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Kento Inami is the founder and CEO of UXD Protocol. UXD is a decentralized stablecoin, backed 100% by a delta neutral position. Formerly, Corporate Strategy at bitFlyer Group.

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Brian Armstrong is the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Armstrong founded the company, which has become one of the largest in the Bitcoin space, in June 2012.

He is Co-founder GiveCrypto, Building an open financial system for the world.

Before founding Coinbase, Armstrong worked as a Software Engineer at AirBNB from 2011-2012. Previously, he founded UniversityTutory.com and also worked as a software engineer at CarWoo.com.

Brian Armstrong

Kevin Owocki is Founder at Supermodular, Co-Founder of Gitcoin. Internet citizen, DAO cartographer, EVM whisperer & chaos magician of web3eventco.

I am 7df3h38zabcvjylnyfe3 @owocki, but my real name is Kevin Owocki. I am a software engineer by profession. I've been experimenting with web projects since 1999, when I ran a web company out of my parents house in Pennsylvania, USA. I am hacking, learning, and writing about the intersection of health, technology, design, & lifestyle.  I've dabbled in some Python, PHP, Postgres, Objective C, Rails, & Javascript in my day, but am interested in mediums beyond code too; especially photography, audio, and the written word.  Nowadays, I am interested in next generation technologies, especially machine learning, computer vision, VR, AR, & plenoptic photography.

Kevin Owocki

Founder of Parity Technologies. Blockchain bloke. All things Web 3.0. London.

Gavin Wood is the founder of Parity Technologies, which develops cutting-edge blockchain applications. Most notably, Wood was one of the co-founders of Ethereum, having coded its first functional implementation. He is also the co-founder of Grid Singularity, which aims to develop a decentralized energy management platform.

Gavin Wood

Jesse Pollak is Senior Director of Engineering at Coinbase, building city3, OAK. Previously: Clef, Instant 2FA.

I currently work on protocols, public goods, cities, and currencies at Coinbase & beyond (more coming soon). I previously led all Retail engineering at Coinbase, including building Coinbase, Coinbase Pro, and Coinbase Wallet.

Way back when, I started Clef and was an engineer at BuzzFeed. I also write open source software and take photos.

Jesse Pollak

Matt Odell is the co-founder of Final Message, Bitcoin Citadel. Advisor of Bottle Pay. He is also co-founder of CoinPrices, a site that delivers news and analysis on cryptocurrencies.

Matt Odell

Chris Dixon is a general partner. For the past five years, Chris has been an active seed and venture-stage investor at Andreessen Horowitz.

Previously, Chris was the cofounder and CEO of two startups, SiteAdvisor and Hunch. SiteAdvisor was an internet security company that warned web users of security threats. The company was acquired by McAfee in 2006. Hunch was a recommendation technology company that was acquired by eBay in 2011.
Chris has been a prolific seed investor, cofounding Founder Collective, a seed venture fund, and making a number of personal angel investments in various technology companies.

Chris started programming as a kid, and was a professional programmer after college at the high-speed options trading firm, Arbitrade. He has a BA and MA in Philosophy from Columbia and an MBA from Harvard.

Chris Dixon

Joseph Lubin is the co-founder of Ethereum, and the founder of ConsenSys, a blockchain app development firm. Lubin also helped to set up the non-profit Ethereum Foundation and VC fund ConsenSys Ventures, which invests in decentralized blockchain applications. Lubin holds a B.S. in Engineering from Princeton University. Building the decentralized Web 3.0 on Ethereum.

Joseph Lubin

Widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash, he is also known for other fundamental innovations in cryptography, including privacy technology and secure election systems.

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Dr Garrick Hileman, head of research at Blockchain, co-founder of Mosaic, research associate at the London School of Economics.

Garrick is best known for his research on monetary and distributed systems innovation, particularly cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. 

Garrick was ranked as one of the 100 most influential economists in the UK & Ireland. He is regularly invited to share his research and perspective with public sector institutions, including the CIA, US Army and Naval War Colleges, Federal Reserve, Bank of England, and the Financial Stability Board, as well as media, including the BBC, CNBC, FT, WSJ, and NPR. Garrick is frequently sought as a speaker.

Notable cryptocurrency and blockchain research publications include the "2017 Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study" (University of Cambridge) and the "2017 Global Blockchain Benchmarking Study" (University of Cambridge). He also created and published the CoinDesk "State of Bitcoin" and "State of Blockchain" reports from 2013-2016. Garrick's other research interests include sovereign debt, financial crises, financial repression and prudential regulation, black markets, and systemic risk. He completed his PhD in economic history at the London School of Economics under the supervision of professors Albrecht Ritschl and Niall Ferguson.

Garrick's teaching includes developing the UK's first university taught class on blockchain technology at the University of Cambridge, and teaching on numerous executive education programs and other classes for Cambridge, Oxford, Columbia, Northwestern, and the London School of Economics.

Garrick has worked for 15+ years in the private sector with both start-ups like Blockchain and Mosaic and established companies such as Bank of America, The Home Depot, IDG, and Allianz. Garrick’s technology experience includes co-founding a San Francisco-based new venture incubator and IT strategy consulting for multinationals. Garrick has served on the boards of directors of both publicly traded and private companies, and he has worked or consulted in a wide range of industries, including banking, technology, online media, specialty finance, insurance, business services, retail, non-profit, education, and government.

Garrick’s volunteer work includes serving as a Big City Mountaineers guide for at-risk urban teens on backcountry excursions in the Sierra Nevada. He also was a founding member of the record-setting PolarVision expedition, which raised funds and awareness for sight-related charities.

Kento Inami

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