Edan Yago is the Co-Founder and CEO of BitcoinOS, the smart contract operating system for Bitcoin, and the Founder and Core Contributor of Sovryn, the leading decentralized Layer 2 Bitcoin trading and lending and asset management platform. Yago is a leading blockchain expert and distributed ledger technologist who has been a regular on the blockchain scene for more than a decade. Earlier in his career, Yago founded several other companies in the Bitcoin and crypto space, including CementDAO and Epiphyte, which provided global remittance services.
Edan Yago Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
Academic History
BITCOIN & DEFI CAREER
Yago is a seasoned digital currency and Bitcoin veteran who has been a regular on the blockchain scene for more than a decade.
He has been a renowned expert in APIs, cloud and distributed ledger technologies to massively optimize payment costs, compliance and speed.
He is passionate about Bitcoin’s ever-evolving nature and strongly advocates for expanding its functionality beyond what the asset can already do through the introduction of smart contracts and decentralized apps.
COMPANIES LAUNCHED
Founder of CementDAO, a decentralized tool to unite the fragmented stablecoin ecosystem by making them interchangeable for each other.
Founder and CEO of Epiphyte, which developed enterprise software allowing banks and other financial institutions to integrate with Bitcoin.
Founding Member of DATA, the international self-regulatory body and standards association for the digital asset industry.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Yago has been profiled in Forbes, Bitcoin Magazine, CoinDesk, and The Block.
He has been featured in Yahoo! Finance and Real Vision.