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Garvit Goel  is the Founder and CEO of  Electron , a company specializing in TEE and ZK technologies, backed by leading investors including Stake Capital, Gnosis, Lambda Class, and Legion. Electron recently launched Permute, the most cost-efficient and liquid Bitcoin bridge, powered by TEE. Garvit is an experienced deeptech entrepreneur with research publications in biotechnology and advanced flui...

Dave Sedacca, Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and Director of Finance at Parity Technologies Dave Sedacca is the Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and sits as Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, the core development team behind Polkadot. He leads Parity's financial strategy, spanning treasury management, planning, and institutional engagement. A long-time believer in emerging tech and cryp...

Dave Sedacca, Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and Director of Finance at Parity Technologies Dave Sedacca is the Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and sits as Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, the core development team behind Polkadot. He leads Parity's financial strategy, spanning treasury management, planning, and institutional engagement. A long-time believer in emerging tech and cryp...

Pavel Jakovlev is Head of Product Innovation & Growth at AMINA Bank. He has over a decade of experience driving growth and innovation across tech and Web3. Pavel helps clients from startups to scale up with strategy setting, demand generation, and partnerships to drive business expansion and innovation in Web3.  With specialist communication skills, Pavel brings confidence to clients in foster...

Pavel Jakovlev is Head of Product Innovation & Growth at AMINA Bank. He has over a decade of experience driving growth and innovation across tech and Web3. Pavel helps clients from startups to scale up with strategy setting, demand generation, and partnerships to drive business expansion and innovation in Web3.  With specialist communication skills, Pavel brings confidence to clients in foster...

David Tomasian  is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the founder of Zuko Capital. Beginning as an investor, David took over as CEO of Curious to ensure it was designed to prioritize user autonomy and privacy. Under his leadership, Curious has been built from the ground up as a privacy-first AI that combines encrypted, user-owned data with self-sovereign AI agents that learn from...

David Tomasian  is a seasoned entrepreneur and venture capitalist, and the founder of Zuko Capital. Beginning as an investor, David took over as CEO of Curious to ensure it was designed to prioritize user autonomy and privacy. Under his leadership, Curious has been built from the ground up as a privacy-first AI that combines encrypted, user-owned data with self-sovereign AI agents that learn from...

Steven Bernstein , ASC, DGA, WGA is an award-winning feature film director and screenwriter, shaping some of the most visually striking films of the past 40 years. His work on the Academy Award-winning film  Monster  and on  Like Water for Chocolate  has earned global recognition. He is a recipient of the  American Film Institute Award , the  Sloan Award  (for writing and directing), the  Cannes G...

Steven Bernstein , ASC, DGA, WGA is an award-winning feature film director and screenwriter, shaping some of the most visually striking films of the past 40 years. His work on the Academy Award-winning film  Monster  and on  Like Water for Chocolate  has earned global recognition. He is a recipient of the  American Film Institute Award , the  Sloan Award  (for writing and directing), the  Cannes G...

Ryan Singer,  Co-founder & CEO, Vex Holdings, and Managing Partner, Vex Capital Ryan Singer is Co-founder and CEO of Vex Holdings and Managing Partner at Vex Capital, which creates tokenized securities. He co-founded Chia Network, a new digital currency, in 2017. He also co-founded Tradehill, the first American institutional Bitcoin exchange, in 2012, and CryptoCorp, a multisig security pionee...

Ryan Singer,  Co-founder & CEO, Vex Holdings, and Managing Partner, Vex Capital Ryan Singer is Co-founder and CEO of Vex Holdings and Managing Partner at Vex Capital, which creates tokenized securities. He co-founded Chia Network, a new digital currency, in 2017. He also co-founded Tradehill, the first American institutional Bitcoin exchange, in 2012, and CryptoCorp, a multisig security pionee...

Jeff Owens is the Co-Founder and CEO of  Haven1 , an EVM Layer 1 blockchain with a native Web3 App Store, purpose-built for DeFi 2.0 and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). With a strong background in blockchain infrastructure, fintech, and digital asset management, Jeff has been actively involved in the space since 2015 as a builder, advisor, and investor. Before co-founding Haven1, Jeff was the...

Jeff Owens is the Co-Founder and CEO of  Haven1 , an EVM Layer 1 blockchain with a native Web3 App Store, purpose-built for DeFi 2.0 and tokenized real-world assets (RWAs). With a strong background in blockchain infrastructure, fintech, and digital asset management, Jeff has been actively involved in the space since 2015 as a builder, advisor, and investor. Before co-founding Haven1, Jeff was the...

