BTCBTC$76,724-1.90%|
ETHETH$2,251.04-1.57%|
USDTUSDT$0.99860-0.04%|
BNBBNB$695.5600-2.02%|
XRPXRP$1.2500-0.03%|
USDCUSDC$0.99925-0.03%|
SOLSOL$92.0200-2.81%|
TRXTRX$0.32066+2.09%|
FIGR_HELOCFIGR_HELOC$1.0320+0.00%|
HYPEHYPE$83.5800-4.64%|
ZECZEC$1,133.84-10.63%|
DOGEDOGE$0.07410-2.11%|
XMRXMR$604.1600-0.29%|
USDSUSDS$0.99968-0.03%|
WBTWBT$73.7500-1.87%|
LEOLEO$9.3500-0.84%|
LINKLINK$11.1100-1.99%|
ADAADA$0.18817-2.07%|
XLMXLM$0.16160-3.84%|
BCHBCH$275.2300-2.41%|
NEARNEAR$3.8100-10.32%|
DAIDAI$0.99976-0.01%|
USDEUSDE$0.99789-0.06%|
RAINRAIN$0.00627961+10.16%|
UNIUNI$6.9800-3.35%|
LTCLTC$53.8600-3.13%|
USD1USD1$0.99757-0.04%|
CCCC$0.09389-2.14%|
AVAXAVAX$8.3500-3.30%|
SUISUI$0.86724-3.21%|
BTCBTC$76,724-1.90%|
ETHETH$2,251.04-1.57%|
USDTUSDT$0.99860-0.04%|
BNBBNB$695.5600-2.02%|
XRPXRP$1.2500-0.03%|
USDCUSDC$0.99925-0.03%|
SOLSOL$92.0200-2.81%|
TRXTRX$0.32066+2.09%|
FIGR_HELOCFIGR_HELOC$1.0320+0.00%|
HYPEHYPE$83.5800-4.64%|
ZECZEC$1,133.84-10.63%|
DOGEDOGE$0.07410-2.11%|
XMRXMR$604.1600-0.29%|
USDSUSDS$0.99968-0.03%|
WBTWBT$73.7500-1.87%|
LEOLEO$9.3500-0.84%|
LINKLINK$11.1100-1.99%|
ADAADA$0.18817-2.07%|
XLMXLM$0.16160-3.84%|
BCHBCH$275.2300-2.41%|
NEARNEAR$3.8100-10.32%|
DAIDAI$0.99976-0.01%|
USDEUSDE$0.99789-0.06%|
RAINRAIN$0.00627961+10.16%|
UNIUNI$6.9800-3.35%|
LTCLTC$53.8600-3.13%|
USD1USD1$0.99757-0.04%|
CCCC$0.09389-2.14%|
AVAXAVAX$8.3500-3.30%|
SUISUI$0.86724-3.21%|
Lynn Liss

Lynn Liss

Founder of TipCi, TipCi

Personal website

Bio

Lynn Liss is a technology, fintech and social-impact entrepreneur whose work has focused on using emerging technologies to expand economic participation. She co-founded Akoin with Akon and other founding team members, helping develop a blockchain-based cryptocurrency ecosystem aimed at supporting entrepreneurship and financial inclusion, particularly in African markets. Her earlier career spanned more than a decade in management consulting and startup operating roles, including work in technology strategy, business transformation and financial services. She also served as a Founding Partner of ICO Impact Group, an organization that advised blockchain projects with social-impact objectives. Her current primary venture is TipCi, where the official website identifies her as Founder. TipCi is a platform exploring the "contribution economy" — a model in which ideas, advice, introductions and trust become trackable, rewardable forms of value, with AI agents helping surface new opportunities. Her career has progressed from Web2 startup operations and social-impact work into blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3 and AI-enabled economic systems.

Profile at a glance

Country
USA
Status
Active

Work & Project Background

  • TipCi

    Co-founder

  • Akoin

    Co-founder

  • ICO Impact Group

    Co-founder

Key Contributions

Akoin

Co-founded the blockchain and digital-currency ecosystem focused on entrepreneurship and financial inclusion, serving as COO during its growth phase.

Blockchain for Social Impact

Worked on applying blockchain and cryptocurrency to social-impact and economic-access challenges, particularly in African markets.

Startup Operations

Built experience across technology startups, operations and strategic partnerships, including roughly a decade in COO roles.

TipCi

Founded a newer platform exploring the contribution economy and AI-enabled value networks, where ideas, advice and introductions become trackable forms of value.

Financial Inclusion

Advocated technology-based approaches to expanding participation in digital economies and supporting entrepreneurship in emerging markets.

Timeline

2001
Graduated from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business with an MBA (Strategy and Finance concentrations), confirmed via the Booth alumni profile listing her as class of '01.
2000s
Spent more than a decade in management consulting and enterprise technology strategy, including roles at BearingPoint and CGI-AMS, working on technology strategy, business transformation and financial services engagements.
2000s–2010s
Served in startup operating roles, including approximately a decade as COO for technology startups, before moving deeply into blockchain and social-impact ventures.
2018
Co-founded ICO Impact Group as a Founding Partner, an organization that advised blockchain projects with social-impact objectives.
Late 2010s
Co-founded Akoin with Akon, Jon Karas and other founding team members, serving as COO and Co-Founder of the blockchain-based cryptocurrency ecosystem built on the Stellar network.
2019–2020
Led Akoin operations during the project's public rollout phase, including partnerships, wallet development and announced pilots such as the Mwale Medical and Technology City engagement in Kenya.
2020s
Continued Web3, financial inclusion and social-impact work as Akoin's ecosystem scaled back and the associated Akon City project in Senegal was officially scrapped in 2024.
2025–2026
Founded TipCi, a platform exploring the contribution economy and AI-enabled value networks, currently identified on the official TipCi website as her primary venture.

Bitnxt uses cookies to run the site, understand how it is used, and measure ads. You can accept or decline below, and change your choice any time in our Privacy Policy.