Changpeng Zhao is the Founder and former CEO of Binance. He is originally from Guiyang, Guizhou, and was born in Lianyungang, Jiangsu. He was a member of Blockchain.info and the chief technology officer of OKCoin, and also served as the technical director of Bloomberg. Changpeng Zhao is best known for founding cryptocurrency exchange Binance. His wife is He Yi, the co-founder of Binance, and they have two children together. On November 21, 2023, Changpeng Zhao announced his resignation as CEO.

Samuel Bankman-Fried, also known by his initials SBF, is an American entrepreneur, billionaire, and investor. He is the founder and CEO of FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange.

Su Zhu is the co-founder of Three Arrows Capital and OPNX and was previously a trader at Deutsche Bank and Flow Traders. He graduated in mathematics from Columbia University.

Do Kwon is Co-Founder and CEO of Terra and was named to Forbes 30 under 30. He was formerly Founder and CEO of Anyfi, and worked at Microsoft and Apple.

Alexey Pertsev is co-founder of Tornado Cash. He was arrested and jailed in the Netherlands in August 2022 on suspicion of money laundering.

Gary Wang is the Co-Founder and Former Chief Technology Officer of FTX. He holds degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nishad Singh is a former director of engineering at FTX and worked as a software development engineer at Facebook.

Ryan Salame was previously co-CEO of FTX Digital Markets, head of OTC Asia Pacific at Alameda Research, and Senior Tax Associate at EY.

William Lonergan Hill is the Co-founder of Samourai Wallet.

Alex Andryunin is the founder and CEO of Gotbit and graduated from the National Lomonosov University in Moscow. He is currently facing charges of market fraud and telecom fraud and has been arrested.

Zhao Dong is the founder of DFund and a well-known figure in the crypto fields. Born in a rural area of Shanxi, he graduated from Dalian Jiaotong University and was once the co-founder and CTO of Moji Weather. In 2012, he left Moji Weather and entered the cryptocurrency space. In 2013, he first encountered Bitcoin and quickly accumulated wealth. However, in 2014, he suffered a significant setback due to investment mistakes, losing about 150 million RMB. Afterward, he gradually repaid his debts through over-the-counter Bitcoin trading and founded DFund in 2017, a fund specializing in cryptocurrency investments. Zhao Dong has also invested in multiple blockchain projects such as TNB, QASH, and aelf, and founded RenrenBit. He proposed the "Bitcoin Season Theory" to analyze market cycles, emphasizing value investment and risk control. He believes the key to Bitcoin investment is to "never get off the train." Zhao Dong was arrested and jailed for OTC transactions in 2021.