Kaitai Chang

Co-Founder & COO at Yala

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Kaitai Chang is co-founder and COO of Yala, having previously held positions at Binance and APX Finance. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Saint-Etienne Telecom.

Work Experience

Yala

Co-Founder & COO

Jan, 2024 - Now

Binance

APX Finance

Education Experience

Harvard University

Relevance Person

Noah Perlman

Noah Perlman is the Chief Compliance Officer at Binance.Before Binance, He worked at Gemini, first as CCO and then as Chief Operating Officer. He also served as President and CEO of the Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a New York trust company regulated by the the New York State Department of Financial Services. Before starting in crypto, He was a Managing Director and the Global Head of Financial Crimes at Morgan Stanley, where He had legal and compliance responsibility for the Firm’s Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, Anti-Boycott, Anti-Corruption and Government and Political Activities programs. Earlier in his career He was the Division Counsel for the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division. Prior to his stint with DEA He was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York where He held several supervisory posts including Special Coordinator for Crimes against Children and Deputy Chief of the Narcotics Section.

Helen Hai

Helen Hai is the Head of Global Fiat exchange and Head of Binance Charity Foundation at Binance. The business involves working with payment processors and banks to ensure customers can convert U.S. dollars and other traditional currencies into digital currencies. Presively She was the Head of Africa、Head of Europe & UK、Head of NFT & Fan Token、Intrim Head for M&A at Binance.

Ken Li

Ken Li is the co-founder of Eternis and the former investment director of Binance Labs. He graduated from Harvard University.

Eowyn Chen

Eowyn Chen is the CEO of Trust Wallet, one of the world's largest multi-chain, non-custodial crypto wallets serving tens of millions of users globally. Previously, Eowyn was the VP at Binance, building and leading its central marketing team to help grow users from tens of millions into hundreds of millions. Before diving into the blockchain industry, she helped international startups with their go-to-market strategy and operations in the US and was trained as a management consultant in financial services at Oliver Wyman in New York. Trained as a science-minded history concentrator at Harvard College, Eowyn always aspires to be a child-like truth seeker of fundamental principles of human individuals and society.

Ling Zhang

Ling Zhang is the Managing Partner of Old Fashion Research (OFR). She has previously served as the Vice President of Binance Strategic Investment and M&A, Partner of ZWC Partners, and Director of KPCB's China Investment Team. While at Binance, Ling spearheaded several acquisitions and strategic investments, including FTX, Multicoin Capital, and CertiK.

Wayne Fu

Wayne Fu is the Managing Partner of Old Fashion Research (OFR) and was formerly the Head of Corporate Development at Binance.

Geoff Hamilton

Geoff is an Investment Research Partner at Variant, where he focuses primarily on DeFi. Prior to joining Variant, Geoff spent 15 years investing in private and public companies. During that time, helped start and grow five investment firms, including Askesis Capital, Dayah Capital, Sachem Head Capital Management, and Conatus Capital. Before that, Geoff worked at Bain Capital and Bain & Company and studied Economics at Harvard.

Hakuna Xie

Hakuna Xie is an Investment Director at LD Capital. She has previously worked as a Partner at BlockArk and PR at Binance. She received her education from Nanjing University of Finance and Economics in Shanghai, China.

Cully Cavness

Cully Cavness is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Crusoe Energy. He was educated at Harvard Business School Executive Education.

Phil Chang

Phil Chang is the Deputy General Counsel at Solana and previously worked at Ropes & Gray LLP. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Boston College.