALYSIS

DeFi Security Research — Attack Modeling & Protocol Vulnerability Analysis

Mento Protocol, Sonne Finance, Velodrome · 2024

Attack modeling and adversary profiling for DeFi protocols, including PCC organized crime threat model and economic viability analysis of attacks on small stablecoins.

Classification System for the Sovereign Sustainable Bonds of Brazil

Project Winner — 2 tracks — National Treasury Tokenization Challenge

2023–2022

O que são as Finanças Regenerativas (ReFi)? — Partes I & II

Prensa.li / Substack

Parte I · Parte II

Tokenização faz sentido para pequenos negócios? — Partes I–III

Prensa.li / Substack

Parte I · Parte II · Parte III

It's time to do it again: ReFaz

LinkedIn · 2023

"Contrata-se Operador de Pirâmide Financeira" — Partes I & II

Prensa.li / Substack

Parte I · Parte II

Academic & Early Work

Participação de Organizações não Governamentais (ONGs) em programas de Cooperação Internacional para o Desenvolvimento: Uma Análise Crítica sobre a Concentração de Recursos.

Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa em Administração