Since 2019
ZARP started with one conviction: South Africa needs financial infrastructure that is open, fast, and honest. The mission is to bring the rand on-chain with radical transparency and real utility.
Founders
Fintech product leader with roles at Luno and Curve. Active in cryptocurrency since 2011. Author and broadcaster on money and technology.
Decades of banking and financial systems architecture at Microsoft, Old Mutual, and other institutions. Builds the systems that keep the peg honest.
Timeline
Founded. Simon Dingle and Kenny Inggs start ZARP.
Registered. The company is formally registered in South Africa.
Live on Ethereum. ZARP launches publicly on Ethereum.
Polygon. ZARP deploys to Polygon for low-fee transfers.
Base, Solana, and Old Mutual Wealth. Two more chains go live. Old Mutual Wealth takes over treasury management.
Standards and scale. ZARP joins the Stablecoin Standard and passes 200,000 lifetime transfers.
Deeper DeFi. Rewards go live on Aerodrome. Solana migrates to Token-2022.
Oracle infrastructure. IFÁ Labs brings on-chain rand price feeds to Base. Reserves reach R91.6 million at a 108.8% ratio.
The partner network is how products get mint and redemption access.