**Cesar Rodriguez** is a software engineer with more than 16 years of experience. Cesar currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) formerly Everipedia and the Chief Brain Officer of [BrainDAO](https://iq.wiki/wiki/braindao). He previously served as the Director of Engineering at [Everipedia](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/everipedia). [\[3\]](#cite-id-edzx2eotdy) [\[4\]](#cite-id-kkg3qznz3g) [\[1\]](#cite-id-8foyz6eaxx) [\[2\]](#cite-id-2urbs34qjeb)  
  
# Education  
  
Cesar has a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from IES La Carballeira. The MCA is a three-year (six semesters) professional Master's Degree in computer science.  
  
# Career  
  
In October 2022, Cesar became the Chief Technology Officer of IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia. He was previously the Director of Engineering at Everipedia and led the development of the new IQ.wiki platform. Cesar also serves as the Chief Brain Officer of BrainDAO. [\[2\]](#cite-id-2urbs34qjeb) [\[2\]](#cite-id-2urbs34qjeb)  
  
Cesar has experience in ROS, robotics, Solidity, EOS, C++, [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), software architecture, data mining, big data, PHP, product development, project management, A/B testing, conversion, SOLID OOP, scalability engineering and tuning, and analytics. [\[4\]](#cite-id-kkg3qznz3g)  
  
Cesar has more than 30 years of experience in software development. Prior to joining Everipedia, Cesar worked in a variety of senior software engineering roles at several firms in E-commerce, the medical industry, and telecoms.  
  
# Personal Life  
  
In his spare time, Cesar posts instructional blogs on his website which cover several different aspects of programming. He also enjoys doing sports like paddle surf or footbal.

Cesar currently serves as the Chief Technology Officer of IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia and the Chief Brain Officer of BrainDAO.

Cesar Rodriguez

**Binance Charity** [\[2\]](#cite-id-x6xzeyjgq1k) (launched in 2018) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded by [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance). The organization uses blockchain technology for initiatives that support the UN's Sustainable Development Goals including working to eradicate poverty, fight inequality, improve public health, and respond to climate change.  
$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](4zZRwvt9jM4)$$  
  
## Overview  
  
Binance Charity was launched in 2018 by Binance. Binance founder [Changpeng Zhao](https://iq.wiki/wiki/changpeng-zhao) gave the foundation its first donation of $10 million. Tron founder Justin Sun followed with a three million dollar donation that was allocated to the foundation's *Pink Care Token* campaign, which distributes sanitary pads to women in Uganda. [\[5\]](#cite-id-986n763dgn7)  
  
On March 24, 2020, [Binance Charity](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance-charity)’s *Crypto Against COVID* campaign was created to raise $5 million USD in cryptócurrencies ([BNB](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance-coin), [BTC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin), [BUSD](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance-usd), and XRP) to be spent primarily on buying medical supplies for vulnerable regions around the globe. As of May 12, the campaign has sent 10,000 protective suits to Turkey, 400,000 masks to Italy, 15,000 suits to South Africa, and thousands of other supplies elsewhere. Philanthropist Brock Pierce donated 44.5 bitcoin.  [\[6\]](#cite-id-o5sbpfi4ye) [\[7\]](#cite-id-j1cuw3p81rt)  
  
In an interview with Forbes, Helen Hai spoke about how Binance Charity came into existence: [\[8\]](#cite-id-dv5w3fwm2v)  
  
> "So two years ago I was having lunch with CZ. At that time, Binance had quickly expanded. We talked about the purpose of Binance to start with. He asked what I suggested in terms of the purpose for Binance. I suggested the purpose move from success of the company to significance in the world. Why significance? Because of how Binance will benefit human society instead of the company and CZ clearly believed this should be the mandate for Binance. During that lunch, CZ asked me set up a blockchain charitable foundation. to help them push this mandate. That is how it was started. We wanted to support and improve the lives of the bottom billion people through blockchain technology"  
  
$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](zyRNxLocHWY)$$On February 27, 2022, Binance committed a minimum of $10 million in donations to help the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine through its Binance Charity Foundationg. The donation was split between major intergovernmental organizations and nonprofit organizations including UNICEF, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, iSans and People in Need, to help support displaced children and families in Ukraine and its neighboring countries. [\[9\]](#cite-id-akxagkgmu07)  
  
They also launched a crypto crowdfunding site, called Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund to allow people to donate crypto to help provide emergency relief to refugees and children and to support logistics with food, fuel and supplies for refugees. An initial donation of 16,042 BNB, with the equivalent value of $6 million, was made by Binance. [\[9\]](#cite-id-akxagkgmu07)  
  
### Members  
  
The head of the Binance Charity Foundation is Helen Hai, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Goodwill Ambassador for industrialization in Africa. The senior advisory board includes:  
  
* Former president of Malta, Marie Louise Coleiro Preca  
* Minister of Economy and Finance of Djibouti, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh  
* Eighth Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Dr. Carlos Lopes  
* Executive President of The Finance Center for South-South Coopera- tion (FCSSC), Zhang Zhiping  
* Vice President of Mercy Corp, Simon O'Connell  
* Former president of Mauritius, Ameenah Gurib

Binance Charity (launched in 2018) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded by Binance. The organization uses blockchain technology for initiatives that support the UN...

