John Gu, Caladan

  • Wallet address (SPL/Solana): D3iheBiy1EC3zde86bhU5X1Wmqj6XhJqnRAQ7W2emPr
  • Describe how you will custody your private key: Fireblocks

Name of Candidate

  • Full Name: John Gu
  • Twitter handle: @GuruXing
  • Discord handle: @GuruXing
  • Github handle: @johngu

Current Role / Ecosystem

  • Title: CEO, Caladan Group

Main Location

  • Continent: Asia

Motivations to participate in the Price Feed Council:

  • Caladan has been contributing to the Pyth Network as a consistently top-ranked data partner since 2022. We publish data across a significant variety of asset classes and have been supporting Pyth initiatives closely both onchain and offchain since & before the start of our partnership.
  • As a leading trading firm and DeFi participant, we engage with a wide range of protocols that are secured by Pyth’s ecosystem, and we’re eager to continue contributing value and growth to Pyth through our expertise, activities and via governance.

Relevant Experience:

  • 15 years of experience in TradFi, 7 in crypto
  • Co-founder and CEO of Caladan
  • Caladan makes digital asset markets more efficient and fair. We support exchanges, tokens, and institutional investors with on-exchange liquidity, DeFi expertise, treasury solutions, and investments. Since 2017 we’ve been a pioneer in crypto market-making, powering over $50B in annual transactions across 1000+ assets.