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 Switzerland 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.

Erik Voorhees
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of ShapeShift
Erik Voorhees is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ShapeShift Ag. Erik Voorhees served as the Head of Marketing and Communications at BitInstant LLC. Erik Voorhees is an American and Panamanian startup Founder. Erik Voorhees was co-founder of the bitcoin company Coinapult. Erik Voorhees was the Founder and Partial Owner of SatoshiDICE. He joined BitInstant in February 2012. He has been a Member of Cryptocurrency Advisory Board at MGT Capital Investments, Inc. since June 14, 2016.
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About ShapeShift, Thorchain: ShapeShift is a crypto platform, enabling customers to buy, sell, trade, track, send, receive, and interact with their digital assets.
Natale M. Ferrara
Founder of Eidoo
Natale M. Ferrara is the Founder of Eidoo.
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About CryptoPolis, Digital Identity, Eidoo, Ekon, Ico Race: Eidoo is a multidimensional, multicurrency crypto platform that helps to improve how people manage their assets.

Jonathan Speigner
Founder of Coin Wallet
Jonathan Speigner is the Founder & CEO of Coin space & he Attended Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) in 1994.
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About Coin space, Coin Wallet, Duckr, Fastly, Signal Sciences, SkyJam: Coin Bitcoin Wallet is a secure wallet for Crypto ERC20 and ERC223 tokens
Gian Bochlser
Co Founder of Bity
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About Bity: Bity is a Swiss-based crypto finance provider that simplifies the conversion from traditional money into cryptocurrencies & digital assets.

Richard Olsen
Founder of Lykke
Richard is a pioneer in high frequency finance with extensive entrepreneurial experience and well known for his academic work. He was co-founder of OANDA, a currency information company and market maker in foreign exchange. Under Richard’s stewardship as CEO of OANDA the company was a shooting star that launched the first fully automated FX trading platform offering second-by-second interest rate payments and netted 37 million of profits in 2007. Already at OANDA, he conceived the first trading platform with second-by-second interest payments. Richard Olsen is the founder and CEO of Lykke, a Swiss Fintech company building a global blockchain-powered marketplace. He is chief executive of Olsen Ltd, an investment manager, and visiting professor at the Centre for Computational Finance and Economic Agents at the University of Essex. His ambition is to transform financial markets into a seamless system without the inefficiencies that we today take for granted.
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About Lykke: Lykke is building a global marketplace for all asset classes and financial instruments.
Fabio Federici
Founder & CEO of Base58
Founder
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About Base58: Base58 is a technology-driven investment firm specialized in cryptoassets.
Cem Goekmen
Co-Founder & Partner of Final Frontier
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About Final Frontier: Final Frontier is a specialist blockchain and cryptocurrency investment firm.

Niklas Nikolajsen
Founder and Chairman of Bitcoin Suisse AG
Niklas Nikolajsen is CEO @ Bitcoin Suisse AG.
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About Bitcoin Suisse AG: Bitcoin Suisse AG is a crypto-finance startup providing trading, prime brokerage, custody, lending, and other services.
Roderick Warren
Co-Founder of CoinMarketAlert
Blockchain Solutions Architect, Co-Founder CoinMarketAlert. Previously co-founded StartupBlink. Cloud computing and data center specialist
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About CoinMarketAlert, StartupBlink: Cryptocurrency price alerts, news, portfolio and technical analysis. CoinMarketAlert – always stay on top of your cryptocurrency investments
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