Web3 · Fintech · 2026

RealFi

Making a real-world-asset stablecoin on Cardano clear and trustworthy, from brand to coded product.

RealFi product screens
Role
Senior Product Designer & Design Engineer
When
Jan – Jul 2026
Team
Product, engineering and executive stakeholders
Live
realfi.co

The product

RealFi is a blockchain-based financial platform on Cardano, backed by Input Output. Its stablecoin, USDrf, is backed by real-world assets, and the platform lets people mint, stake, swap and provide liquidity while seeing exactly where the reserves sit.

The challenge: DeFi concepts are hard to follow and easy to mistrust. The product had to feel as clear and dependable as a bank app.

What I did

  • Led end-to-end product design for the customer app and the internal administration platform, from discovery through delivery.
  • Designed the core investment journeys: minting, redeeming, staking, token swaps and transactions.
  • Designed the admin tools: transaction tables, audit logs, asset management, permissions and operational workflows.
  • Built and maintained the design system: components, design tokens, status patterns, chips and badges.
  • Defined product branding, positioning and visual direction.

Design engineering

I used AI-assisted front-end tools to prototype and ship implementation-ready features. That sped up delivery and kept design and engineering aligned, because we were reviewing working software rather than static mock-ups.

The RealFi portal on desktop and mobile
The RealFi portal on desktop and mobile
Mobile overview: R-Points rewards and reserve attestation
Mobile overview: R-Points rewards and reserve attestation

Outcome

RealFi’s mainnet is live on Cardano, with the two-token USDrf and sUSDrf model, a transparency page for reserves, and support for Lace and Eternl wallets.