Farokh Sarmad

Farokh Sarmad — known as Farokh — is a web3 entrepreneur and investor. Co-founder and president of DASTAN, parent company of Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets (GlobeNewswire via Decrypt). Host of FOMO HOUR (GlobeNewswire via Decrypt). Founded Rug Radio after discovering crypto through a Clubhouse NFT chat (UseTheBitcoin).[edit]

Studied at Université de Montréal: a Bachelor's in Law (2012-2014), then International Relations and International Law, completed 2017 (UseTheBitcoin). Worked sales, marketing and legal roles. Found crypto via a Clubhouse NFT chat; started Rug Radio from there (UseTheBitcoin). Birthday, birthplace, family: unpublished.[edit]

Rug Radio: founded as a decentralized media platform for independent creators; Farokh discussed building the ecosystem with CoinDesk ahead of Consensus (CoinDesk via Nasdaq). DASTAN: co-founded as parent company over Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets; he serves as president (GlobeNewswire via Decrypt). FOMO HOUR: host; creates summit content distributed across all three brands (GlobeNewswire via Decrypt). Speaker: Paris Blockchain Week 2025 (PBW).[edit]

Direct, founder-mode web3 voice. Demystifies crypto on X, Instagram and FOMO HOUR. Community-builder framing: creator-owned ecosystems. No controversy on record in verified sources.[edit]

iFANN-only numbers, read from live data: YouTube: 1,940 subscribers, 183,290 views (fetched 2026-10-15). Popularity rank: #19,991 overall, #12,767 by type, score 24.2 (ranked 2026-10-19). No placement in iFANN's Global Fame Engine Top 1,000 or any Top-100 scope list. Audience: crypto professionals and FOMO HOUR listeners. No fan name, no rituals.[edit]

Name Farokh: Persian origin, "fortunate." Flags "Good Deeds" on his profiles. Earlier versions of this page claimed a September 2024 Trump appearance on his show; no reliable source could confirm it and the claim is dropped.[edit]

Nothing published. No parent, partner, sibling or children detail on record.[edit]

Co-founder/president of DASTAN with its brands Decrypt Media, Rug Radio and Myriad Markets (GlobeNewswire via Decrypt). Profiled by CoinDesk as Web3's "single-named media mogul" (CoinDesk via Nasdaq).[edit]

No relationship has been confirmed by Farokh Sarmad or a credible outlet. Status: Undisclosed.[edit]

No credible outlet has published Farokh Sarmad's net worth. An earlier unsourced $10 million estimate is dropped. Net worth: Undisclosed.[edit]