Introduction of Cobo Team

Company Profile

Cobo is a leading producer of hardware and software blockchain products. As a company, we emphasize long-term security, reliability, and convenience. Our key products and services reflect that vision. Altogether, Cobo offers a secure mobile wallet (Cobo Wallet), the world's first military-grade cold storage hardware wallet (Cobo Vault), and tailored custodial solutions for institutional investors (Cobo Custory). With support for over thirty different coins, 700 tokens, and an integrated DApp store, we aim to be a one-stop shop for everything crypto.

Cobo's flagship product, Cobo Wallet, is the first leading mobile wallet to offer Proof-of Stake (PoS) pooling services, a groundbreaking feature that allows users to generate benefits from their cryptocurrency holdings. To date, Cobo Wallet has registered more than 1,000,000 users globally and supports up to 30 cryptocurrencies and 700 tokens on mainchains including Ethereum, EOS, and Tron.

Founded in November 2017 by former Facebook engineer, Changhao Jiang, and founder of F2Pool, Discus Fish, Cobo is headquartered in Beijing, with branch offices in Shanghai, Xi'an, and Seattle.

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Team Introduction

• Discus Fish - One of China's earliest cryptocurrency pioneers, Discus wrote the very first Chinese-language mining tutorial and led the development of the 24-hour settlement protocol. He also co-founded F2Pool, one of the largest mining pools in the world, playing a significant role in establishing China's mining presence on the world stage. Discus continues to be a thought leader for China's cryptocurrency entrepreneurs. He is also the Co-Founder and COO of Yibite, the first Bitcoin portal in China. In Cobo, Discus Fish heads corporate strategy, product design, and domestic marketing.

• Changhao Jiang - In 2013, Dr. Jiang launched China's first cryptocurrency wallet, Bihang, which was later acquired by OKCoin. Before his deep dive into cryptocurrency, Dr. Jiang was a platform engineer at Google and Facebook, where he invented the "Big Pipe" protocol, a now widely-adopted industry standard protocol that reduces website load times by loading elements individually. Dr. Jiang received his PhD in computer science from University of IIIinois Urbana-Champaign. In Cobo, Changhao Jiang leads products development, security, and overseas expansion. 

Our founding team hails from Google, Facebook, LinkedIn, Goldman Sachs, and other leading firms. Our global team works 24/7 to keep your assets secure.

Development Timeline

• 2017.11 Cobo is established in Beijing, China.

• 2018.02 Cobo Wallet 1.0 is released, supporting BTC, ETH, and 10 other mainchains.

• 2018.03 Cobo Shanghai is established.

• 2018.04 Cobo receives seed funding from Linear Capital, FreesFund, and IMO.VC

• 2018.05 Cobo Wallet 2.0 is released, with custodial and Hierarchical Deterministic (HD) wallet options.

• 2018.09 Cobo Seattle is established.

• 2018.10 Cobo receives A-Round funding from Wu Capital, DHVC, Neo Global Capital and others.

• 2018.10 Cobo Vault, the world's first military-grade hardware cold storage wallet, is released.

• 2018.11 Cobo Xi'an is established.

We also welcome your participation. Please submit your resume in the「Join Us」section of our official website cobo.com, join the Cobo family and start an exciting career life!