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Crypto chief business officer: 32 on NAUT at 32 teams, 3 steps

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

32 Chief business officer CBOs at 32 teams in NAUT's crypto database, read 14 November 2026. Logos: Aptos, BNB, Bitdeer, DigiFTTech, Squads, Sanctum, Solv Protocol, Allora Network, 0G, Gauntlet, Lumia, Mythical Games.

NAUT tracks 32 crypto chief business officer contacts at 32 teams, read from its database on 14 November 2026: 29 have LinkedIn on file, 17 have X and 13 have Telegram. To find the one you need, search the title on NAUT's People tab, open the team's company page, then check the person's own bio before you write.

Data note. Every count here comes from NAUT's own database, read-only, on 14 November 2026. The search matched 37 contacts titled chief business officer at live company pages (not archived, not merged, former titles out), and 5 came out: 1 at a team NAUT flags as defunct, 1 at a venture fund, 1 whose page address names a venture arm while its description names a different company, 1 at a team with no NAUT page to link, and 1 at Animoca Brands, where research found the 2022 appointment but not the person on Animoca's current leadership pages. Outside NAUT, research looked up 12 of the 33 rows left after the first 4 cuts: 4 titles were confirmed by a public source, 1 was contradicted (Animoca Brands, dropped) and 7 turned up no outside source. The other 21 of the 32 published rows were not put through that check. Written by NAUT Research.

How do you find a crypto chief business officer in 3 steps?

How do I find the chief business officer at a crypto team? Search the title, read the team, then check the bio. A web3 chief business officer usually owns partnerships and commercial deals, so the seat is a direct first read for a BD pitch, an integration offer or an investor intro.

3 steps to a crypto chief business officer
  1. Search the People tabType chief business officer on NAUT's People tab: 32 contacts at 32 teams hold the title.
  2. Open the company pageAt Aptos the team list shows Solomon Tesfaye, titled Chief Business Officer, with LinkedIn, X and Telegram on file.
  3. Check the bioCompare NAUT's title with an outside source before you write: 4 of the 12 titles research looked up were confirmed.

Step 1: search the title on the People tab

Type the full title. 30 of the 32 contacts carry exactly Chief Business Officer, and 2 pair it with a founder seat: Hillary Adler at BitcoinOS (Co-founder and Chief Business Officer) and Jaye Tan at Sanctum (Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer). Read the full title on each row, because a founder seat changes who you are pitching.

Step 2: open the company page

The company page lists the people NAUT holds for that team, so you can see who sits next to the CBO. At Aptos, Solomon Tesfaye is titled Chief Business Officer with LinkedIn, X and Telegram all on file. 6 of the 32 contacts have no person page on NAUT yet (Nicholas Cannon, Daniel Morosan, Ran Hammer, Mikhail Nikolaev, Andreas Harpas and Steve Schoonebe), so reach them through their team pages at Gauntlet, Massa, Orbs, Prom, Pundi X and triton_one.

Step 3: check the bio before you write

A title on any directory can lag a job change. Open the person's page, then the LinkedIn or X profile it links, and confirm the seat. For Aptos, a Daily Hodl report of 10 July 2025 says Aptos Labs "announced today the appointment of Solomon Tesfaye as chief business officer", a promotion from Head of Capital Markets. The check can also fill in a name: NAUT holds Thomas C. at BNB, and a KuCoin news flash of 28 September 2026 reads "BNB Chain has appointed Thomas Chen as Chief Business Officer".

Which crypto chief business officer contacts does NAUT list?

The table lists all 32 contacts in 3 groups: the 4 whose title an outside source confirmed, then the 7 where research found no outside source, then the 21 not checked. Within each group, rows run by how many of the 3 channels NAUT has on file, then by team name. Every title on NAUT reads Chief Business Officer; Hillary Adler at BitcoinOS and Jaye Tan at Sanctum are also listed as co-founders. The next section names the 4 confirmed and the 7 without a source; no source found does not by itself show a title is wrong.

