# Rachel Lin

> Rachel Lin is a person that co-founded and serves as CEO of SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform, and has held senior roles at Matrixport, Bitmain and Deutsche Bank.

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- Created: 2026-09-20T05:43:01.119Z
- Last updated: 2026-09-20T05:47:50.130Z
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**Rachel Lin** (also known as Rong Lin) is a finance executive and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of [SynFutures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/synfutures), a decentralized derivatives trading platform.[\[1\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f) She is based in Hong Kong and works in the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) industry, having built her career across traditional finance (TradFi), internet finance, and centralized and decentralized crypto markets.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) 

## Education

Lin studied economics at Peking University in China from 2005 to 2009, earning a Bachelor of Arts with honours.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) She then pursued a Master of Financial Engineering at the National University of Singapore between 2009 and 2010.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) During her studies in Singapore she was awarded the RMI Full Scholarship, a distinction granted to only two students each year.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) 

Lin holds professional registrations that reflect her cross-market finance background, including entry on the FSA (UK) Register and a pass in Singapore's CMFAS examination.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) 

## Career

Lin's career spans traditional investment banking, fintech, and both centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency ventures, a progression that has taken her from structured derivatives at a global bank to founding a decentralized exchange. [\[1\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f) 

Lin began her career at Deutsche Bank, where she was a Vice President from July 2010 to April 2015, a tenure of about four years and nine months.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) She worked in the FICC (fixed income, currencies and commodities) structured derivatives area within the bank's Global Markets division, specializing in derivatives.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​[\[3\]](#cite-id-ey1x6rjniv) 

From May 2015 to July 2018, Lin was a Senior Manager at Alipay in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, a tenure of about three years and two months.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) Her work there included projects in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) for cross-border payments and a Global FX Center, giving her direct experience with large-scale blockchain payment systems within one of the world's largest fintech companies.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) 

Lin moved into the crypto hardware sector as Head of the [Blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) Business Department at [Bitmain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitmain), the Beijing-headquartered producer of ASIC bitcoin [mining](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mining) hardware, from September 2018 to January 2019.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) 

### Matrixport

In February 2019 Lin co-founded Matrixport, where she served as a Founding Partner and Vice President with the title Head of Lending and [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi).[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) Matrixport, headquartered in Singapore, provides institutional digital asset trading, custody, asset and wealth management, liquidity and financing, and [real-world asset (RWA)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) solutions, and has been described in press coverage as one of Asia's largest crypto neobanks.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​[\[3\]](#cite-id-ey1x6rjniv) 

While at Matrixport, Lin was associated with a lending product launched jointly with [Bitmain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitmain) in early 2020, publicized as offering zero-interest loans, no [liquidation](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquidation) risk, meltdown protection, and flexible customization.[\[2\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​

### SynFutures

Since 2020, Lin has worked to make crypto derivatives accessible to wider audiences through [SynFutures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/synfutures), the decentralized derivatives trading platform she co-founded and leads as CEO.[\[1\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f)​[\[5\]](#cite-id-ra4rfneu4h) The platform enables decentralized trading of derivatives on the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) rather than through a centralized intermediary.[\[6\]](#cite-id-6zs1opwh8n) She co-founded the company alongside Matthew Liu, who serves as its co-founder and chief strategy officer (CSO).  [\[5\]](#cite-id-ra4rfneu4h)