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Michael Novogratz is currently an investor and CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, which invests in emerging blockchain startups. Previously, he was a principal and board member of Fortress Investment Group LLC, and the Chief Investment Officer of the Fortress Macro Fund.
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Michael Daffey
Michael Daffey is Chairman of PubCo and Senior Advisor to Galaxy Digital, and has over 25 years of experience in the financial services sector at Goldman Sachs. He was most recently Partner, Chairman of the Global Markets Division, and a Member of the Management Committee.
Joseph Lubin
Joseph Lubin is the co-founder of Ethereum and the founder of ConsenSys, a blockchain application development firm. He also helped to establish the non-profit Ethereum Foundation and the VC fund ConsenSys Mesh, which invests in decentralized blockchain applications. Lubin holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from Princeton University. He is building the decentralized Web 3.0 on Ethereum.
Luka Jankovic
Luka Jankovic is HHead of Product at Galaxy Digital LP. Ex-GoldmanSachs, a NYC-based multi-strategy cryptocurrency and blockchain investment firm with Mike Novogratz. Prior to joining Galaxy, Luka worked at Goldman Sachs in the Hedge Fund Strategies group between 2016 and 2017. He spent the summers of 2014 and 2015 at Goldman Sachs working in private equity and hedge fund groups. Luka graduated Summa Cum Laude in three years from Cornell University in 2015 where he majored in Applied Economics & Management in the Charles H. Dyson School with a triple concentration. In 2016, he completed his Master's degree at Cornell University focusing on behavioral finance.
Richard Kim
Richard Kim is General Partner at Galaxy Interactive. Richard’s experience spans investing, trading, law, finance, management and strategy. He joined Galaxy as COO in May 2018, before joining Galaxy Interactive in Dec 2018. Prior to Galaxy, he was the COO of Global Foreign Exchange and Emerging Markets Trading at Goldman Sachs from 2015-18. From 2012-15, he worked at J.P. Morgan, where he was the Co-COO of Global Foreign Exchange and Emerging Markets Trading, and prior to that was the COO of J.P. Morgan’s electronic trading franchise for FX/EM. From 2010 to 2012, he worked as a derivatives and regulation attorney at J.P. Morgan. From 2007-10, he worked as an attorney in Cleary Gottlieb’s financial products and markets group. Richard also served as an adjunct professor at New York Law School. He earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2007 and studied philosophy and economics at the University of Washington, from which he graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2004 at the age of 18.
Danielle Johnson
Danielle Johnson is the Head of Global Distribution & Private Capital Markets at Galaxy Digital. Presively she worked at Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs.
Terry Rossi
Terry Rossi is the Co-Founder & CEO at Woah. Previously, he was the investment director of Blockchange Ventures, a founding team member of Tachyon Accelerator, and an investment analyst at ConsenSys. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Baptiste Cota
Baptiste Cota is the Founding Partner at LeadBlock Partners.
Mothusi Majinda
Mothusi Majinda is the Chief Technology Officer of Bullish and was previously Director of Platform Engineering at BC Group, Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse, and Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
David Schwed
David Schwed is the Chief Operating Officer of Halborn and has previously served as the Global Head of Digital Asset Technology at Bank of New York Mellon.