Binance Charity

**Arianna Simpson** is a venture capitalist based out of San Francisco, California. She is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz and was the founder and Managing Director of Autonomous Partners, a [cryptocurrency](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) hedge fund and venture capital fund.[\[1\]](#cite-id-bmynbdu4dgc)[\[2\]](#cite-id-wmcoyon3hwm)  
  
Arianna has spent her career to date in various areas of tech, with two early stage startups, Facebook, and now venture capital.[\[7\]](#cite-id-sfe4wmj2wm)  
  
# Early Life  
  
Arianna Simpson was born and raised in Milan, Italy 1991. She attended the the University of Pennsylvania, where she graduated with a bachelor's in International Politics and Spanish.  
  
After graduating from the Pennsylvania State University, Arianna worked at Shoptiques.com where her position was Head of Boutique Operations from 2012 to 2013. In 2013, Arianna Simpson began a position in Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook where she left her role at Facebook to join the digital asset trust and security company BitGo.[\[9\]](#cite-id-vzscs58otbr)[\[10\]](#cite-id-2omirqciag)  
  
# Education  
  
Arianna Simpson holds a bachelor's in International Politics and Spanish from the University of Pennsylvania Schreyer Honors College. [\[3\]](#cite-id-d0iu8iflj67)[\[8\]](#cite-id-obqn4hlqajq)  
  
## Hobby  
  
Arianna enjoys skiing, riding her motorcycle, and traveling as much as possible. She is currently based in San Francisco.[\[14\]](#cite-id-vh03mvo9xmq)  
  
# Career  
  
Arianna Simpson developed a strong interest in [cryptocurrencies](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) back in 2021, which is when she first started investing in [bitcoin](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/bitcoin). She started her career as Global Marketing Solutions for Facebook where she tried to convince Facebook to launch a crypto project before the company's foray into [cryptocurrencies](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) before leaving to joining BitGo as an account and project manager in 2014.  
![arianna-simpson-steven-cohen-hedge-fund-crypto-bitcoin.webp](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/Qmbzcqwysq1sGzfMakwR99mbp9DvMdAoPEVSZmdDpdJxeZ)  
  
She was the Managing Director and founder of Autonomous Partners, a [cryptocurrency ](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency)hedge fundand venture capital fund. They are focused on investing in cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and [blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain)-based companies. She has made over 40 investments in companies including Quartzy, The Flex Company, TUSHY and Jopwell. [\[4\]](#cite-id-t9f73mu4n2)  
Simpson is an Advisor to Commonwealth Crypto. She is also an Advisor and Investor in Stork Club Fertility Benefits. Simpson has also been a Venture Partner at Crystal Towers Capital since 2015.[\[5\]](#cite-id-hw7bua5rzhp)  Simpson was previously ran sales Y Combinator-backed Shoptiques[\[6\]](#cite-id-smgy5as3kn8)  
  
In 2019, she joined Andreessen Horowitz a private American venture capital firm as a deal partner, who is now a General Partner.[\[11\]](#cite-id-fplx5q2p2ua)  
  
## Achievement  
  
After a year of joining Andreessen Horowitz as a deal partner, Simpson was made a General partner who is responsible for deploying the firm's $2.2 billion cryptocurrency fund. She first worked as an advisor and board member and became a partner at Andreessen Horowitz in 2020.  
  
The [cryptocurrency](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) and digital asset fund Andreessen Horowitz, was as of 2022 is worth $4.7 billion. With its stakes in [NFT](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/nftrade) companies like [OpenSea](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/opensea) and Dapper Labs and has had a further focus on decentralized finance, infrastructure, and gaming in the [cryptocurrency](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) industry.[\[12\]](#cite-id-qdsqcf5r3q)[\[13\]](#cite-id-wo6sy3jsg9t)[\[15\]](#cite-id-omc6jeug1r)

Arianna Simpson is a venture capitalist based out of San Francisco, California.

Arianna Simpson

**Richard Gee** is a Full Stack Engineer at [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) formerly Everipedia. He was previously an algorithmic trader and prior to that, he was a Vice President at JP Morgan working in Fixed Income Attribution. [\[2\]](#cite-id-4gwxiezct75) [\[1\]](#cite-id-yft4ool85y)  
  
# Education  
  
In 2021, Richard Gee received a Master of Science in Computer Science from Stony Brook University. Previously, he attended Fort Hamilton High School.  
  
# Career  
  
Richard Gee started his career at JP Morgan as a summer intern transitioning into a part-time contract while he finished his Computer Science degree. From 2016-2019, he was a Vice President at JPMorgan Chase working in fixed income attribution. Later, he worked as a Senior Backend Engineer and was an algorithmic trader.  
  
In 2019, he joined IQ.wiki as a Full Stack Software Engineer. He has worked on several major projects for IQ.wiki including The Associated Press (AP)'s first NFT which was created in partnership with Everipedia and sold for 100.888 ETH on OpenSea. [\[2\]](#cite-id-4gwxiezct75) [\[3\]](#cite-id-8vjgcwe8gl4)

Richard Gee is a Full Stack Engineer at IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia. He was previously an algorithmic trader and prior to that, he was a Vice President at JP Morgan working in Fixed Income Attribution.

