{"id":"tony-jin","version":1,"language":"en","title":"Tony Jin","hidden":false,"content":"**Tony Jin** is the CTO and co-founder of [Wormhole](https://iq.wiki/wiki/wormhole), a cross-chain protocol enabling seamless asset transfers and interoperability among diverse [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-wdx36qa0hyj)  \n  \n# Education  \n  \nJin graduated from Stanford University with a B.S. in Computer Science. At Stanford, he was a software engineer intern at Sheyna, Inc. and an associate technology manager intern at Google. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-wdx36qa0hyj)  \n  \n# Career  \n  \nIn March 2012, Jin co-founded an unnamed video-streaming prototype project focused on being like Twitch for artists and musicians. He then worked for five years as a software engineer and manager at Box, a cloud content management company. In October 2018, he became director of engineering at Twitch, a live-streaming platform, where he supported the IVS Video Clients team and worked on SDKs for mobile and web applications until May 2022. Jin later joined Jump [Crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), the [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) infrastructure division of Jump Trading LLC, as an engineering manager in October 2022, where he worked with other engineering teams contributing to the [Wormhole](https://iq.wiki/wiki/wormhole) protocol. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-n38sispched)  \n  \n## Wormhole  \n  \nIn 2023, Jin co-founded [Wormhole](https://iq.wiki/wiki/wormhole) with his coworkers, [Anthony Ramirez](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anthony-ramirez) and [Saeed Badreg](https://iq.wiki/wiki/saeed-badreg). In December 2023, they raised $225M in funding from various VC backers, including [Coinbase Ventures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/coinbase), Brevan Howard, Jump Trading, Multicoin Capital, [ParaFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/parafi-capital), Dialectic, Arrington Capital, and Borderless Capital. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-n38sispched)[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ctwia5dzxce)","summary":"Tony Jin is the CTO and co-founder of Wormhole, known for his roles at Box, Twitch and Jump Crypto, and a Stanford computer science graduate.","categories":[{"id":"people","title":"People in crypto"}],"promoted":0,"tags":[{"id":"Founders"}],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"wdx36qa0hyj\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyjin/\",\"description\":\"Tony Jin | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1717174814176},{\"id\":\"n38sispched\",\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyjin/details/experience/\",\"description\":\"Jin's Work Experience | LinkedIn\",\"timestamp\":1717174893623},{\"id\":\"ctwia5dzxce\",\"url\":\"https://fintechmagazine.com/articles/cross-blockchain-comms-enabler-wormhole-lands-us-225m\",\"description\":\"Wormhole Secures $225M Funding | Fintech Magazine\",\"timestamp\":1717174960253}]"},{"id":"twitter_profile","value":"https://twitter.com/tonyjin_"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/tonyjin/"},{"id":"github_profile","value":"https://github.com/tonyjin"},{"id":"previous_cid","value":"Qme215EBDiz4WFfoKN7gjrQ7LdATMNf5wLiVTpsjfMKZNU"}],"user":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2"},"author":{"id":"0xacb6c5AD52b8f605299B0d774CE97F26e3DB80c2","profile":{"username":"JSD","avatar":""}},"media":[],"views":28,"events":[],"linkedWikis":{"founders":[],"blockchains":[]},"ipfs":"Qme215EBDiz4WFfoKN7gjrQ7LdATMNf5wLiVTpsjfMKZNU","transactionHash":"0xb15ba243db7d002de0c6cd51f24bd97dbafd85cc2dc4668a7258ae422df947c9","created":"2024-05-31T17:08:02.420Z","updated":"2024-05-31T17:08:15.210Z","images":[{"id":"QmcPX1K6griPWWp8x4x5Lvghcah5EGmPcmfHect3NMt3UU","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}]}