About Harold Kinet

I am a specialist in blockchain, digital assets and ecosystem building. I co-founded WalChain, the official Walloon blockchain cluster, and I am a former board member of Blockchain4Belgium.

I started in journalism and communications, led the communications of a $2M ICO in 2018, and have worked since 2019 on blockchain projects with public institutions, startups and corporates. I was an economic columnist on LN24 and I speak regularly at conferences and in the media.

BE Blockchain, 2019-2026

I co-founded BE Blockchain in 2019 with Steve Vansimpsen, a Belgian consultancy and development company. The agency has now closed. Its projects, articles and case studies live on in the references section of this site. References →

Sci-fi fan, books and films. I like stories that build the future from the foundations of the present, which is also how I work. Padel player and mountain biker.

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Harold Kinet speaking at a Blockchain4Belgium event

Career

2019-2026
Co-founder, BE Blockchain
Independent consultant
Public face of BE Blockchain: strategic partnerships, business development, institutional relations. Co-founded and led product for Paycifi, a non-custodial stablecoin escrow live on Base. Designed d-event, a euro-pegged cashless payment system piloted with 3,000+ attendees. Helped clients secure €800K+ in non-dilutive funding.
- Paycifi ↗
2022-2025
Founding architect and delivery partner, DigitalWallonia4Trust
Walloon Government blockchain programme
Built the programme from scratch: political lobbying, parliamentary questions, the funding proposal, then the budget validated by the Walloon Parliament. BE Blockchain delivered demonstrators for regional businesses: Digital Product Passport, supply chain traceability, document notarisation and ESG reporting.
2021-2025
Co-founder, WalChain. Board member, Blockchain4Belgium
Ecosystem building
Co-initiated WalChain, the official Walloon blockchain cluster, and helped grow it to 300+ members: companies, universities, investment funds, research centres. Recognised and later backed by the Walloon government. At Blockchain4Belgium, contributed to sector positions on digital-asset regulation.
- WalChain ↗
- WalChain on Digital Wallonia ↗
2020-2023
Economic columnist, LN24
Belgian news channel
Explained digital assets, crypto markets and Web3 to a general audience on television.
- Watch the replays ↗
2019-2022
Innovation manager and co-founder, Openflow.coop
Cooperative of experts
Co-founded a cooperative dedicated to ecological and social transition and led the development of a B2B digital platform. Its anti-COVID-19 solutions gained international recognition, including coverage in The New York Times.
2017-2019
Head of communications and partnerships, Daneel AI
AI and blockchain startup
Led the communications of a $2M ICO in 2018, one of the first in France. Managed partnerships with BPCE, Facebook Startup Garage, Station F, IBM and Coinhouse, and led the crisis communication that restored investor confidence.
2016-2017
Marketing and trade show manager, WOW Company
Industrial automation
Managed marketing and international planning, sales support and branding, with trade shows across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
2015-2016
Journalist, defence and security, Army Recognition
Media
Covered international defence trade shows (Eurosatory, DSA, DSEI). By the end of the period, the business relations he managed generated one third of the company’s revenue.

Education

2026
Start It Accelerator
CBC / KBC, Paycifi, stablecoin payments
2023
NFTs and the Metaverse
University of Nicosia
2022
Business and Strategy
Ignity Trainings, Finance, strategy, marketing
2021
Startup Acceleration
Reaktor
2019
Blockchain Strategy Programme
Oxford
2014
Master in Public Relations
UCLouvain, With distinction
2013
Graphic and Audiovisual
Universidad de Deusto, Erasmus exchange
2012
Bachelor in Information and Communication
University of Namur, Corporate communication

Teaching

Courses and guest lectures at HEPL, UCLouvain, the University of Namur and ULB, the EU Interreg C2L3Play programme, and training for banks, business networks and companies (Gaming1, Cercle du Numérique).