Cornell University

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Include active developments from professors for crypto projects like Thunder Core, Spacemesh, & IC3
Together with VMware, Cornell an UNC Chapel Hill created HotStuff which will be the consensus protocol behind the Libra BFT blockchain. For a look into HotStuff check out this link.
Part of IC3
Partner (9-3-2020) with Regen.
Created Town Crier.

Andrew Miller; an Associate Director of the Initiative for Cryptocurrencies and Contracts (IC3) at Cornell University, Cornell Tech, UC Berkeley
Emin Gun Sirer is the co-director of IC3 and associate professor of computer science at Cornell University.

Ari Juels; is a professor of computer science in the Jacobs Institute at Cornell Tech. Works for Chainlink

Joyce Kim; cofounder & board member of Stellar. Joyce graduated from Cornell University at the age of 19, followed by graduate school at Harvard and Columbia Law School. She is also a Director’s Fellow at the MIT Media Lab”
IOST claims to have team members who (among many other big name places) come from here.
Kathleen Breitman; graduate
Phil Daian; "Phil is a researcher focusing on smart contract security at IC3, a collaborative initiative that is advancing blockchain technology and smart contracts. Phil graduated from University of Illinois with a degree in Computer Science and is currently receiving his PhD from Cornell University." Now advisor at Fluidity
The team from bloXroute comes from here (18-9-2018).
Findora has team members who come from this university (23-10-2020).