# Marshall Hayner

> Marshall Hayner is the Founder and CEO of Metallicus, a San Francisco-based blockchain infrastructure company building compliant, regulation-forward digital banking tools for credit unions and financial institutions. A Bitcoin miner since 2009, Hayner pioneered social crypto payments with QuickCoin (the first Facebook-integrated Bitcoin wallet) in 2014, then spent a decade building Metallicus into the only blockchain company certified as a service provider for the Federal Reserve's FedNow instant payment rail. His company's flagship products - Metal Pay, Metal Blockchain, and the Digital Banking Network - sit at the intersection of traditional finance and decentralized infrastructure.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Metallicus
- **Organizations:** Metallicus, Dogecoin Foundation, QuickCoin, Block.io, Stellar Development Foundation
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Northeastern University
- **Known for:** Founded QuickCoin (2014), the first Facebook-integrated Bitcoin wallet, attracting over 1 million users, Built Metallicus into the only blockchain company certified as a FedNow Service provider by the Federal Reserve (2024), Appointed to Dogecoin Foundation Board of Directors (2023)

## Career timeline

- **2009** — Mined his first Bitcoin, becoming an early Bitcoin adopter
- **2011** — Founded Valleyviewsound.com, a music studio
- **2014** — Founded QuickCoin, the first Facebook-integrated Bitcoin wallet; attracted over 1 million users and personally gave $5 in Bitcoin to new users
- **2014** — Joined Stellar Development Foundation as contractor building community and promoting the Stellar Wallet launch
- **2014** — Became Chief Marketing Officer at Block.io, providing free payment processing for major cryptocurrencies
- **2016** — Founded Metallicus (began operations)
- **2017** — Metallicus formally incorporated; began building compliance-first blockchain infrastructure
- **2019** — Metallicus raised $10M Series A funding
- **2020** — Launched Proton Chain (later XPR Network), a feeless Layer 1 blockchain for payments and digital identity
- **2022** — Announced supercharged Metal Pay API for banks and fintechs
- **2023** — Appointed to Dogecoin Foundation Board of Directors
- **2024** — Metallicus completed FedNow certification - became only blockchain company certified as FedNow service provider
- **2024** — Metallicus begins supporting live transactions on Federal Reserve's FedNow instant payment rail
- **2025** — Metallicus marks tenth year of operation; expands Digital Banking Network for credit unions

## Achievements

- Founded QuickCoin (2014), the first Facebook-integrated Bitcoin wallet, attracting over 1 million users
- Built Metallicus into the only blockchain company certified as a FedNow Service provider by the Federal Reserve (2024)
- Appointed to Dogecoin Foundation Board of Directors (2023)
- Raised $21.25M+ in total funding across multiple rounds including $10M Series A
- Built three distinct blockchain products: Metal Pay, Metal Blockchain (Layer Zero), and XPR Network (Layer One)
- Created The Digital Banking Network (TDBN), open-source blockchain banking protocol for financial institutions
- Pioneered social Bitcoin payments with QuickCoin in 2014
- Established Metallicus as a compliance-first blockchain company working with credit unions and banks
- Bitcoin miner since 2009 - among the earliest wave of Bitcoin adopters

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Metallicus celebrates tenth year of operation and continues expanding the Digital Banking Network to credit unions nationwide
- **2025-02** — Hayner featured at GAC26 credit union conference discussing how credit unions can lead financial innovation through stablecoin adoption
- **2024-10** — Metallicus completes FedNow certification and begins supporting live transactions on the Federal Reserve's instant payment rail
- **2024** — Metallicus partnership with DaLand to provide regulated stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure to financial institutions
- **2023-01** — Appointed to Dogecoin Foundation Board of Directors

## Links

- Website: https://www.metallicus.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/marshallhayner
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/metalpaysme
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ1TauqG4IY
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/metalpaysme

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Last updated: 2026-05-25