Zach Rynes

Chainlink co-founder and CEO

San Francisco

About Zach

Zach Rynes is the co-founder and CEO of Chainlink, a leading decentralized oracle network. He has over a decade of experience in the crypto space and has been instrumental in shaping the industry. Rynes is a highly respected figure in the DeFi community and has been featured in several prominent publications. He is known for his expertise in blockchain and his ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms. In his free time, Rynes enjoys playing guitar and hiking. He is based in San Francisco.

Associated Podcasts

The Rollup

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The CLG Podcast

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Recent Appearances

Why Tokenized Assets Are Crypto's Next Megatrend with Chainlink's Zach Rynes

The Rollup•Jan 26, 2026•23:23•guest

Why Chainlink Is Actually Beating XRP in the Institutional Race with Zach Rynes

The Rollup•Aug 20, 2025•29:24•guest

Zach Rynes

About Zach

Associated Podcasts

The Rollup

The CLG Podcast

Connect

Recent Appearances

Why Tokenized Assets Are Crypto's Next Megatrend with Chainlink's Zach Rynes

Why Chainlink Is Actually Beating XRP in the Institutional Race with Zach Rynes

Key Topics

Hyperliquid, Tokenization, Chainlink, CCIP & Tokenized Finance with Luke Cannon, Graham Ferguson and Zach Rynes.

Circle Acquisition Talks, Japan's Bond Crisis, CRISPR Gene Edited Human, Crypto as a Service Expansion, Hyperliquid Dominance, Trump Holders Dinner, JPMorgan Enabling Bitcoin with Zach Rynes and Cedo

Crypto in 2024: Memecoin Lottery Tickets vs Everything Else

2024 Crypto Market Trends With Daniel Shapiro

Crypto in 2023: The Institutions Are Coming

Sergey Nazarov On Chainlink's Evolution

Bringing Trillions Onchain With Ondo's Nathan Allman

Crypto Contagion 2022: Run It Back Turbo

Chainlink Economics 2.0: A New Era of Value Capture

Nick Almond on the Benefits and Trade-offs of DAOs

The Modular Blockchain Thesis with Celestia's Mustafa Al-Bassam

Teej Ragsdale on MakerDAO Tokenizing $100M in RWAs

The Unwinding of Crypto Ponzinomics

All Things Truflation With Stefan Rust

Current State of the Crypto Ecosystem and Beyond

Off-Chain Computation: How Oracles Go beyond Data Delivery

A Deep Dive Into Chainlink Price Feeds

How Pmcgoohan Discovered the MEV Problem