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Jon Matonis is chief economist at Sol Strategies and founding director of the 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.
Leah Wald
Leah Wald is President and CEO of Cypherpunk Holdings and previously was co-founder and CEO of Valkyrie. She is an economist specializing in asset management with a focus on value investing. After working in ngos, the World Bank and asset management, she co-founded Valkyrie with CIO Steven McClurg.
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 was previously Chief Marketing Officer at Tonkeeper and co-founder and chief strategy Officer at Beluga. He previously 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 Casey is President of DAIS Global and was previously Chief Content Officer of CoinDesk and co-founder and CEO of Streambed Media. 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.