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Unique is co-founder and Lead Software Engineer at Nibiru Chain, a layer 1 blockchain built on Cosmos. Prior to Nibiru, he was part of the Sommelier Protocol team, where he was able to leverage his skills in Golang, Cosmos SDK, Python, Solidity, TypeScript, and Google Cloud Platform. Before that, he was a data scientist at IBM. Unique studied at Columbia University and has a Master's Degree in Applied Mathematics.
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Taariq Lewis
Taariq Lewis is the CEO and founder of VolumeFi, a cross-chain product lab that is debuting their cross-chain messaging layer, Paloma (palomachain.com). He was also the co-founder of Sommelier Protocol with Zaki Manian and Jack Zampolin and led product management and product marketing for Sommelier. He is a serial entrepreneur who has also founded several successful fintech and blockchain products - Promise, Aquila, and SericaPay. Taariq also helped bring Bitcoin and blockchain engineering to a global audience with numerous educational events.
Emily Hsia
Emily Hsia is the Co-Founder & CTO of Shadow. Presively she worked at Goldfinch and Airbnb. She graduated from Columbia University.
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.
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.
Ricky Tsang
Ricky Tsang is the Chief Information Officer at Meex and formerly served as CIO at BC Group. He graduated from the University of Manchester.
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.
Pranay Mohan
Pranay Mohan is the Co-Founder and CEO of Nomad. Ex-Product Manager at Celo, and Ex-Developer Relations at 0(1) Labs.
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.