Kain Warwick

Warwick grew up in the United States until he was 12twelve and then moved to Australia. He is the son of Allana and Kim Warwick, who is an Australian tennis grand-slamgrand slam champion. Warwick attended college in Australia at the University of New South Whales, where he studied genetics. After spending 18eighteen months in college, he decided to drop out and move to the United States in 1999 to work at a startup. In 2005, he became a professional musician when he joined the band The Lie Society. He made music with the band and toured globally before returning to returning to Australia and starting ventures in technology in 2009.

Warwick co-foundedcofounded a company in 2009 called Pouncer. The company created a live auction platform specifically for an Australian audience. In the following years, he worked on several projects and held positions, some of which were at the intersection of music and technology.

In 2015, Warwick founded and launched a point-of-sale platform called blueshyft, where he is still the non-executive director. In 2016, Warwick founded Synthetix (formerly known as Havven), which is a cryptocurrency protocol that was actually launched in 2017. It had its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2018 and raised approximately $30 million. The project transitioned into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), and Warwick stepped down from his leadership position. Around the same time, Kain popularized the concept of yield farming cryptocurrency, and he earned the nickname "father of modern agriculture.".

In 2023, Warwick founded Infinex, a decentralized perpetual exchange that uses Synthetix for its liquidity. He has been vocal on social media regarding how the United States is regulating cryptocurrency and is often invited to speak in interviews on cryptocurrency topics.

Warwick is also an angel investor and has invested in approximately 50fifty companies, such as AltLayer, Exactly, and Balancer.

In 2015, Warwick founded and launched a point-of-sale platform called blueshyft, where he is still the non-executive director. In 2016, Warwick founded Synthetix (formerly known as Havven), which is a cryptocurrency protocol that was actually launched in 2017. It had its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2018 and raised approximately $30 million. The project transitioned into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Warwick stepped down from his leadership position. Around the same time, Kain popularized the concept of yield farming cryptocurrency and he earned the nickname "father of modern agriculture".In 2023, Warwick founded Infinex, decentralized perpetual exchange that uses Synthetix for its liquidity. He has been vocal on social media regarding how the United States is regulating cryptocurrency and is often invited to speak in interviews on cryptocurrency topics.

In 2023, Warwick founded Infinex, decentralized perpetual exchange that uses Synthetix for its liquidity. He has been vocal on social media regarding how the United States is regulating cryptocurrency and is often invited to speak in interviews on cryptocurrency topics.

Karin Warwick is an entrepreneur who has founded companies in finance-related industries such as financefinancial technology technology (FinTech) and decentralized financedecentralized finance (DeFi).

Warwick grew up in the United StatesUnited States until he was 12 and then moved to AustraliaAustralia. He is the son of Allana and Kim WarwickKim Warwick, who is an Australian tennis grand-slam champion.Warwickchampion. Warwick attended college in Australia at the University of New South WhalesUniversity of New South Whales where he studied genetics. After spending 18 months in college, he decided to drop out and move to the United States in 20001999 to work at a startup. In 2005, he became a professional musician in 2005 when he joined the band The Lie Society. He made music with the band and toured globally before returning to returning to Australia and starting ventures in FinTechtechnology in 2009.

Warwick co-founded a company in 2009 called PouncerPouncer. The company created a live auction platform specifically for an Australian audience. In the following years he worked on several projects and held positions, some of which were at the intersection of music and technology.

In 2015, Warwick founded and launched a point-of-sale platform called blueshyftblueshyft, where he is still the non executivenon-executive director. In 2016, Warwick founded SynthetixSynthetix (formerly known as Havven), which is a cryptocurrency protocol that was actually launched in 2017. It had its initial coin offeringinitial coin offering (ICO) in 2018 and raised approximately $30 million. The project transitioned into a decentralized autonomous organizationdecentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Warwick stepped down from his leadership position. Around the same time, Kain popularized the concept of yield farming yield farming cryptocurrency and he earned the nickname "father of modern agriculture".In 2023, Warwick founded Infinex, decentralized perpetual exchange that uses Synthetix for its liquidity. He has been vocal on social media regarding how the United States is regulating cryptocurrency and is often invited to speak in interviews on cryptocurrency topics.

Warwick is also an angel investor and has invested in approximately 50 companies such as AltLayerAltLayer, ExactlyExactly, and BalancerBalancer.

Karin Warwick is an entrepreneur who has founded companies in finance-related industries such as finance technology (FinTech) and decentralized finance (DeFi).

Warwick grew up in the United States until he was 12 and then moved to Australia. He is the son of Allana and Kim Warwick, who is an Australian tennis grand-slam champion.Warwick attended college in Australia at the University of New South Whales where he studied genetics. After spending 18 months in college, he decided to drop out and move to the United States in 2000 to work at a startup. In 2005, he became a professional musician in 2005 when he joined the band The Lie Society. He made music with the band and toured globally before returning to returning to Australia and starting ventures in FinTech in 2009.

Warwick co-founded a company in 2009 called Pouncer. The company created a live auction platform specifically for an Australian audience. In the following years he worked on several projects and held positions, some of which were at the intersection of music and technology.

