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Sebastian Benkert is Chief Marketing Officer at Galaxy Digital
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Manjula Shrestha
Manjula Shrestha is VP - SEC Reporting at Galaxy Digital
Christine Kim
Christine Kim is Vice President of Research at Galaxy Digital and formerly a research analyst at CoindDesk. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in International Relations and Economics, and her interests include writing and researching emerging technologies.
Tim Grant
Tim Grant is the former Head of Europe, Middle East, and Africa for Galaxy Digital. Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, he was the Chief Executive Officer of SIX Digital Exchange. Before heading SDX, Tim served as Founder and Chief Executive Officer of DrumG Technologies. He holds a MA in Materials Science and Metallurgy from Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, as well as a MSc in Financial Engineering from Birkbeck College at the University of London.
Jon Kol
Jon Kol is Vice President at Galaxy Digital and Co-Founder of Hyperlane. He was formerly part of the Investment Team at Passport Capital and a Fixed Income Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
Joshua Lim
Joshua Lim is the Managing Director and Head of Derivatives at Genesis Trading. He previously managed the Spot and Derivatives Trading Desk at Galaxy Digital, and built the Treasury and Over-the-Counter Trading Desk at Circle. Before entering the cryptocurrency space, Josh traded Equity Volatility at Goldman Sachs.
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.
Alex Thorn
Alex Thorn is Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. He was formerly an Investor at Avon Ventures, where he invested in digital assets and bitcoin/crypto/blockchain companies, and a Director of Blockchain Research at Fidelity Investments. At Avon Ventures, he was responsible for investing in early stage ventures working on bitcoin, cryptoassets, and blockchain technology, as the venture fund is affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments. At Fidelity, he conducted and produced research on bitcoin, cryptoassets, digital assets, and blockchain technology at the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and Fidelity Labs. He also represented Fidelity Institutional to state and federal regulators, investigated and responded to inquiries and examinations made by regulatory agencies, liaised with the Legal Department on complex litigation and regulatory matters resulting from regulatory scrutiny or inquiries, innovated technology and systems solutions for the compliance team to create more efficient business processes, workflows, and strategies, and consulted on emerging technology issues, including cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and cyber security. Additionally, he managed the document review process for Fidelity Legal, consulted with in-house counsel and management on discovery processes, innovated procedures and created efficiencies to improve quality, managed vendor relationships for data processing and hosting, oversaw or directly managed hundreds of cases affecting all Fidelity business units, acted as a project manager communicating clearly with in-house and outside attorneys, business partners, and management, and coordinated projects to successful outcomes. He also advised enterprise infrastructure and business units regarding the use of new media, data sources, and communications tools in a regulated environment, promoted Fidelity's positions on retention, legal discovery, and social media at conferences and to external parties and industry groups, performed interviews in support of litigation and ensured accuracy and integrity of data collected, collaborated with design teams to develop business processes and software necessary to create a centralized litigation research team, acted as a gatekeeper responsible for extracting information from legal documents served on Fidelity and identifying specific allegations and potential business issues, conducted research to identify and collect evidence for litigation and regulatory investigations, researched and managed evidentiary case files for over 200 legal investigations, and trained 5 new hires before leaving this role.
David J. Namdar
David J. Namdar is the general partner of Coral DeFi. He was previously the vice president of AU21 Capital, partner of Galaxy Digital, and partner of Abound Capital. David is a cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur, and was a founding partner of Galaxy Digital and SolidX Partners. He has over a decade of international business and financial market experience, and has been involved with a wide range of businesses from startup to large corporations. He has investment expertise in private and public equities, derivatives and foreign currencies and in using fundamental and quantitative analysis to invest on a global basis. In addition, he has significant expertise in digital currency investments, blockchain technology, and the emerging decentralized economy. He previously was with Millennium Management and served as the head trader and technology analyst for an equity relative value portfolio team. David has a bachelor’s degree in finance and international business from the USC Marshall School of Business and also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Will Nuelle
Will Nuelle is a General Partner at Galaxy Ventures, focusing on early-stage investments in protocol layer infrastructure, DeFi applications, and software products. He began his career at Galaxy in Research, where he developed quantitative risk software for trading. Prior to Galaxy, he interned at FOAM and built incentive simulations for the Ethereum protocol. He holds B.S. degrees from Stanford University in Mathematics and Architecture. Furthermore, he is a Board Member for Skolem Technologies and has led more than 13 investments for Galaxy.
Erin Brown
Erin Brown is the Chief Operating Officer of Galaxy Digital. She is a seasoned executive with significant experience in treasury, risk, and trading operations. Prior to joining Galaxy Digital, Brown served as Chief Risk Officer at Jump Trading and was formerly the Head of Global Treasury and Operations at DRW.