Cryptocurrency Is Not Just a Boys’ Game: Top Women In Crypto

The crypto industry is predominantly male, but there are crowds of intellectual and promising women in senior positions. They play active roles in making digital assets more widespread. Let’s look at the top 5 women in the cryptocurrency industry.

Hester Peirce

She holds her SEC Commissioner position for a second 5-year term with the primary duty of controlling the regulation of digital currencies. Many prominent people in the sector called Hester’ Crypto Mom’. The reason is simple: she sees digital coins as a driving force in the finance sphere.

Galia Benartzi

This digital entrepreneur is known for co-founding the Bancor Protocol in 2017. It is a DEX platform that automates the lending and borrowing of tokens. Moreover, Galia was an important figure in Bancor’s development, and Forbes acknowledged her as one of Europe’s Top 50 Women in Tech.

Laura Shin

Shin is the ex-Senior Editor at Forbes, writing about cryptocurrencies and blockchain development. As for now, she serves as a crypto journalist and host of the Unchained and Unconfirmed podcast. Laura built a successful career and became one of the top cryptocurrency influencers in 2021.

Ria Bhutoria

Bhutoria currently holds a Director of Research position at Fidelity Digital Assets. Her main task is to provide a detailed analysis of the digital assets market situation. Furthermore, she created the “FUD Fort,” a collection of articles covering various crypto issues. Ria is also active on Twitter, sharing gems of financial advice.

Zoe Adamovicz

Zoe holds the CEO position in Neufund, a fintech company for securities tokenization. Over the past 20 years, she co-founded several startups and served as a digitization adviser in German and Maltese governments. Adamovicz has been considered one of the ‘Five Female Rock Stars Leading the Crypto Scene’ by Forbes in 2018.