Chun Wang

Chun Wang is a Chinese-born Maltese-Kittitian cryptocurrency investor who co-founded F2Pool, one of the first Bitcoin mining pools in China.

Life and career Born around 1982, Wang was born in Tianjin, China. He first travelled beyond his hometown in his early 20s, and his first trip abroad he was 28. In 2011, he borrowed $40,000 from his father to invest in early cryptocurrency ventures, experiencing financial loss in the first months. He had made gains by 2013, co-founding F2Pool. He launched the crypto venture Stakefish in 2018. i.e., to fly over Earth's poles. A Maltese citizen since August 2023, he became the first person from Malta to travel to space. It was also the first time non-Americans participated in a civilian spaceflight. He and the crew spent two months of training at SpaceX headquarters in California. Wang, outlining a goal to visit every country on earth, scheduled the space trip to be his 1,000th flight.

On May 21, 2026, Wang announced that he was going on the first manned interplanetary mission to Mars, which will last two years and fly by the planet without landing. He also plans to participate in a lunar mission alongside Dennis Tito at an unspecified date.

Personal life He moved to Thailand in 2015, then to South Korea. He has been a citizen of Malta since August 2023 and Saint Kitts and Nevis since 2017.