# Daniel Lev

> Daniel Lev is the Chicago-based co-founder and CEO of Coinflow, a payment service provider that connects familiar payment methods with stablecoin settlement. A software engineering graduate who worked on financial infrastructure at PwC and Amount, Lev arrived at the idea through a failed conversion problem at his earlier fantasy-sports startup. Coinflow spun out of that need in late 2022 and raised a $25 million Series A led by Pantera Capital in October 2025.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Coinflow
- **Organizations:** Coinflow, Phantasia Sports, Amount, PwC, The Boo Radley Foundation, Iowa State University
- **Education:** Software Engineering, Iowa State University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Coinflow and led it through a $25 million Series A led by Pantera Capital in October 2025., Helped build Coinflow's payment coverage to more than 170 countries by the time of the Series A announcement., Built payment infrastructure from an internal need at Phantasia Sports and spun it into a standalone company.

## Career timeline

- **2017-2021** — Served as Head of Product for The Boo Radley Foundation, including work on its CowChips4Charity fundraising platform.
- **2019** — Completed an Iowa State software engineering capstone whose CowChips4Charity team received the department's best software project award.
- **Before 2022** — Worked on financial infrastructure at PwC and Amount, including products for banks and financial institutions.
- **2021-2022** — Built Phantasia Sports, a fantasy-sports product on Solana; payment conversion problems led the team to create internal payment infrastructure.
- **Late 2022** — Co-founded Coinflow after spinning the payment infrastructure out of Phantasia Sports.
- **2023** — Coinflow began serving customers and Lev appeared on Set in Stone to discuss digital-asset off-ramps and traditional finance.
- **2024** — Coinflow raised a $2.25 million seed round and Lev discussed global payment networks on the Lightspeed podcast.
- **2025** — Coinflow raised a $25 million Series A led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures and Jump Crypto.
- **2026** — Continued publishing on cross-border and stablecoin payment infrastructure and announced Coinflow's partnership with Tempo for machine payments.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Coinflow and led it through a $25 million Series A led by Pantera Capital in October 2025.
- Helped build Coinflow's payment coverage to more than 170 countries by the time of the Series A announcement.
- Built payment infrastructure from an internal need at Phantasia Sports and spun it into a standalone company.
- Won first place in the PwC Iowa State case competition in fall 2017.
- Participated in the Iowa State CowChips4Charity senior capstone team recognized as the 2019 best software project.
- Earned an AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification in 2020.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Participated in Chicago fintech events and promoted Chicago Stablecoin Day, where he joined a panel on the past, present and future of stablecoins.
- **2026-06** — Published Coinflow's announcement that it was partnering with Tempo to power card-to-stablecoin credits for the Machine Payments Protocol.
- **2026-04** — Published a series of Coinflow guides on cross-border regulation, payment rails, remittances and ISV payment processing.
- **2025-10** — Announced Coinflow's $25 million Series A led by Pantera Capital.
- **2025-09** — Appeared on On the Brink to explain Coinflow's origin, merchant settlement delays and stablecoin-enabled payment infrastructure.

## Links

- Website: https://coinflow.cash
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-m-lev
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/SirDigitalDan

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Last updated: 2026-08-27