Crypto Startup Exec Killed in San Francisco

“Bob was made for the new world, he was the quintessential creator, leader, and consummate hacker,” Goldbard said. “Bob surely had an impact that will last far beyond his short time on earth.”

Lee was the first chief technology officer of Square, the financial technology startup co-founded by Jack Dorsey, and now called Block Inc.

While at the company, he created CashApp, a money transfer app that also lets users buy stocks and Bitcoin. Earlier in his career, he helped develop Android while he was a software engineer for Google.

There was an outpouring of grief in tech circles on Twitter Tuesday night. Figma CEO Dylan Field recalled Lee’s early support of his company and wrote, “It’s so hard to believe he’s gone.”

–With assistance from Karen Breslau and Hannah Miller.

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