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Rafael Melo is the Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Crypto.com. He has 15 years of experience in finance and a deep understanding of risk, compliance, and the Mobile Payments ecosystem in Asia. As CFO at ASX-listed Ensogo, he led fundraising efforts, securing strategic investment from VIPSHOP (NYSE:VIPS) and raising over A$50m from blue chip institutions such as Fidelity, Goldman Sachs, and BlackRock.
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Jake Choi
Jake Choi is the CEO and co-founder of Whitewater Labs, and previously he was the head of Korean Marketing at Cyber and the Web3 developer community manager at BNB Chain.
Robin Guyard
Robin Guyard, co-founder of Archon, was previously a blockchain engineer at Crypto.com. He is a graduate of Beijing Jiaotong University.
Ru Chiang
Ru Chiang is the CTO of Candy Shop. He began his career directly in the cryptocurrency industry, and has created solutions for various areas, including cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and web3 native applications. He oversaw the development of the custody product at Hex Trust, a licensed Hong Kong digital asset custodian, and helped to build the exchange/internal custody product at Crypto.com. He was also a participant of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program, where he developed a platform for sharing community goods to reduce food waste. Before founding Candy Shop, he headed a team that built an NFT fractionalization product, which won first place in the Serum and Wormhole hackathon.
Sebastian Gawenda
Sebastian Gawenda is Bybit’s Head of Options Business. He previously led the institutional sales team for the Crypto.com spot and derivatives exchange. Prior to his role at Crypto.com, Sebastian played a key role in leading Kraken’s institutional relations and solutions division across the EMEA region.
Ricardo Da Ros
Ricardo Da Ros is the CEO of Patex. He was ex-Head of Brazil at Binance & Crypto.com.
Gary Or
Gary Or is the founder of Cronos and previously he was the co-founder and CTO of Crypto.com\n. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong.
Jon Russell
Jon Russell is a ZetaChain contributor who works in Content, communications and marketing, and was previously a partner at Crypto.com Capital.
Wil Yeung
Wil Yeung is Vice President of Product at Crypto.com and previously worked at JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs. He graduated from Cambridge University.
Jonah Lau
Jonah Lau served as Product Director of Magic Eden and Vice President of Product at Crypto.com. He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Bobby Bao
Bobby Bao is the co-founder of Crypto.com and the Principal of Crypto.com Capital. He is also the Head of Corporate Development at Ensogo, and has previously worked as an investment banker at China Renaissance, Deloitte, and Merrill Lynch.