Rising Women in Crypto Power List: The 2021 Longlist

We’re excited to reveal the long-awaited longlist for this year’s Rising Women in Crypto Power List. On Friday 29th October, we closed nominations for the Wirex and UKTN’s Power List, and received over 200 nominations of outstanding entries.

What is the ‘Rising Women in Crypto Power List’?

Returning after a successful inaugural year, the 2021 Power List has proven hugely popular yet again, seeking nominations of female industry-leaders that are helping the global crypto industry to thrive. The list aims to showcase the extensive and diverse roles that women are playing within the crypto sector, featuring those from the DeFi, legal & compliance, marketing, journalism, graphic design and coding sectors. Women from over 50 countries were mentioned, including the UK, US, Brazil, India, and Singapore.

What is the ‘Women in Crypto’ Campaign?

We created the Power List as part of our wider ‘Women in Crypto’ campaign to celebrate women working in crypto, blockchain and tech fields that are rarely recognized for their incredible achievements. With crypto being a stereotypically male-dominated industry, we at Wirex want to shine a light on exceptional women and give others the confidence to get involved in the sector.

In September, we hosted a brand-new event, ‘Women in Crypto: Tech, Innovation & Digitisation’ live at tech accelerator, Level39. Featuring six female powerhouses talking everything crypto, DeFi and blockchain, it was a great opportunity to reach a huge audience and hundreds of viewers all around the world and share the contributions women are making to the world of crypto. In case you missed it, you can rewatch the event here.

This year, we’ve also been able to catch up with some of the women featured on last year’s shortlist as they share how they’ve continued to shape the crypto industry over their career.

• Lucy Gazmararian, Founder at Token Capital
• Christina Lomazzo, Innovation Fund Lead at UNICEF
• Susie Crew, Crypto Granny
• Liz Kukka, VP of Operations at Pngme

Who is on the Longlist?

On the 11th November, we’ll be announcing the final ten winners of the Power List. Our judges will have some tough decisions to make, assessing the nominees on their achievements, potential, influence, ambition, leadership skills and innovation. This year’s judging panel includes:

• George Coxon, Director of the Nano Foundation & Appia
• Amy Barker, Global Head of People at Wirex
• Hedi Krueger, Director of Digital & Innovation at Mastercard
• Ria Shetty, Ambassador of the European Women in Payments Network
• Ada Vaughan, Growth & Partnerships at the Stellar Development Foundation

But first, we received over 200 nominations from all around the world and without further ado, here is the Rising Women in Crypto Longlist for 2021! Congratulations to all those mentioned!

The 2021 Wirex and UKTN’ ‘Rising Women in Crypto’ longlist (in alphabetical order):

