Kenny is a blockchain entrepreneur who co-founded Manta Network, a privacy-focused layer-2 protocol. Kenny's Twitter Score is 102 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #6,968 (top 5%) among 486,573 tracked accounts.
Kenny co-founded Manta Network alongside Victor Ji and Shumo Chu, with the project launching in 2020. The network's developer entity, p0x Labs, raised $25 million in a Series A round at a $500 million valuation in July 2023, with Polychain Capital and Qiming Venture Partners leading the round. Manta Network's consumer-facing chain, Manta Pacific, operates as an EVM-equivalent ZK-application platform drawing on Celestia for data availability and Polygon zkEVM for its proving layer. The network's native token, MANTA, was distributed through Binance Launchpool.
Kenny previously worked at MIT Sloan School of Management as a teaching assistant, including for a CryptoFinance and Blockchain Lab course taught by Gary Gensler. Kenny was also formerly affiliated with the MIT Digital Currency Initiative and with Alliance DAO. On January 18, 2024, Manta Network was hit by a DDoS attack timed to coincide with its token generation event. In April 2025, Kenny publicly reported being targeted by the Lazarus Group through a spoofed Zoom call, a social-engineering tactic increasingly used against crypto founders.
As an investor, Kenny has backed Capx AI, MilkyWay, OpenLedger, Lombard, SatLayer and SODA. Kenny has been mentioned by 146 accounts across 339 total mentions. Kenny's account has accumulated 33,935 followers as of September 2026 and 5,494 posts.
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