Tavonia Evans

Tavonia Evans is an American author, businesswoman, cryptocurrency expert,[1][2][3] and educator. She is the founder and creator of the cryptocurrency Guapcoin.[4][5][6]

Life

Evans was raised in Amityville, and is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School.[1] She attended North Carolina A&T, and Central Georgia Technical College.[7][8]

Evans started her career as a graphic artist and went on to develop websites for celebrities. She later worked as a software engineer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Georgia Department of Education, and AT&T. In 2014 she founded Safe2meet, a peer to peer safety verification platform.[9][10][11] During this time she also became well known as the astrologer and cardologer Aquarius Maximus on Facebook and Instagram.[1]

In 2017, she launched Guapcoin, a decentralized cryptocurrency primarily directed at closing the wealth and technology gap for the global African diaspora.[12][13][14][15] She is an African American cryptocurrency expert.[1] She lives in Atlanta.[2]

References
  1. Fosco, Molly (April 7, 2019). "Can Her Black-powered Crypto Make Gurus Of The Next Generation?". OZY. Ozy Media.
  2. Peck, Morgan (March 8, 2019). "Cryptocurrency Is Not Just a Boys' Club". Glamour magazine. No. May Print / March Digital. Condé Nast.
  3. "15 experts. 11 questions. All your crypto questions, answered". CNN. October 7, 2021.
  4. Mubarik, Abu (April 22, 2022). "How Black founder Tavonia Evans is changing the face of crypto through her Guapcoin". Face2Face Africa. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  5. Ostwal, Trishla (March 29, 2022). "Crypto Guapcoin Amplifies Voices of the Black Community". Adweek. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  6. "Bringing #BuyBlack to Crypto". bloomberg.com. May 18, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  7. "BIO - Tavonia Evans". Tavonia. April 4, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  8. "Tavonia Evans: The Entrepreneur At The Intersection Of Blockchain And Women Advocacy". www.analyticsinsight.net. April 4, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  9. Sathish-Van Atta, Madhuri (March 24, 2022). "Experts Explain Everything That Ever Confused You About Cryptocurrency". Elite Daily. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  10. "Tavonia Evans - Cryptocurrency Guap Coin Founder - Interview". YouTube. June 4, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  11. Chandran, Rina (November 12, 2021). "How women are staking out a space in the blockchain world". World Economic Forum. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  12. "Is Black Crypto Freedom? Or Fad?". MSNBC.com. April 19, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  13. "Transcript: Is Black Crypto Freedom? Or Fad?". MSNBC.com. April 19, 2022. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  14. "Cryptocurrency $Guap Coin Created to Support Black Businesses". Black Enterprise. January 29, 2018. Retrieved September 26, 2022.
  15. Mesidor, Cleve (May 12, 2022). "Crypto can be a driver for racial equity - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
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