Thomas Smets

Co-Founder Arcadia Finance

Thomas is an engineer with a passion for complex and multidimensional fields such as Blockchain and Energy systems.

He is a Co-founder of Arcadia Finance, a Belgian start-up dedicated to building DeFi infrastructure that facilitates secure, immutable, and automated financial contracts between parties, even in situations where trust may be limited.

With prior experience as the Lead DeFi at IntellectEU and being among the early pioneers in the exploration of Maximum Extractable Value (MEV), Thomas played a significant role in shaping the Belgian blockchain and DeFi ecosystems.

He strongly believes in the transformative power of blockchain technology, particularly in the realm of finance and actively advocates for its benefits to both the industry and society.