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RYAN DENNIS

Brand, comms & go-to-market · AI and crypto · Brand lead as Toncoin hit the top 5

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Every door below already works. Climb the chart from 2018 to 2027 to unlock them as you go.

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Seven companies. Nine years. One chart that only goes up if you keep hopping.

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RYAN DENNIS Class: Brand & GTM Lead

Communications Leader

LV MAX
TONTop 5
Toncoin's market rank, with Ryan running brand and comms
TRON#1
Fastest-growing stablecoin in blockchain history: USDT on TRON
TON3.5M
Audience, more than doubled from 1.5M
OpenServ131%
On-chain user growth
OpenServ4×
Audience in six months, 5K to 20K
Press17
Headlines in the hall of fame, Bloomberg to WIRED
Bio, skills and training

Most recently Senior Manager at DoubleZero, where he supported the Kalshi announcement that shocked the prediction-market world in 2026. Before that: Head of Marketing at OpenServ, Communications Lead at TON Foundation as Toncoin climbed into the top five, PR and communications at Stellar, and Head of Marketing at TRON & BitTorrent. Started on air, in broadcast journalism at Hampton University.

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Equipped

  • Brand strategy
  • Go-to-market
  • Crisis comms
  • Media relations
  • Product launches
  • Stablecoins
  • AI agents
  • Public speaking
  • Broadcast voice

Training

BA, Broadcast Journalism · Honors
Hampton University
S.T.E.M. Certificate, Engineering Technology
Columbia University
ABM Certification: Foundations
Demandbase
Master Project Management Basics
Asana

Bonus world

The venture stack

Five products Ryan designs and ships himself, off the clock.

  1. Stage 1-1money.eventsEvent graph · Fintech Where money takes place: a map of the financial future.Enter stage
  2. Stage 1-2AI LatelyEditorial · Daily newsdesk AI is about people, and what they've been up to lately.Enter stage
  3. Stage 1-3AI Agent InfraReference · Agent stack The journal of record for the agent stack.Enter stage
  4. Stage 1-4The Wall Street FundArchive · Financial history A source-driven archive of a 1945 mutual fund's whole life.Enter stage
  5. Stage 1-5 · AlphaKnifeDataMarket data · Identity graph Know the knife market now: canonical identity and real sale prices.Enter stage

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Seven worlds, every level cleared

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  1. W1 ICO Alert2018ClearedHead of ContentVetted the token-sale boom for the internet's free ICO directory.Open world
  2. W2 TRON & BitTorrentMar 2018 – Mar 2020ClearedHead of MarketingTook BitTorrent into the TRON era, at true internet scale.Open world
  3. W3 Together LabsMar 2020 – Mar 2021ClearedSenior Marketing ManagerLed marketing and rallied a remote team through 2020.Open world
  4. W4 StellarMar 2021 – Jul 2023ClearedSenior Manager, PR & CommunicationsPut the first mutual fund on a blockchain in the headlines.Open world
  5. W5 TON FoundationJun 2023 – Jun 2025ClearedCommunications LeadTook Toncoin's brand from written-off to the top five.Open world
  6. W6 OpenServJun 2025 – Feb 2026ClearedHead of MarketingBrought Telegram-scale data to AI agents and quadrupled the audience.Open world
  7. W7 DoubleZeroFeb 2026 – Jul 2026ClearedSenior ManagerSupported the Kalshi news that shocked prediction markets.Open world

W1 ICO Alert · Head of Content

Achievements

  • Part of the team that scrutinized, vetted, and listed about 1,900 pre-ICOs and ICOs in a single year, trending toward 5,000 tokenized offerings by the end of 2018.
  • Kept the directory free to list, so no project could buy its way onto the platform.
  • Became a go-to voice on token-sale due diligence in the business press.

“I believe that security tokens or whatever is deemed legal in each country is something that will completely topple IPOs.”

Ryan, in Fast Company, 2018

Headlines

W2 TRON & BitTorrent · Head of Marketing

Achievements

  • Spearheaded the launch of USDT on TRON, the fastest-growing stablecoin in blockchain history.
  • Secured exclusive announcements with Bloomberg, including the Warren Buffett dinner and the Opera Browser partnership.
  • Ran a product campaign with Samsung leadership, showcased at the Samsung Developer Conference.

Headlines

W3 Together Labs · Senior Marketing Manager

Achievements

  • Led marketing through 2020, rallying teams face to face and fully remote.
  • Championed the people side of the company; HR called him “the biggest supporter of the HR team.”

From the team

“His ability to rally a team, both face-to-face and with remote teams, is infectious.”

Jason Liu, Senior Product Manager

W4 Stellar · Senior Manager, PR & Communications

Achievements

  • Spearheaded the launch of USDC on Stellar.
  • Led PR for the world's first mutual fund on a blockchain, with campaigns alongside PwC, MoneyGram, and Franklin Templeton.
  • Secured coverage in Fortune and WIRED, and spoke for Stellar on Latin America's crypto growth.

“Argentina is becoming a hub for bringing tech development and resources to Latin America from the rest of the world.”

Ryan, in Cointelegraph, 2022

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W5 TON Foundation · Communications Lead

Achievements

  • Oversaw all brand and communications as Toncoin went from a poor-performing asset to a top-five cryptocurrency.
  • Grew the audience from 1.5M to 3.5M accounts.
  • Ran the go-to-market campaign for USDT on TON, the fastest-growing USDT token within Telegram.
  • Rebuilt the TON Foundation brand after the SEC suit, through the Telegram Messenger partnership featured by CNBC.

