Cryptolina | 49 followers on LinkedIn. Founded in 2014 by Dan Spuller & Faruk Okcetin | The Carolinas’ first conference dedicated to bitcoin. | Cryptolina was founded by Faruk Okcetin, Dan Spuller, and Rich Spuller in 2013. The core mission was to highlight the emerging blockchain ecosystem in the Carolinas. Cryptolina’s first expo was launched in Downtown Raleigh in August 2014, and was followed up by another in Uptown Charlotte in August 2015.