Ever wonder who’s behind the platforms changing DeFi? Meet Corey Caplan and Adam Knuckey, the duo who turned a college dorm room vision into Dolomite, a machine powering $18B+ in platform volume across 115 assets on 5 chains.
It all started freshman year, same dorm floor, same dual major in Computer Science & Business. Hackathons, coding competitions, side projects—they did it all and won more than a few. But in 2018, they saw a gap: centralized exchanges were clunky, opaque, and inefficient. So they set out to build something better.
Dolomite’s first iteration was a hybrid DEX on Loopring. It worked, but as DeFi evolved, so did their vision. Today, Dolomite isn’t just a DEX—it’s a capital-efficient lending and trading powerhouse. It’s a place where assets work harder, liquidity flows smarter, and users can do more without friction.
Corey Caplan, Co-Founder & CEO, leads the technical vision. From crafting smart contracts to overseeing development, he ensures Dolomite is robust, scalable, and future-ready. In 2025, he also became CTO at World Liberty Financial, bringing USD1 liquidity to Ethereum and beyond—proof that his ambition isn’t just DeFi-deep, it’s global.
Adam Knuckey, Co-Founder & COO, is the operations engine. Since his first crypto trade at $1K BTC, he’s been building intuitive interfaces and core platform features. Today, Adam keeps Dolomite running smoothly across deployments while innovating new tools for users and traders.
From dorm-room hackathons to a platform handling billions in volume, their story is more than a founder tale—it’s a blueprint for vision, persistence, and execution in DeFi.
Dolomite is their vision in motion—and Corey and Adam are just getting started.
Explore the platform: dolomite.io