Team Person Channels
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
LinkedIn, X
LinkedIn, X
LinkedIn, Telegram
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
LinkedIn, X
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
none
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Nicholas Cannon LinkedIn, X, Telegram
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Ran Hammer LinkedIn, X, Telegram
LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Steve Schoonebe LinkedIn, X, Telegram
Daniel Morosan LinkedIn, Telegram
LinkedIn, X
LinkedIn, X
Mikhail Nikolaev LinkedIn, Telegram
Andreas Harpas LinkedIn, X
LinkedIn, X
X, Telegram
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
none

Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Centi and RAX Finance have no channel on file for their CBO, so start from the company page.

Which crypto chief business officer titles did an outside source confirm?

4 of the 12 titles research looked up were confirmed by a public source, each with its own date:

  • : Solomon Tesfaye, named Chief Business Officer on 10 July 2025 (Daily Hodl).
  • : Linghui Kong. Bitdeer's 29 January 2024 notice, carried by MarketScreener, says "Mr. Linghui Kong will transition to the role of Chief Business Officer.", effective 1 March 2024.
  • : Thomas C., appointed on 28 September 2026 per KuCoin and Crypto Briefing.
  • : Amos Song. The iq.wiki DigiFT page, updated 18 June 2026, lists "Chief Business Officer Amos Song"; RootData gives him a co-founder title as well.

For the 7 with no outside source, at 0G, Allora Network, BitcoinOS, BitMart, Centi, CryptoAutos and Cytonic, research found only aggregator listings or nothing at all, so the person page and its linked profiles are the check you still need to run.

Which channel reaches a crypto chief business officer?

LinkedIn is the widest door: 29 of the 32 have it on file, and only Centi, Solv Protocol and RAX Finance lack it. X covers 17 and Telegram 13. 9 contacts have all 3 channels on file, 11 have 2, 10 have 1 and 2 have none.

What this tells a crypto business development team

  • The 9 contacts with LinkedIn, X and Telegram all on file are the quickest to try, from Anna B. Wroblewska at Dinari to U-Chyung Lim at Lumia.
  • 30 of the 32 teams are filed as projects on NAUT, 1 as a launchpad (BitMart) and 1 as an investor (Orbs).
  • Run step 3 on the 28 titles no outside source confirmed before you put a name in a pitch.
How a BD team can work this list
  1. Pick a confirmed nameStart with the 4 titles a public source confirmed, at Aptos, Bitdeer, BNB and DigiFTTech.
  2. Open the team pageRead who sits next to the CBO before you write, as at Aptos.
  3. Check the seatFor the 28 titles no outside source confirmed, open the person's LinkedIn or X first.
  4. Pick 1 channel13 of the 32 have Telegram on file and 29 have LinkedIn.

Related reading on NAUT: How to find decision makers in a company: 5 steps for crypto and Crypto BD leads: 11 names at 10 teams that raised in 2026.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=chief%20business%20officer with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY searches people by title, and each record carries jobTitle, company and the flags hasTelegram and hasLinkedin. To read 1 team, GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/aptos returns the company with its team; each data or search call costs 5 credits, and the Essential plan is $49 a month for 3,000 credits (docs, pricing). Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so you can start a 7-day trial and reach CBOs like these directly.

Crypto chief business officer FAQ

How many crypto chief business officers does NAUT list?

NAUT lists 32 crypto chief business officer contacts at 32 teams, read from its database on 14 November 2026, after 5 rows came out of the 37 that matched the title. 29 of the 32 have LinkedIn on file, 17 have X and 13 have Telegram.

Who is the chief business officer at Aptos?

Solomon Tesfaye is Chief Business Officer at Aptos on NAUT's record, and a Daily Hodl report says Aptos Labs named him to the role on 10 July 2025. NAUT has his LinkedIn, X and Telegram on file.

How do I check that a crypto CBO title is still current?

Open the person's NAUT page, then the LinkedIn or X profile it links, and look for a dated announcement. Of the 12 crypto chief business officer titles NAUT's research looked up for this article, 4 were confirmed, 1 was contradicted and dropped, and 7 had no outside source.

Where can I find crypto chief business officers and their contact channels?

NAUT's People tab and company pages list 32 crypto chief business officer contacts at 32 teams, and the NAUT API GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people?q=chief%20business%20officer searches people by title, with jobTitle, company, hasTelegram and hasLinkedin on each record, at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan: start a 7-day trial.

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