Founders

Debifi founder and CEO Max Kei has harnessed his years of experience contributing to Hodl Hodl, a noncustodial peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin exchange and bitcoin-backed lending platform, to create Debifi, a lending platform like Hodl Hodl’s but built for institutional clients.

Francisco Chavarria, Yopaki’s co-founder and CEO, believes that by educating Yopaki’s users about Bitcoin and incorporating a favorite Mexican pastime into the app, he and his team are poised to make Mexico a nation of Bitcoin enthusiasts.

Heatbit’s founder Alex Busarov has created a device that not only lets people increase their bitcoin stack while keeping their home warm but that also contributes to the decentralization of the Bitcoin hashrate.

With Ark Labs, Marco Argentieri is fulfilling the latest stage in his mission to help people more easily transact with bitcoin.

Leading the team at Lightspark, David Marcus is poised to make the Lightning Network the biggest payment network in the world.

Bitaxe founder Skot not only created the first ever open-source ASIC-based Bitcoin miner, but he’s inspired over 4,000 others to contribute to open-source Bitcoin mining projects.

Vexl co-founder and CEO Lea Petrášová believes that the app she’s helped create — an open-source and KYC-free peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace — is essential in helping to preserve Bitcoin’s most essential qualities.

10 years ago, Sergej Kotliar set out to help people more easily spend their bitcoin on everyday items, a task that still comes with a number of challenges and that has taught him many lessons.

Ben Arc and the talented team of developers behind LNbits are helping users do more with Lightning.

The National Bitcoin Office (ONBTC) of the Office of the President of El Salvador, led by Stacy Herbert, aims not just to help further integrate Bitcoin into El Salvador’s economy but foster a cultural, artistic and psychological renaissance.