Jérôme de Tychey

Jérôme de Tychey is Founder & CEO of Cometh, a Paris-based company building products and infrastructure for onchain finance. He also serves as President of Ethereum France, a French non-profit supporting the Ethereum ecosystem, and is the organiser of EthCC (Ethereum Community Conference), held in Paris and Cannes. He holds an additional position as Associate Professor of Economics at Le Cnam.

Under his leadership, Cometh obtained MiCA approval from the French regulator AMF, making it, according to de Tychey, the first player authorised to bring customers onto DeFi while offering asset custody. The AMF authorisation covers the custody and administration of cryptoassets on behalf of customers; Cometh is additionally in the process of becoming an electronic money institution, which will allow it to manage fiat on-ramp directly without third-party intermediaries. Cometh previously held an enhanced PSAN (Service Provider on Digital Assets) registration and has worked with clients including LVMH, Gnosis, and Worldcoin. The company's current focus is cash flow optimisation for businesses using DeFi, offering an alternative to traditional banking instruments such as term deposits and savings accounts. De Tychey has stated that fewer than ten French companies obtained MiCA approval in France during the transition period. He is a graduate of ENS Cachan.