Richard Gee

**Sandeep Nailwal** is an Indian entrepreneur, software developer, and co-founder of [Polygon](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/polygon). Nailwal is also the founder of India's Crypto Covid Relief Fund and Scopeweaver which is India's largest marketplace for professional service.[\[1\]](#cite-id-v95nyhnt1e)[\[19\]](#cite-id-jf2dnxcplvb)  
  
# Education  
  
At the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Nitie), one of the best universities in India, Nailwal majored in computer science and earned his MBA with a focus on information technology in 2014. Sandeep then served as the director of technology at Welspun, the biggest textile business in Asia, and as a consultant for Deloitte.[\[2\]](#cite-id-qmrr4a9xv9f)  
  
# Personal  
  
![52038491_10205899233476045_7763631219811549184_n.jpg](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmXaiAg9CCfjCEfY4fpgaRJHwAb5JCiKuDkfBQKaTiRCxd)Sandeep is currently located in Dubai, supported by a team of more than 400 individuals spread across India, Dubai, Asia, the USA, and Europe. Sandeep's day-to-day activities at Polygon include branding, marketing, adoption, and operations. He also collaborates with important stakeholders to advance the company's goal. Sandeep is eager to carry on building the [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon) ecosystem with the goal of making cryptocurrency accessible to everybody, supported by a solid team.[\[20\]](#cite-id-hzb3uhmv1ht)  
  
# Career  
  
$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](0PPE9jXgnUE)$$In 2010, Sandeep started working at Computer Sciences Corporation as a software developer. In 2014, the software engineer subsequently started working as a consultant for Deloitte, where he handled program management and management consulting. The Delhi-based co-founder later served as the Head of Technology and Supply Chain for Welspun Group from 2015 to 2016.  
Sandeep's background in technology laid the groundwork for the 2015 launch of ScopeWeaver, the biggest professional services marketplace in India. He created and constructed a [decentralized application](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) architecture based on a blockchain here. Sandeep found that there was no going back once he dipped his toes into the realm of web3. Sandeep immersed himself in literature, reading all he could find about blockchain, artificial intelligence, and other cutting-edge topics. Only two years later, in 2017, Sandeep, Jaynti Kanani, and Anurag Arjun came together to create Polygon with a shared vision for the future of [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) technology.[\[3\]](#cite-id-5kk3yeuzhjn) Then in October 2017, he developed an interest in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) and artificial intelligence, the entrepreneur served as the company's CEO. In 2017, he later rose to the position of Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon) Technology.[\[4\]](#cite-id-3evpwlwzgsg)[\[5\]](#cite-id-lrx9euykxd)  
  
## Polygon (formerly Matic)  
  
In an interview with Mint, Nailwal said regarding the beginnings of Matic:  
  
> My co-founders and I came up with the proof of concept in 2017. By April 2018, we set up the company and raised some small funds from friends and family and started building the product. That round was just $150,000. After that, we did another small round of around $500,000. After that, we did an initial exchange offering with Binance, where we raised $5 million. In the initial few years, I started building the ecosystem in India. The whole environment around cryptocurrency was unfavourable. Developers were afraid of legal hassles. You see, we are a tech platform, and we don’t build apps ourselves. People build apps on top of our platform. Community building is thus very important. [\[6\]](#cite-id-xmtwe2uv5p)  
  
On February 9, 2021, Matic announced its expansion as Polygon.[\[7\]](#cite-id-lkmr0cqnasq)  Nailwal told CoinDesk about the reasoning behind the reinvention of the protocol:  
  
> So, basically, with Matic Network we were doing one particular scaling approach, which was Plasma. We were onboarding hundreds of dapps, working with small DeFi (decentralized finance) builders, NFT (non-fungible token) application builders, games, enterprises – a large number of teams – when we realized there was no one solution-fits-all. Secondly, we also definitely believe that Ethereum is going to be the ultimate, fundamental settlement layer of this Web3 internet. So instead of providing one type of scaling solution on top of Ethereum, we should provide a suite of scalability solutions for developers to choose what they really want. If you take AWS (Amazon Web Services), they allow developers to choose between Linux, Windows, other kinds of servers. You’re free to choose. We wanted to do the same for decentralized, execution platforms.  
  
Lately, [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) aficionados have been buzzing about Polygon, a layer-two network created for scalability and application infrastructure development on Ethereum. The network's momentum is continuing, as seen by its $1 billion investment in zero-knowledge technology, co-launch of a $200 million Web3 social media venture, and integration with Opera's web browser to make its [decentralized apps](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) available to 80 million Android mobile users.  
But relationships and commerce aside, many blockchain engineers are also interested in the network because to its technological capabilities, especially when compared to Ethereum.All Ethereum-based decentralized finance apps now utilize Polygon. The bulk of well-known DApps, like [Uniswap](https://iq.wiki/wiki/uniswap), [Aave](https://iq.wiki/wiki/aave), [Decentraland](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentraland), etc., include polygon technology. The locked TVL over the bridges is reportedly between $5 billion and $6 billion.  
On May 19, 2021, Business Insider India reported that the market capitalization of the MATIC token was "just under $13 billion."  On May 25, 2021, CoinTelegraph reported that billionaire and owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks Mark Cuban became an official supporter of Polygon. Polygon was listed on the Mark Cuban Companies website. [\[8\]](#cite-id-n4thpxcj89)[\[9\]](#cite-id-e9nahc5usra)[\[10\]](#cite-id-xdhxaqueu3p)  
  
# Trivia  
  
As a crypto millionaire, Sandeep Nailwal has made about 30 investments. Sandeep Nailwal contributed $7 million to Mana Interactive on December 16, 2021.  
  
