Bryce Tayengco is the Co-Founder of Clanker, a platform operating within the web3 ecosystem, focused on blockchain-based infrastructure and decentralized technologies. His professional background includes experience in investment banking and roles in organizations related to financial technology and blockchain systems. ^{[1] [4] [5]}

Education

Tayengco earned a Bachelor's degree in Global Business with a concentration in Finance from the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University (2018–2022). While at Fordham, he participated in several student-led and pre-professional groups, including the Fordham Fintech Network, SnowPeak Digital, SnowPeak Securities, the Investment Banking Club, and the Investment Group. He was also a member of the university's Tae Kwon Do Club. Before enrolling at Fordham, he attended the University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College (2017–2018), where his studies included courses in composition, calculus, and public speaking. He completed his secondary education at Point Pleasant High School (2014–2018), where he was involved in academic and extracurricular activities, including leadership positions in the Future Business Leaders of America, the National Honor Society, and the Youth Leadership Association. He also served as captain of the varsity golf and tennis teams. ^{[1] [5] [6]}

Career

Tayengco began his professional development through internships across the financial services sector. In 2017, he held a finance internship at Jettco International. In 2019, he joined Cantor Fitzgerald, working in compliance and registration. From 2019 to 2020, he interned at Marlin & Associates, where he was involved in projects related to investment banking for technology-focused clients. In 2021, he completed a summer analyst role at Financial Technology Partners (FT Partners), where he contributed to financial advisory activities in the fintech sector which served as a basis for later work with blockchain technologies.

In 2022, Tayengco joined Raymond James as an Investment Banking Analyst within the Technology & Services group in Boston. During his tenure, he worked on financial transactions involving companies in the technology and software industries.

In 2024, he joined Syndicate, a blockchain infrastructure organization, where he worked in Business Operations. His role included contributing to internal processes related to decentralized finance and on-chain organizational tools.

Later that year, in December 2024, Tayengco co-founded Clanker. In this capacity, he has been involved in the development and operational direction of the platform, which operates in areas related to decentralized tools and financial systems within the blockchain environment. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Interviews

In an interview published on the Archetype YouTube channel on February 18, 2025, Bryce Tayengco shared his views on user interaction within the cryptocurrency space, focusing on the concept of agentic interfaces. According to Tayengco, this approach involves leveraging frameworks and large language models (LLMs) to simplify user access to blockchain-based tools. He clarified that the concept does not imply fully autonomous systems, but rather aims to create intuitive experiences that guide users through complex processes in a more accessible manner.

Throughout the conversation, Tayengco described the current state of user engagement in crypto, noting that many interactions are conducted via chat interfaces or social feeds. He emphasized the importance of streamlining these experiences to encourage broader participation. From his perspective, the evolution of user interfaces has shifted from traditional order book exchanges to more integrated wallet-based solutions, such as those offered by Rainbow and Coinbase, which allow direct token swaps within mobile applications.

Tayengco discussed how Clanker, the platform he co-founded, is exploring ways to incorporate token-related actions into familiar social environments. He explained that Clanker enables users to create and manage tokens directly within social feeds, reducing the number of platforms and steps typically required. In his view, token markets are inherently social and benefit from aligning with users' existing online behaviors.

As part of this strategy, Clanker is being developed within the Farcaster ecosystem, which Tayengco identified as a crypto-native platform with an engaged user base. He stated that building on Farcaster enables Clanker to introduce features with reduced onboarding friction, leveraging an audience already familiar with blockchain tools.

Tayengco also spoke about Clanker’s infrastructure being designed to support third-party developers. He outlined that external projects can build their own interfaces on top of Clanker, contributing to a broader ecosystem. According to him, this modular design encourages the creation of diverse tools tailored to different user needs.

In terms of product metrics, Tayengco noted a shift in focus from the quantity of tokens created to the level of user engagement and attention captured. He suggested that evaluating success through behavioral metrics may offer a more comprehensive view of how individuals interact with crypto platforms.

Throughout the interview, Tayengco emphasized the importance of lowering entry barriers into the crypto space. He pointed to features such as chat-based commands for token actions or governance participation as examples of user flows that enable progressive onboarding, allowing individuals to engage with increasing levels of complexity over time.

According to Tayengco, designing interfaces that match existing user habits, and minimizing the technical demands placed on new users, may serve as a catalyst for broader adoption of cryptocurrency applications. ^[2]