9-Year-Old Prodigy Transforms into Billion-Dollar Crypto Entrepreneur: The Incredible Growth Story of Denis Dariotis! At 22, Denis Dariotis, founder and CEO of the crypto trading software company GoQuant, has been a trading prodigy since childhood. In the third grade, he would sneakily check stock portfolios during class, insisting on 'checking the market 10 minutes after opening and closing'—when teachers wanted to see the screen? 'Sorry, that's private!' This maneuver foreshadowed the institutional dark pool application GoDark that he launched last month. Growing up in Montreal, he became fascinated with the financial channel in his parents' living room, directing his pocket money straight to the stock market. At 11, he taught himself programming, from web development to Python & C++, and by 13, he was tired of manually scanning data, shifting to automated strategy backtesting, diving deep into quantitative trading and risk management. At 15, he had a shining moment: licensed software to major Canadian banks, providing consulting; at a New York conference, a large hedge fund offered him a job on the spot, exclaiming, 'You're only 15?!' He then pivoted to crypto: identifying market liquidity fragmentation and order book latency pain points, Dariotis built a full-stack infrastructure. GoQuant's daily trading volume exceeds $1 billion, with over 80 employees distributed globally. In January 2025, he secured $3 million in seed pre-round + $4 million in seed round (led by GSR). The new GoCredit loan platform, with $500 million in crypto lending ready to launch. 'We aim to be the core technology provider for value flow,' he said, 'efficiently connecting tradable assets across the entire link from data to execution.' Advice for young entrepreneurs: stay flexible, avoid isolated products, build an interconnected ecosystem, and double the value! The path of genius inspires countless others: programming + trading = unlimited possibilities. Are you ready for the next billion-dollar opportunity? #加密市场 #加密