## COVID Relief Fund  
  
On April 24, 2021, Sandeep disclosed his intentions to launch a Coronavirus (COVID-19) healing campaign for India. The result of the global crypto community coming together to help India fight COVID19 and stay ready for any breakouts is Crypto Relief.  
According to a CoinTelegraph report from April 2021, the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) community's efforts helped Sandeep's relief fund gather more than $2.2 million. Additionally, on May 5, 2021, the developer tweeted that a fund volunteer had obtained donations of more than 3,000 oxygen cylinders for India.[\[11\]](#cite-id-r8menstx0kq)[\[12\]](#cite-id-jx6t9ff31wi) Forbes reports that on May 12, 2021, [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) co-creator [Vitalik Buterin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/vitalik-buterin) donated over $1 billion in cryptocurrencies to Sandeep's relief fund.[\[13\]](#cite-id-va7xqqpsqbk)[\[14\]](#cite-id-ai4248xb148)  
The fund's singular focus is to reduce the immediate suffering of Indian citizens, which the charity accomplishes by:  
  
* Connecting those in need to the verified sources of aid.  
* Sourcing essential supplies and equipment from across the globe and providing them to overwhelmed and under-resourced facilities.  
* Setting up oxygen plants and dedicated COVID centers in remote and underserved areas of the nation.[\[15\]](#cite-id-kl0id74kwe)[\[16\]](#cite-id-jcah92nnes)[\[17\]](#cite-id-0nddzk7zlmom)  
  
# Symbolic Capital  
  
![Sandeep-Nailwal-Symbolic-Capital.png](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmVExKEWA3XQDpchQLKgNrohW5TGqTgD3r8hL8FfBXAbbH)Sandeep Nailwal, the creator of Polygon and a [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) entrepreneur, has garnered $50 million for a new startup fund aimed at Web3 firms, demonstrating venture capital's rising interest in the internet powered by blockchain.  
According to information released by Symbolic Capital on Thursday, Nailwal's venture firm is supported by cryptocurrency exchanges, protocols, and auditing companies that specialize in cryptocurrencies. Three blockchain-focused gaming firms, BlinkMoon, Planet Mojo, and Community Gaming, have already received funding from Symbolic's fund. These startups' early funding sources were kept secret.  
Nailwal stated that his organization is focused on assisting project creators from emerging countries, which may be a novel approach to venture capital.[\[21\]](#cite-id-923hmgjwu2)  
Similar to other crypto-focused venture capital firms, Symbolic Capital places a strong emphasis on Web3 initiatives or products that will improve the decentralized internet.

Sandeep Nailwal is an Indian entrepreneur, software developer, and founder of Polygon.

Sandeep Nailwal

**Travis Moore** is an Italian-American computer programmer, angel investor, and entrepreneur from Thousand Oaks, a suburb of Los Angeles. He co-founded [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) formerly Everipedia after graduating from UCLA with degrees in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Neuroscience in 2011. In 2019, he also co-founded [Frax Finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/frax-finance) the world's first fractional-algorithmic stablecoin, partially backed by collateral and partially stabilized algorithmically. Travis serves as the company's Chief Technology Officer. [\[5\]](#cite-id-0amuvubg07is) [\[1\]](#cite-id-7cw9js1rigc) [\[4\]](#cite-id-ecjkhcmh3c4)  
  
# Early Life  
  
Travis was born in 1989 in Los Angeles, California, growing up in the neighborhood of Woodland Hills until he was 11. He then moved to Thousand Oaks, California, and went to Westlake High School, the same school as Sam Kazemian, another Everipedia co-founder. During his junior and senior years, he also took classes at Moorpark College. [\[1\]](#cite-id-7cw9js1rigc)  
  
Travis got accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles as a freshman math major. He changed to physics, then electrical engineering, and finally settled on doing a triple major: 1) Neuroscience 2) Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology 3) Biochemistry. He was interested initially in artificial intelligence.  
  
# Career  
  
## IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia  
  
After graduating in 2011 he briefly worked at a proteomics lab at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, but ultimately decided to return home to California a year later. There he worked as a call center representative for Anthem Inc., a health insurance provider. He eventually worked his way up by automating some of their procedures, becoming first a process expert and then a business information analyst. During this time, he would wake up very early, sometimes 3 - 4 AM, and day trade options and biotech stocks. From success in this, and from eventually being able to work at home, Travis moved to Las Vegas in 2014.  
  
