Experts

George McDonaugh is Managing Director and Co-Founder KR1. KR1 is Europe's leading digital asset investment company supporting early stage decentralised and open source blockchain projects.

George McDonaugh

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Alex Thorn is Head of Research at Galaxy Digital. Formerly Investor at Avon Ventures, Blockchain Research at Fidelity Investments. Investing in digital assets and bitcoin/crypto/blockchain companies at Avon Ventures, a venture fund affiliates with FMR LLC, the parent company of of Fidelity Investments.

He is at Avon Ventures, Invest in early stage ventures working on bitcoin, cryptoassets, and blockchain technology at Avon Ventures, a venture fund affiliated with FMR LLC, the parent company of Fidelity Investments.

And he is Director of Blockchain Research, Conduct and produce research on bitcoin, cryptoassets, digital assets and blockchain technology at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology and Fidelity Labs.

Represent Fidelity Institutional to state and federal regulators. Research, investigate and respond to inquiries and examinations made by regulatory agencies. Liaise with Legal Department on complex litigation and regulatory matters resulting from regulatory scrutiny or inquiries. Innovate technology and systems solutions for the compliance team to create more efficiency business processes, workflows, and strategies. Consult on emerging technology issues, including cryptocurrencies, digital assets, and cyber security. 

Manage document review process for Fidelity Legal. Consult with in-house counsel and management on discovery process, innovating procedures and creating efficiencies to improve quality. Manage vendor relationships for data processing and hosting. Oversee or directly manage hundreds of cases affecting all Fidelity business units. Act as project manager communicating clearly with in-house and outside attorneys, business partners and management and coordinating projects to successful outcomes. Advise enterprise infrastructure and business units regarding the use of new media, data sources, and communications tools in a regulated environment. Promote 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 team to develop business processes and software necessary to create a centralized litigation research team. Acted as gate keeper 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 file for over 200 legal investigations. Trained 5 new hires before leaving this role.

Alex Thorn

Bill Miller, CFA is the founder of Miller Value Partners, and currently serves as the Chairman and Chief Investment Officer1, and co-Portfolio Manager for Opportunity Equity and Income Strategy. Prior to Miller Value Partners, Bill and his partner, Ernie Kiehne, founded Legg Mason Capital Management and served as portfolio managers of the Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust from its inception in 1982. Bill took over as sole manager in December 1990 and served in this role for the next 20 years.

Bill was the director of research for Legg Mason from October 1981 through June 1985 and assumed overall responsibility for Legg Mason’s equity funds management division in 1990. Prior to joining Legg Mason in 1981, he served as treasurer of the JE Baker Company, a major manufacturer of products for the steel and cement industries.

Bill earned his economics degree from Washington and Lee University, where he graduated with honors in 1972. Subsequent to graduation, he served as a military intelligence officer overseas and then pursued graduate studies in philosophy in the Ph.D program at The Johns Hopkins University. He received his CFA designation in 1986. Bill is Chairman Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of the Santa Fe Institute, where he served as Chairman from 2005 to 2009. Bill owns Jake (the world’s smartest bulldog), is an avid Ravens and Orioles fan, and collects books.

Bill Miller

Perpetually fooled by randomness. Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital.

I’m co-founder and managing partner at Multicoin Capital, a thesis-driven cryptofund focused on driving returns for investors long-term. I’m proud to say that we’re one of the most respected firms in the space, backed by some of the smartest investors in the world. 

I started programming when I was 10 years old. I'm absolutely fascinated by software. It’s been a lifelong passion that’s guided me to what I believe is the dawn of a new asset class.

As managing partner at Multicoin, I spend every waking moment examining market forces and searching for new opportunities. I also enjoy working closely with our portfolio, conducting in-depth research, and designing crypto-native investment strategies. I’ve invested the bulk of my time and money into this firm. I have every intent to be here for the long-haul. 

My uncanny superpower is the ability consume and synthesize massive amounts of complex information, and distill the core concepts such that they can be explained to a 5-year old. I share my thoughts publicly on Multicoin's blog.

Prior to starting Multicoin, I co-founded Pristine, an enterprise software company that enables deskless workers with solutions for smart glasses. During my time as CEO we grew to millions in revenue and raised over $5 million in venture capital before being acquired by Upskill in May, 2017. It was amazing journey and a tremendous learning experience. 

I hold degrees in Finance and Management from NYU Stern. And, if the internet made a degree in crypto, I would hold that too.

Kyle Samani

Michael Anderson is Co-Founder at Framework Ventures. Previously, he was at Hashletes, Snap and Dropbox.

Michael Anderson

Su Zhu is CEO and CIO at Three Arrows Capital, Co-Founder at Sensus Markets. Three Arrows Capital is a Singapore-based hedge fund.

Su Zhu

Naval Ravikant is the CEO and co-founder of AngelList. He’s invested in more than 100 companies, including Uber, Twitter, Yammer, and many others.

I am a founder and Chairman of AngelList. I’m also a Venture Partner at MetaStable. I previously co-founded Epinions (which went public as part of Shopping.com) and Vast.com. I’m an active angel investor, and have invested in dozens of companies, including Twitter, Uber, Wish, Thumbtack, Postmates, Kraken, Yammer, Stack Overflow and OpenDoor.

Naval Ravikant

Liam Horne is Contributor at Optimism PBC, Co-founder of ETHGlobal, State channels developer. Formerly, Co-Founder at  L4V, Director of Engineering at Atomic, CTO at PiinPoint.

Liam Horne

Brad Burnham is a managing partner at Union Square Ventures. He started working in information technology with AT&T in 1979. Brad spun Echo Logic out of Bell Laboratories in 1989 and joined AT&T Ventures in 1993.

Brad co-founded TACODA in 2001 before joining Fred to create Union Square Ventures in 2003. Brad majored in political science at Wesleyan University. He is married with two kids and lives in New York City.

Brad Burnham

Jill Carlson Gunter is Principal at Slow Ventures; Co-Founder of Open Money Initiative; Advisor at O(1) Labs, Algorand, UMA.

I work in technology. I focus on innovation around markets and governance.

I am a co-founder of the Open Money Initiative, a non-profit research organization working to guarantee the right to a free and open financial system.

I co-host a podcast about cryptocurrency called What Grinds My Gears.

I advise startups including Algorand, O(1) Labs, and Risk Labs. I have consulted for projects including 0x, dYdX, CoinList, Tezos, and the Electric Coin (Zcash) Company. I have also worked with big institutions like the International Monetary Fund.

In my former lives, I was a bond trader on Wall Street and a classics enthusiast.

George McDonaugh

Managing Director and Co-Founder KR1.