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John Vibes is an author and early crypto adopter who is currently working as the Chief Vibe Officer for Somnia, an L1 blockchain and set of omnichain protocols optimized for gaming and the metaverse. John began his journey in crypto in 2013, covering Bitcoin and The Silk Road case as a journalist. He has since written with many crypto publications and influencers, from CryptoGlobe to Bitboy Crypto...

A seasoned crypto activist, Angus Tookey has been building in the space since 2018. Angus has spoken at many major conferences and Ethereum community events, advocating for more transparency, verifiability, and resilience in the DeFi space. Founding a successful digital marketing agency in London, UK, Angus went on to lead marketing and communications across a range of sectors in crypto, including...

John Wingate is the CEO of Bank Social. A thought leader on transformational technology, financial innovation, regulation and laws, entrepreneurship and business, Wingate argues that society’s centrally managed gatekeepers – governments, journalists, and corporations – are incapable of imposing order on the chaos of our decentralized, online existence. His talks present an alternative in which sof...

Krystyna Kozak-Kornacka is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cookie3. Before hopping onboard Cookie3, Krystyna has driven communications, marketing, and community strategies for various high-profile projects such as Neo, Koinly, or DOP. At Cookie3, Krystyna focuses on innovative marketing approaches that elevate the company's presence and impact in the industry. As the CMO of a marketing platform...

Oliver von Landsberg-Sadie, Head of Strategic Partnerships at  MPCH , is Founder and former CEO of BCB Group, Europe’s leading platform combining transaction banking and OTC trading services for the cryptocurrency industry. Oliver is also the Founder and CEO of VLS Capital, which focuses on investment in early stage green tech startups. With over twenty years in investment banking, Oliver formerly...

Haden Patrick is Director of Business Operations of  Cordial Systems , a provider of institutional-grade self custody software using a Zero Trust security model. Haden has executive experience in team leadership, engineering and education originating from his 24 year career as a Naval Officer. After co-founding SoloKeys, the first open-source security key company, he went on to manage projects con...

Alex Pruden is the Executive Director at the Aleo Network Foundation. Prior to Aleo, he was an investing partner on the Andreessen Horowitz team where he specialized in cryptocurrencies and blockchain. He also served 9 years in the U.S. Army as an Infantry and Special Forces officer. 

Lucas Fulks is the CPO at  Helika , the leading data analytics, marketing, and game management platform in gaming. Lucas is a seasoned executive and data specialist with nine combined years in gaming analytics including critical roles at Zynga, Sciplay, Artie, and now Helika. In addition to his experience working at AAA gaming companies, he's had 4x exits as a startup founder and core team mem...

Annelise Osborne is Chief Business Officer at Kadena, a Layer 1, POW blockchain where she is focused on upgrading finance. Annelise has over 20 years of experience in finance, credit, real estate, family office, risk, structuring, governance, and digital assets. She was previously Head of Institutional for Arca Labs, working with companies to drive blockchain innovation through strategic partnersh...

Norman Wooding is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at SCRYPT. He has been involved in the Blockchain and Digital Asset space since 2014. He holds a Master's from the London School of Economics, where he acted as a Tutor on the topic of Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.

Chris Waters is a 20-year veteran of animation and television development and production for kids/family and adult audiences.  He currently serves as CPO of Playground Productions, an independent studio focused on development, finance and distribution of kids' and family content and co-founder of NounsFest, which funds and distributes independent animation globally. Prior to that, he served as...

Dan Kaizer is a decentralized application architect, and Solidity expert. He is an early blockchain enthusiast, frequent public speaker and hackathon judge. Well known in international Solidity developers community, one of the leading persons in the Russian blockchain community, Dan participated in developing smart-contracts and token economy concepts for a wide range of an international blockchai...

Nikhil Raghuveera is Co-Founder and CEO of Aethos, a programmable policy layer that powers pre-transaction rules and conditions. Leveraging the agility of offchain computation and cryptoeconomic security through EigenLayer, the network powers pre-transaction rules and conditions in which transactions are only executed if they adhere to the defined rules. Policies are modifiable and fully owned by...

