Mohamed Elkasstawi

Mohamed Elkasstawi is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hamilton, a real-world assets (RWA) protocol built on Bitcoin, founded in 2024. Previously, he served as Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Tribal Credit (2019-2024), where he led blockchain vision, strategy, and execution to provide corporate cards and financial solutions for startups in emerging markets. He is the Founding Partner of zk Capital, a research-focused blockchain investment firm that co-invested with Sequoia, USV, Coinbase VC, and Pantera in projects like Filecoin, bloXroute, Blockstack, and Nervos. Featured by Scene Arabia as one of "5 Middle Eastern entrepreneurs working with blockchain to transform the future," Mohamed holds a BS in Engineering Management from Northern Illinois University and studied Entrepreneurship at Stanford University.