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Philip Rosedale built a world. The neighbors had other plans.
Second Life’s founder wanted to simulate a universe. Its residents taught him about money, trust and the trouble with taxes. Now he is back as CTO, still working out how people can share a place made of code.
Triple-A
Triple-A is a Singapore-based, globally licensed payments institution that lets businesses accept and send money in stablecoins and local currencies without ever holding, converting, or managing crypto themselves. Founded by serial fintech entrepreneur Eric Barbier, it settles merchant payments in fiat (USD, EUR, and 30+ local currencies) with next-day bank settlement, handling custody, conversion, and compliance behind the scenes. It became the first digital-currency payment company licensed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore and serves merchants including Farfetch, Razer, Charles & Keith, Grab, and the Singapore Red Cross.
Manuel Godoy
Manuel Godoy is the Co-Founder and CEO of Félix, a WhatsApp-native remittance platform that uses USDC stablecoins and AI to let Latino immigrants send money home in minutes for a fraction of traditional costs. Born in Venezuela and educated at Caltech and Wharton, Godoy turned his own immigrant experience into a company that has processed over $1 billion in remittances, serves 400,000+ active users across nine countries, and raised $90.5M including a $75M Series B in April 2025 led by QED Investors.
Morgan Beller
Morgan Beller is a General Partner at NFX, the seed-stage venture firm known for backing network-effects businesses. Before VC, she co-founded Facebook's Libra (later Diem) digital currency project at age 25, making her one of the most consequential figures in crypto policy history. A Cornell statistics graduate, she cut her teeth at Andreessen Horowitz before stints at Medium and Facebook, where her geopolitical alarm about China's digital currency ambitions drove her to attempt something audacious: rebuild global money on a blockchain. She now backs founders in crypto, fintech, AI, and space from San Francisco.