Louis Bellet is a software architect and serial entrepreneur specializing in the financial technology and cryptocurrency sectors. He is the co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Yellow Network and the founder of Openware, a software provider for cryptocurrency exchanges. [1] [2]
Bellet attended EPITECH, the European Institute of Technology and in September 2009, he obtained a certification as a Cloudera Certified Developer for Apache Hadoop from Cloudera, a credential that indicates expertise in big data technologies. [2]
Louis Bellet has been active in the technology and cryptocurrency industries for nearly two decades, founding and co-founding multiple ventures. His entrepreneurial career began in 2006 with the co-founding of Helios Technologies, a software development firm focused on web technologies and startup support. During the same period, from 2006 to 2014, he also co-founded Web Venture, a Hong Kong-based incubator for internet startups. In 2010, he co-founded Helios Cloud, which specialized in virtual machine infrastructure for large-scale data processing, remaining involved until 2021.
In 2016, Bellet co-founded Openware, a blockchain company that provides software for building cryptocurrency exchanges. From 2020 to 2023, he was Chief Information Technology Architect at APROBIT in Seoul, where he oversaw system architecture and information security.
Since 2021, Bellet has served as Co-Founder and CEO of Yellow Network (also referred to in some sources as Chief Architect), a company focused on addressing fragmented liquidity in the cryptocurrency market and improving blockchain accessibility and security. In 2023, he also founded Clearsync, a London-based research lab dedicated to cryptography applications in financial technology. [1] [2] [4]
In April 2025, Louis Bellet delivered a technical presentation at Pragma Taipei, hosted by ETHGlobal, titled "High Performance Apps with State Channels." In his talk, he examined how state channels can be used to build high-performance decentralized applications (DApps), highlighting technologies such as Nitro and Nitrolite that allow instant, fee-less off-chain transactions while preserving blockchain security.
Bellet contributes opinion articles to publications in the cryptocurrency industry. As an author for Cointelegraph, he has written on topics related to regulatory compliance and security for digital asset businesses. [3]