Amber Group co-founder Tiantian Kullander dies at 30

Tiantian Kullander, known to many as TT, died unexpectedly in his sleep on November 23.

Amber Group co-founder Tiantian Kullander, also known as TT, died unexpectedly in his sleep on November 23, according to the company's official website. Tiantian was 30 years old and leaves behind a wife and a son.

In addition to co-founding Hong Kong-based Amber Group, TT served on the board of esports company Fnatic and founded KeeperDAO, a DeFi protocol that allows participants to trade, to borrow and stake assets with protection against mining value mined (MEV) bots, before returning it to the community.

In an official statement, Amber Group noted that TT has poured his heart and soul into the business, leading by example with "his intelligence, generosity, humility, diligence and creativity". The company also said:

"TT was a respected thought leader and widely recognized as an industry pioneer. His deep knowledge, willingness to collaborate, and desire to always help others have benefited countless start-ups and individuals. His ideas and creativity have inspired many projects, people and communities."

Aiming to explore machine learning for trading, Amber Group started in 2015 as a side project for four traders - Michael Wu, Tiantian, Huo and He - along with Bloomberg LP developer Thomas Zhu. They started working on the project full-time in 2017.

Before that, TianTian served as a structured credit trader at Goldman Sachs and an emerging markets trader at Morgan Stanley. In 2019, he was featured as Forbes Under 30, a list that recognizes the brightest young entrepreneurs, leaders, and stars.

The community reacted to the loss on Twitter. Arthur Cheong, founding partner of DeFiance Capital, noted that "the industry has lost a young, bright and above all, a good soul."

I just received extremely sad news and I really don't know how to react as we were still talking weeks ago.

RIP @0xttk

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