Felix Xu is the co-founder and CEO of ARPA Network, a decentralized computation platform he built after leaving a venture investing role at Fosun Group. Since 2018, Felix Xu has grown ARPA beyond privacy-focused computing into verifiable randomness, powering Randcast's use across gaming, DeFi, and AI systems.
David Ripley is the co-CEO of Kraken, a role that followed a decade-long path through crypto’s early years. He joined Kraken’s leadership team through an ...
Joey Krug is an American developer and investor best known for co-founding Augur, one of the earliest decentralized prediction market protocols, and for his current ...
Julian Koh is the co-founder and CEO of Aevo, a decentralized derivatives exchange that has processed more than $100 billion in trading volume. His journey ...
Mariana Gospodinova is Executive Vice President of Global Operations and General Manager for Europe at Crypto.com, having previously served as COO of Binance Europe.
Justin Sun is a Chinese-born entrepreneur and confirmed crypto billionaire, best known as the founder of the TRON blockchain and for his ownership stakes and ...
Nirav Murthy is the co-founder and co-CEO of Camp Network, a blockchain that lets creators register their work, license it, and earn royalties, even when ...
Robert Leshner is an American entrepreneur best known as the founder of Compound Finance, one of DeFi’s earliest lending protocols, and as the current CEO ...
Tuur Demeester is a Belgian economist who told newsletter readers to buy bitcoin at $5 in 2012. He later sold his hedge fund, Adamant Capital, to Blockstream and now runs Adamant Research.
Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. Forbes places his real-time net worth at $7.7 billion as of July 2026, tied almost entirely to his roughly 19% stake in the company.
Rafael Melo is a Brazilian finance executive best known as co-founder and Chief Financial Officer of Crypto.com and Foris, bringing more than 15 years of ...
Mark Rydon is the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Aethir, a decentralized cloud infrastructure network built to supply GPU power for gaming and AI ...
Julian Zehetmayr is the co-founder and co-CEO of LimeWire, the once-defunct file-sharing brand he rebuilt as an AI and Web3 content platform. He previously built and sold two other companies, APILayer and eversign, before turning LimeWire into a generative AI and NFT business
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.
