Jeremy Allaire
Technologist, Entrepreneur, and Investor in Boston, MA
Jeremy Allaire is Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of stablecoins and public blockchains for payments and commerce worldwide.
Circle is the pioneer of the fastest growing fiat-currency backed stablecoin, USD Coin. Circle was founded in 2013 and is backed by $250 million from investors including Jim Breyer (Facebook), IDG Capital (Baidu, Tencent), General Catalyst (Airbnb, Stripe), Accel Partners, and Bitmain, with offices in Boston, New York, Dublin and London.
Mr. Allaire previously co-founded and led multiple global internet technology companies with thousands of employees, hundreds of millions of consumers served, and multiple successful public offerings on NASDAQ. He has also provided expert testimony on cryptocurrencies and digital assets before US Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Government Affairs, US Senate Banking Committee, and he has been named to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) High-Level Advisory Group on FinTech.
Mr. Allaire provides perspective and policy recommendations at the highest levels inside financial bodies across the US, UK, Europe and Asia, and frequently participates in international forums focused on the future of the international monetary and economic system.