DeFi-Market-Risk-Report

Founding Beta 10 — Prospect List

Offer: DeFi Market Risk Report — Founding Beta
Price test: €9
Status date: 2026-10-09
Rule: Nobody in this file has been contacted unless the status is explicitly changed from NOT_CONTACTED.

The first test is designed to answer one question:

Will a DeFi power user, researcher, creator, or product team find enough value in an evidence-backed lending-market risk report to pay €9 or explicitly ask for a paid follow-up?

Priority 1 — direct paid-test prospects

#	Prospect	Why this is a fit	Suggested route	Offer angle	Status
1	Stephen / DeFi Dojo	Actively publishes stablecoin-yield comparisons and explicitly discusses risk-adjustedness, liquidity and lending loops. This is the closest match to a user who could immediately critique the report.	X: @phtevenstrong	“You already compare stablecoin yields; would you pay €9 for an evidence-backed market-risk layer beside APY?”	NOT_CONTACTED
2	Ignas / DeFi Research	Publishes current DeFi research and a 2026 yield-farming playbook. Strong fit for a report that separates APY from liquidity/oracle/stablecoin risk.	Ignas DeFi publication / X	Ask for a paid beta read on one market he is actively researching.	NOT_CONTACTED
3	The DeFi Investor	Active DeFi researcher with a 17K+ newsletter audience; regularly covers tools, strategies and current DeFi opportunities.	X: @TheDeFinvestor / publication	“A market due-diligence layer for tools/strategies you already review.”	NOT_CONTACTED
4	Taiki Maeda / HFA Research	Runs a DeFi-focused research operation and premium community; positioning explicitly emphasizes signal over noise and market research.	HFA Research / Taiki social links	Offer Report #001 as a paid research-tool test, not a promotion.	NOT_CONTACTED
5	DeFi Dad / The Edge Podcast	Weekly DeFi/digital-asset podcast covering protocols, investment strategies and yield opportunities; public builder/partner inquiry route exists.	The Edge / DeFi Dad partner inquiry or X	“Could an independent risk report improve the due-diligence layer behind a lending/yield discussion?”	NOT_CONTACTED
6	Patrick Scott / Dynamo DeFi	Has shifted toward original targeted onchain analysis and evergreen research; also offers 1:1 DeFi coaching.	X / Dynamo DeFi / public Linktree	Position the report as a compact evidence pack for an analyst rather than an investment signal.	NOT_CONTACTED
7	Route 2 FI	Long-running DeFi/yield educator; current public writing links to a high-frequency crypto Telegram channel and still discusses yield positions.	Telegram / publication	Ask whether €9 saves enough research time before entering a yield market.	NOT_CONTACTED

Priority 2 — strategic validation prospects

These are highly relevant, but the first objective is product feedback / design-partner signal rather than expecting a €9 individual purchase.

#	Prospect	Why this is a fit	Suggested route	Validation angle	Status
8	blocmates	Crypto media/research company with 17K+ newsletter readers and a strong research/editorial business.	Website / editorial contact	Could this format support independent market explainers or sponsored-but-methodology-separated research?	NOT_CONTACTED
9	DeFi Saver	Directly supports Aave, Morpho, Compound and Spark. Its own knowledge base says protocol/security risk research is often left to end users and that the team has discussed making more of this information available.	Website / Discord / X	Show Report #001 as a possible external risk-intelligence layer for lending users.	NOT_CONTACTED
10	Stablewatch	Builds real-time yield analytics and institutional-grade risk tooling. This is a sophisticated peer/competitor benchmark and potential B2B feedback source.	Website “Contact Us”	Ask for methodology feedback and whether lending-market evidence could complement stablecoin/yield risk work.	NOT_CONTACTED

Public evidence

Stephen / DeFi Dojo

• Current yield/risk activity: https://threadreaderapp.com/user/phtevenstrong
• Jan 2026 “Stablecoin Awards” explicitly includes risk-adjustedness and yield comparisons.

Ignas / DeFi Research

• Publication: https://www.ignasdefi.com/
• Current example: “How to Yield Farm Like a Degen in 2026” (2026-09-02).

The DeFi Investor

• About: https://www.thedefinvestor.com/about
• Publication: https://www.thedefinvestor.com/
• Public profile: https://x.com/TheDeFinvestor

Taiki Maeda / HFA Research

• HFA Research about: https://hfaresearch.substack.com/about
• The publication describes its mission as high-quality, digestible DeFi content that separates signal from noise and links a premium community.

DeFi Dad / The Edge Podcast

• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeFiDad
• The Edge Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-edge-podcast/id1671489227
• Public channel description lists DeFi strategies, protocols, yield opportunities and builder/partner inquiries.

Patrick Scott / Dynamo DeFi

• Publication: https://newsletter.dynamodefi.com/
• Strategy shift: https://newsletter.dynamodefi.com/p/the-future-of-dynamo-defi
• Public links: https://linktr.ee/patrickdynamodefi

Route 2 FI

• Current publication example: https://theblackswans.substack.com/p/from-making-it-to-now-what
• The article links the author’s daily crypto Telegram channel.

blocmates

• Newsletter: https://www.blocmates.com/newsletters
• Research/media business: https://www.blocmatespartners.com/

DeFi Saver

• Lending dashboard: https://defisaver.com/features/lending-and-borrowing
• Security-risk note: https://help.defisaver.com/features/smart-savings/are-there-any-security-risks
• Supports Aave, Morpho, Compound, Spark and other lending protocols.

Stablewatch

• Product: https://www.stablewatch.io/
• Research: https://www.stablewatch.io/research
• Stablewatch positions itself around yield analytics and institutional-grade risk advisory.

Qualification rules

A prospect counts as qualified only if at least one is true:

1. They actively allocate to or research DeFi lending/yield.
2. They publish DeFi/yield research for an audience.
3. They build a lending/yield interface whose users need risk context.
4. They operate risk/yield infrastructure where methodology feedback is commercially meaningful.

A “like”, view, follow, or generic positive comment is not validation.

Success gate after 10 contacts

• Strong signal: >=2 paid purchases, or 1 purchase + >=2 explicit requests for another paid report.
• Promising: no purchase yet, but >=3 prospects explicitly say they would pay for alerts, wallet monitoring, comparative reports or a specific added evidence layer.
• Weak: polite feedback with no willingness to pay.
• Fail / investigate: 10 qualified contacts, zero payment intent, zero clear paid alternative.

Do not add more features before recording why the first 10 did or did not care.