Viktor Bunin leads the Protocol Operations team at Coinbase, the largest staking infrastructure provider. He is the industry’s first Protocol Specialist, a role he created as an early employee of Bison Trails (acq by Coinbase) that has now become an industry staple at orgs like a16z and Blockdaemon. He is also the co-founder of Credibly Neutral, a venture fund investing in protocols, infrastructure, and crypto SaaS.