After arriving in Vegas, Travis bought a house and a few fourplexes, using the proceeds from the options trading. Shortly after arriving, in 2015, Travis was contacted by [Sam Kazemian](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sam-kazemian) and [Theodor Forselius](https://iq.wiki/wiki/theodor-forselius), who were childhood friends of his brother, Justin Moore. They wanted to know if he was interested in cofounding [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) (formerly Everipedia) with them, and he agreed. Sam and Ted had already coded a basic version of the website.  
  
The Everipedia office/penthouse was located on Hilgard Ave near the UCLA campus. Travis led the development of the newer website, with the design mostly being done by Theodor. Sam handled many theoretical and business-related matters, while the rest of the team focused on the community. The company eventually grew and decided to pivot to the blockchain space in 2017, raising $30M USD from Galaxy Digital. [\[2\]](#cite-id-mdzbvy7ffnc) [\[6\]](#cite-id-vjl4b0uhr68)  
  
After the raise, the company moved its office to nearby Santa Monica, California. Sam led the theoretical portions, while a new team addition, Kedar, led the smart contract development and helped develop the backend. Travis led the front-end development, as well as the backend. Eventually, new team members such as Daniel Liebeskind, Patricia Parkinson, and Danielle Diamond overhauled the front end with an updated design. The team later added several experienced engineers, such as [Cesar Rodriguez](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cesar-rodriguez) and [Justin Castillo](https://iq.wiki/wiki/justin-castillo).  
  
Since then Everipedia's vision has grown, the team launched OraQles, the leading first-party oracle service which has been used by the Associated Press to record events from US elections to the Super Bowl on Ethereum. While Moore served as a Chief Technology Officer of Everipedia, the [IQ token](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iq-token) gained new features and became multi-chain and available on [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum), [Binance Smart Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance-smart-chain), and [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon) (formerly Matic Network). [\[7\]](#cite-id-m5ra7owqasi)  
  
On October 11, 2022, Everipedia rebranded as [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) with the beta launch of the new IQ.wiki crypto encyclopedia platform on [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon). After the launch of the new IQ.wiki platform, Everipedia co-founders Travis Moore and [Sam Kazemian](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sam-kazemian) joined the parent company of IQ.wiki, as board members.  
  
## Frax Finance  
  
Travis Moore is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of [Frax Finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/frax-finance). The protocol officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet on Monday, December 21, 2020, at 0:00 UTC becoming the first-ever fractional algorithmic [stablecoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/stablecoin). Travis has led the development of several projects at Frax including the development of Frax V2, veFXS, and the [Frax Price Index (FPI)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/frax-price-index-fpi). [\[3\]](#cite-id-xu4g2z5wc1i)  
  
# Personal  
  
Moore obtained Italian citizenship through his grandmother, Delia D'Orazio.  
  
He lives and works in Idaho.

Travis Moore co-founded both IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia and Frax Finance.

Travis Moore

**Suchet Dhindsa** Salvesen is a Norwegian economist and entrepreneur. He is the Chief Operating and Financial Officer of the parent company of [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) formerly Everipedia. Suchet has 10 years of experience in global expansion strategy, venture capital, and emerging technologies.[\[1\]](#cite-id-i26i50nk44)[\[2\]](#cite-id-2so4br50kxj)[\[3\]](#cite-id-uf4iu2u7hp)  
  
# Education  
  
Suchet Dhindsa Salvesen holds a master's degree in Business Administration from NMBU School of Business & Economics in Norway. The title of his master's thesis was "Internal communication using social media - A quantitative study of the extent and time savings".[\[4\]](#cite-id-ki5t28f755) He also holds bachelor's degrees in Shipping and Logistics and Business Administration from the University of South-Eastern Norway. As part of his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Suchet did an exchange semester at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee.  
  
# Career  
  
Suchet Dhindsa Salvesen started his career in 2010 as a Lead Project Manager at NextToMe. From May-October 2011, he was an intern and consultant at the Logistics Support Division of the Department of Field Support at the United Nations. Later, he worked as a Product Manager at several companies, including Get and Conax.  
  
From 2016-2019, Suchet was the Advisory Board Member of Baopals, one of the largest online shopping platforms in China, with over 800 million products offered. Around that time, he co-founded SeMinBolig.no, a disruptive real-estate platform offering free online home listings in Norway.  
  
## IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia  
  
Suchet Dhindsa joined Everipedia as the company's Chief Operating and Financial Officer in 2017. In October 2022, after the launch of the new IQ.wiki platform, Suchet transitioned over to the parent company of IQ.wiki which is dedicated more broadly to investing in the future of knowledge. In March 2018, he was featured in Norway's leading news site about technology and finance Shifter.no.[\[5\]](#cite-id-ut8s4lmoj6d)  
  
Currently, he is also a Board Member of several companies, including Flexspace, Yapril, and Eiendomstalenter.

Suchet Dhindsa Salvesen is the Chief Operating and Financial Officer of Brainpower Ventures, the parent company of IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia.

Suchet Dhindsa Salvesen

**Brendan Blumer** (born August 8, 1986) is the Chief Executive Officer of Block.one, the tech company producing the [EOS.IO](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos) distributed ledger software.  
  
