Karan Bharadwaj is the CEO of Arithmic, the world’s first universal and scalable Layer-2 with native staking. Previously, Karan served as Chief Technology Officer at multiple companies including XinFin (XDC), and later, Mool, an AI and fintech company empowering people to organize their financial life through their markets web app by providing investment analysis and research. Karan is a seasoned entrepreneur in the crypto and fintech space, leading multiple crypto projects including as the founder of Elatior where he helped build state-of-the-art distributed ledger networks and applications.