Sveinn Valfells
Sveinn is a co-founder and the CEO of Monerium, the first company to issue on-chain fiat. As an early adopter of cryptocurrency, Svein participated in and helped organize the first Bitcoin conference in London, UK, in 2012. He was also part of the advice group that successfully campaigned for Icelandic voters to reject taxpayer guarantees for private bank deposits in a 2011 plebiscite: setting a precedent against comparable bank bail-outs. Sveinn is a co-author of Minting Money With Megawatts, which was published as a cover feature in IEEE in 2016. Prior to co-founding Monerium, Sveinn played key roles in establishing and managing companies in biotechnology, mobile software, telecom and venture capital in both Europe and the US. Sveinn holds a PhD in Physics from Boston University, an MS in Economic Systems from Stanford University, a BS in Applied Physics from Columbia University, and a black belt in karate.
Sveinn is a co-founder and the CEO of Monerium, the first company to issue on-chain fiat. As an early adopter of cryptocurrency, Svein participated in and helped organize the first Bitcoin conference in London, UK, in 2012. He was also part of the advice group that successfully campaigned for Icelandic voters to reject taxpayer guarantees for private bank deposits in a 2011 plebiscite: setting a precedent against comparable bank bail-outs. Sveinn is a co-author of Minting Money With Megawatts, which was published as a cover feature in IEEE in 2016. Prior to co-founding Monerium, Sveinn played key roles in establishing and managing companies in biotechnology, mobile software, telecom and venture capital in both Europe and the US. Sveinn holds a PhD in Physics from Boston University, an MS in Economic Systems from Stanford University, a BS in Applied Physics from Columbia University, and a black belt in karate.
Let’s rescue fiat money from the clutches of traditional finance — and unleash its full potential within DeFi instead
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