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Samir Tabar is CEO of Bit Digital and co-founder of Fluidity, a tech company with a mission towards tokenization and building a new system of trade (AirSwap). Before that, he was head of strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Before that, he helped build Japan's largest independent hedge fund. Before that, he was a lawyer for Wall Street law firm Skadden, Arps. Samir graduated from Oxford University in 2000 with an MA and BA. Then went on to Columbia Law School for his LLM.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012. In addition to being President of Gemini, he and his brother Tyler are currently seeking SEC approval for the Winklevoss Bitcoin Trust, a Bitcoin ETF, and have launched the WinkDex, a Bitcoin price index that will price the ETF.
Adam Dossa
Head of Technology at Polymath, Founder of Enclaves DEX, Smart Contract Auditor and FinTech / Machine Learning Hacker. Passionate about blockchain technologies and deeply involved in the blockchain community and technology. 13 years experience in technology within the financial sector as a developer, manager and leader. In-depth knowledge of Fixed Income products, including interest rate swaps, path-dependent options, hybrid derivatives, emerging market products and structured notes. Experience across many functional areas of Fixed Income, including risk, pricing, regulatory change, operational processing, settlement, clearing, compression and trade lifecycle. Experience across a wide range of languages and technologies including Solidity, node.js, A+ (APL derivative), C++, Java, Scala, Objective-C / iOS, Python, Perl, Matlab, R, OCAML, SQL, Weka and MQ. Recent masters in Machine Learning from Columbia University (4.0 GPA). Worked at a senior leadership level whilst maintaining a very hands-on approach. Successfully managed a large global development team coordinating across multiple projects and clients. Widely recognised as being a team leader who is reliable, able to drive innovative solutions, deliver individually and within a team, and very focused on execution.
Emily Hsia
Emily Hsia is the Co-Founder & CTO of Shadow. Presively she worked at Goldfinch and Airbnb. She graduated from Columbia University.
Edward Laws
Edward Laws is the Chief Operating Officer at Valence and AliceNet.He graduated from the University of Birmingham and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Charles Cheng
Charles Cheng is the Co-Founder at Euterpe. He also is the Co-founder & CFO at BCE.IO. Charles Cheng graduated from Columbia Law School & Stanford Law School.
Tony Cheng
Tony Cheng, General Partner at Foresight Ventures, covers investments in Web3 for the firm. Tony is convinced that blockchain will bring about a paradigm shift in innovation. Previously an investor at Sequoia Capital China and 3G Capital, Tony is also experienced in assessing traditional business models such as fintech, SaaS, and consumer internet. Tony has also worked as a consultant at Oliver Wyman after obtaining his Master's degree from Sa?d Business School, University of Oxford.
Dan Roberts
Dan is the Editor in Chief at Variant. He has been writing about crypto since 2011. Prior to joining Variant, Dan was Editor in Chief at crypto news site Decrypt, where he recruited a team of writers and editors, led the site’s news strategy, created and hosted the gm podcast, planned and emceed live events, and moderated panels at conferences around the world. Before that, he spent five years at Yahoo Finance and five years at Fortune. He has written about tech, sports business, and books for a broad range of publications including Sports Illustrated, TIME, Vice, Air Mail, The Guardian, The Paris Review, NPR, Deadspin, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Morning News, and many more. He is the primary author of the 2013 book “Zoom: How to Supercharge Your Career.” He graduated from Middlebury College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Kevin Zhang
Kevin has led early-stage investments in financial technology and developer products since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2017. Prior to Bain Capital, Kevin was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a lending marketplace acquired by NerdWallet (NASDAQ: NRDS). After hard weeks in the email salt mines, Kevin likes to catch Magic: the Gathering prereleases and watch Team Liquid play Starcraft.
Michelle Latzer
Michelle Latzer is the Co-Founder & CEO of Tweed. Previously, she worked in Google's tech infrastructure. Michelle Latzer graduated from Columbia University.
Gina Moon
Gina Moon is the General Counsel & Corporate Secretary at OpenSea. Presively she worked at Facebook and Uber. Gina Moon graduated from Columbia Law School.