# Zhuling Chen

> Zhuling Chen is the Singapore-based founder and CEO of RockX, a blockchain staking and node infrastructure provider, and is identified as Bedrock’s CEO in a March 2026 interview. A former Roland Berger consultant with engineering degrees from NTU, MIT and SUTD, he co-founded aelf in 2017 before focusing on infrastructure and institutional participation in crypto.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at RockX; CEO at Bedrock (identified March 2026)
- **Organizations:** RockX, Bedrock, aelf, Roland Berger, Infineon Technologies, ExxonMobil
- **Education:** Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Exchange student, Hamburg University of Technology, Master of Engineering in Manufacturing, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Master of Engineering by research in Engineering Systems and Design, Singapore University of Technology and Design
- **Known for:** Co-founded aelf in 2017., Co-founded RockX and led it as CEO., RockX announced a $6 million Series A led by Amber Group in April 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2010** — Process engineer intern at ExxonMobil.
- **2013** — Industry-collaboration project at Infineon Technologies on factory cycle-time reduction.
- **2013-2017** — Senior consultant at Roland Berger.
- **2016** — Worked on an electronic-money mobile-payments project during his consulting career.
- **2017** — Co-founded aelf; was publicly identified as COO by 2018.
- **2019** — RockX established; Chen has described co-founding it with crypto friends.
- **2021** — Left aelf; work-history listing dates the RockX CEO role to June.
- **2022** — RockX announced a $6 million Series A at a $30 million company valuation in April.
- **2023** — RockX launched Bedrock’s initial Ethereum liquid staking solution in March.
- **2024** — Explained Bedrock’s multi-asset expansion and work with Babylon in an August interview.
- **2026** — Discussed Bedrock’s Cap credit partnership as Bedrock CEO in March.

## Achievements

- Co-founded aelf in 2017.
- Co-founded RockX and led it as CEO.
- RockX announced a $6 million Series A led by Amber Group in April 2022.
- RockX launched Bedrock in March 2023.
- LinkedIn lists first place in the 2012 USAID-Smith School Strategy & Operations Case Competition and third place in the 2012 MIT-Harvard Case Competition.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Cap introduced Chen as Bedrock CEO in a partnership interview covering credit allocation and gradual scaling.
- **2025-09** — Listed as a Bedrock core contributor on the Comma3 Summit 2025 speaker program in Singapore.
- **2025-02** — Quoted as Bedrock core contributor in its announcement of participation in Berachain’s Boyco campaign.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rockx.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhuling-chen-009a6425/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/czhuling

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Last updated: 2026-10-11