Arpan Gautam is a finance professional and entrepreneur with experience in quantitative trading and digital asset strategies across both traditional and cryptocurrency markets. He is the CEO and co-founder of Noon Capital, a digital asset firm focused on yield-bearing stablecoins. His work primarily focuses on developing transparent and user-centric financial products in the stablecoin and decentralized finance (DeFi) sectors. ^[1]​

Education

Gautam attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed multiple degrees. He graduated in 2008 with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of Arts & Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Economics, with concentrations in Finance and Management, from The Wharton School. He later returned to The Wharton School and earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus on Finance in 2013. ^[3]​

Career

Gautam began his career in August 2008 as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. He was promoted to Senior Business Analyst in 2010. During the summer of 2010, he also completed an internship at the National Economic Council (NEC). After his time at the NEC, he returned to McKinsey until May 2011. While pursuing his MBA, Gautam worked as a Summer Associate at Goldman Sachs in Hong Kong from July to August 2012. Following his graduation, he rejoined McKinsey & Company as an Engagement Manager in their London office, where he worked from June 2013 to November 2015. After leaving McKinsey, Gautam transitioned into entrepreneurship. In January 2017, he founded Revverbank, a digital bank based in the United Kingdom, and served as its CEO until March 2020. In February 2021, he became the Chief Financial Officer of Dexterity Capital, a quantitative trading firm in the digital asset space. While serving as CFO at Dexterity, he founded DCL Markets, a Web3 capital markets advisory firm and market maker, in January 2023. ^[2]​

Noon Capital

In June 2024, Gautam founded Noon Capital, a digital asset firm focused on developing a yield-bearing stablecoin. Noon Capital's core product is a yield-generating stablecoin, sUSN, with the stated purpose of providing market-leading yields through proprietary trading strategies. The project emphasizes a "fair" token distribution model that returns a significant portion of its governance tokens to users. The firm publicly lists partnerships with security audit firms Halborn and Quantstamp, custody provider Ceffu, and various DeFi and infrastructure projects, including Beam, ZeroLend, zkSync, and Sophon. The platform launched its beta in early 2025. Noon's stablecoin, USN, and its yield-bearing counterpart, sUSN, were made available on Ethereum Mainnet and zkSync Era. By April 2025, Noon Capital's sUSN vault had become the largest external stablecoin vault, as part of a promotional campaign hosted by TacBuild, indicating early user adoption. This specific vault deployment was curated by Tulipacapital and used vault technology provided by Lagoon Finance. ^[4]​

Interviews

Accountable x Noon

In February 2025, Gautam and Wojtek Pawlowski were interviewed by Gigi, CEO and CMO of Accountable, to discuss the launch of Noon’s beta platform and the integration of its yield-bearing stablecoin. Gautam described his transition from traditional finance to crypto, as well as his role in developing a user-focused stablecoin. At the same time, Pawlowski detailed his background in quantitative finance and progression into the crypto space. The conversation emphasized the need for transparency in high-yield stablecoins, noting that self-reported numbers have eroded user trust, and highlighted Accountable’s role in providing real-time verification of asset backing while maintaining privacy. The founders discussed industry challenges with traditional reporting, potential opportunities for on-chain under-collateralized lending, and the importance of creating a secure framework for trust and liquidity. They concluded by underscoring Noon’s commitment to intelligent yield, fairness through governance token rewards, and transparency, and encouraged community engagement and feedback. ^[5]

Panels

Web3 Transparency

In March 2025, Gautam participated in a panel at RWA Day moderated by Hubert Rachwalski, alongside Wojtek Pawlowski from Accountable Capital, discussing transparency in the crypto credit market. The conversation addressed challenges in the quality of crypto data, particularly self-reported financials during the 2022 financial crisis, and explored solutions designed to enhance transparency while protecting user privacy. Gautam highlighted innovations such as yield-bearing stablecoins that return a significant portion of governance tokens to users and emphasized the importance of security and trust through transparent verification systems. The panel also introduced a data verification platform capable of off-chain, real-time verification, allowing users to confirm performance and collateral integrity independently, and concluded with a call for the community to engage with tools that improve data reliability in their own projects. ^[6]