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Reni Achkar is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of Cantor8, the institutional-grade infrastructure provider for the Canton Network, headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. He oversees brand, partnerships, and operations across Cantor8's institutional infrastructure suite and its 100,000+ user consumer wallet for emerging markets.
Before
Cantor8, Reni was Chief Strategy Officer at Cryptic following its acquisition of The Social Laboratory, the crypto-native marketing agency he founded and led as CEO from 2021 to 2025. He was previously the first hire at Whalemap, an on-chain data analytics company that scaled to a $20 million valuation, more than 200,000 paying users, and a team of over 50. Reni has also served as a Partner at Metrix Capital, where he helped deploy capital into early-stage Web3 companies.
He is an active angel investor in projects including Cookie3, a member of the Forbes Council and Entrepreneur.com's Leaders network, and speaks regularly at conferences including Consensus, TOKEN2049, and Zebu Live. He hosts Convergence, a flagship industry event organized with OKX, Pudgy Penguins, and other ecosystem partners. Reni holds a BA in Public Relations and Advertising from the University of Westminster.
