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Mika Honkasalo is an investment partner at Equilibrium Ventures and founder of Access Protocol, having previously held positions at ParaFi Capital and The Block.
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Kevin Yedid-Botton
Kevin Yedid-Botton is a Financial Markets expert at ParaFi Capital. Previously, he was a Quant and Strategic Investments PM. From 2015 to 2018, he was the CEO, CTO, and Founder of Tenzar Technologies, a computing company based in San Diego, CA. Professional Expertise: Technology, Financial Markets, and Investment Management.
Leo Wong
Leo Wong is the APEC Lead at Access Protocol, as well as a Venture Partner at Double Peak Group and a builder at WarpGate.
Lars H.
Lars H. is Senior Director of Research at The Block and previously worked at Credit Suisse. He graduated from Tsinghua University and ESB Business School, Reutlingen University.
Igor Igamberdiev
Igor Igamberdiev is Head of Research at Wintermute, formerly at Paradigm and Director of Research at The Block.
Santiago R Santos
Santiago Roel Santos is Angel investor focusing on tech and healthcare, Founder of EON Capital, formerly Crypto-asset investing at ParaFi Capital, Founder of Roca Capital. Santiago became involved in Bitcoin in 2013 after realizing its potential to disrupt the remittance industry and to democratize the access to information and services. Beyond disrupting legacy businesses, he is most excited about the rise of new forms of decentralized models powered by blockchains. Prior to Roca, Santiago worked at J.P. Morgan in their investment banking financial sponsors group and then at Sageview Capital investing and helping internet and software companies scale. He then was technical advisor to the founders of Elysium Health, a leading consumer health company shifting the paradigm of drug discovery. He was one of the youngest recipients of the J.P. Morgan Launching Leaders Scholarship and admitted to their investment banking program as a freshman. Santiago earned a BA in Economics magna cum laude from Boston University in 3 years.
Michael Price
Michael Price is Head of Frontend Engiineering at The Block. Michael has been making magnificent software since 2005. At his previous gig, Michael took on a role as a Lead Developer at Mindfulware where he developed and oversaw the core architecture development for their insurance enrollment platform. Prior to that, Michael made miracles happen as a Senior Developer at PlutoTV, where he co–developed some of their key technologies responsible for bringing live TV experiences to the web. In his spare time, Michael enjoys contributing to open–source projects, long walks on the beach and spending time with his wife and 3 crazy kids.
Frank Chaparro
Frank Chaparro is Host of The Scoop and Director of Special Projects at The Block. Formerly: finance reporter in BusinessInsider, politics at WFUV Radio, comms at Nasdaq. Frank Chaparro leads editorial efforts for The Block, the go-to source of trustworthy information and news on cryptocurrency, blockchain, and decentralized technologies, as its senior correspondent. Chaparro started his career at Business Insider, where he specialized in the intersection of digital assets and Wall Street, market structure, and financial technology. He has received numerous accolades for his work and maintained the position as one of the most well-read fintech reporter through his time there, breaking stories on firms such as Fidelity, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Nasdaq. Soon after joining Business Insider out of Fordham University, Chaparro was interviewing top finance and tech executives, including billionaire Mark Cuban, “Flash Boys” star Brad Katsuyama, Cboe Global Markets CEO Ed Tilly, and New York Stock Exchange President Tom Farley. In 2018, he become a sought after reporter in the crypto world, interviewing luminaries such as Tyler Winklevoss, the cofounder of Gemini, Jeremy Allaire, the CEO of Circle, and Fundstrat head Tom Lee. He joined The Block to dive deeper into his specialty and is responsible for investigating the most powerful figures and firms in the cryptocurrency market and unearthing market moving news.
Matteo Leibowitz
Matteo Leibowitz is the former head of investment at Uniswap Labs. He has been engaged in data analysis research at The Block and was also the founder of CryptoChat.us.
Anjan Vinod
Anjan Vinod is the principal director of ParaFi Capital. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
Adrian Uberto
Adrian Uberto is a partner and COO of ParaFi Capital, and previously was Managing Director, CEO and COO of CoinList. He graduated from George Washington University and East China Normal University.