Youngkyun YK Rha

Chief Operating Officer at Taurus Labs Pte Ltd

Chief Operating Officer
2024 - Current
Taurus Labs is the core contributor to the Merkle Trade platform, a gamified perpetual futures decentralized exchange based on Aptos and omnichain via LayerZero. As the team is surprisingly lean, I am currently in charge of everything outside of product development

Chief Business Officer
2023 - 2024
Aura Network is a Layer 1 ecosystem focusing on emerging markets. Leveraging Aura Network's relationship with FPT Corporation, one of the largest IT conglomerates in Southeast Asia, I led diverse initiatives to expand its presence in emerging markets.

Investor
2021 - 2023
Hashed is a team of blockchain experts and builders based in Seoul, Singapore, Bengaluru, and Silicon Valley. As an investor at Hashed, I focused on developer infrastructure, layer 1 ecosystems, and DeFi investments that could accelerate crypto mass adoption.

Co-founder
2019 - 2021
Faraday was a boutique advisory firm that specialized in the Korean crypto landscape. It provided diverse services to leading global crypto VCs and projects, ranging from communications advisory to market research.

Business Development Lead
2018 - 2019
nonce Foundation is the first crypto community in Korea, initially composed of crypto enthusiasts and project founders. It brought its members together through a co-working, co-living space in Seoul, and expanded to 4 locations within 9 months. I led the business development efforts at nonce Foundation as one of the earliest contributors, crafting strategies that can expand the community presence while ensuring sustainability through diverse revenue sources.