Forbes 30 Under 30: 7 representatives of the crypto industry included in the ranking

Forbes 30 Under 30: 7 representatives of the crypto industry included in the ranking

The American financial and economic magazine Forbes has published another 30 Under 30 rating, which annually includes the best of the best. One of the most authoritative economic publications included in the ranking of the 30 best financiers under 30 years of age. Seven of them (23%) are related to cryptocurrencies and blockchain.

Nader Al-Naji, 26. Co-founder, Intangible Labs

CEO of Intangible Labs and its co-founder. The startup has raised $133 million from major venture investors to develop the Basis stemcoin, which promises to compete with central banks. Al-Naji is a world junior rowing champion and a former developer at Google.

Hunter Horsley, 28. CEO, Bitwise Asset Management

Former Facebook product manager Horsley raised $4 million into the company. And today Bitwise offers 4 options for monitoring the cryptocurrency market. Already more than 40 cryptocurrency hedge funds use Bitwise indices (among them Morgan Creek, which manages $1.5 million in assets) and 600 family offices.

Olaoluwa Osuntokun, 25. CTO, Lightning Labs

California startup Lightning Labs raised $2.5 million to make microtransactions in Bitcoin is a more practical payment instrument. Osuntokun, a Nigerian immigrant, leads a team recognized as one of the best developers of the Lightning protocol for the Bitcoin network. 

Anish Patipati, 29. Director, North Island

Chief specialist in the new investment company acquired by Glenn Hutchins. Under his management is the Virtu investment fund, valued at $900 million, as well as a large cryptocurrency portfolio. Previously worked at Silver Lake and Brave Warrior, where he oversaw $300 million in investments.

Jaybie Rubinowitz, 26. Co-Founder, Bail Bloc

This artist-entrepreneur is the co-founder of the cryptocurrency project Bail Bloc, an application developed by The New Inquiry that dedicates a small percentage of an operating device's excess computing power to cryptocurrency. The project raises funds for bail for low-income defendants. By mining Monero, the project has already raised enough money for the Bronx Freedom Fund to free 100 people who were arrested.

Kyle Samani, 28. Managing Partner, Multicoin Capital

Raised $75 million, including from Andreessen Horowitz, to invest in cryptocurrency projects. The fund has already backed several startups, including Ethereum competitor Dfinity, which has raised about $200 million in total.

Linda Xo, 27. Managing Director, Scalar Capital

Former product manager at Coinbase founded a fund that raised $20 million to invest in blockchain companies in exchange for their tokens.. She is currently investing in 18 projects with a team of four people.

According to https://www.forbes.com

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