• Abi Bryant, EMEA Customer Success Lead, Elliptic
• Alakanani Itireleng, Founder and CEO, Satoshi Centre
• Alejandra Sarrosa,
• Alex Sims, Associate Professor, University of Auckland
• Alexandra Bertomeu-Gilles, Risk Manager, Aave
• Ali Paras, Community Manager, Wirex
• Alice Nawfal, COO, Notabene
• Alisha Rai, Nano Community Ambassador, Nano Foundation
• Alissa Ostrove, Chief of Staff, CryptoCompare
• Amanda Wick, Senior Investigative Counsel for the House Select Committee Investigating the January 6th Riots, U.S. House of Representatives
• Amber Ghaddar, Founder and CIO, AllianceBlock
• Ana Esteves, Administrator
• Anastasia Yevtushenko, Core Illustrator, Wirex
• Anna Rose Urian, Sales associate, Royal Media Network
• Arley Huyaban,    Service technician, GNJ Trading
• Aruna Costa, VP Customer Success, Elliptic
• Briana Rose, Global Customer Success Lead - Public Sector, Elliptic
• Bridget Greenwood, Founder, The Bigger Pie
• Caroline Kerswell, Head of Regulatory & Legal, Nayms
• Caterina Ferrara, Founder, Blockchain Ladies
• Céline Georges
• Charlotte Hill, Senior Associate and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings), Commercial Dispute Resolution President of the Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association, Pennington Manches Cooper LLP
• Chien-Chien Chang, CRM & Community Specialist, Wirex
• Christine Moy, Managing Director, Global Head of Liink, Blockchain & Crypto, J.P. Morgan
• Coralie Montille, Head of Production, We are GRAFT
• Crezalyne Punzalan
• Danai Khamkao
• Daria Kulaha, Customer Support Team Lead, Wirex
• Devina Paul, Chief Financial Officer, Zumo
• Diana Carrasco-Vime, Non-Executive Director, Wirex
• Diana Iusco, CRM Exec, Wirex
• Diane Dai, CMO and co-founder, DODO
• Dinar De Ocampo
• Dolly Alfaro
• Ekta Mourya, Crypto News Editor, FXStreet SLU
• Erica Stanford, Founder & CEO, Crypto Curry Club
• Erica Kang, Founder and CEO, KryptoSeoul
• Erika Federis, Associate, CMS London
• Fadzhana Manaf, APAC Brand Activation Manager, Wirex
• Fatimah Dirampatun
• Francesca (Frankie) Cintura, Senior CRM Manager, Wirex
• Gabrielle Patrick, CEO and General Counsel, Knabu.me
• Galia Benartzi, Co-Founder, Bancor Network
• Gemmalyn Umali
• Genevieve Leveille, CEO and Founder, AgriLedger
• George Coxon, Director, Nano Foundation
• Georgia Hanias, Founder, Ecology Media
• Giselle Cuen, USA Compliance Manager, Wirex USA
• Hannah Puganenthran, Head of Compliance, Wirex
• Ijeoma Okoli, Executive Director, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Ina Marie
• Jacqui Hatfield, Partner, Head of UK Financial Services Regulatory Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (UK) LLP
• Janice Hayag, Supervisor, Avia Management Group Inc
• Janice Delacruz
• Jasmin Ramsay, CRM Executive, Wirex
• Jennifer Cal
• Jenny Kong, Global Head of Marketing, Wirex
• Jenny Rose Remboanga
• Jillian Godsil, Co-Founder and Editor, Blockleaders.io
• Jonnafe Alejandro
• Joy Lam, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP
• Kamil Kiepas, Coordinator, eService
• Karen Cohen, Deputy Chair, Blockchain Australia Board
• Karina Ohrimenko, Product Designer OM, Wirex
• Kat Lacey, PR & Communications Specialist, Wirex
• Kathleen Breitman, Co-Founder, Tezos
• Kim Grauer, Director of Research, Chainalysis
• Kunbi Oshodi, Social Media Specialist, Wirex
• Laura Shin, Host, Unchained Podcast
• Laura Gibbs, Customer Success Manager, Railsbank
• Lavinia Osbourne, Founder, Women in Blockchain Talks
• Layah Heilpern, Author, Undressing Bitcoin
• Lea Thompson, Content Creator, Girl Gone Crypto
• Leah Callon-Butler, Director, Emfarsis
• Leigh Cuen, Freelance Journalist and Co-Founder, Des Femmes Magazine and the Association of Cryptocurrency Journalists and Researchers (ACJR)
• Leomar Flores
• Liliana Reasor, CEO, Suprafin
• Lindsay Pingol
• Lolita Billena
• Lottie Wells, PR & Events Manager, Wirex
• Lucy Gazmararian, Founder & Managing Partner, Token Bay Capital
• Mădălina Stanca-Vasilescu
• Manasi Vora, VP - Strategy and Operations, Skynet Labs
• Maria Lema, Co-Founder, Weaver Labs
• Maria-Magdalena Lambreva, Performance Marketing Manager, Wirex
• Marian Pulido Perez, Quality Control
• Maribel Quinto
• Maricel Padallan
• Maricris Bautista
• Mariel Andos Sugarol
• Marija Riba, Senior Product Manager, Wirex
• Maritoni Ramos 
• Marlon Dionisio
• Martyna Dudek, Senior Paralegal, Wirex
• Mary Rose Lamsen, Trader, Crypto Trader
• Maryna Zhyla, Lead Technical Product Owner, Wirex
• Michelle O'Connor, VP of Marketing, TaxBit
• Min Teo, Managing Partner and Cofounder, Ethereal Ventures
• Monalyn Tablatin
• Monica Nguyen, Client Relationship Lead, AIMS Group
• Myrtle Anne Ramos, CEO and Founder, Block Tides
• Naomi Oba, Social Media Manager, Minima Global
• Natasha Kundaiker, Head of Marketing, Terra Virtua
• Nina Erika
• Nishad Pipalva, Engineer
• Olayinka Odeniran, Founder and Chairwoman, Black Women Blockchain Council
• Olivia Thet, Sr. Software Engineer, Coinbase
• Pamela Cabanela, Utility, Moldex
• Priya Guliani, UK Chapter President, Government Blockchain Association (GBA)
• Rachel Wolfson, Reporter, CoinTelegraph
• Rachel Meyer, Owner, RMM
• Rhea Lare
• Rhian Lewis, Co-Founder, Count My Crypto
• Rowena Saballa, Freelancer
• Ruby Lucar, Department of Education
• Ruth Ann Cruz
• Samantha Yap CEO and Founder, YAP Global
• Sara Simeone, CEO, Digital Oracles
• Stina Liland, COO, Bitrefill
• Sumedha Hore, APAC Marketing Specialist, Wirex
• Sunita Grote, Ventures Lead, UNICEF
• Susan Falola, CEO and Founder, JUUBIX
• Susie Crew, Founder, Esoteric Trading Solutions Pty Ltd
• Tatiana Revoredo, Co-Founder, The Global Strategy
• Teana Baker-Taylor, Chief Policy Officer, Chamber of Digital Commerce
• Valci Plut
• Vanessa Domingo
• Victoria Berger, Head of Marcomms, StableNode
• Wynn Aldas
• Zara Zamani, Head of Disruptive Technologies, MetaBytes
• Zoe Adamovicz, CEO and Co-founder, Neufund