The World's Largest Blockchain & Crypto Encyclopedia

Ajayi Feyikemi Mabel is a Lead Product Designer at IQ.wiki, specializing in inclusive design for blockchain products. With a biochemistry background, she emphas...

Patrick Colangelo is a seasoned investor and entrepreneur, known for his ventures in private equity and blockchain. He co-founded the Nesa Protocol, a Layer-1 network for decentralized AI, and leads Black Diamond Capital Investors.

Marco Di Maggio is a finance researcher and economist specializing in financial markets, fintech, and digital assets. He co-founded the Nesa Protocol and is a professor at Imperial College Business School.

Richard Liu is a technology executive, entrepreneur, and investor with experience in software engineering, product development, venture investing, and blockchain infrastructure. He co-founded Leap.ai and Huma Finance.

Jake Stolarski is the founder and CEO of NERO Chain, known for his expertise in trading, digital assets, and blockchain technology, holding degrees in Physics and Electrical Engineering. He has led multiple initiatives in the Web3 space.

Mitchell Nicholson is a renowned economist and blockchain policy specialist, currently a core contributor to the Sierra Foundation and founder of Garden City Advisory, with expertise in digital assets and CBDCs.

Andre Cronje is the founder of Flying Tulip, creator of Yearn Finance and Keep3r Network, originating technical architect of Fantom’s working network, later a director of Fantom, and former Chief Technology Officer and board member of Sonic Labs.

Eric Wang is a co-founder of Theseus AI Labs. His career spans blockchain infrastructure, venture investment, and developing strategic partnerships within the decentralized technology landscape.

Alexander Sudeykin is a software developer and entrepreneur, co-founding the EVAA Protocol and working on The Open Network ecosystem projects like TONFT.

Vlad Kamyshov is a seasoned blockchain developer and co-founder of EVAA Protocol. With experience in risk management and financial modeling, he has led innovations in decentralized finance across diverse blockchain ecosystems.

George Cao is a finance expert, co-founder, and former CEO of AscendEX, a prominent cryptocurrency exchange. He is known for blending traditional finance expertise with innovative crypto strategies, significantly influencing the crypto space.

Luke Martinez is a Senior Vice President at Bank of America, actively involved in philanthropic activities with United Way Austin and Caritas of Austin.

Josh Ward is a seasoned sales executive with over 15 years' experience in SaaS and cloud hosting, currently Senior Director of Sales at OVHcloud, known for his strategic leadership in driving revenue growth and building successful sales teams.

Kelvin Koh is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and CIO of The Spartan Group, a crypto investment firm. A veteran with over 20 years in finance, he was formerly...

A Florida-based programmer, known for making the first real-world Bitcoin transaction by purchasing two pizzas for 10,000 BTC and his early contributions to Bitcoin's development.

Jaewon Cho is an Executive Editor at IQ.wiki, noted for his specialization in cryptocurrency and blockchain content and past engineering work in the Oil & Gas i...

Paul Grewal is the Chief Legal Officer at Coinbase, former Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Facebook, and former U.S. Magistrate Judge.

Luana Lopes Lara is a Brazilian entrepreneur and the co-founder of the prediction market platform, Kalshi. In December 2025, she became the world's youngest fem...

Anna Kazlauskas is the founder of Vana and OpenData Labs, focusing on collaborative AI and decentralized data management.

Damola Olutoke is a Nigerian software engineer. His career includes roles as a Technical Integrations Lead at Sidebrief and a Software Engineer at IQ.wiki. He i...

Navin Vethanayagam is the Chief Brain of IQ and the co-founder IQ's KRWQ, the first Korean won stablecoin.

Giovanni Capriglione is a Texas State Representative and President of the Texas Blockchain Council, recognized for his roles in technology policy, blockchain advocacy, and entrepreneurial ventures.

Adam Leaman is the Chief Client Officer at Zero Hash, focusing on capital markets infrastructure and digital asset services. His career spans electronic trading and building regulated financial infrastructure.

Tom Zschach is a seasoned technology executive serving as Chief Innovation Officer at SWIFT. With over 20 years in financial technology, he specializes in driving innovation across the financial industry.

CryptoPulse.News is an online media publication focusing on the cryptocurrency industry. It provides news, market insights, educational content, press releases,...

Sandmark is an independent media platform delivering comprehensive crypto market news and analysis, offering clear insights to investors and enthusiasts about the evolving digital asset space.

Re Protocol is a decentralized platform connecting blockchain capital to reinsurance markets through tokenized instruments. It enables users to gain structured ...

Kalshi is a US-regulated prediction market where users trade event contracts on the outcomes of future events. The platform offers markets in politics, finance,...

Cosmoverse is an annual conference that focuses on the Cosmos ecosystem and interoperability, rotating between different cities each year with influential speak...

USAT is a U.S. dollar-pegged stablecoin by Tether, designed for the American market. Announced in September 2025, it aims for full compliance with U.S. regulati...

Unibase's decentralized AI infrastructure provides autonomous agents with on-chain memory, identity, and interoperability, enabling them to store data, communic...

Lido DAO (LDO) is a decentralized autonomous organization enabling liquid staking for Ethereum and other proof-of-stake blockchains without locking assets or ne...

Superstate is a financial technology firm that connects traditional financial assets with crypto capital markets. It offers tokenized investment funds, such as ...

JUST Foundation develops decentralized financial solutions on the TRON network, offering tools like lending, stablecoin issuance, and staking, while promoting g...

