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Alexey Basov

Alexey Basov

Co‑founder; Chief Executive · SONM Foundation

Led the token sale structure, deployed crowdsale contracts, managed treasury and exchange negotiations

Executive leadership responsible for planning and executing the project's token sale and early market rollout. Directed the legal and technical structure of the 2017 crowdsale, approved and supervised the deployment of the ERC20 crowdsale contracts, set initial token distribution parameters and managed the project treasury that controlled large early SNM allocations. These concrete actions determined unlock schedules, vesting rules and circulating supply levels that influenced price discovery after listing. Operational responsibility included negotiating primary exchange listings and institutional partnerships. Led dialogues with centralized exchanges to secure market access for SNM, coordinated KYC/AML compliance processes required by exchanges, and authorized transfers from project wallets to liquidity pools and market makers. Those decisions directly affected tradable supply and market depth in the token's formative months. Strategic oversight extended to business priorities that shaped demand for the token. Allocated resources for developer bounties, marketplace incentives and early customer acquisition programs targeting compute buyers and providers, which affected on‑chain usage of the SNM token and contributed to community confidence during the network bootstrap phase. In governance and public communications the role included representing SONM in industry events and investor briefings to attract partners and capital. Public announcements and formal approvals issued from this executive office set implementation timelines and release milestones that materially impacted market sentiment and liquidity for SNM.

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