Ryan Unhedged is a DeFi founder who built and wound down multiple on-chain protocols before launching EQX Labs. Ryan Unhedged's Twitter Score is 37 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #26,059 (top 10%) among 493,263 tracked accounts.
Ryan Unhedged's real name is Ryan Galvankar. He previously worked at Magnetar Capital as an investment analyst and formerly at Atalaya Capital Management as an investment associate before moving into crypto. He founded Plaza Finance, a programmable-derivatives protocol built on Base whose bondETH and levETH products split the risk and return of pooled staked and restaked ETH. Plaza Finance was wound down in 2025 after testnet activity did not translate into lasting usage; the protocol never launched a token and all users withdrew their funds in full.
Ryan Unhedged also founded opt.fun, a decentralized one-minute options protocol launched on Hyperliquid offering up to 1,000x leverage. opt.fun later stated it was no longer under active development and its frontend was sunsetted. Galvankar had noted before launch that the protocol had no immediate token plans, though a governance token remained a possibility if significant community adoption followed. He additionally founded Convexity Labs, which served as a core contributor to Plaza Finance. A Form D filed on May 7, 2026 and signed by Galvankar as Chief Executive Officer indicates he is currently building EQX Labs.
Ryan Unhedged's account has accumulated 2,099 followers as of October 2026 and 1,612 posts. He has been mentioned by 13 accounts a total of 22 times.
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