Dustin Walper is a Canadian entrepreneur who co-founded Newton Crypto and previously served as its CEO before stepping down to lead a new venture in ship manufacturing. Dustin Walper's Twitter Score is 26 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #38,382 (top 10%) among 493,668 tracked accounts.
Dustin Walper co-founded Newton Crypto, a Canadian crypto trading platform and CIRO registered investment dealer operating across all provinces. He served as CEO, appearing before Canada's House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance in March 2022 in that role. Under his leadership, Newton Crypto completed a US$20M Series B at approximately US$200M valuation in February 2022. He stepped down as CEO of Newton Trading Systems at the end of July 2025 to concentrate on his next venture.
Dustin Walper is the founder and CEO of Valstad Shipworks, a company developing AI-enabled manufacturing systems and autonomous robotic fabrication for ship production. Valstad Shipworks closed a $2.6M pre-seed round led by N49P in March 2025. Dustin Walper also founded Akira, a company that was subsequently acquired by TELUS Health, and co-founded Myplanet. Dustin Walper's account has published 5,206 posts and has been mentioned by 6 accounts a total of 13 times.
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