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UseTheBitcoin Editorial Team

The UseTheBitcoin editorial team, led by Editorial Lead David Lance Constantino, researches, writes and keeps these guides, reviews and explainers up to date. Some were first written by former contributors, who are credited on each page.

Chamath Palihapitiya: From Facebook Executive to SPAC King

Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, the venture firm behind early SPAC deals like Virgin Galactic and SoFi. Known as Silicon Valley's "SPAC King," he scored a major payday when Nvidia's $20 billion Groq deal closed in December 2025.

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Arthur Breitman: From Wall Street Quant to Blockchain Founder

Arthur Breitman co-founded Tezos and remains its CTO nearly a decade after the project's $232 million ICO, one of 2017's largest crypto fundraises. Now he's turning heads with blunt warnings about Bitcoin's social and market vulnerabilities, from quantum computing risks to corporate treasury strategies.

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Alex Gluchowski: The Engineer Bringing Banks Onto Ethereum

Alex Gluchowski is the co-founder and CEO of Matter Labs, the company behind the Ethereum Layer 2 network zkSync. He has led Matter Labs since 2018, steering the company in 2026 toward Prividium, a privacy-focused blockchain built for banks.

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Tegan Kline: The Banker Who Bet on The Graph

Tegan Kline co-founded Edge & Node, the team behind The Graph protocol, and served as its CEO from 2023 to 2025 before moving to the company's board. No verified personal net worth figure for her is publicly available as of 2026.

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Rialto Airdrop Guide: How to Prepare for a Future Token

Rialto Airdrop status remains unconfirmed, though the exchange's live referral program on Robinhood Chain already rewards early trading volume. Traders who cross $10,000 in cumulative volume unlock a referral code that could matter later if Rialto ever launches a token.

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Sam Bankman-Fried: From FTX Billionaire to Life Behind Bars

Sam Bankman-Fried is the FTX founder whose 2026 net worth sits at $0 after an $11 billion forfeiture order. This profile traces his rise with Alameda Research and FTX through conviction, appeal, and his pending pardon request.

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Lucas Bruder: From Bulldozer Robotics to Solana’s MEV Engine

Lucas Bruder is the co-founder and CEO of Jito Labs, the company behind Solana's leading MEV and validator infrastructure. Lucas Bruder is now expanding Jito beyond infrastructure with JTX, a 2026 consumer trading terminal for spot, futures, and prediction markets.

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Akka Finance Airdrop Guide: How to Prepare for $AKKA

There is no active Akka Finance Airdrop as of July 2026, since the project has not confirmed a new points program or token event. The only past distribution was an 8 million $AKKA token campaign with Satoshi App in 2024, which has since closed.

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Charles Hoskinson: Cast Out of Ethereum, He Built Its Rival

Charles Hoskinson co-founded Ethereum in 2013 before a boardroom dispute pushed him out a year later. He went on to found Cardano, turning a rival blockchain into one of the industry's largest and most talked-about projects.

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Balaji Srinivasan: From Coinbase CTO to Network Founder

Balaji Srinivasan is an American entrepreneur and investor best known as Coinbase's first chief technology officer and the author of The Network State. Traders Union estimates his 2026 net worth at $150 million, based on his stakes in the $375 million Counsyl sale and the $120 million Earn.com acquisition by Coinbase.

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Ryan Selkis: The Blogger Who Co-Founded Messari

Ryan Selkis is the entrepreneur who co-founded Messari and broke the 2014 Mt. Gox story before stepping down as CEO in 2024. No verified net worth figure is publicly available for him, according to Traders Union.

by UseTheBitcoin Editorial Team