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RA-DeFi

Product Design |  User Research
Decentralized Financing Application

01.

Introduction

Overview

RA-DeFi uses the Ethereum blockchain to create a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) investment platform. It is developed for investors seeking diversification through crypto. I started by working on the product concept and then worked on outlining the UX and establish a design language for the app. Finally, I created a reusable component library with relevant variants in Figma and documented the work for use by developers

Project Type

IOS

Role

Product Design

Tool

Figma

Timeline

2022

Problem

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is an emerging technology based on secure distributed ledgers. The technology emerged shortly after the launch of Ethereum in 2015. The system removes the control banks and governments have on money, financial products, and financial services. RA-DeFi attempts to solve the problem of making DeFi more approachable to less sophisticated investors. The team at RA-DeFi focused on the iOS platform to start, as 73% of its addressable audience used an iOS device based on web analytics data.

The main ask was for a complete iPhone application with minimal obstacles to the sign-up process. They wanted 100% of customer enrollments to end up with account funding. Secondary goal was to convert at least 30% of enrollments into recurring investors instead of onetime.


02.

Solution

Wireframes

I started by looking at aspirational work among competition and conceptual work of other designers. I combined this inspiration into mood boards to help envision how an app might look and to get early feedback on which designs resonate and what to avoid.


We focused on the dashboard to help us establish the UI and set up the design language we could carry through the rest of the application. I started with rough monochromatic wireframes to ensure I captured the business requirements.

The dashboard needed to contain a few key pieces of data: (1) total portfolio value, (2) year-to-date growth in dollars and percent, (3) customer’s buying power, and (4) summary data for the four different investment funds called Digital Exchange-Traded Funds (DETF’s).


Risk Assessment while Onboarding

I applied my existing knowledge of user sign-up flows through previous experiences to help the team build a modern user experience in a matter of weeks.

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04.

Design

Decision

User Financial Portfolio design

Considerable effort went to ensure visual hierarchy for each of the data points. The most important data should carry the largest visual weight, while secondary and tertiary information needed to be smaller to provide a visual balance.

The 8 point grid system was an invisible but critical aspect to ensuring a consistent design, especially when it came to building the design system and components

Design system

I  developed  visual design system for the dashboard to arrive at final visual comps for onboarding. This allowed us to focus on the UX, copywriting, and ensuring minimal barriers to the sign-up flow.

Performance

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Risk Assessment while Onboarding

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Conclusion

Reflections

The project was fun from the beginning. I enjoy the crypto space and working in an innovative space and there are many similarities to the Fintech space.

The lessons I gathered in my previous work concerning onboarding, how and what information we choose to collect from customers, all equally apply to the crypto space.



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