Headlines

W7 DoubleZero · Senior Manager

Achievements

  • Supported the Kalshi announcement that shocked the prediction-market world in 2026.
  • Supported ad campaigns across Reddit, Google, X, and social.
  • Contributed to product marketing and the website.

Headlines

Party chat

Word from the party

  1. Tiana Chan, SHRM-SCPHR at DeLeon RealtyWorked on the same team · 2020

    Ryan is the type of leader that you would want in any company. He's passionate towards the company's mission and a devoted mentor to his staff and peers. I've never worked with somebody who was always so positive and had a great outlook on life and work. Ryan was the biggest supporter of the HR team and still continues to be. If I ever had a chance to work with Ryan again, I would ask him in a heartbeat.

  2. Jason LiuSenior Product Manager · ex-Warner Bros. GamesWorked on the same team · 2020

    Ryan is incredibly passionate about what he does and works exhaustively every single day to stake his legacy in the blockchain and marketing space. His ability to rally a team, both face-to-face and with remote teams, is infectious to the point that you can't help but want to go the extra mile to support him.

  3. Aaron KlinerGlobal Head of Executive Talent Discovery, SAPManaged Ryan directly · 2015

    Ryan is a very creative communication and design professional. At CTPartners, Ryan was quick to tackle any client-facing or internal challenge and consistently surpassed expectations by developing materials that thoughtfully and creatively delivered.

  4. Yadira AriasTerritory Business ManagerReported to Ryan directly · 2015

    Ryan is an enthusiastic, aspirational and charismatic leader and mentor. He listened to the concerns of those he managed and worked with them in achieving great results. It was a sincere pleasure to work for him and people completed tasks for him willingly! Ryan's drive and passion for success is contagious and he is well respected among his peers. I highly recommend Ryan.

  5. Darrian P. MackGrowth-driven marketing executive, NetflixStudied together · 2014

    He is the consummate professional and an incredibly gifted orator. He communicates with a precision, passion and engaging personality that typical goes with many years of professional broadcast experience. Listening to his radio show WHOV was always a highly entertaining experience.

  6. Dr. Battinto L. Batts Jr.Dean, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, Arizona State UniversityRyan's mentor · 2011

    Ryan distinguished himself during his time at Hampton University. He has a wonderful voice, a gift, in and of itself, that will serve him well. But when you add that to his engaging personality and vision, the aggregate is emerging journalist with a bright future.

  7. Erin Danielle JonesAward-winning journalist and writerStudied together · 2011

    The REAL “Man with the Golden Voice”, Ryan was always a pleasure to work with. Each time he reported and/or anchored live from the news desk he exhibited nothing but professionalism and a true knack for his craft.

  8. Sarah HallSenior Product Manager, HubSpotStudied together · 2011

    I had the pleasure of working with Ryan at WHOV 88.1 FM. During my time as Urban Promotions Director, Ryan demonstrated his ambition and creativity. Ryan is dependable and highly motivated, and would be a great asset for any organization.

Excerpts from Ryan's recommendations. Read them all on LinkedIn.

Side quests

Before the brands: the golden voice

Every launch since started here: live, on deadline.

  1. On air at WHOV 88.1 FMCompleteHampton's campus station, where the staff voted him “Most Likely to Succeed.”
  2. Anchor the news deskCompleteReported and anchored live for the Scripps Howard School's Center for Broadcast Excellence.
  3. Join The Yard Radio ShowCompleteBrought new flair to the show and captivated its audience.
  4. Host the roomCompleteHosted The Sports Lovers and emceed a pageant on campus.
  5. MC the agent eraCompleteMaster of ceremonies and speaker for a ten-episode series on AI agent orchestration.

Secret level

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Ryan's word-cutting game, the full arcade. Five sentences, ten seconds each. Also at thanksryan.com.

Hall of fame

High scores in the record

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  • Bloomberg
  • Forbes
  • CNBC
  • WIRED
  • Fortune
  • TechCrunch
  • CoinDesk
  • Decrypt
  • The Block
  • Cointelegraph
  • Business Insider
  • Fast Company
  • Entrepreneur
  • Benzinga
All 17 headlines
Press coverage of Ryan's work, newest first
No.OutletStoryYear
01DecryptKalshi streams real-time market data through DoubleZero2026
02ForbesSlow blockchain data is a money problem2026
03CoinDeskWall Street trading tech arrives in crypto2026
04The BlockDoubleZero Edge ships low-latency data2026
05EntrepreneurCutting the cost of AI reasoning with OpenServ2025
06BenzingaSocial analytics as core market data2025
07BloombergTelegram opens to Tether payments2024
08CNBCTether payments arrive in Telegram via TON2024
09TechCrunchTelegram starts to look like a super app2023
10FortuneStablecoins and U.S. regulation2023
11CointelegraphBitTorrent's network crosses 2 billion downloads2023
12CointelegraphLatin America's crypto drivers Ryan quoted2022
13WIREDCrypto aid for Ukrainian refugees2022
14BloombergBuffett's lunch becomes a crypto dinner Ryan's photograph2020
15ForbesSamsung embraces TRON2020
16Business InsiderTelling a real token from a scam2018
17Fast CompanyToken sales and fairer fundraising Ryan quoted2018

Achievements unlocked

  • Honors GraduateHampton University, BA Broadcast Journalism
  • Outstanding Leadership AwardScripps Howard School of Journalism and Communications
  • “Most Likely to Succeed”Voted by WHOV 88.1 FM