Engineers, founders, artists, and voices to help develop Web3 and the Dogepunks community
In the past week, we had a large number of notable industry voices join our community. We wanted to share their background and stories and also get a glimpse of the future they are building. In honor of their support of our community, we have minted commemorative Dogepunks inspired by them. We believe these Dogepunks will be similar to a ‘Lebron James rookie card’ as these leaders continue to build the future.
Note: We will be continuing this series with more influential Dogepunks community members in the upcoming weeks. If you have any recommendations or would like to be featured, please reach out to us on Twitter.
- Morgan (Twitter: @Morgancodescoin / IG: Morgan.Codes)
Morgan is a badass engineer that has not only made a name for herself in Crypto/Web3, but is a strong advocate, educator, and evangelist for Web3. We’re inspired by Morgan’s story and here are a few Q&A we had with Morgan:
i) What brought you into the world of Crypto/NFTs?
I was introduced to the crypto space in 2018 by a couple of friends who have been investing in bitcoin, but didn’t start developing and building in the space until early last year. Once I started learning Web3 and Solidity, I quickly pivoted my focus solely to DeFi and haven’t turned back.
ii) What do you do now?
I’m focusing most of my free time right now on creating content and developing projects in the space. I also recently co-founded Symbiant, which is a product studio that builds custom products for early-stage start-ups and founders. The studio has been working with artists and creators to build dapps, which we’re hoping to do more of in the future!
iii) What do you love most about it?
The best things about developing in DeFi are the community and the constant innovation. Web3 is bringing freedom to artists and liberating creators in a way that’s never been done before. The community is everything!
iv) Where can people find you to learn more?
You can checkout the content I’m creating on Instagram (@morgan.codes) and the thoughts I’m sharing on Twitter (@morgancodescoin). Feel free to checkout the studio at https://symbiant.co or learn more about my work at https://morgan.codes
2. Alex (Twitter: @aqxu)
Alex is one of the founding team members at 0xproject, a world-class DEX providing liquidity across ETH and DeFi. In his spare time, you may hear him drop some freestyle bars or catch him on TikTok posting the current truth of the NFT Space. Alex had a great idea to dedicate this to one of the shows we all grew up watching, Samauri Jack. We were excited to see Alex join our community and here are a few Q&As we had:
i) What brought you into the world of Crypto/NFTs?
I bought some ETH in 2018 and learned about decentralized applications. Fell down the rabbit hole and ended up working at http://0x.org, which is a DEX platform on Ethereum.
ii) What do you do now?
Chief of Staff at 0x
iii) What do you love most about it?
I get to work on a revolutionary technology (DEX) while keeping an eye on growing verticals within the crypto space such as NFTs. Always something new to check out every day!
iv) Where can people find you to learn more?
Twitter: @aqxu
3. Edouard — (Twitter: @EdouardL)
Edouard is the co-founder of two Web3 companies: @Stakin and @Trakx. Both companies are addressing key opportunities across DeFi and bringing Crypto exposure to various institutions. We’re excited to have Edouard as part of our community and here’s some of Edouard’s background:
i) What brought you into the world of Crypto/NFTs?
Worked a bit in investment banking, while there I started getting interested in blockchain and discovered the potential of DeFi. Started immersing myself in crypto by building tokenized financial products, then operating Proof-of-Stake nodes, oracles, and other kinds of blockchain infrastructure.
ii). What do you do now?
Mostly spend my time on Stakin and Trakx, 2 blockchain companies I co-founded. One operates infra for PoS chains, the other builds sophisticated products for institutional investors looking to buy cryptos.
iii) What do you love most about it?
Excited by the pace of innovation in the blockchain space. Things go VERY fast here. New protocols and new Dapps are popping around every month or so. I also really like the different communities, the pioneer spirit animating the ecosystems, how approachable people can be, and the memes, with a preference for Doges.
iv) Where can people find you to learn more?
Personal website: https://edouardl.com
Stakin: https://stakin.com
Trakx: https://trakx.io
Much Wow,
Dogepunks
