{"id":"serafin-lion-engel","title":"Serafin Lion Engel","content":"**Serafin Lion Engel** is a [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Yield.xyz, an institutional-grade yield infrastructure platform for digital assets. He previously founded the mobile multichain wallet Omni, which was acquired in 2024. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-NhLy124qgPMf0wQZ) [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-xtvcCP0JYcm9YVwo)​\n\n## Education\n\nHe attended Draper University in 2014. He also earned a Bachelor of Science in International Business Administration from RSM Erasmus Universiteit, completing the program between 2011 and 2014.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-NhLy124qgPMf0wQZ) \n\n## Career\n\nSerafin Lion Engel has held roles across data privacy, [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain), and financial technology. He co-founded Datawallet in 2014, where he worked on early data sovereignty infrastructure and contributed to [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) development efforts until 2021. He later founded Omni in 2021, a multi-chain wallet project, and led it until its acquisition in 2024.\n\nIn 2023, he co-founded Yield.xyz, where he serves as Chief Executive Officer, focusing on infrastructure for accessing and managing yield opportunities across [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) networks. Alongside his entrepreneurial work, Engel has acted as a data privacy expert for CNBC since 2019 and became a Fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) in 2015.\n\nHe has also contributed as an advisor to projects in privacy-preserving technologies and became a member of the FII Institute in 2026.  [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-NhLy124qgPMf0wQZ)  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-xtvcCP0JYcm9YVwo)  [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-VrixjyVjrcsQcPJA) ","summary":"Serafin Lion Engel is the Founder and CEO of Yield.xyz, a yield infrastructure platform for digital assets. He entered crypto in 2014 and previously founded the mobile multichain wallet Omni, which was acquired by Paxful in 2024.","images":[{"id":"QmZMz7YsKxEW3RGq4BEbBbbqaGFEEZPRgbjSyeJrsYuRXZ","type":"image/jpeg, image/png"}],"categories":[{"id":"people","title":"people"}],"tags":[{"id":"PeopleInDeFi"},{"id":"Founders"},{"id":"Ethereum"},{"id":"Developers"}],"media":[],"metadata":[{"id":"references","value":"[{\"id\":\"NhLy124qgPMf0wQZ\",\"description\":\"LinkedIn: Serafin Lion Engel\",\"timestamp\":1775083380397,\"url\":\"https://www.linkedin.com/in/serafinlion/?locale=en\"},{\"id\":\"xtvcCP0JYcm9YVwo\",\"description\":\"Blockworks - Serafin Lion Engel\",\"timestamp\":1775083393877,\"url\":\"https://blockworks.com/speaker/serafin-lion-engel\"},{\"id\":\"VrixjyVjrcsQcPJA\",\"description\":\"2026  Concensus Coindesk Speaker Bio for Serafin Lion Engel\",\"timestamp\":1775083427794,\"url\":\"https://consensus.coindesk.com/agenda/speaker/-serafin-lion-e\"}]"},{"id":"linkedin_profile","value":"https://www.linkedin.com/in/serafinlion/"},{"id":"commit-message","value":"\"Added page for Serafin Lion Engel\""}],"events":[{"id":"34156209-8537-4d5e-b271-8cd6e485d94e","date":"2014-08","title":"Entered Crypto Industry","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Entered the cryptocurrency space after attending Draper University in 2014.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"8dd937ba-2fab-447c-afc1-764dab6f630d","date":"2016-01","title":"Began Building on Ethereum","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Started building on the Ethereum blockchain, with a focus on data sovereignty and decentralized data marketplaces.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"5319448f-6c0d-4631-aabd-00f493deea60","date":"2021-01","title":"Founded Omni","type":"DEFAULT","description":"Founded Omni, one of the earliest mobile multichain wallets.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null},{"id":"844db745-56d0-46e5-81a3-9478bc64fb65","date":"2024-01","title":"Omni Acquired by Paxful","type":"DEFAULT","description":"His company, Omni, was acquired by Paxful via the venture arm Echo Base.","link":null,"multiDateStart":null,"multiDateEnd":null,"continent":null,"country":null}],"user":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"author":{"id":"0x8af7a19a26d8fbc48defb35aefb15ec8c407f889"},"operator":{"id":"0x4a2bC97afBF41a2Cbf4b4628F63420682Ff4CF2a"},"language":"en","version":1,"linkedWikis":{"blockchains":[],"founders":[],"speakers":[]}}