Hayden Adams (DeFi / Blockchain) at Uniswap — New York, United States
Hayden Adams created Uniswap in 2018 as an automated market maker DEX (decentralized exchange) on Ethereum, teaching himself Solidity from scratch after being laid off as a mechanical engineer. Uniswap has processed over $2 trillion in trading volume and became the model for DeFi liquidity protocols globally. Adams has been a leading voice for DeFi regulation and decentralized governance through the UNI governance token. A self-taught developer who changed global finance.