Qiao Wang received an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics in 2010 at the University of Waterloo. He is a mathematician, engineer, trader, crypto enthusiast and proponent of decentralized finance. Qiao is former Director of Product at Messari Crypto and is currently a Partner at DeFi Alliance where he is contributing to the development of the accelerator program.

Michael and his brother Matthias are among the most successful founders of the German-speaking Internet industry. Alongside numerous other ventures, they created lastminute.de and turned it into the largest last-minute travel site in Germany.