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Ryan Silva is the Head of Trading at BlockTower Capital. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Celsius, where he led global CeFi Trading and Market Insights teams. Before entering the digital asset space, Ryan was a Portfolio Manager at KLS Diversified, a multi-billion-dollar global macro and fixed income relative value hedge fund in NYC. Ryan has extensive experience in traditional capital markets, having worked at RBS Greenwich Capital and Merrill Lynch & Co. Ryan is a CFA Charterholder, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University, and is an advocate for empowering people with disabilities to participate in athletics.
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Jake Fitzgerald
Jake Fitzgerald is the co-founder and Head of Product at Lyra, having previously worked at AirTree Ventures and Meta. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and New York University in the United States.
Ru Chiang
Ru Chiang is the CTO of Candy Shop. He began his career directly in the cryptocurrency industry, and has created solutions for various areas, including cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and web3 native applications. He oversaw the development of the custody product at Hex Trust, a licensed Hong Kong digital asset custodian, and helped to build the exchange/internal custody product at Crypto.com. He was also a participant of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program, where he developed a platform for sharing community goods to reduce food waste. Before founding Candy Shop, he headed a team that built an NFT fractionalization product, which won first place in the Serum and Wormhole hackathon.
Abbey Titcomb
Abbey Titcomb is Head of Community & Governance at Radicle. Former Associate at UnderscoreVC. Researching crypto-economic models and system designs for commons-based peer production.
Lucy (Sinacola) Lock
Lucy (Sinacola) Lock is the Director of Operations at Strangelove Ventures. She is a graduate of Northeastern University and the Massachusetts College of Mathematics and Science.
Jack Carlisle
Jack Carlisle is the Director of Credit at BlockTower Capital's Credit Fund, where he co-leads the firm's investment activities. Jack is focused on specialty finance solutions for non-traditional lenders and loan purchase agreements. Previously, Jack worked at Hildene Capital Management, where he was a Senior Investment Analyst. At Hildene, Jack covered primary and secondary trading for the firm's positions in asset-backed securities, legacy collateralized debt obligations, and mortgage-backed securities.
Nuke Goldstein
Nuke Goldstein is Co-Founder and CTO at Celsius Network. He is building the financial system of the future on the blockchain! He has grown a staff of over 100, managing over $1.2B and $8.2B originated loans. He has designed the technological and financial infrastructure of the rapidly scaling Celsius Network. He started his career in AI and image processing, then C4I simulations, then 3D globe solutions, then P2P and geospatial interoperability, then interactive entertainment, and now crypto and blockchain.
Kevin Lu
Kevin Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Friendzone and the co-founder of Scalene. Kevin Lu, who also previously served as Head of Growth for Band Protocol, has over 6 years of experience in the Web3 space. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
Anouska Streets
Anouska is the V.P. of Engineering at Chainalysis. With over 20 years of experience across diverse industries such as banking, crypto, government, telecoms, and insurance, Anouska has demonstrated expertise in building high-performing teams and leveraging cutting-edge technologies. Her focus on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration empowers engineers to deliver their best work and explore innovative ideas.
Gal Stern
Gal Stern is the Community & Marketing Leadt at deBridge and previously served as Head of Community and marketing at xBacked DAO and Business Development Manager at GDA Capital. He is a graduate of the University of New South Wales in Sydney and the College of Charleston.
Zeng Jiajun
Zeng Jiajun is the Core Contributor of Soul Wallet. He previously worked as a Product Manager at ByteDance and Meituan. He was an Exchange Student at the School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University.