He is an American entrepreneur, executive, and early investor in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), which he transitioned to full-time involvement in the space in 2016  
 investor. He currently resides in Hong Kong.[\[15\]](#cite-id-8ozknmcfowf)[\[16\]](#cite-id-w3cjirgeprd)[\[17\]](#cite-id-254o8divjt7)  
  
# Early Life  
  
Brendan is originally from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[\[1\]](#cite-id-tfxc1oyh4v)  He started his first venture at the age of 15, selling virtual assets inside MMORPG s. [\[2\]](#cite-id-dsne04krovh) [\[3\]](#cite-id-6569tdqzsnl)  
  
# Career  
  
Brendan Blumer first venture was GameCLiFF, a company that automated the valuation, purchase, and resale of in-game items in the world's largest online video game. GameCliff was then purchased by Internet Gaming Entertainment (now IMI Exchange) and in 2005 IGE relocated him to Hong Kong upon finishing secondary education. At IGE, Brendan grew the account sales division to a highly profitable, 5m USD per annum business.  [\[4\]](#cite-id-1j3z7j20esu)[\[9\]](#cite-id-as5sk2ihwwt)  
$$widget0 [YOUTUBE@VID](UvnfaE4ytMw)$$  
After two years at IGE, Brendan started a new venture called Accounts.net which became the world's largest game-account-selling website; within three months the company's monthly revenue exceeded 1m USD.  [\[5\]](#cite-id-h6af8qp1gh)[\[10\]](#cite-id-srkqfa7q6hm)  
  
In 2010, Brendan founded Okay.com in Hong Kong which builds real estate enterprise software for use by real estate agents directly employed by the company. The in-house software platform combines a proprietary CRM and Property Database to support an entirely mobile virtual office for real estate agents in Asia.  [\[6\]](#cite-id-cu0f63tnflg)[\[11\]](#cite-id-8i2ixsf99p3)  
  
In 2011, Okay.com merged with the real estate division of Asia Pacific Properties, an established leader in residential brokerage with over 25 years in Hong Kong. As of 2014, Okay.com is well-known as the most technologically advanced agency and is one of the fastest-growing agencies in the Hong Kong market.  
  
In 2013, Brendan started deploying his vision of attracting tech talent from Silicon Valley and elsewhere to provide a unique approach to creating competitive technologies for companies in Asia.  [\[7\]](#cite-id-fmy854cl8a9)[\[12\]](#cite-id-8ek6mbvpjpv)  
  
Brendan was an early investor in blockchain and transitioned to full-time involvement in the space in 2016 when he met business partner [Dan Larimer](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dan-larimer) and they co-founded Block. one. The first product to launch in 2018 is [EOS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos) ([cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency)). [\[8\]](#cite-id-ywbkrdouied)[\[13\]](#cite-id-jo0sfrz6q5)[\[14\]](#cite-id-rx8vrntrdva)  
  
# Founded  
  
### CEO, Founder  
  
Block.one  
Jan 2017 – present time  
Cayman Islands  
  
### CEO, Founder  
  
ii5ii5  
Jan 2013 - Jan 2017  
Hong Kong Singapore Mumbai  
  
### Founder  
  
Okay.com  
2009 — Jan 2013  
  
### Founder  
  
The Accounts Network  
2007 - 2009  
  
### Founder  
  
Gamecliff  
2001 - 2005  
  
# Block. one  
  
Founded in 2016, Block. one is the company behind [EOSIO](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos), they are based in the Cayman Islands. **EOS.IO** is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) protocol based on the [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) [EOS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos). The [smart contract](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) platform claims to eliminate transaction fees and also conduct millions of transactions per second.  
  
Block.one originates, incubates, acquires, and invests in technologies and businesses that build trust in transactions and increase efficiencies in the world we live in.[\[18\]](#cite-id-yyq28jbxjy)[\[19\]](#cite-id-v3rr9l5gbym)[\[20\]](#cite-id-sant62pl3ac)

Brendan Blumer (born August 8, 1986), is an American entrepreneur and Chief Executive officer of Block.one

Brendan Blumer

**Jaynti Kanani** is an experienced [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) engineer best known for his role as the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon).[\[1\]](#cite-id-twn8xdxbhm) Under Kanani's leadership, Polygon became one of the twenty largest cryptocurrencies in the world. [\[9\]](#cite-id-by1n5oaeoas)  
  
# Early Life & Education  
  
Kanani was born in an Indian city near Ahmedabad. His father worked at a diamond firm but the family had a low income so he took out loans to pay for his son's education. Then he did MBA, specializing in information technology and then worked with Deloitte, industry-leading consulting, audit, tax, and advisory service provider and then Wellspun E-commerce Jaynti was able to graduate from high school and matriculate at a prominent institution as a result. At Dharmsinh Desai University, the entrepreneur majored in Information Technology. In 2011, he earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) in Information Technology. Kanani began working as soon as he graduated since he recognized his family's dire financial circumstances. His objective was to settle his father's debt for his sister's wedding and his schooling.[\[2\]](#cite-id-9gus41ypohs)  
  
# Career  
  
![https://everipedia-storage.s3.amazonaws.com/GalleryMediaItem/lang_en/jaynti-kanani/fetched-img-341272ace3d84000jpg.jpeg](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmZ6QrQC6t49AJA75NUPXwrP753kFcRwBrZmiRiXZ8PQAT)Kanani began his career in 2011 with Persistent Systems as a Senior Software Engineer. He simultaneously worked on a number of side ventures and joined Sumit Maniyar's business, who ultimately founded the Indian finance firm Rupeek. He became a Data Scientist for the Housing.com team in December 2014.  
  
