Sam Kazemian
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Sam Kazemian in 2024 | |
| Born | Sam Hamidi-Kazemian February 12, 1993 |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation | Founder of Frax Finance |
| Known for | Founding Frax Finance & Co-founding Everipedia |
Sam Hamidi-Kazemian (Persian: سام حمیدیکاظمیان; born February 12, 1993) is an Iranian-American software programmer. He is the founder of Frax Finance, a decentralized stablecoin cryptocurrency protocol. Previously, he co-founded Everipedia, a for-profit, wiki-based online encyclopedia. He founded Everipedia with Theodor Forselius in December 2014 and later served as its President. In 2019, he began development of Frax, a fractional stablecoin cryptocurrency. As of January 2022, Frax is ranked the 5th largest stablecoin by market capitalization according to cryptocurrency ranking website Defipulse.com.