Hashnote is a regulated DeFi investment management platform integrating traditional finance with blockchain technology to offer compliant investment products.

Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Web3 gaming guild. It pioneered the play-to-earn (P2E) scholarship model by investi...

Taiko is a community-managed, open-source network offering a permissionless ZK-Rollup solution for Ethereum, focusing on decentralization, security, and scalabi...

Cryip is an independent media and research outlet that provides comprehensive news, data, and analysis on cryptocurrency and Web3 markets. It focuses on market updates, research reports, on-chain analysis, and security events.

Solana Policy Institute (SPI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating policymakers about decentralized networks, primarily focusing on Solana's potential to shape the future of digital infrastructure.

Framework Ventures is a firm that seeks to invest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency digital assets.

Chaos Labs offers institutional-grade AI financial solutions, risk management, and analytics to improve decision-making in DeFi; known for its innovative oracle systems and financial intelligence tools, it advances transparency and security in crypto mark

Billions is a global network for verifying human and AI identities. It uses a mobile-first, privacy-preserving 'Private Proof of Humanity' system to build a 'Gl...

Ethlabs is a non-profit R&D lab focused on Ethereum's development as a universal on-chain settlement layer, founded by five former Ethereum Foundation researchers and backed by notable industry funders.

The Ethereum Foundation (EF) is a non-profit organization aimed at supporting and improving Ethereum and its related technologies through funding and support pr...

GT Protocol is a decentralized investment pool protocol incorporating Web3 AI technology for trading and investing in cryptocurrencies and NFTs, founded by Peter Ionov and Vlad Balaban.

MoonPay is a financial technology company that provides cryptocurrency payment solutions, facilitating the buying and selling of cryptocurrencies and NFTs throu...

Chainspect offers real-time blockchain analytics for over 50 networks, providing unbiased insights on scalability, decentralization, and financial metrics without paywalls.

BrainDAO is the governing body of the IQ ecosystem, focused on enhancing blockchain knowledge through the IQ token. It oversees projects like ATP, IQ.wiki, and ...

Founded in 2018, StarEx is a global cryptocurrency exchange that lets users buy, sell, and trade digital assets, offering spot and futures trading, strategy orders, and a rewards system to boost engagement.

Eventra Markets is a decentralized prediction platform on the Celo Network, allowing users to trade outcome tokens for events in sports, crypto, politics, and more, with on-chain settlements.

AscendEX (formerly BitMax) is a global digital asset financial platform founded by a group of Wall Street trading veterans.

Backpack is a cryptocurrency company founded in 2022, offering a global exchange, a crypto wallet, and the Mad Lads NFT collection on Solana. It aims to enhance...

MEXC is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange enabling spot, futures, and margin trading, operating on the Ethereum blockchain and using smart contracts for tra...

Founded in 2013, Gate is a cryptocurrency exchange serving over 34 million users. It supports trading for over 3,500 digital assets, including spot, futures, an...

BTSE is a digital currency exchange launched in 2018, offering trading in over 150 cryptocurrencies. It features margin and futures trading, a multi-currency or...

PancakeSwap is a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange allowing users to trade, earn rewards, and participate in governance, founded in 2020 on Binance Smart Ch...

Lighter is a decentralized exchange (DEX) on Ethereum and Arbitrum offering perpetual and spot trading. It uses a custom ZK-rollup to provide a high-performance...

Jupiter is a decentralized exchange and liquidity aggregator on the Solana blockchain, offering diverse trading options and community governance via its native ...

Beldex (BDX) is a cryptocurrency that offers privacy features for its holders, allowing them to conduct both public and private transactions.

Uniswap is a decentralized exchange protocol on the Ethereum blockchain, facilitating peer-to-peer trading of digital assets and is governed by its native token...

Coinbase is a San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange platform for buying, selling, and storing digital currencies, boasting over 90 million users worldwide...

World is a fully onchain prediction market on Solana, leveraging Chainlink as its primary oracle for market data. It allows users to trade event contracts within the Phantom wallet.

KieDex is a futuristic crypto futures trading platform that offers a transparent, activity-based rewards system for real users. Operating in testnet, KieDex is gearing up for mainnet launch and TGE.

DigiFT is a regulated exchange specializing in tokenizing real-world assets (RWA) on blockchain, aiming to enhance institutional-grade financial product access via decentralized finance (DeFi).

Bybit is a professional cryptocurrency exchange platform, founded in 2018, offering trading options for over 1,000 cryptocurrencies and serving 20 million users...

Flipster is a cryptocurrency trading platform offering perpetual futures, spot, and copy trading. It is known for its low fees, deep liquidity, and a high secur...

KuCoin is a global, centralized cryptocurrency exchange platform, offering spot trading for multiple digital assets, and has its own cryptocurrency, KuCoin Shar...

Aave, a DeFi lending protocol founded in 2017, facilitates cryptocurrency borrowing and lending with smart contracts and adjustable interest rates.

Bitget is a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency exchange founded in 2018, offering spot, futures, and copy trading. It focuses on derivatives with high leverage, su...

OKX, formerly OKEx, is a Seychelles-based cryptocurrency and derivatives exchange, featuring trading operations and a proprietary blockchain, OKX Chain, and nat...

WhiteBIT is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in Ukraine, offering a user-friendly platform for trading digital currencies with crypto-to-crypto and f...

Binance is a global cryptocurrency exchange, founded in 2017, offering trading in over 350 cryptocurrencies with the highest daily trading volume.