Genesis: Core Contributors
Why was Syntetika created
Syntetika emerged from a shared recognition: Bitcoin had reached institutional scale, but the infrastructure to allocate BTC into secure, strategy-driven financial systems was still missing.
Three key groups came together to close that gap:
A NASDAQ-listed asset manager with a multi-hundred-million-dollar track record in quantitative trading. Hilbert had developed delta-neutral BTC strategies for private banks and high-net-worth clients, but lacked a way to make these products accessible and programmable on-chain.
A zk-infrastructure company building privacy-first identity tools for crypto. With their zkKYC framework and soul-bound token (SBT) attestations, Galactica provided the missing compliance layer—enabling secure, jurisdiction-aware access to yield strategies without compromising user privacy.
A protocol engineering team with experience building cross-chain DeFi systems and tokenized vault infrastructure. PPN Labs designed the smart contract architecture that would wrap real-world trading strategies into liquid, composable digital assets.
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