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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CTO’ operating in the Cryptocurrency space. If you think a CTO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matt Tuzzolo
CTO of Blockchain.com
Matt Tuzzolo is a CTO at Blockchain.
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About Blockchain.com: Blockchain.com is a platform that offers ways to buy, hold, and use cryptocurrency.
Paolo Ardoino
CTO of Bitfinex
I am a computer scientist, a geek, an innovator and a creative. My strength is to continuously learn new technologies and improve my programming skills so that I can conceive new ideas, tests and projects. Newly learned informations allows me to constantly improve existing projects. Programming languages and technologies (expert level): Javascript, Node.js, GoLang, C, C++, C#, Java, ZeroMQ, RabbitMQ, Linux (Kernel and User-space), MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, MySQL, PHP, Websockets, Socket.io, AngularJS, HTML5, JQuery, D3.js, CSS3 (LESS). I have an extensive knowledge and have coded algorithms applied to many fields, from artificial intelligence and automated learning to data analysis, cryptography and networking: SOM, Genetic Algorithms, GNG, k-NN, large integer factorization algorithms (Pollard P-1, Lenstra’s Elliptic Curve), etc.
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About Bitfinex, Ethfinex: Bitfinex is a digital asset trading platform offering state-of-the-art services for digital currency traders and global liquidity providers.
Hoos Badakhchani
CTO of Ziglu
Hoos Badakhchani is the Chief Technology Officer at Ziglu.
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About Ziglu: Ziglu provides a digital platform that enables customers to exchange fiat currency for cryptocurrency.
David Osojnik
Chief Technology Officer of Bitstamp
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About Bitstamp: Bitstamp allows companies and individuals from all around the world to buy and sell bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum, ripple, and bitcoin cash.
Vlad Cealicu
CTO and Co-Founder of CryptoCompare.com
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About CryptoCompare.com: We bring you all the data in the world of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Blockchain in an easily digestible value added format.
Andrew Jones
Group CTO of Midpoint
Andrew (AJ) is a senior, results-oriented executive with over 25 years of leadership and management experience at premier investment banks across a variety of front, middle and back office functions, locations and markets. AJ was previously Global CTO at Macquarie Securities (HK), APAC CTO at Deutsche Bank, Managing Director and Global Head of Technology for FX sales and trading at Morgan Stanley. His last role was Europe and APAC CTO at the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation. AJ has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
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About Midpoint: Midpoint is a true peer-to-peer international payments platform for any businesses or individual wanting access to fair and transparent FX.
David Bujan-Tome
Chief Technology Officer of Coinfloor
David joined Coinfloor in January 2018 and leads the team responsible for the development and stability of Coinfloor’s trading platforms. David brings a depth of experience in financial services technology, with more than 20 years experience in institutions such as Morgan Stanley, RBS, Merrill Lynch and Barclays.
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About Coinfloor: Coinfloor is an established group of cryptocurrency exchanges for institutional or sophisticated investors and traders.
Nick Towers
CTO & Head of Engineering of Gro
Nick Towers is the CTO and Head of Engineering at Gro.
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About Gro: Gro develops protocols or autonomous programs designed for a simple and friendly DeFi experience.
Luke Saunders
Co-Founder and CTO of AmaZix
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About AmaZix: AmaZix is the full-service consultancy for blockchain businesses.
Mark Hornsby
CTO of Trustology
Mark is a dedicated technologist with extensive industry experience in top tier investment banks. In his most recent role, Mark was recognised as a Distinguished Engineer in his Senior Innovation Engineer role, where he was responsible for examining emerging technology and its possible applications within Royal Bank of Scotland. Previously, Mark was head of Counterparty Credit Risk Technology at RBS. Prior to working at RBS, Mark was a Credit Risk developer at UBS, and OTC Derivatives developer at Deutsche Bank.
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About Trustology: Trustology is building a custody platform to safeguard your crypto assets.
Ashutosh Chauhan
CTO & Co-Founder of Capexmove
With 11+ years of professional experience developing software for global leaders. He leads the company’s technology strategy.
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About Capexmove: Capexmove is a platform to draft and digitise debt financing documents.
Luca Sbardella
Chief Technology Officer of Lendingblock
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About Lendingblock, Quantmind: Lendingblock is a securities lending platform for cryptocurrencies and digital assets.
