Andre Serrano

Accelerating economic freedom and self-sovereignty in the digital age.

Andre Serrano

I'm Andre - a builder, investor, and perpetual learner based in Brooklyn, NY.

I'm a Senior Product Manager at Stacks Labs, working at the intersection of Bitcoin and decentralized finance. I developed sBTC, the leading platform to use Bitcoin in smart contracts.

Previously, I worked on privacy tech, growing the Zcash ecosystem at Electric Coin Co, and co-founded Novablock Capital, an early-stage digital asset fund.

I studied Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics at University of Pennsylvania. This gave me a framework for thinking about incentives, system design, and what it actually means for individuals to have agency.

Lately, I've been thinking a lot about how crypto and AI are converging to reshape the tools people use to build and transact. If you're building in this space, I'd love to chat.

When I'm not working, you'll find me at the gym, on a yoga mat, hiking, playing padel, traveling, or reading.

Experience

Experience
Senior Product Manager
Stacks Labs
Jul 2024 – Present · Brooklyn, NY
Shipped sBTC, achieving $500M+ in assets, 10,000+ users and 40+ integrations within 6 months. Led product launch of Circle USDC on Stacks — the first regulated stablecoin on the network.
Product Lead, sBTC
Stacks Foundation
Sep 2021 – Jun 2024 · New York, NY
Owned product strategy and roadmap for the programmable Bitcoin asset, sBTC. Scaled the network to 30+ global infrastructure providers and drove institutional adoption with partners like BitGo, Anchorage, and Hex Trust.
Business Development Manager
Electric Coin Company / Zcash
Oct 2019 – Sep 2021 · Denver, CO
Drove adoption of Zcash through partnerships with exchanges, wallets, and payment providers. Led the launch of a regulated Zcash product on Gemini and the first mobile wallet for the protocol.
Co-Founder & General Partner
NovaBlock Capital
Jul 2017 – Jun 2023
Built and managed a digital asset investment strategy focused on payments, interoperability, and financial infrastructure. Raised and deployed capital across early-stage fintech projects.
Education
B.A. Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics (PPE)
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Jun 2015
Study Abroad
Universidad de Sevilla
Sevilla, Spain · Spring 2014

Media

How I Use Claude as My Personal Tutor
A walkthrough of how I use AI as a learning tool to accelerate my understanding of new topics.
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Bitcoin L2s Are Eating the World
An analysis of how Bitcoin Layer 2 networks are expanding Bitcoin's utility and capturing value across the broader crypto ecosystem.
Article · Hackernoon
Scaling Bitcoin: The Opportunity for Stacks
A deep dive into Bitcoin's scaling challenges and how the Stacks network offers a unique approach to bringing smart contracts to Bitcoin.
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Growing the Bitcoin Economy
Exploring strategies for expanding the Bitcoin economy beyond store of value, including DeFi, stablecoins, and programmable infrastructure.
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The Bitcoin Economy Is Just Getting Started
A forward-looking perspective on Bitcoin's evolving role in the global financial system and the early innings of its economic potential.
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Self-Sovereign Identity: A Framework for The Network State
Examining how self-sovereign identity primitives could serve as the foundation for digital-first governance and network states.
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