Kanani discovered Bitcoin and the potential it provided while working at Persistent. Kanani sought to create a few apps for a universal payment system, such as the Game of Thrones prediction market. Additionally, he freelanced, earned some money from cryptocurrencies, and in 2017 he co-founded Matic Network (now [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon)). After hearing about his idea, [Sandeep Nailwal](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sandeep-nailwal) and [Anurag Arjun](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anurag-arjun) joined the team, and they started working on it in early 2018.[\[3\]](#cite-id-69un2uxlvin)[\[4\]](#cite-id-3sj1uyur17o)  
  
In May 2021, Mark Cuban, a US-based internet billionaire invested in Matic Network, which has since changed its name to [Polygon](https://iq.wiki/wiki/polygon). The startup's cryptocurrency, MATIC token, also made it into the top 20 cryptocurrencies in the world in terms of market valuation, making its co-founders the first [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) millionaires in India. [\[8\]](#cite-id-rb7uix6a0oq) As of December 2021, there were over 7,000 [decentralized applications](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application) or dApps running on Polygon.  
  
Based on the Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus, Polygon also has an environmental benefit for Ethereum. PoS mining is regarded as green because it doesn't use a lot of hash power. In the end, the agreement contributes to a 99% reduction in energy use. As a result, consensus-based blockchains continue to be environmentally friendly.  
  
The value of Matic, Polygon's native coin, was $26 million in 2019. By January 2022, it had climbed to almost $14 billion. Additionally, as of January 4, 2021, [Matic's](https://iq.wiki/wiki/matic) price was $2.43 according to [crypto.com](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocom).

Jaynti Kanani is an experienced blockchain engineer, co-founder and CEO of Polygon (formerly Matic Network).

Jaynti Kanani

**Arnie Hill** is a writer, former political activist and the founder and CEO of ADD.xyz (PLT). He is a political strategist and manager for various key institutions at an international level such as official bodies for Human rights, and international political movements and regional campaigns.  [\[1\]](#cite-id-fgza6tsefvs)[\[7\]](#cite-id-0cgrfmdbncb)[\[8\]](#cite-id-3eak75bmilt)  
  
# Education  
  
He attended a local high school where he completed his basic education. He then joined University of East London where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in International politics in 2014. [\[2\]](#cite-id-ymw3exlars)[\[3\]](#cite-id-76bmj58by2k)  
  
In 2016 he went to SOAS, University of London.  
  
# Career  
  
After his graduation he became the Chief Executive Officer at Double A Visions International FZC, the company is located at Dubai, United Arab Emirates. In october 2017 he became the creator and director at Jacked Salts. He is the creator and manufacturer of the world's most powerful smelling salts. Used across multiple sports and by top athletes for a psychological edge.[\[4\]](#cite-id-3bln6t8fgdq)  
  
The introduction of Smelling Salts into sports has only just begun to spread, picking up major traction and use by NFL Teams, Strongman competitors and powerlifters globally, and even those in less strength orientated sports such as Football, Basketball, Rugby and MMA. Jacked Salts have over 200 recognised players using Smelling Salts, Legally, on the field today. Studies by medical professionals in sports found that the use of Smelling Salts had found no bad impacts on health. In fact, results show an increase in physical performance across the board.  
  
He has had a key interest in political strategy and management for over 15 years. She also has strategic experience which spans into Education, Healthcare, Socio-Economic Policy and Social Issues. She has worked as an activist investor where she has helped raise and invested over 350M USD through ObsidianCapital.fund, a blockchain multi strategy fund also tied to investing in social tech.  
  
He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ADD.xyz (PLT). Add.xyz is a full-stack [DeFi](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/defi-dad) aggregator, plugging in multiple products and DeFi applications into one single platform, focusing on User Experience, Design, Privacy and Anonymity.  
  
# Personal Life  
  
In an interview on a live AMA Session on [Blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain) Infinity Telegram chat he said:  
  
> Every other DeFi projects or startups are a half-step towards truly taking control away from corruptible centralized bankers and financial institutions. We are the solution to achieve a total decoupling and true sovereign wealth for everyone with our strong focus on anonymized privacy at the protocol level.  
  
He is a member of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).[\[2\]](#cite-id-ymw3exlars)  
  
# ADD.xyz  
  
ADD.XYZ is a leading DeFi aggregation platform that unifies leading DeFi protocols and [blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain) infrastructure by standardizing communication between them to create and execute complex financial transactions while championing Privacy, Anonymity, and Sovereignty. With over 5 working [dApps](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/decentralized-application-dapp) live on mainnet aggregating Lending Protocols, Privacy Mixers, Governance, and Mobile Money.[\[5\]](#cite-id-vrp25y7kvaf)[\[6\]](#cite-id-yhvwemsgv8)

Arnie Hill is a writer, former political activist and the founder and CEO of ADD.xyz (PLT).

