# Ryan Bozarth

> Ryan Bozarth is the co-founder and CEO of Dakota, a New York financial-technology company building regulated infrastructure for programmable global money. After product and operating roles at Sony, Square, Airbnb, Anchorage Digital and Coinbase Custody, he started Dakota in 2022 to combine stablecoins, traditional payment rails, wallets, foreign exchange and compliance in one platform for businesses and fintech builders.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Dakota
- **Organizations:** Dakota, Coinbase Custody, Anchorage Digital, Airbnb, Square, Sony
- **Education:** University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business
- **Known for:** Co-founded Dakota in 2022., Raised a $12.5 million Series A for Dakota in 2025, led by CoinFund., Led Coinbase Custody as CEO after serving as the first Head of Product at Anchorage Digital.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2011** — Worked in business development and marketing at Sony.
- **2013-2015** — Held a general manager role at Square.
- **2015-2018** — Worked in product at Airbnb, where he learned to map the full customer journey with storyboards.
- **2018-2019** — Served as the first Head of Product at Anchorage Digital.
- **2021-2022** — Led Coinbase Custody as CEO.
- **2022** — Left Coinbase Custody and co-founded Dakota.
- **2024** — Dakota opened its crypto-powered business banking platform to general availability.
- **2025** — Dakota announced a $12.5 million Series A led by CoinFund.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Dakota in 2022.
- Raised a $12.5 million Series A for Dakota in 2025, led by CoinFund.
- Led Coinbase Custody as CEO after serving as the first Head of Product at Anchorage Digital.
- Helped Dakota reach more than 500 business customers and about $1.6 billion in transaction volume over the year preceding July 2025, according to figures he gave Fortune.
- Built product and operating experience across Sony, Square, Airbnb, Anchorage Digital and Coinbase Custody.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Dakota joined the Avalanche Payments Collective as a founding member.
- **2026-07** — Dakota opened its Agentic Build challenge, inviting builders to create a working financial product on regulated rails in less than nine hours.
- **2026-06** — Bozarth announced Dakota self-serve and argued that new financial products can now be launched in days or weeks for tens of thousands of dollars rather than millions.
- **2025-07** — Dakota announced a $12.5 million Series A led by CoinFund, with participation from 6th Man Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Triton Ventures.

## Links

- Website: https://dakota.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanbozarth
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/ryanbozarth_

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Last updated: 2026-08-26