Dan Romero

▸ Farcaster co-founder; now at Tempo ($5B valuation, Stripe + Paradigm)

Co-founder of Farcaster — the decentralized social protocol that launched Clanker and defined crypto-native social. Farcaster was acquired by Neynar in January 2026. Now at Tempo — the Stripe and Paradigm-backed stablecoin L1 raising $500M at $5B valuation, targeting mainstream global payments.

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