About

Our Company

A Stronger Foundation for Global Finance

Founded by Stuart Popejoy and Will Martino in 2016, Kadena is the industry’s only truly scalable Layer 1 Proof of Work blockchain. More to the point, it’s the only blockchain purpose-built to meet the demands of businesses and traditional financial institutions. With every step we take, we are laying the groundwork for the future of global finance.

Our Experience

Kadena’s leadership team hails from some of the largest and most influential blockchain, tech and financial institutions in the world.

Our Leaders

Comprising pioneers and experts in blockchain and traditional finance, Kadena’s executive leadership team has the talent, experience and vision to bridge both worlds.

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Our Advisors

Blockchain. Finance. Business development. Our advisors bring a wealth of expertise and strategic guidance to the team.

Scott Barker

Co-Founder, GTMfund

Partner and co-founder of GTMfund, Scott has a background in B2B SaaS, and brings his sales and go-to-market expertise to Kadena.

Nitin Gaur

Founder, LedgerLink

Currently the Founder and CEO of LedgerLink, an AI-driven Web2.5 Platform, Nitin has held CTO positions at multiple blockchain organizations and authored numerous patents.

Stuart Haber

Dr. Stuart Haber and his colleague W. Scott Stornetta were the first to conceptualize the blockchain in 1991, and are the most-cited authors in Satoshi Nakamoto’s 2008 Bitcoin paper.

Wayne Martino

Wayne has decades of legal and business experience with businesses in emerging growth industries, including the early commercial internet, new media and cryptocurrency.

Brooke Rickett

Our Global Team

Kadena’s corporate headquarters is located in Newark, New Jersey, but we have teams across the world, including the United States, the Netherlands, South Korea and more.

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