Rich Rines

Rich Rines

CORE | Contributor

Rich Rines is an early Bitcoin adopter (2013 OG) who helped scale Coinbase's digital infrastructure, facilitating over $1 trillion in value. Now fully dedicated to advancing Bitcoin's next frontier through the Core ecosystem, he merges BTC's uncompromising security with DeFi's boundless innovation. As CEO of Element Wallet and founder of the B2B software company AutoReach, Rich balances "zero-to-one" creativity with "one-to-100" operational rigor—bridging the gap between big ideas and broad adoption. Driven by an entrepreneurial vision, he's transforming how institutions and individuals expand Bitcoin's utility, unleashing trillions in untapped value.

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