At Bleeding.Technology we track over 100,000 web 3.0, NFT, DeFi & crypto 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 Australia based Founder operating in the Bitcoin space. If you think a Founder is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
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 Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Adrian Przelozny
CEO & Founder of Independent Reserve
Adrian is the CEO and co-founder of Independent Reserve, one of Australia’s most established cryptocurrency exchanges. He has contributed significantly to driving growth in the fledgling industry. Over the last 5 years, Adrian has developed and evolved Independent Reserve to serve over 100,000 Australian clients.
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About Independent Reserve: Independent Reserve is a Bitcoin and Digital Currency exchange.
Loong Wang
CTO and Founder of Ren
Loong Wang is the Chief Technology Officer of Ren. He attended the Australian National University.
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About Ren: Ren is an open protocol that enables the movement of value between blockchains.

John Bulich
Technical Advisor & Co-Founder of Bitcar.io
John Bulich is the Technical Director and Co-Founder at Power Ledger.
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About Bitcar.io, Ledger Assets, Power Ledger: BitCar is the first platform in the world that will allow you to P2P trade fractions of exotic cars using your crypto.
Ryan Zhou
Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of CoinJar
Ryan cofounded CoinJar in May 2013 after successfully raising venture capital investment and over $500 million in trades. Coinjar is a bitcoin exchange personal finance account which uses a service that allows customers to send money to 196 countries, in six minutes, for $0. CoinJar has over 350,000 members and over $785 million in trading turnover to date. With a strong passion for solving problems with technology, Ryan is also a hands-on full-stack software engineer and has been accredited as a Chartered Financial Analyst by the CFA Institute.
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About CoinJar: CoinJar is an Australian bitcoin platform that enables the buying and selling of bitcoins and allows merchants to accept bitcoin payments.

Leon-Gerard Vandenberg
CTO & Founder of Fuzo Limited
Leon Gerard Vandenberg is the founder and CTO for Rights Commerce Ltd Solara Systems Inc. Solara Australia Ltd. Fuzo Limited and GET IT Systems (Family Investments under The Novous Trust) He earned his degree at the University of Waterloo (Systems Design Engineering 1988 and Wilfrid Laurier Unversity (MBA) 1989
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About Fuzo Limited: Financial Inclusion As a Service – Open Transaction & Identity Platform for Mobiles
Sassoon Grigorian
Co Founder of Remitt
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About Remitt: We’re a #fintech startup disrupting how to transfer money using #blockchain without relying on legacy banking systems.
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