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Nic Carter is a partner at Castle Island Ventures and co-founder of coinmetrics.io. Previously, he was Fidelity's first analyst in the cryptocurrency space and pioneered its research on public blockchains. Nic holds a Master of Philosophy in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews and a Master of Science in Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh.
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Kathleen Chase
Kathleen Chase is the COO at Coin Metrics oversees the product development, business strategy, and operations of the leading provider of cryptoasset data and analytics. Previously, she was the SVP/Head of Strategy and Innovation Services at Fidelity Center for Applied Technology, where I oversaw product innovation and incubation of emerging technologies, such as blockchain. She has a strong background in strategy, product development, and product innovation, as well as an MBA from MIT Sloan and a BS in Industrial Engineering from Lehigh University.
Jurrien Timmer
Jurrien Timmer is the Director of Global Macro at Fidelity Investments. He is part of Fidelity's Global Asset Allocation group, where he specializes in asset allocation and global macro strategy. Jurrien has been at Fidelity for 27 years and has close to four decades of experience in the industry. Prior to assuming his current position in 2005, Mr. Timmer held various other roles within Fidelity, including director of market research and technical research analyst. He also co-managed Fidelity Global. Jurrien earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Babson College. He was born and raised a Dutch citizen in Aruba and has been living in the United States all of his adult life. He became a US citizen in 2002.
Richard Sgalardi
Rich Sgalardi is the Venture Partner at Castle Island Ventures.
Harry Halpin
Harry Halpin is the CEO at Nym Technologies SA. He research (part-time, visiting) with Alex "Sandy" Pentland on big data, cybersecurity, and blockchain technologies at the MIT Sociotechnical Research Center.
Joe Gerber
Joe Gerber is the founder of IDEO CoLab Ventures and was previously a senior Product Manager at Fidelity Investments.
Lucas Nuzzi
Lucas Nuzzi, co-founder of Portex, was previously Head of Research and development at Coin Metrics and Director of Technology Research at Digital Asset Research, Researching/Programming/Hacking #Bitcoin since '12.
Matthew Walsh
Prior to founding Castle Island Ventures, Matt was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments where he led a number of the firm’s blockchain / cryptoasset initiatives. While at Fidelity, he led the creation, operationalization, and the investment strategy of a private fund focused exclusively on the cryptoasset sector. Matt holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Sam Fang
Sam Fang is the Chief Financial Officer at Blockstream and holds a master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Albert Meo
Albert Meo is Prometheum's chief financial officer and previously worked at Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and others. He graduated from Pace University.
Yemu Xu
Yemu Xu is the co-founder of ARPA and Bella, and he worked for Fidelity Investments as an actuarial consultant.