Patrekur Magnusson
Co-founder & CEO at Myntkaup
Reykjavik, Capital Region, Iceland
Summary
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Top SchoolPatrekur Magnusson is a founder-led software executive with 11 years of experience building products and companies from Reykjavik, Iceland. As Co-founder and CEO of Myntkaup he has grown the platform into Iceland’s leading crypto trading app, serving roughly 5% of the population and operating as a regulated VASP. He combines product-first leadership with hands-on engineering and a background running digital agencies and startups, shipping mobile and web apps across fintech and consumer markets. Patrekur is deeply focused on Bitcoin and crypto-native experiences, and is expanding Myntkaup toward savings, interest-bearing products, and broader custody features. Known for pragmatic execution, he pairs technical roots from a BSc in Computer Science with a knack for turning local market insight into scalable fintech offerings.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BSc, Computer Science at Háskóli Íslands
Github Skills (39)
authentication9
frontend8
wordpress8
nodejs8
react-native7
ecommerce7
javascript7
ios7
android7
php7
api7
react7
mobile6
authenticate6
typescript6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
pmm1/islandis-login
Mar 2020 - Jun 2022
Island.is Identification and Authentication Services (Login) for Node.js
Contributions:54 commits, 11 PRs, 44 pushes in 2 years 3 months
authenticationnodejs
myntkaup/.github
May 2022 - Oct 2025
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 5 months
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