>be Michael Russian physics prodigy, broze at IPhO, still mad it wasn’t gold >studies at MIPT professor says “no free lunch” invents yield farming years later just to prove him wrong >discovers Bitcoin → “math = money” joins LinkedIn → builds data pipelines → dreams of decentralized ones >2016: co-founds NuCypher proxy re-encryption wizardry, trustless data, nerd applause >2018: writes StableSwap zero slippage, zero mercy, 100% math everyone confused, Michael focused >2019: launches Curve UI from 1995, math from 2095 works better than 99% of crypto >2020: CRV leak “fine, I’ll do it myself” creates DAO + veCRV → tokenomics masterpiece TVL $1.2B >2021: bull market tricrypto pools, BTC/ETH/USDT ménage à trois Curve = liquidity spine of DeFi >2022: bear market projects die, Michael builds LLAMMA Curve lives, math stronger than ever >2023: multichain Curve everywhere, crvUSD brewing, $1.8B TVL >2024: chaos $130M CRV nearly nuked sells to whales, saves treasury launches crvUSD + Yield Basis >2025: dominance Curve $36B volume, CRV on Coinbase Yield Basis slays impermanent loss Michael drinks water, whispers “it’s just curves…” >physics never dies Curve never dies Michael never dies