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Jon Matonis is a Founding Director of the original Bitcoin Foundation and his career has included senior influential posts at VISA International, VeriSign, Sumitomo Bank, and Hushmail. His current position is Chief Economist for Cypherpunk Holdings, Inc., a privacy protocol investment company. A monetary economist focused on expanding the circulation of nonpolitical digital currencies, Jon also serves as an independent board director to companies in the Bitcoin, the Blockchain, mobile payments, and gaming sectors. Jon has been a featured guest on CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, NPR, Al Jazeera, RT, Virgin Radio, and numerous podcasts.
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Kevin Reynolds
Kevin Reynolds is chief editor at CoinDesk and previously was global executive editor at Bloomberg. He graduated from the College of New Jersey.
Ryan Selkis
Ryan Selkis is the Founder & ex-CEO of Messari, and was previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ConsenSys and a founding team member at the industry's most active investor, Digital Currency Group, and the largest media brand, CoinDesk. He is also working on new ventures and angel investing.
Christine Kim
Christine Kim is Vice President of Research at Galaxy Digital and formerly a research analyst at CoinDesk. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in International Relations and Economics, and her interests include writing and researching emerging technologies.
Andrew Thurman
Andrew Thurman is a contributor at Jito and was previously head of communications at Nansen and senior technology correspondent at CoinDesk. He has a master's degree from the University of Pittsburgh.
Daniel Cawrey
Daniel Cawrey is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Beluga. Presively he worked at Passfolio, Cypherpunk and CoinDesk.
Sam Ewen
Sam Ewen is senior vice president and head of Media Experience and innovation at CoinDesk. He is a seasoned marketing talent with over 20 years of brand experience across physical, digital and social platforms. Sam Ewen is a graduate of Hunter College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Kevin Worth
Kevin Worth is the former CEO of CoinDesk and previously served as Global CFO of Bloomberg Digital Media and CEO of The Deal.
Michael Casey
Michael J. Casey is CoinDesk's chief content officer. Previously, Casey was the CEO of Streambed Media, a company he cofounded to develop provenance data for digital content. He was also a senior advisor at MIT Media Labs's Digital Currency Initiative and a senior lecturer at MIT Sloan School of Management. Prior to joining MIT, Casey spent 18 years at The Wall Street Journal, where his last position was as a senior columnist covering global economic affairs. Casey has authored five books, including "The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money are Challenging the Global Economic Order" and "The Truth Machine: The Blockchain and the Future of Everything," both co-authored with Paul Vigna. Upon joining CoinDesk full time, Casey resigned from a variety of paid advisory positions. He maintains unpaid posts as an advisor to not-for-profit organizations, including MIT Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative and The Deep Trust Alliance. He is a shareholder and non-executive chairman of Streambed Media. Casey owns a small amount of bitcoin.
Brady Dale
Brady Dale is a reporter for Axios Crypto and was previously a senior reporter at The Defiant and CoinDesk.
Aoyon Ashraf
Aoyon Ashraf is editor-in-chief at CoinDesk and previously worked at Bloomberg. He graduated from the University of Toronto, Canada.