{"id":"rachel-lin","hidden":false,"ipfs":"QmVv6bsGJpSVpP3Mh6vNxd4kxioy3ZPD36rDDGGjMs9d4r","language":"en","transactionHash":"0x35195d9b039aaa68736a549ec336877a47fbd9dda2eb8c05d7caa2d848f9178e","created":"2026-09-20T05:43:01.119Z","updated":"2026-09-20T05:43:01.119Z","title":"Rachel Lin","summary":"Rachel Lin is a person that co-founded and serves as CEO of SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform, and has held senior roles at Matrixport, Bitmain and Deutsche Bank.","content":"**Rachel Lin** (also known as Rong Lin) is a finance executive and entrepreneur who is the co-founder and chief executive officer of [SynFutures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/synfutures), a decentralized derivatives trading platform.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f) She is based in Hong Kong and works in the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) industry, having built her career across traditional finance (TradFi), internet finance, and centralized and decentralized crypto markets.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) \n\n## Education\n\nLin studied economics at Peking University in China from 2005 to 2009, earning a Bachelor of Arts with honours.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) She then pursued a Master of Financial Engineering at the National University of Singapore between 2009 and 2010.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) During her studies in Singapore she was awarded the RMI Full Scholarship, a distinction granted to only two students each year.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) \n\nLin holds professional registrations that reflect her cross-market finance background, including entry on the FSA (UK) Register and a pass in Singapore's CMFAS examination.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) \n\n## Career\n\nLin's career spans traditional investment banking, fintech, and both centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency ventures, a progression that has taken her from structured derivatives at a global bank to founding a decentralized exchange. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f) \n\nLin began her career at Deutsche Bank, where she was a Vice President from July 2010 to April 2015, a tenure of about four years and nine months.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) She worked in the FICC (fixed income, currencies and commodities) structured derivatives area within the bank's Global Markets division, specializing in derivatives.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ey1x6rjniv) \n\nFrom May 2015 to July 2018, Lin was a Senior Manager at Alipay in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, a tenure of about three years and two months.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) Her work there included projects in [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) for cross-border payments and a Global FX Center, giving her direct experience with large-scale blockchain payment systems within one of the world's largest fintech companies.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) \n\nLin moved into the crypto hardware sector as Head of the [Blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) Business Department at [Bitmain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitmain), the Beijing-headquartered producer of ASIC bitcoin [mining](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mining) hardware, from September 2018 to January 2019.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) \n\n### Matrixport\n\nIn February 2019 Lin co-founded Matrixport, where she served as a Founding Partner and Vice President with the title Head of Lending and [DeFi](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi).[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7) Matrixport, headquartered in Singapore, provides institutional digital asset trading, custody, asset and wealth management, liquidity and financing, and [real-world asset (RWA)](https://iq.wiki/wiki/real-world-assets-rwas) solutions, and has been described in press coverage as one of Asia's largest crypto neobanks.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​[\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ey1x6rjniv) \n\nWhile at Matrixport, Lin was associated with a lending product launched jointly with [Bitmain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitmain) in early 2020, publicized as offering zero-interest loans, no [liquidation](https://iq.wiki/wiki/liquidation) risk, meltdown protection, and flexible customization.[\\[2\\]](#cite-id-6bk6cr6ng7)​\n\n### SynFutures\n\nSince 2020, Lin has worked to make crypto derivatives accessible to wider audiences through [SynFutures](https://iq.wiki/wiki/synfutures), the decentralized derivatives trading platform she co-founded and leads as CEO.[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-ry0ik3aq1f)​[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-ra4rfneu4h) The platform enables decentralized trading of derivatives on the [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) rather than through a centralized intermediary.[\\[6\\]](#cite-id-6zs1opwh8n) She co-founded the company alongside Matthew Liu, who serves as its co-founder and chief strategy officer (CSO).  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