Co-Founder & CEO, KalqiX
Early blockchain innovator, serial DeFi entrepreneur, QuickSwap co-founder, evangelist for Polygon Layer 2 tech stack.
About:
Sameep Singhania is a veteran Web3 builder whose deep technical roots and market intuition have enabled him to play a pioneering role developing prominent DeFi platforms and blockchain infrastructure. A lifelong engineer with a passion for Web3 innovation, Sameep began his Web3 journey in 2017, contributing to smart contract tooling and other onchain financial primitives. As a co-founder and lead developer at QuickSwap, Polygon’s premier DEX, Sameep drove the platform to $1 billion in daily volume while evangelizing Polygon’s visionary Layer 2 scalability stack.
As Founder and CEO at KalqiX, Sameep is advancing DEX technology by spearheading the development of zero-knowledge-powered onchain order books. Officially dubbed a CLOB (central limit order book) DEX, KalqiX brings together the performance of centralized exchanges with the privacy, security, and trustlessness of on-chain settlement — a strategic evolution designed to meet the needs of professional market makers, institutional traders, and a wide array of DeFi users.
Sameep’s ethos and philosophy are grounded in permissionless, decentralized systems and community-driven product design. His work reflects a commitment to solving real industry challenges — from high gas costs and capital inefficiencies to sub-optimal trade execution. As a significant voice in the Web3 and DeFi communities, Sameep speaks frequently on topics including Ethereum scaling, decentralized trading infrastructure, and the innovative potential of zero-knowledge tooling. Sameep remains a strong public advocate for DeFi, affirming in an interview with Business Insider that “DeFi has a real use case; it is here to stay.”
In his latest endeavor at KalqiX, Sameep is determined to make DeFi as powerful and effective as its legacy counterparts, while upholding the principles and potential of dencentralized systems. Sameep is an ideal speaker for audiences seeking to learn about DeFi, DEX infrastructure, Layer 2 EVM scaling, the future of decentralized systems, and the state of blockchain innovation.
