Colin Platt is a DeFi product builder and smart contract developer who serves as Product Lead at Makina, an EVM-focused protocol. Colin Platt's Twitter Score is 144 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #4,034 (top 1%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Colin Platt has been active in the Ethereum ecosystem since 2015, building DeFi and NFT projects both under his own name and anonymously. His work spans multiple protocols, including prior involvement with Liquity and Alto Market. He previously served as Head of Product at Liquity and, before that, as Head of Blockchain at BNP Paribas, and as Chief Executive Officer at Unifty.io. He also serves as a mentor and advisor to HyperNest.
Colin Platt's current employer, Makina, experienced a $4.1 million exploit tied to price-feed manipulation in its DUSD/USDC Curve pool, an incident that was contained to that pool and did not affect the broader protocol. Makina subsequently raised a $3 million strategic round in June 2025 and has issued the $MAK token. Colin Platt has accumulated 7,318 followers as of October 2026 and published 29,435 posts across his time on the platform. He has been mentioned by 150 accounts, with 520 total mentions.
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