José Betancourt 🇺🇸
Founder and CEO
- Dropped out of Yale at 19, founder of Yale Blockchain Investment Trust.
- Incubated by Binance Labs.
- Raised $2M seed to build ZK state channels.
Meet the VSharks.
The team building the future of decentralized trading.
17
VSharks
04
Pods
05
Advisors
ZERO
Compromises
/ 01Leadership
4Â Sharks
Jason Lao
Chief of Technology
- Passionate Exchange Builder.
- 8+ years of experience in Crypto Exchange Architecture and Implementation (SPOT/PERP/OTC/Card/Pay/Asset Custody/Staking/Earn/etc).
Julie
Chief of Operations
- Former business operations executive at Amazon.
- Senior operations leader across finance, investment, and law firms.
Lily Li 🇺🇸
Chief of Staff
- 17+ years of experience partnering with Fintech executives to translate vision into execution.
- Orchestrating cross-functional priorities, building operational infrastructure, and driving strategic initiatives across the global markets.
/ 02Advisors
4Â Advisors
Kyle Gordon
Advisor
- Founder & blockchain infrastructure architect.
- Nominated for 5 blockchain awards, including Undead Blocks and Wagyu Games.
Pons Asinorum
Advisor
- Co-founder of Xeet.
- A reputable figure and an OG crypto builder.
Josh Ong
Advisor
- Founder of Bored Room Ventures, Co-COO at NewChic Capital, and Advisor to Xeet.
- Invested in myriad seed rounds across the crypto industry.
Nate H
Advisor
- Member of the Bitcoin class of 2013.
- Founder of Token Dynamics, co-founder of punkdotfun.
- Design and grow censorship-resistant protocols for a better and freer world.
/ 03Marketing
4Â Sharks
Tri S. (Payjoe)
Designer
- Visual assets, social creatives, and campaign materials across every platform.
- Owns the look that goes out the door from VDEX socials.
Yiwi Jr. 🇻🇳
Community and Support
- Moderator at SurfAI and 0xVDEX.
- Regional Ambassador for Renaissxyz and Regional VN lead at Injective.
Mostafa Behruzi 🇮🇷
Community and Support
- 5+ years supporting DeFi communities across HyperJump, Elk, and STAGE.
- Experienced in moderation, technical support, and community engagement.
Ujemu Kingsley 🇳🇬
Community and Support
- Gate.io KOL partner who drove $5M+ monthly trading volume.
- Built crypto trading communities across X, Telegram, and Discord.
/ 04Technology
5Â Sharks
Ryan Miller 🇬🇧
Product Lead
- 10+ years of strategic management experience in the Fintech and Education sectors.
- Founder of Decrypting — a Web3 affiliate platform.
John 🇻🇳
Frontend Engineer
- Frontend development on the trading terminal and the public site.
Nikita 🇷🇺
DevOps Engineer
- 5+ years of experience across AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, GitOps, and CI/CD.
- Completed EPAM's Program and experienced in DevOps.
- Built a real-time crypto trading system with sub-5ms latency.
Halit 🇹🇷
Quality Assurance Engineer
- Product testing and reporting across the trading stack.
Tugrul 🇹🇷
Quality Assurance Engineer
- Product testing and reporting across the trading stack.
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