We at bZx are creating innovative, cutting edge financial software with a focus on radical decentralization. We create unstoppable applications that are sustainable, efficient, and rent free. The global financial system is filled with middlemen that can and will be replaced by software, and we are creating that software.
bZx was founded by Tom Bean, a principal engineer at Nokia and later HERE with over 15 years of experience engineering software and leading teams. We've been a leader in creating some of the most interesting and innovative financial products in the industry including tokenized margin loans and tokenized margin positions. Our team is globally distributed and fully remote, allowing us to source the best talent from around the world.
bZx was founded by Tom Bean, a principal engineer at Nokia and later HERE with over 15 years of experience engineering software and leading teams. We've been a leader in creating some of the most interesting and innovative financial products in the industry including tokenized margin loans and tokenized margin positions. Our team is globally distributed and fully remote, allowing us to source the best talent from around the world.
Location: United States, Georgia, Atlanta
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2017
Investors 5
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Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2024 | Формальная верификация смарт-контрактов во фреймворке ConCert | Добрый день! Меня зовут Кирилл Зиборов, я представляю отдел безопасности распределенных систем Positive Technologies. В этой статье мы продолжим обсуждать методы и инструменты формальной верификации смарт-контрактов и их практическое примен... |
| 22.09.2022 | CFTC Penalizes bZeroX and Founders, Targets Ooki DAO as “Unincorporated Association,” One Commissioner Dissents | The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed and settled charges against bZeroX and founders Tom Bean and Kyle Kistner. The CFTC alleges that respondents illegally offered leveraged and margined retail commodity transactions in... |
| 07.11.2021 | A hacker stole more than $55 million in crypto after a bZx developer fell for a phishing attack | A hacker stole millions after a developer at bZx, a crypto company, fell for a phishing attack. SlowMist estimated the total haul at $55 million, The Block, a crypto blog, reported on Friday. Advertisement Crypto company bZx said on Friday ... |
| 11.08.2021 | У DeFi-платформы bZx похитили $55 млн | Неизвестный хакер похитил 55 млн долларов у DeFi-платформы bZx, которая позволяет пользователям спекулировать на изменениях курса криптовалюты. Представители bZx предлагают злоумышленнику вернуть украденные средства за вознаграждение. По да... |
| 11.11.2020 | Flash Loans Aren’t the Problem, Centralized Price Oracles Are | Since the beginning of the year, the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem has rapidly grown to more than $12 billion in total value locked. With this exponential growth, incentives have increased for malicious actors to manipulate and att... |
| 01.10.2020 | DeFi Degens Hit Hard by Eminence Exploit Will Be Partially Compensated | It all started with a couple of retweets. On Sept. 28, Andrew Cronje, the head honcho at Yearn Finance, retweeted graphic designs for a new project called Eminence, so described by Cronje as a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol for a “ga... |
| 14.09.2020 | DeFi Protocol bZx Loses $8M in Latest Security Exploit; BZRX Tanks 40% | Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol, bZx, was at the end of another security exploit this weekend after the team confirmed the loss of approximately $8 million worth of cryptocurrencies. The loss was a result of a bug that allowed hackers... |
| 20.02.2020 | DeFi Insurance Firm Nexus Mutual Makes Its First Payout Following bZx Attacks | Insurance works in crypto so far, though it hasn't had many big tests yet. Not many people had insurance on assets locked up in bZx’s Fulcrum, but after a bug yielded an exploit of its smart contract, a couple of accounts that did were cove... |
| 19.02.2020 | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the DeFi 'Flash Loan' Attack | There’s now a case study for how DeFi can go awry. bZx, the eighth-largest decentralized finance project according to DeFi Pulse, suffered two attacks last weekend following the introduction of “flash loans,” a new DeFi feature that limits ... |