FOUNDING TEAM
Brock Pierce
Founder and Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital. Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation. Investor in over 30 blockchain projects. He was one of the principal founders of Tether but claimed to transfer 100 percent of ownership from Tether to our minority partners in exchange for zero consideration.
Craig Sellars
An American cryptocurrency entrepreneur who is the Chief Technologist of the Omni Foundation and acts in a variety of roles as Co-Founder, Technologist, Facilitator, Director, and Advisor for several blockchain projects and companies including Tether, Omni, vAtomic, Bitfinex, Unsung, Fuzo, Factom, Synereo, Tau Chain and the MaidSafe Foundation.
Reeve Collins
A pioneer in the bitcoin and blockchain industry who was co-founder and CEO of Tether. He is currently the Co-Founder of SmartMedia Tech. Reeve Collins was Co-Founder and CEO of BLOCKv, one of the leading platforms for creating, minting and distributing next-generation programmable NFTs
LEADERSHIP TEAM
JL Van de Velde - Chief Executive Officer of Tether is also the CEO of Bitfinex since 2013. Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc registered in the British Virgin Islands. He has worked and partnered with many technological solutions.
Claudia Lagorio - She is the Chief Operating Officer of Bitfinex and Tether since 2019. She was working as an operations executive in Bitfinex.
Stuart Hoegner - General Counsel of Tether and Bitfinex exchange. He is an International cryptocurrency lawyer & accountant based in Canada representing leading entrepreneurs and businesses in dynamic market spaces. Also editor of ‘The Law of Bitcoin’, the world’s first book on the law of cryptocurrencies.
Paolo Ardoino - He works as Chief Technology Officer of Tether and Bitfinex. He started his career as a software developer and works with Bitfinex since 2015.
Giancarlo Devasini - He is currently the Chief Financial Officer of Bitfinex and Tether. He became a partner in Bitfinex in early 2013 and worked on establishing banking relationships, attracting key personnel and re-domiciling Bitfinex in Hong Kong.
