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Published Nov 30, 2022 04:55AM ET
Updated Nov 30, 2022 06:00AM ET
Crypto Founders Included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Despite Market Downturn
Several crypto CEOs and company entrepreneurs have made it onto Forbes’s newly announced 30 under 30 list for the fintech industry.
Ham Serunjogi, the creator of an African money transfer app, was featured on the 2023 cover. Additionally, Forbes celebrated the contributions of numerous pioneers in the crypto community.
The companies on the list span the gamut of the financial sector, from the most conventional to the most innovative technologies like cryptocurrency and distributed ledgers. There were over a thousand nominees, but only 30 were selected. And no, Sam Bankman-Fried did not make the cut this time!
David Vélez, CEO of the Brazilian online bank Nubank and co-founder of the company, was among the judges. The top 30 were selected in part by Alex Atallah, co-founder of the nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea.
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NOW ANNOUNCING: #ForbesUnder30 2023Meet the young leaders and entrepreneurs on our 12th annual Forbes 30 Under 30 list who provide plenty of reason to believe that tomorrow will be brighter than today.FULL LIST: https://t.co/HAsugTmmxO pic.twitter.com/ONmMmmfpYKh2 Crypto Founders Never Stop to BUIDL/h2— Forbes (@Forbes) November 29, 2022
Over the past year, Forbes reported that the value of cryptocurrencies had dropped by 70 percent. Still, it paid tribute to the pioneers and top brass of the industry for their efforts throughout the year.
Hayden Adams, founder of Uniswap, made the list at the age of 28. His 2018 launch of a decentralized platform for trading and exchanging tokens was a huge success. Since its inception, Uniswap has handled more than $1 trillion in trade volume.
Kevin Sekniqi, the co-founder of Avalanche, is also on this elusive list. Despite the debilitating bear market, the high-throughput blockchain has also seen tremendous success.
Eva Beylin, director of The Graph Foundation, and Ria Bhutoria, partner at Castle Island Ventures, were two other notable women in the crypto space to make the list. Arjun Bhuptani and Layne Haber, who founded Connext Labs, were also named, as was Kanav Kariya of Jump Crypto.
The list also includes Sam Kazemian, founder of Frax Finance, Victor Faramond, founder of MoonPay, as well as Kinjal Shah of Blockchain Capital.
h2 On the Flipside/h2Three out of ten of the financial technology companies mentioned are involved in cryptocurrency. Despite the dismal year, this has lent greater credibility to the cryptocurrency sector. Most of the names on the list come from the investment banking or VC industries.
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