LATTICE80 2019 Blockchain 100

Following up on our first edition published last year, LATTICE80 brings to you the 2019 edition of our Blockchain 100 list, where we showcase 100 leaders in the global blockchain community making their impact as startups, corporate, governments, or investors in the space.

2018 was characterised as a bearish year for cryptocurrency, with the world’s premier cryptocurrency, bitcoin (BTC) dropping more than 80% from its high in December 2017, and losing nearly US$700b of its total market capitalisation.  

While that was a huge boon to the blockchain and crypto space, we have also started to see more concrete steps demonstrating a greater openness to test and adopt blockchain technology by corporates. Early movers into blockchain are also starting to see the fruition of their early trials and investments, as they soon to come to implementation.

Corporates moving beyond the hype to implementation

Some key examples would include JP Morgan, which Interbank Information Network piloted in 2017 now sees more than 220 banks on the network, and more recently in May this year announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to further allow Quorum to become the first distributed ledger platform available through Azure Blockchain Service. A group of banks, led by UBS, had also come together to set up Fnality International, a new entity to control the development of their own “utility settlement coin” for the settlement of cross-border trades. The token has been in the works for 4 years now.

Beyond the traditional financial services, Facebook had drawn much attention to its announcement of its GlobalCoin in May. Earlier in April, Amazon has also started to provide its managed blockchain as a service for general availability in April, following on the coattails of IBM and Microsoft.

More countries and cities also stepping up blockchain efforts

Traditionally, the US and the UK had been the epicentre of blockchain activity. However, we have started to see other countries and cities take a much more active stance in further developing their blockchain strategies over recent years.

In Asia Pacific, both the Chinese and Indian governments have clearly emphasised on the need for their respective countries to adopt the technology rapidly, with the Chinese government committing to the development of blockchain in its 13th 5 year plan.

Across the rest of the world, other blockchain hubs have emerged more pronouncedly, with Estonia, Malta, Germany, and the Nordics being some of the most progressive and mature blockchain ecosystems. The Middle East has also drawn much attention, especially with the Smart Dubai 2020 Blockchain Strategy that is in place.

It is with these observations and trends in mind that we have produced this list of 100 blockchain leaders, to create more opportunities for partnership between players to further grow  and develop the global blockchain ecosystem.

Key Highlights from the list:

• Of the 100 influencers, 36 featured are from Asia Pacific, 29 from North America, another 30 from the United Kingdom and Europe, and 5 from the Middle East
• Also, of the 100, 30 are women
• 43 hold key management roles in blockchain startups and projects; 32 are enablers, whether by working with the government, academic institutions, as media influencers, or by spearheading and supporting the development of local blockchain communities through accelerators, events, spaces, and other advisory services; 20 are in charge of the development and adoption of blockchain capabilities within corporates; and 5 are key investors in the global blockchain space

Congratulations to all blockchain leaders!

Disclaimer: The list has been arranged in alphabetical and not in rank. Also, in case you think we have missed someone or wish to suggest a correction, please drop us a line on info@lattice80.com.

