> be Andre Cronje - "Godfather" of DeFi > born in 1983 in South Africa > graduated Law from Stellenbosch, studied Information Systems at CTI > started career in big data, telecommunications, security and cryptography > entered crypto in 2017 as an engineer and technical advisor > 2020: Founded Yearn Finance (YFI), the icon of DeFi Summer > building Keep3rV1, a decentralized job matching marketplace > contributing to many protocols: Hegic, Cream V2, Akropolis, PowerPool, Pickle, Sushiswap, Cover > became the main architect of Fantom, developing fast and cheap smart contract infrastructure > 2022: Fantom announces positive cash flow, holds 450M FTM, $10M/year revenue > 2023: Comeback to Fantom Foundation as a technical advisor after announcing his departure from DeFi > 2024: Define Fantom to become an appchain, developing in stages > 2025: Flying Tulip founded, raising record $200M Seed Round from CoinFund, DWF Labs, Virtual Protocol > Flying Tulip reaches $1B valuation,...
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