The key ingredient for any field to prosper is to have the right people coming from any background, also its a world of equal opportunities and being appreciated. Even though the space of cryptocurrency and blockchain is a little dominated by men however there are a number of women heading in while playing a considerate role, inspiring everyone and making a mark. It can be rightly said that women have been an equal part of the industry and are involved while playing an active role in many sectors such as in leading projects or are founders of many known streams like the ICOs, blockchain development firms, cryptocurrency platform and many more.

We have listed a few such inspiring women in the field of cryptocurrency and blockchain technology who not only attributed to the growth of the industry through societal doubts but also paved the way for many.

The 10 leading women in the world of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain

1. Dr. Sally Eaves

Sally Eaves is described as the “torchbearer for ethical tech”.

She is an author, a keynote speaker, advisor and a mentor on blockchain technology, its benefits, solution to societal issues, and for blockchain startups and foundations. She has donned many roles such as been a Global Strategic Advisor, Practicing Professor and Chief Technological Officer. She is also a part of the Forbes Technology Council which is an exclusive invitation-only for the senior executives. She is a CTO of MindFit, the CIO of Intrapreneur International and a member of the Strategic Management Board for TeamBlockchain. Sally is a Social Impact lead for the UK Government Blockchain Association.

Sally Eaves has also won the title of “Decade of Women’s FrontierWomen50 Award” and was shortlisted as a candidate for the UK IT Women of the Year Business Role Model Award.

Sally Eaves’s Twitter Handle: @sallyeaves

2. Amber Baldet

Amber Baldet is the Co-founder and CEO of Clovyr, a blockchain startup. She’s the former Blockchain Program Lead at the J.P. Morgan, also the working group of the financial industry of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and also the Board Member at ZCash Foundation. She is said to be the leading voice on the blockchain technology’s practical application in financial technology and related.

Amber Baldet was listed as “The Ledger 40 Under 40” in the year 2018 by Fortune.

Amber Baldet’s Twitter Handle: @AmberBaldet

3. Galia Benartzi

Galia Benartzia is a graduate from John Hopkins University and a professional in the field of Economic and Business. She has vast experience in FinTech and entrepreneurship. She is the Co-founder and Head of Business Development for Bancor which is an innovative firm that for the creation of smart contracts made a decentralized liquidity network. Her firm had also raised $153 million for ICO in funding and been one of the highest to do it.

Galia was also a Co-founder and CEO of Particle Code which was later sold in the year 2011 to Appcelerator.

Galia Benartzi’s Twitter Handle: @galiabenartzi

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4. Piper Moretti

Piper Moretti is the CEO of the Crypto Realty Group which is a firm based in Los Angeles and specializes in conducting transactions with cryptocurrencies for the real estate stream. She is a licensed international luxury realtor for Christie’s International Luxury Real Estate. Piper is also an advisor for the CPROP, Los Angeles Blockchain Lab and Block66. She is also a member of the Los Angeles chapter in the International Blockchain Real Estate Association and Real Estate Standards Organization.

Piper has a keen passion for crypto and aids her clients to find and buy properties with the help of cryptocurrency.She has been featured in Forbes, Realtor.com, Luxury Real Estate Magazine, Business Insider, and many more. Piper Morettu was ranked #1 in Entrepreneur Magazine’s 8 Influential Women Making Headline in Blockchain.

Piper Moretti’s Twitter Handle: @PiperMoretti

5. Manju Mohan

Manju Mohan is a graduate from Western University and also has experience in blockchain technology as a strategist and implementer. She is the co-CEO and co-founder of Ionixx Technologies that works with startups and fast-growing companies for the stream of development as a Technology Executive partner. The firm also is a part of technology development helping to digitize businesses concentrating on cloud, web and mobile technologies. The company’s recent project was about applying blockchain technology for business and recruitment managers in the process of educational certificate verification. She is an entrepreneur, blockchain strategist and an UX designer.

Manju Mohan’s Twitter Handle: @manjumo

6. Elizabeth Stark

Elizabeth Stark is the Co-founder and CEO of Lightning Labs which is a company that focuses on decentralized financial infrastructure. She strives to aid Bitcoin achieve mass adoption for the large as well as small retail purchases. Elizabeth is also a Researcher at the Coin Center which is a non-profit research and advocacy center and aims for public policy issues that relates to decentralized computing technologies and cryptocurrency.

Elizabeth has a degree of Juris Doctor from Harvard and has also been a former professor at Stanford and Yale. She’s a blockchain educator, entrepreneur, mentor, also has been an active contributor for the community of Bitcoin and is also an advisor for many startups.

Elizabeth Stark’s Twitter Handle: @starkness

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7. Elizabeth McCauley

Elizabeth McCauley is a graduate in Political Science from the Wheaton College. She has been a part and contributed for the mass adoption in the United States and has served as the staff assistant and intern for the United States Congressmen. She was a member of the Board of Directors at The Bitcoin Foundation till March 2018. Elizabeth is an advisor at the Coin Congress and BitGive Foundation. At present she is in the Blockchain Business Development and at various companies, she’s a Marketing Consultant.

Elizabeth McCauley’s Twitter Handle: @etmccauley

8. Rhian Lewis

Rhian Lewis is a graduate with Second Class Honors in Economics from the University College in London. She is a Co-founder and Co-developer of CountmyCrypto which was launched in the year 2014 and is a cryptocurrency portfolio tracker. Rhian has worked with Beamly, DigitasLBi and AKQA. She’s a co-host of London women in Bitcoin and owns a blog named Medium where she writes about blockchain technology. She along with her few friends had also initiated a London chapter of the Women in Bitcoin. Rhian is an instructor at the B9Lab Ethereum Quality Assurance Engineer. She also is a Blockchain Consultant and offers training services. 

Rhian Lewis’s Twitter Handle: @rhian_is

9. Rachel Wolfson

Rachel Wolfson is called the Blockchain guru and is a journalist writing for Bitcoin Magazine. She has also hosts podcast named ‘Badcrypto’ and is a reporter at CoinTelegraph. She has also contributed her work to Forbes, Huffington Post, Elite Daily, Dataconomy and many more. Rachel has also served for various blockchain companies as a Board Observe and for blockchain-based supply chain management company as a Board Advisor.

Rachel Wolfson was also one of the top five women to bring a change in the world of crypto by the Next Web. Rachel is a graduate from the University of Texas and has a degree in B.A. (English, Government) and has a Master’s Degree in Security and Diplomacy from Tel Aviv University.

Rachel Wolfson’s Twitter Handle: @Rachelwolf00

10. Neha Narula

Neha Narula holds a PhD in the stream of Computer Science from MIT. She is a Director of digital currency at the MIT Media Lab, wherein she concentrates and strives on the research and promotion of the blockchain and underlying technologies. Neha also has working experience with Google and Digg. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Futures Council on blockchain technology.

Neha Narula’s Twitter Handle: @neha