Karia Samaroo

Formerly Ben Samaroo

Karia Samaroo is the Founder and former CEO and Chairman of WonderFi. He founded WonderFi in 2021 and it was acquired by Robinhood in 2026 for $250M. Karia is also the Founder and CEO of xTAO. Karia Samaroo was formerly known as Ben Samaroo.

WonderFi logo

Canada's largest crypto exchange, acquired by Robinhood in 2026 for $250M.

Karia founded WonderFi on the belief that digital assets would only reach the mainstream through a trusted, regulated platform. He built the brand, took the company public, brought together some of Canada’s best talent and technology under one roof, and grew WonderFi into the country’s largest regulated crypto platform before its acquisition by Robinhood.

Role
Founder, CEO & Chairman
Years
2021 — 2026
Status
Acquired by Robinhood
2026-06Robinhood completes $250M acquisition of WonderFiReuters 2025-05Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev on the WonderFi acquisitionCNBC 2025-05Robinhood enters Canada through its acquisition of WonderFiTechCrunch 2023-03WonderFi becomes Canada's largest regulated crypto platformFinancial Post 2022-06WonderFi acquires Coinberry for $38MFinancial Post 2022-02WonderFi closes $45M financingYahoo Finance 2022-01WonderFi acquires Bitbuy for $206M in landmark dealThe Globe and Mail 2021-06WonderFi becomes first crypto exchange listed on the TSXFinancial Post
xTAO logo

A public company built to advance decentralized AI.

Karia founded xTAO to help build infrastructure around Bittensor and decentralized AI. He believes the next generation of AI should be open, accessible and owned by the people who contribute to it, and created xTAO as a long-term institution aligned with that future.

Role
Founder & CEO
Years
2025 — Present
2025-07Robinhood just bought his firm. Now this crypto founder is going all-in on decentralised AIDL News 2025-07Samaroo discusses xTAO and BittensorThe Block 2025-07xTAO becomes largest publicly traded holder of Bittensor tokenThe Defiant 2025-07Bittensor infrastructure firm xTAO to go public; raises $22.8MCoinDesk 2025-07WonderFi founder's xTAO startup secures $31MBetaKit

Media

Selected interviews and coverage featuring Karia.

2025-07Karia Samaroo on founding WonderFiCNBC 2025-07Karia Samaroo on Bitcoin setting another new recordCNBC 2024-01Karia Samaroo: market conditions for the digital asset industryBNN Bloomberg 2022-06Karia Samaroo explains WonderFi's acquisition of BitbuyYahoo Finance 2022-03Karia Samaroo on the importance of decentralized financeYahoo Finance 2021-09Karia Samaroo and Kevin O'Leary on institutional capitalEntrepreneur