This category is about individuals who have made or are making an impact in the cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.
At 27 Samuel Bankman-Fried popular by his initials SBF, a son of a university professor launched a cryptocurrency exchange platform called FTX. Less than four years of operations, FTX exchange crumbled and the founder turned from being a public speaker – who everyone adored at blockchain seminars and conferences – to living nearly a ‘recluse’ life … Read more
There are individuals who choose to be outstanding among the numerous average people around the world. One such excellent personality is Oleksandr Lutskevych, the founder and CEO of Cex.Io, a London-based group of companies, with subsidiaries including CEX.IO Bitcoin Exchange. The company is one of the major shakers and movers in the world of cryptocurrency. … Read more
Harold Thomas Finney II, known as Hal Finney, was born on May 4, 1956. He was an American developer, computer scientist, and cryptographer, notable in the cryptocurrency world for being the first person to receive Bitcoin. He passed away on August 28, 2014. Place of Birth: Coalinga, California Place of Death: Phoenix, Arizona Number of … Read more
Despite the 2015 warning to cryptocurrency traders by the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), the residents of the East African country has continued to deepen their adoption of crypto. While the country’s authorities continue to clamp down on crypto traders, the Chief Executive Officer of Luno Marius Reitz predicted that Kenya will lead the cryptocurrency … Read more
On September 24,2021, eToro, a global multi-asset investment platform, announced the launching of a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) portfolio that put financial services on the blockchain. Since its founding in 2007, the innovations by the socio-crypto trading platform has been outstanding, the question we don’t always ask is: who is the brain behind the success stories of … Read more
A Nigerian, Olaoluwa Osuntokun is among the cryptocurrency leaders who made Forbes Under 30 List. He is in the rank of Charlie Noyes, Amiti Uttarwar, Flori Marquez among others. They are young, hardworking, smart, clever, brilliant, and innovative. The list contains 600 promising young individuals around the World. Interestingly, over 10 blockchain young minds who … Read more
Olatomiwa Lasebikan is a web and software developer, data analyst and programmer. He co-founded BuyCoins Africa. Early Life and Education Olatomiwa Lasebikan was born into the Lasebikan family in Osun State, Nigeria. He pursued higher education in the United States, earning a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, from 2010 to 2014. … Read more
If you think that the founder of Ethereum is someone who had spent more than three decades in the tech space, you are definitely wrong. Though no one knows Buterin’s net worth, some cryptocurrency analysts considered him to be the richest Ethereum holder. Date of birth Born on January 31, 1994, in Kolomna, Moscow Oblast, … Read more