{"version":1,"id":"luis-vaello-garcia","title":"Luis Vaello Garcia","summary":"Luis Vaello Garcia is a person who is a fintech and blockchain operator and co‑founder involved in AI and blockchain startups and payments businesses.","content":"**Luis Vaello Garcia** is a business and operations executive with a background in [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), financial technology, international business development, and operational management. He is the Co-Founder and COO of Warden Labs, with previous leadership roles at Open Custody Protocol, Qredo, [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance), bitsa, and Bitnovo. [\\[8\\]](#cite-id-ORACmMLfuOhdThRg) \n\n## Education\n\nGarcia earned his degree in Business Administration and Management in International Marketing from the Universidad Catolica de Valencia San Vicente Martir. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-0v7bo512ze) \n\n## Career\n\nGarcia began his career in retail and business operations, working as a Store Manager at Movilsat Centro Tecnológico while also holding roles at Reciclafon. At Reciclafon, he progressed from Warehouse Manager to International Business Development Manager, where he led business development across Asia, Europe, and Africa; supported ERP and website development; and managed warehouse, technical, and office staff. He later served as Vice President of the Asociación Valenciana de Bitcoin y otras criptomonedas, an organization focused on [Bitcoin](https://iq.wiki/wiki/bitcoin) and other [cryptocurrencies](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) in Valencia.\n\nIn 2015, Garcia joined Bitnovo as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing day-to-day operations and initiatives involving partnerships, [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency) adoption, fraud prevention, money laundering controls, and [KYC](https://iq.wiki/wiki/know-your-customer-kyc)/[AML](https://iq.wiki/wiki/anti-money-laundering-aml) processes. He subsequently became Chief Operating Officer at bitsa, where he led operations for an electronic money account offering prepaid Visa services and [cryptocurrency](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency)-related products. In 2020, he joined [Binance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance) as Regional Director, working across international marketing and operations in Iberia and supporting European markets, including the global launch and growth of Binance Card.\n\nGarcia joined Qredo in 2021 as Head of Operations and later served as Marketing Operations Director and VP of Marketing & Operations. He also worked in Operations at Open Custody Protocol from 2024 to 2025. In 2024, he co-founded Warden Labs, where he serves as COO. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-ok2auscq4h)  [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-4s8xcuwmom) \n\n### Warden Protocol\n\n![](https://ipfs.everipedia.org/ipfs/QmTMr4e9pENrGTB4QCwroDNCd2QX7xTVZK5HGfprZdPLP2)\n\nWarden Protocol is a full-stack framework for building, deploying, distributing, monetizing, and governing [AI Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents) across Web2 and [Web3](https://iq.wiki/wiki/web3) ecosystems. Its infrastructure includes Warden Studio for developing and publishing [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents), Warden Chain, an [EVM](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ethereum-virtual-machine-evm) [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) that provides [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents) with identity, reputation, spending, and security capabilities, and Warden, an Agentic Wallet that allows users to discover and interact with [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents), models, and [blockchains](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) through natural-language commands. The protocol supports different types of [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents), including financial, autopilot, institutional, ecosystem, and community [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents), while its three-layer architecture consists of a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) layer for [Agent](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents) identity and coordination, a verifiability layer for assessing the integrity and execution of AI models, and an application layer for developing and distributing [Agents](https://iq.wiki/wiki/ai-agents). 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