This category is about individuals who have made or are making an impact in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.
A new name, Olaoluwa Samuel-Biyi, has popped up in the crypto space following amended rules by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), mandating that digital asset platforms must be registered and licensed to operate. This development came after the Nigerian government’s clampdown on cryptocurrency exchange platforms in February 2021, followed by a rule amendment that required … Read more
Chris Maurice (born in 1996) is a risk management expert and trained financial manager. He co-founded YellowCard Crypto Exchange, which operates across 20 African countries, and currently serves as the company’s Chief Executive Officer. Early Life and Education Chris grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. From 2009 to 2014, he attended Jesuit High School … Read more
Simon McWilliams is an expert in investment, risk management, financial management, and financial reporting. He is the current Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Tether Limited Inc. Education After high school, McWilliams enrolled in the Accounting Department at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa, where he earned a Bachelor of Accounting Science (BAcc). … Read more
From November 2, 2022, when red-flags were raised about the financial dealings of Alameda Research and FTT, a token issued by FTX, the fraud charges against crypto exchange founder and billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried came to an end on March 28, 2024. He was sentenced to 25 years or approximately 300 months imprisonment by a U.S. court … Read more
Chris Maurice and Justin Poiroux ventured into cryptocurrency trading just to make a little money when both were undergraduates at Auburn University, Alabama. But what seemed like personal stuff grew bigger such that multi-million dollar companies took interest in what is today known as Yellow Card Financial – the owners of Yellow Card Crypto Exchange … Read more
Jason Lou and Luca Lu are the two brains behind one of the World’s leading digital asset trading platforms, BitForex. Security Alert!: There is every possibility that the founders of Bitforex Exchange have disappeared with their users’ money following the withdrawal of $57 million from the exchange’s hot wallets. At the time of this update, users … Read more
Reeve Collins is a leading voice in the Blockchain and cryptocurrency space. He was the first to create the technology to make programmable “Smart” NFTs, a breakthrough in a digital representation of ownership. He co-founded Tether alongside Brock Pierce and Craig Sellars and was the CEO from 2013 to 2015. Before this co-founding Tether, Reeve founded Pala … Read more
From entertainment to blockchain technology, Brock Pierce is a prominent figure in cryptocurrency. He founded Internet Gaming Entertainment (IGE) in 2001 and four years later, Pierce disclosed that IGE accounted for about 50 per cent of internet gaming in the United States. In 2013, he founded Blockchain Capital, a venture capital, that reportedly raised $85 million in … Read more
Craig is a Blockchain innovator and a co-founder of stablecoin, NFTs, and Tether. He is also a member of Omni Foundation, where he uses Omni Protocol to allow users to create and trade smart-contract-based properties and currencies on top of Bitcoin’s blockchain. He was an advisor to Block.one between April 2017 to 2018, before joining OmniBOLT (Basis … Read more
Devin Finzer, the CEO of OpenSea, an American online marketplace for Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT). He started from a small startup and has grown OpenSea into a large and successful company. Business Philosophy His business philosophy is to develop a platform that enables users to acquire and discover unique digital assets that can be safely traded, … Read more
Kris Marszalek is a technology entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Crypto.com, a platform that provides users with a wide range of crypto-related services. His humble beginning His career began with an award-winning consumer electronics design studio and a manufacturing business, which he grew from three employees to four hundred. He is highly regarded … Read more
Cryptocurrency has become a significant player in the global economy and finance. This is mainly due to the efforts of a small but mighty group of individuals. One of the most influential people in the crypto and blockchain world is Emilie Choi. Emilie Choi is an experienced and highly accomplished executive who has worked in various … Read more
Esteban Ordano is an Argentinian software engineer and the Co-Founder of Decentraland, the first blockchain-enabled virtual world powered by cryptocurrency. He has about ten years of experience working in blockchain technology, and his research and contributions have benefited the growth of blockchain. Esteban Ordano was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay. He studied Software Engineering … Read more
Sergey Nazarov is a Russian immigrant and co-founder of SmartContract and Chainlink. He was once linked to Satoshi Nakamoto, anonymous the person who invented Bitcoin. His incredible involvement in cryptocurrency started around the time the Bitcoin white paper was published. The Chainlink network, which has hybrid smart contracts and blockchain oracles, was created by Nazarov. Early … Read more
The 43rd Mayor of Miami (Florida) Francis Xavier Suarez is a strong advocate of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. His innovative dynamic ideas led to the development of MiamiCoin, a coin created by CityCoins, an organization devoted to using cryptocurrency to empower cities and their citizens. The coin was made to provide financial support to the city of Miami, and … Read more