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Adrien Stern

Adrien Stern

FinTech founder, building universal stablecoin payments in your messages, recovering touring musician

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Brooklyn, New York, United States
Joined April 2026
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Summary

Adrien Stern is a seasoned entrepreneur and Web3 innovator, currently serving as the Co-founder & CEO of Reveel Technology. His primary focus is on developing omnichain payments infrastructure that simplifies crypto transactions and revenue sharing for musicians and creators. His work at Reveel aims to solve critical UX issues in the crypto space, making peer-to-peer payments seamless and accessible. sessionize+4
Adrien possesses a unique blend of experience from both the traditional finance sector and the music industry. Before his ventures in Web3, he held significant roles in digital transformation at BNP Paribas and worked as a Venture Architect at Deloitte Digital, providing him with a strong foundation in banking, fintech, and strategic innovation. This background enables him to bridge the gap between traditional finance and decentralized payment systems. blockworks+1
His passion for music is a driving force behind his entrepreneurial journey. As a guitarist and manager for the Swiss reggae band Najavibes, and co-founder of the indie label Bridge Music, he experienced firsthand the challenges of royalty and revenue sharing in the music industry. This personal experience directly inspired him to leverage blockchain technology to create Mediarite and later Reveel, aiming to ensure fair and transparent compensation for creators. sessionize+3
Adrien is an advocate for Web3 and NFT innovation, particularly within the music and creator economy. He actively shares his insights on how blockchain technology can empower creators, streamline payments, and foster new models of collaboration. He is also a proponent of stablecoins as a key component for making crypto payments practical and globally accepted. medium+2

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Crypto wallets and neobanks are converging. Both are making the same mistake banks made in 2003.

April 27, 2026

Explains how crypto wallets and neobanks are converging feature-wise and warns they’re repeating banks’ past UX mistakes; argues for a universal payment identity and routing layer to simplify stablecoin and cross-network payments.

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Introducing Reva: Your AI-Powered Payments Assistant

An introduction to Reva, an AI-powered assistant designed to simplify and enhance payments, making transactions more intuitive and efficient.

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Crypto is becoming the same broken system it promised to fix

September 30, 2024

An opinion piece arguing that the Web3 community needs to focus on building bridges rather than stacking bricks, and addressing the issues of crypto innovation suffering within closed networks.

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Non-Fungible Tokens: Adrien Stern of Reveel On The 5 Things You Need To Know To Create a Highly Successful Career In The NFT Industry

September 1, 2022

An interview where Adrien Stern shares insights into the NFT industry, highlighting strategies for creators, the potential of NFTs for revenue generation, and his concerns about industry speculation and traditional companies entering the space.

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Hobbies

Playing guitar and managing a Swiss reggae band (Najavibes), with whom he toured extensively across Europe and Africa. sessionize+3