Luke Barwikowski is the founder and CEO of Pixels, the largest web3 game by DAU. With over 2.5M total players, Pixels is a social, casual web3 game powered by the Ronin Network, focusing on farming, exploration, and creation in an open world.  As CEO, Luke's mission is to build the biggest Web3 casual games company. Luke's background in software engineering started at 12, and he built and...

Chris is CEO of  Cupcake.com , the social layer of Solana. Chris has been investing in crypto since 2016 and has worked full-time in the space since 2021. Prior to Cupcake, Chris worked for Gary Vaynerchuck at Vayner3, a Fortune 500 Web3 consulting firm, as SVP of Strategy & Operations. During his time at V3, he led over $25M of work with brands like Budweiser, Red Bull, Coinbase, Johnny Walke...

A web3 native, Kelsey McGuire currently serves as the Chief Growth Officer for Shardeum, an EVM based autoscaling blockchain. A web3 native, Kelsey joined Shardeum from her role as CMO at VC, CoinFund, having also previously held senior leadership and marketing roles at Celo and Consensys. Her expertise is in community engagement, management, and growth.

Nick Cowan, Group CEO of Valereum (VLRM), is an accomplished leader in capital markets. Having served as GSX Group CEO, founding the Gibraltar Stock Exchange and GSX Group, Nick has worked in equities and derivatives trading around the world. Nick has amassed over 35 years of experience in tier-one firms such as Bear Stearns & ING Barings, where he managed up to 2,500 employees across 43 countries...

Ishan Bhaidani is the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of SCRIB3, a web3 marketing and PR venture. Ishan’s work in the crypto industry includes being involved with more than a dozen projects within the top 200 of Crypto Market Cap in a variety of areas, including product consulting, go-to-market strategy and tokenomics. He has an entrepreneurial background, having previously founded and manage...

Michal “Mehow” Pospieszalski is a seasoned tech leader with a track record of pioneering innovative solutions in the crypto world. As the CTO and co-founder of SwissFortress and CEO, co-founder, co-inventor of MatterFi, Michal merges visionary strategy with hands-on tech know-how, propelling both companies towards defining the future of digital asset management.

JOJO is a decentralized perpetual contract trading platform on Base. With its pioneering hybrid liquidity model, JOJO balances liquidity and composability, providing active traders with a smooth, fast, and low-cost trading experience and hedging capabilities for other DeFi protocols. JOJO uses Smart Contract Orders to facilitate off-chain matching of trades, which is faster and less costly, while...

Tom Kiddle  is Co-Founder of  Palisade , a digital asset custodian backed by Ripple, providing businesses with a comprehensive solution for managing digital assets securely. Through his visionary leadership at Palisade, Tom is shaping the future of digital asset security and management, revolutionizing how businesses safeguard their digital assets and providing a reliable foundation for their grow...

Chris Hermida , a longtime Web3 industry veteran, is the co-founder and CEO of  Switchboard , a fast, permissionless, and customizable oracle network that makes it easy for developers to bring any data on-chain. Chris previously held positions as an OTC trader, lead data analyst, and risk analyst at Circle, an industry leading stablecoin platform, and as an advisor and co-head of business developm...

Agustín Liserra  is the CEO & Co-founder at  Num Finance , a platform that seamlessly merges the stability of traditional financial instruments with the innovation and potential of blockchain technology. Agustín previously worked as the Chief Financial Officer at  Buenbit  and has over 12 years of experience in trading, finance, and risk management. Agustín holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electro...

  Chris Yin  is CEO and Co-founder of  Plume Network , the first modular EVM L2 blockchain dedicated for all real-world assets (RWAs). Previously, Chris served as a Principal at Scale Venture Partners, VP Product at RainforestQA, Director of Product at Coupa, and a founder at Xpenser. Chris has also invested as an angel investor in many projects including Retool, Hightouch, BioRender, Certn, Graph...

  Zach Bruch  is the founder and CEO of  MyPrize ,  an online crypto casino. Zach previously held positions at Kraken and Cumberland Labs, where he ran their sales trading desk. He later created his own trading operation and became one of the most profitable individual traders of all time. Prior to founding MyPrize, Zach previously served as co-founder and CEO at RECUR and as an advisor at JST Cap...