In 2015, Warwick founded and launched a point-of-sale platform called blueshyft, where is still the non executive director. In 2016, Warwick founded Synthetix (formerly known as Havven), which is a cryptocurrency protocol that was actually launched in 2017. It had its initial coin offering (ICO) in 2018 and raised approximately $30 million. The project transitioned into a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) and Warwick stepped down from his leadership position. Around the same time, Kain popularized the concept of yield farming cryptocurrency and he earned the nickname "father of modern agriculture".

Warwick is also an angel investor and has invested in approximately 50 companies such as AltLayer, Exactly, and Balancer.

Kain Warwick is the founder of Synthetix, a synthetic asset issuance platform built on Ethereum. Synthetix specializes in minting and creating synthetic tokens and it is one of the biggest ecosystems in decentralized finance (DeFi).

He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of blueshyft, a retail payment network of over 1200 locations across Australia. blueshyft has become the largest cryptocurrency payment gateway in Australia, processing tens of millions of dollars in transaction volume.

Warwick is a graduate of Waverley College (1996 - 1998).

He attended the University of New South Wales where he earned a BSc in Genetics in 2000.

Early in his career, Warwick was an IT Manager at Whatcard.com, Cameras Manager at Harvey Norman, an Assistant Tennis Coach at The Bay Club Company, and Pro Audio Manager at Guitar Center. From 2005 to 2009, Warwick was the Guitar and Vocals of The Lie Society, a band based in Boston and played throughout the Northeastern United States.

In 2009, Warwick was the Founder of Pouncer a live auction site exclusive to Australia. From 2010 to 2012, Warwick was a Franchisee of the Australian-based retailer of electrical, computer, furniture, entertainment and bedding goods retailer Harvey Norman.

In January 2013, Warwick was the Founder of Ai, a specialty music retailer that operated online to deliver the best prices and service on music equipment in Australia. In February 2014, Warwick became a Project Manager at White Labelled, a digital media firm for Australian businesses. Warwick is an Advisory Board Member & Investor to The Burger Collective and Advisory Council Member for the Australian Digital Commerce Association.

In April 2014, Warwick became the Co-Founder and CEO of blueshyft, a platform that supports a number of services, including over the counter bitcoin purchases, deposits into digital wallets and logistics solutions. In December 2016, Warwick founded Havven, a decentralized payment network that uses a stablecoin that allows users to transfer value online without the need for a central authority.

Founder

Synthetix

Dec 2016 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Founder & Non-exec Director

blueshyft

Apr 2014 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Advisory Council Member

Blockchain Australia

Nov 2017 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Advisory Board Member & Investor

The Burger Collective

July 2016 – present time

Sydney, Australia

Author

Bending Metal

Nov 2016 - Dec 2017

Sydney, Australia

Project Manager

White Labelled

Feb 2014 - Oct 2014

Sydney, Australia

Founder

Ai

Jan 2013 - July 2014

Sydney Area, Australia

Franchisee

Harvey Norman

March 2010 - Dec 2012

Founder

Pouncer

Jan 2009 - June 2010

Sydney, Australia

Guitar/ Vocals

The Lie Society (Band)

Oct 2005 - Sept 2009

Greater Boston Area

Pro Audio Manager

Guitar Center

Jan 2006 - Aug 2008

Greater Boston Area

Assistant Tennis Coach

The Bay Club Company (formerly Western Athletic Clubs)

Sept 2002 - Aug 2005

Cameras Manager

Harvey Norman

Feb 2001 - Jan 2002

IT Manager

Whatcard.com

Feb 2000 - Dec 2000

Balancer Labs; part of a $24.5M raise (8-6-2021).

BarnBridge. Participated in a $1M seed round for BarnBridge (14-9-2020).

BitDAO; part of their $230M private funding round (17-6-2021).

BoardRoom. Participated in a $2.2M raise for BoardRoom (13-10-2020).

Cozy Finance. Part of a $2M raise for Cozy Finance (3-9-2020).

Element Finance; took part in their Series A raise of$32M (19-10-2021).

Euler; part of the $8m raise (25-8-2021).

Illuvium; was part of a $5M investment round (12-3-2021).

Lido; participated in a $2M seed round among many others (15-10-2020).

Maple Finance; participated in a $1.3M raise (12-2020).

Opyn; participated in a $6.5M raise (4-2-2021).

Polymarket. Participated in a $4M raise for Polymarket (19-10-2020).

RabbitHole. Participated in an undisclosed round (3-12-2020).

Zapper. Participated in the $1.5M seed round, among many other participants (27-8-2020).

After being one of the few successful 2017-era initial coin offerings to survive the 2018–2019 altcoin bear market, Warwick stepped down as Synthetix’s “benevolent dictator” as the project transitioned to a decentralized autonomous organization governance structure on Oct. 29.

Together with the founding team and other community members, Warwick was able to grow Synthetix to become one of DeFi’s “blue chip” projects. Synthetix was one of only five DeFi unicorns, with over $1.2 billion in the total value of Ether locked in the project. The SNX token also scored massive gains during the year, increasing sixfold and reaching a new all-time high in December.

Warwick has identified the first three months of 2021 as being an important period for the project. According to the Synthetix founder, much-talked-about features like “synthetic shares” for U.S. stocks such as Apple and Tesla should happen before the end of the first quarter of 2021.

Warwick has also led efforts to deploy and test a layer-two version of the Synthetix platform, as well as a complete overhaul of the protocol’s escrow contracts as part of the Synthetix v3 migration event.