	Name Company Title	Country
	Abdalla Kablan Tech Entrepreneur & Digital Innovation Advisor DELTA Summit / Malta Stock Exchange / Caledo	Malta
	Abhinav Ramesh Founder WandX	India
	Ada Jonuse CEO & Co-Founder Lympo	Lithuania
	Ahmed Al-Balaghi Co-Founder, Co-Host Encrypted	United Arab Emirates
	Aisha Bin Bishr Director, General Smart Dubai Office	United Arab Emirates
	Akash Gaurav CEO Auxesis Group	India
	Alex Batlin Founder, CEO Trustology	United Kingdom
	Alex Tinsman President NEM Foundation	United States
	Alexander Borodich Founder, CEO Universa	Lithuania
	Aly Madhavji Managing Partner Blockchain Founders Fund	China
	Amber Baldet Founder, CEO clovyr.ai	United States
	Ameer Rosic Co-Founder Blockgeeks	Canada
	Ankit Ratan Co-Founder Signzy	India
	Anthony Macey Director of Emerging Technology Barclays	United Kingdom
	Antonio Grasso Founder, CEO Digital Business Information	Italy
	Aviya Arika Chief of Blockchain AVIYA	Israel
	Benjamin Dubois Blockchain Lead and Digital Transformation Manager Nestle	Switzerland
	Bob Crozier Head of Global Blockchain Centre of Competence & Chief Architect Customer Platforms Allianz	Germany
	Bowen Wang Co-founder DDEX	China
	Caitlin Long Co-founder  Wyoming Blockchain Coalition	United States
	Carlos Kuchkovsky Chief Technology and R&D Officer – New Digital Business BBVA	Spain
	Carolyn Reckhow Head of Operations & Client Services Casa	United States
	Christine Moy Blockchain Lead JP Morgan	United States
	Daniel Haudenschild President Crypto Valley Association	Switzerland
	Darren Wang Founder OwlTing	Taiwan
	David Marcus Blockchain Lead Facebook	United States
	Devon Krantz Chief Ecosystem Officer Linum Labs	Switzerland
	Hans Koning Tiim Co-Founder, CEO Vicarium	Hong Kong
	Manana Samuseva Founder, Partner Women in Crypto Fund	Hong Kong
	Edward Deng President, Huawei Cloud Global Market Huawei	China
	Emin Gün Sirer Founder, CEO Ava Labs	United States
	Emma Cui Founding Partner, CEO Longhash	Singapore
	Emma Weston Co-Founder, CEO AgriDigital	Australia
	Erica Kang CEO, Founder KryptoSeoul	Korea
	Frank Lu Head of DLT OneConnect (Ping An)	China
	Galia Benartzi Co-founder Bancor	United States
	Gary Spence CEO Yotta Laboratories	United Kingdom
	Gaurang Torvekar Co-Founder, CEO Indorse	Singapore
	Gen Matsuda CEO OKWAVE	Malaysia
	Geoff Jiang VP, GM of Technology and Business Innovation Group, Head of DAMO Academy’s Fintech Labs Ant Financial	China
	Gian Luca Comandini Co-Founder Assobit	Italy
	Gokul Alex Associate Director PwC	India
	Herbie Zhefei Fu Partner 8 Decimal Capital	Hong Kong
	He Yi Co-Founder, CMO Binance	China
	Ish Goel CEO Somish	India
	Jae Kwon President Interchain Foundation	United States
	Jase Leung CEO Blockchain Solutions Limited	Hong Kong
	Jeff Paik Co-Founder Deconomy	Korea
	Jen Grayson Board of Advisors    Kerala Blockchain Academy	United States
	Jillian Godsil Founder Blockleaders	Ireland
	Joanna Hubbard Co-founder and CEO Electron	United Kingdom
	John Patrick Mullin Guest Lecturer HKUST/Tongji Business School	Hong Kong
	Jules Miller Partner IBM Blockchain Ventures	United States
	Junya Yamamoto Co-Founder, CEO Infinity Blockchain Labs	Vietnam
	Justin Wu Co-Founder, Organizer BlockchainNW	United States
	Kahina Van Dyke SVP, Business & Corp Dev Ripple	United States
	Kaidi Ruusalepp Founder and CEO Funderbeam	Estonia
	Kamales Lardi President and Co-Founder Women in Blockchain Switzerland	Switzerland
	Ken Moore EVP | Head of Mastercard Labs Mastercard	United States
	Kevin Phalen SVP, Head of Global Business Solutions Visa	United States
	Lennart Kirk Co-Founder, Chairman Nordic Blockchain Association	Denmark
	Marcella Atzori Board of Directors Blockchain & Society Policy Research Lab	Italy
	Mariana Gomez de la Villa Program Director Distributed Ledger Technology ING	Netherlands
	Marieke Flament MD, Europe, Global CMO Circle	United Kingdom
	Marta Piekarska Director of Ecosystem Hyperledger	United States
	Michael Gronager CEO Chainalysis	United States
	Michael Reed Director, Blockchain Program Intel	United States
	Muhammad Salman Anjum Chief Strategist  Blockpreneurs	United Arab Emirates
	Nina Nichols Founder Global Women in Blockchain	United States
	Oliver Naegele Founder Blockchain Helix	Germany
	Olivier Rikken Director, Blockchain and Smart Contracts AXVECO	Netherlands
	Pandu Sastrowardoyo Co-Owner Blockchain Zoo	Indonesia
	Pascal Gauthier CEO Ledger	France
	Patrick Dai Founder Qtum	Singapore
	Paul Veradittakit Partner Pantera Capital	United States
	Phil Chen  Decentralised Chief Officer HTC	Hong Kong
	Phu Styles Founder Women in Blockchain Foundation	United States
	Preethi Kasireddy Founder, CEO TruStory	United States
	Poramin Insom Founder Zcoin	Thaliand
	Rahul Pathak Blockchain, AWS Amazon	United States
	Raj Chowdhury Managing Director Hashcash Consultant	United States
	Rajesh Dhuddu Global Practice Leader, Blockchain Tech Mahindra	India
	Remington Ong Partner Fenbushi Capital	China
	Rhian Lewis Director Salvia Media Services	United Kingdom
	Ritchie Etwaru Founder, CEO Hu-manity.co	United States
	Robert Jesudason Group President Block One	Hong Kong
	Roger Ver CEO Bitcoin.com	Japan
	Roman Gold Founding Partner Israeli Blockchain Association	Israel
	Sam Chadwick Global Innovation Lead UBS	Switzerland
	Sean Moss-Pultz Co-Founder, CEO Bitmark	Taiwan
	Sharat Chandra President Government Blockchain Association	India
	Siim Sikkut Government CIO Ministry of Economics Affairs and Communications	Estonia
	Silvio Schembri Junior Minister for Financial Services, Digital Economy and Innovation Government of Malta	Malta
	Taavi Rõivas Former Prime Minister Government of Estonia	Estonia
	Todd McDonald Co-Founder, Head of Partnerships R3	United States
	Topp Jirayut Srupsrisopa Co-Founder, Group CEO Bitkub Capital Group Holdings	Thailand
	Vishal Anand Kanvaty Founder EzyRemit	India
	William Mougayar Founder and Producer Token Summit	Canada
	Xiang Hailong Director of Blockchain Lab Baidu	China
	Xiao Feng Founder Wanxiang Blockchain Labs / Fenbushi Capital	China

This report was prepared by based on internal database and in-house research by LATTICE80.

Last updated: 26th June 2019