Brian Huang, Co-Founder Brian Huang is the Co-Founder of Glider, the automated execution layer for onchain investing. He’s a leading voice in consumer-first DeFi and the evolution of ETFs into direct, programmable asset ownership. A graduate of MIT, Brian previously built global trading systems at XTX Markets, covering every liquid linear asset, and later developed institutional-grade crypto infra...

Brian Huang, Co-Founder Brian Huang is the Co-Founder of Glider, the automated execution layer for onchain investing. He’s a leading voice in consumer-first DeFi and the evolution of ETFs into direct, programmable asset ownership. A graduate of MIT, Brian previously built global trading systems at XTX Markets, covering every liquid linear asset, and later developed institutional-grade crypto infra...

Vadym Nesterenko is a product & growth manager, researcher, and angel investor with 8 years of experience in the crypto markets. He was a founding team member at Alfred, a Telegram-based trading app, and led product and growth at Kolibrio, an infrastructure project focused on mitigating the negative externalities of MEV. He previously managed products at Atomica (DeFi) and GEO Protocol (Layer...

Vadym Nesterenko is a product & growth manager, researcher, and angel investor with 8 years of experience in the crypto markets. He was a founding team member at Alfred, a Telegram-based trading app, and led product and growth at Kolibrio, an infrastructure project focused on mitigating the negative externalities of MEV. He previously managed products at Atomica (DeFi) and GEO Protocol (Layer...

Gabriel Jimenez is the founder and CEO of UGLYCASH, a stablecoin app designed to make digital dollars easy, rewarding, and accessible worldwide. With UGLYCASH, users can earn up to 8% APY on dollar stablecoins, send money instantly with zero fees, and access benefits like 1% cashback and virtual accounts across the U.S., Europe, and Mexico. Earlier in his career, Jimenez made global headlines afte...

Gabriel Jimenez is the founder and CEO of UGLYCASH, a stablecoin app designed to make digital dollars easy, rewarding, and accessible worldwide. With UGLYCASH, users can earn up to 8% APY on dollar stablecoins, send money instantly with zero fees, and access benefits like 1% cashback and virtual accounts across the U.S., Europe, and Mexico. Earlier in his career, Jimenez made global headlines afte...

Thomas Chen is the CEO of Function, where he leads the transformation of Bitcoin into a productive yield-bearing asset. With a background in traditional finance and fintech, Thomas previously helped BitGo grow to over $100 billion in assets as its Global Head of Sales. At Function, he is spearheading the development of institutional-grade architecture for bitcoin yield. Backed by partners like Gal...

Thomas Chen is the CEO of Function, where he leads the transformation of Bitcoin into a productive yield-bearing asset. With a background in traditional finance and fintech, Thomas previously helped BitGo grow to over $100 billion in assets as its Global Head of Sales. At Function, he is spearheading the development of institutional-grade architecture for bitcoin yield. Backed by partners like Gal...

Zayn Kalyan - Advisor Zayn Kalyan is an experienced investment banker and business development executive. Starting his career as a software engineer, his background in the “ground-up” development of startup technology companies serves as his foundation in finance. Zayn has been involved in the digital asset space since 2014, beginning with small scale Bitcoin mining, and the startup of a centraliz...

Zayn Kalyan - Advisor Zayn Kalyan is an experienced investment banker and business development executive. Starting his career as a software engineer, his background in the “ground-up” development of startup technology companies serves as his foundation in finance. Zayn has been involved in the digital asset space since 2014, beginning with small scale Bitcoin mining, and the startup of a centraliz...

Tristan Thoma, Managing Director @ Impera Strategy www.imperastrategy.com Tristan Thoma led the implementation of the first and only operating national crypto system in the world, in El Salvador. His firsthand experience in system & business design, technical architecture and policy creation applies to both creative high-level strategic initiatives and the execution of precise tactical decisio...

Tristan Thoma, Managing Director @ Impera Strategy www.imperastrategy.com Tristan Thoma led the implementation of the first and only operating national crypto system in the world, in El Salvador. His firsthand experience in system & business design, technical architecture and policy creation applies to both creative high-level strategic initiatives and the execution of precise tactical decisio...