# Adeniyi Abiodun

> Adeniyi Abiodun is the Nigerian-born co-founder and chief product officer of Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui. After building oil-well monitoring systems, bank risk software and a Bitcoin mining business, he worked on blockchain products at Oracle, VMware and Meta before helping form Mysten in 2021. His public focus is making digital assets and payments usable at scale, while a $1.3 million education endowment he and his wife announced in 2025 connects that mission to training software engineers in Nigeria.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Mysten Labs
- **Organizations:** Mysten Labs, Meta, Oracle, VMware, JPMorgan Chase, HSBC
- **Nationality:** Nigerian
- **Education:** Electronic engineering with computer science, Queen Mary University of London
- **Known for:** Co-founded Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui., Helped turn Meta’s Libra/Diem research into a new independent infrastructure company with four former colleagues., Announced a $1.3 million endowment with his wife to support software engineering training in Nigeria.

## Career timeline

- **2001–2005** — Studied at Queen Mary University of London, shifting from astrophysics to electronic engineering and computer science.
- **After 2005** — Built hardware and software for remote oil and gas monitoring, then trading and risk systems for JPMorgan and HSBC.
- **2011** — Began mining Bitcoin.
- **2012** — Started a Bitcoin mining infrastructure business.
- **Before 2021** — Worked on blockchain products at Oracle and VMware, then product research and development for Meta’s Libra/Diem project.
- **2021** — Co-founded Mysten Labs with former Meta colleagues.
- **2023** — Sui mainnet launched; Abiodun continued as Mysten Labs chief product officer.
- **2025** — With Gloria Abiodun, announced a $1.3 million endowment to help train software engineers in Nigeria.
- **2026** — Advocated for gasless stablecoin transfers and AI-agent transaction infrastructure.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Mysten Labs, the original contributor to Sui.
- Helped turn Meta’s Libra/Diem research into a new independent infrastructure company with four former colleagues.
- Announced a $1.3 million endowment with his wife to support software engineering training in Nigeria.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Commented on Daya’s integration of Sui for gasless stablecoin payments for African businesses.
- **2026-08** — Joined the announced Sui Basecamp 2026 speaker lineup focused on the agentic economy.
- **2026-05** — Discussed free and private payment plans for Sui in an interview at Consensus 2026.
- **2026-03** — Spoke with Grayscale’s Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary about institutional Sui products.

## Links

- Website: https://www.mystenlabs.com/about
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmanuel-abiodun
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/EmanAbio
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@emanabio

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Last updated: 2026-09-29