Laura Wallendal

Laura Wallendal is the CEO and cofounder of Acre, a pioneering Bitcoin savings protocol that empowers users to earn on their BTC while maintaining control over their assets. A serial entrepreneur with over a decade of experience scaling high-growth companies, Laura also headed up the spin up, spin out, and funding for projects like Fold App, Keep Network (now Threshold Network), Saddle, and tBTC. She has raised over $60M in capital for startups across the crypto ecosystem and is a frequent speaker on financial sovereignty, the future of Bitcoin, and technology-driven community empowerment. Committed to transparency and user empowerment, she designed Acre to provide a secure, accessible way for Bitcoin holders to put their assets to work while staying true to Bitcoin’s original principles of self-custody and decentralization.