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Spencer Yang

Managing Partner at Block Space Force

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Spencer Yang is a core contributor to Fractal Bitcoin and Managing Partner of Block Space Force. He has served as Vice President of Growth, Operations and Revenue at CoinMarketCap and Vice President of International at Cobo. He has also worked at Coinbase. Spencer Yang graduated from the University of Southern California.He previously worked on product at Coinbase, specializing in retail derivatives, DEX, securities, and wallet businesses. Prior to that, he drove the platform's growth at CoinMarketCap, where he was responsible for growth, revenue and operations.Spencer Yang is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Puffer Finance Puffer Finance
Series A $ 200 M $ 18 M
Apr 16, 2024
Zaar Zaar
Seed -- $ 1.5 M
Apr 14, 2023
Nametag Nametag
Seed -- $ 2 M
Dec 14, 2022
WalletConnect WalletConnect
Series A -- $ 11 M
Mar 08, 2022

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