The next generation of financial products are getting built on the decentralized internet and institutions are figuring out how to get involved. This episode will give an overview of how institutions are thinking about DeFi, what the roadblocks and challenges are, […]
Solidus Labs CEO Asaf Meir told Blockworks that the digital asset industry’s ‘blank canvas’ appealed to him because he was able to create something out of nothing.
As a fairly early entrant into the crypto market, Murphy experienced the typical skepticism from his peers and colleagues.
“What I discovered about myself at Jane Street was that I was able to pull together the business side and the technology side,” said Harrison.
Mognetti, an economist by training, has been with CoinShares since before it even became CoinShares.
“I heard about cryptography from the security engineering team,” Veltman said. “And then, as I started learning about blockchain, it really resonated with me from an intellectual standpoint.”
Orser is excited about people starting to see blockchain as a disruptive technology and not just an investable asset.
Sonnenshein described himself as “steadfastly loyal to Barry Silbert and to the vision that he set out” to accelerate the development of a better financial system through the proliferation of digital assets and blockchain technology.
Soubiran first heard about bitcoin by chance. A mathematician by training, she was intrigued.
When Sean Rooney moved back to the US in 2015, he had to fly from Los Angeles to Milan just to close his accounts and transfer money to his American bank. It was his frustration with how incompatible different financial systems were that motivated him to look into digital assets.
OKCoin’s CEO Hong Fang was drawn to bitcoin as an investment, but more than that, she was enamored with how it started.