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Mikhail Avady is the co-founder of Prodia. He is a graduate of the Goizueta School of Business at Emory University, the Eisenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and the University of Arizona.
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Barry Silbert
Barry Silbert is the Founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG). He is at the epicenter of the bitcoin and blockchain industry, and DCG is a global enterprise that builds, supports, and invests in companies worldwide. As an early and active investor in the industry, Barry established himself in 2012. He founded DCG in 2015 and the company is now one of the industry's most prolific investors, backing hundreds of companies globally. In addition to its investment portfolio, DCG owns Grayscale Investments, Genesis, CoinDesk, Foundry, Luno, TradeBlock, and HQ. DCG also invests directly in digital currencies and other digital assets. Before DCG, Barry was the Founder and CEO of SecondMarket, a venture-backed technology company that was acquired by Nasdaq. He has been recognized with several awards and honors, such as Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young and Crain's, and being selected to Fortune's "40 under 40" list. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Barry worked as an investment banker in New York. He graduated with honors from the Goizueta Business School of Emory University.
Patrick Collins
Patrick Collins is an engineer, security researcher, and co-founder of Cyfrin. He is the former lead Developer Advocate at ChainLink. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Justin Ridgely
Justin Ridgely is the COO at Syndicate. Formerly, Director of Operational Finance at BlockFi, Founder of Reboot Careers, Finance and Strategy Lead at Dissectables, Associate at Credit Suisse.
Pete Rizzo
Pete Rizzo is the Chief Content Officer of Bitcoin Magazine and a contributing editor at Kraken. He was editor in chief at CoinDesk and senior editor at PYMNTS, and holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.、
Kenny Dong
Kenny Dong is an investor at Folius Ventures and previously worked at Sequoia Capital and Northern Lights Ventures. He graduated from Emory University and Yale University.
Jimmy Zhong
Jimmy Zhong is the co-founder of IOST. He graduated from Emory University with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Computer and Mathematics. He was a former member of Magna Cum Laude 500-startup. He has founded multiple successful start-up companies and successfully exited them. He is also an early Bitcoin/Ethereum miner.
Luis Loh
Luis Loh is a co-founder of ScaleBit and MoveBit, and was previously a founding partner of CertiK and CTO of SV Insight. He has a master's degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Shawn Wilkinson
Shawn Wilkinson is the founder and CEO of Prodia and was previously the founder and CSO of Storj. He is a graduate of Morehouse College and Westminster School.
Christina Oshan
Christina Oshan is General counsel at Anagram and previously was co-founder and general counsel at Maul Media. She is a graduate of the University of Florida and Emory University School of Law.
Travis Scher
Travis is co-founder and Managing Partner at NIV. Prior to founding NIV, he led investments at Digital Currency Group from 2015-2019, during which time he invested in over 100 crypto startups and protocols across dozens of countries. Travis started his career as an M&A attorney at Skadden Arps. He holds a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.