Forbes released the 2026 Finance 30 Under 30 list, with 8 founders of encryption applications selected.

According to Deep Tide TechFlow news on December 2, Forbes reported that it released the 30 Under 30 list for the financial sector in 2026, covering the fields of fintech, Crypto Assets, and TradFi. The list was selected from nearly 800 nominees, including 8 founders of Crypto Assets.

Among them, Asta Li studied mechanical aerospace engineering and computer science at Cornell University, and previously worked on autonomous driving technology at Uber. In 2021, she co-founded the crypto wallet company Privy. The company provides embedded application crypto wallet services for enterprises, with over 1,000 clients, including well-known crypto assets companies such as Hyperliquid, Lightspark, and Blackbird, and has created wallets for tens of millions of consumers. This year, it was acquired by Stripe.

Giovanni Vignone dropped out of Duke University to found Octane, developing a real-time security system that uses artificial intelligence to scan smart contracts in under a minute. The company currently protects $5.8 billion in assets for 15 clients, including stablecoin USDC issuer Circle, and has raised $11 million.