Arnie Hill

Ian Balina is a [Cryptocurrency](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/cryptocurrency) Investor and [Blockchain](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/blockchain) Enthusiast based in Washington DC. Balina has been featured in the The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Huffington Post, The Street, Inc Magazine and Entrepreneur Magazine.[\[1\]](#cite-id-fnsdwkq3kqf)[\[2\]](#cite-id-1hx1cxvjqzx)[\[3\]](#cite-id-upv94t171ki)  
  
## Early Life and Education  
  
Ian Balina was born in Kampala, Uganda, and immigrated to the United States when he was eight-years-old. Ian Balina is one of four children. In the United States, Ian Balina stayed in Maryland and Virginia. He would earn a scholarship to attend George Washington University and attained a BS and MS in Computer Engineering.[\[4\]](#cite-id-n9vce7kj65m)[\[5\]](#cite-id-tlacfgc0lqf)[\[6\]](#cite-id-9nlgkr3dkom)  
  
## Career  
  
Ian Balina speaking at an event  
Balina worked at IBM in sales as a Tech Evangelist and in 2015 was a Hundred Percent Club Awardee, being recognized as one of IBM's best 500 employees. He previously worked at Deloitte as a Systems Integration Consultant.  
  
In 2015, Balina founded the "Uber for freelancers" marketplace, Peer Hustle. He previously founded the social dictionary app Leximo.  
  
## Blockchain & Cryptocurrency  
  
Token Metrics \- Making Crypto Investing Easier \| Crypto Investment Research Platform  
Balina left the corporate world to pursue becoming a crypto-influencer. He had been considerably successful in investing in Cryptocurrency as a side hobby but started Diary of a Made Man in February 2017 in order to focus on creating financial content full-time. Balina became famous for posting his Blockfolio on his Instagram.  
  
Balina is currently an advisor to Pareto Networks, GoNetwork, and Nucleus Vision.  
  
As of April 2018, Balina had more than 142k followers on Twitter, 117k subscribers on YouTube, and 42.5k followers on Instagram.  
  
## Hack  
  
In April 15th, 2018 while Balina was doing a Livestream reviewing [Initial Coin Offering (ICOs)](https://beta.everipedia.org/wiki/initial-coin-offering), a viewer informed him that his wallet addresses were hacked out of $2 million worth of crypto. Balina continued on with his review, but the live feed went down 14 minutes later. He would continue the review a few hours later but noticed that he was signed out of his Google Sheets profile. Balina later went on Twitter and wrote in his Telegram group that he had been hacked and asking for help to find the perpetrators. He believes the hackers were able to access his wallets through his old college email account.[\[7\]](#cite-id-q7kf558letn)[\[8\]](#cite-id-vosycie0j6l)

Ian Balina is a Cryptocurrency Investor and Blockchain Enthusiast based in Washington DC. 

Ian Balina

**Justin Castillo** is a Costa Rican software engineer with experience building several [dapps](https://iq.wiki/wiki/decentralized-application). In May 2021, he joined the [IQ.wiki](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iqwiki) (formerly Everipedia) team as a [Blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) Developer. [\[4\]](#cite-id-3o5hbpduqr3) [\[2\]](#cite-id-3jqucdyoxpx) [\[3\]](#cite-id-pcjb3aivk)  
  
# Education  
  
In 2020, Justin Castillo graduated from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Engineering. [\[3\]](#cite-id-pcjb3aivk) [\[1\]](#cite-id-kieyfr5xq5)   
  
# Career  
  
In May 2021, Justin Castillo joined the IQ.wiki team as a Blockchain Developer. He worked directly with IQ.wiki's Chief Technology Officer [Cesar Rodriguez](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cesar-rodriguez) and the BrainDAO engineering team on building the new IQ.wiki platform. He also worked on building HiIQ, the [IQ token](https://iq.wiki/wiki/iq)'s staking system. [\[4\]](#cite-id-3o5hbpduqr3) [\[3\]](#cite-id-pcjb3aivk)   
  
He previously worked as a blockchain application developer for EOS Costa Rica and has worked on projects including Lifebank, a decentralized application that encourages people to donate blood. He also worked on gGoods, a project that used and modified the open source Dgoods standard to provide a NFT platform that helps non-profit organizations fundraise. The innovative project won second place in Block.one’s EOSIO Beyond Blockchain Hackathon.  
  
As a full-stack blockchain developer, Justin Castillo has worked with a wide range of technologies ranging from React.js for the front end to the development of [smart contracts](https://iq.wiki/wiki/smart-contract) on blockchains such as [Ethereum](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum) and [EOS](https://iq.wiki/wiki/eos).   
  
Prior to working in blockchain development, Castillo worked as a full-stack engineer and mobile developer in the education industry.  
  
## Personal Life  
  
Justin is passionate about building up the blockchain community in Costa Rica, in his spare time he hosts workshops and meetups to educate people about the space. [\[3\]](#cite-id-pcjb3aivk)  
  
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Justin Castillo is a Software Engineer at Everipedia.

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