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Igor Igamberdiev is Head of Research at Wintermute, formerly at Paradigm and Director of Research at The Block.
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Katie Biber
Katie Biber is the Chief Legal Officer at Paradigm, leading the firm's legal, regulatory, compliance and policy functions. Previously, she was Chief Legal Officer of Brex, a fintech startup reimagining financial systems for growing companies. Before Brex, Katie was General Counsel of Anchorage, a digital asset bank and platform, and she has also held leadership roles as General Counsel of Thumbtack and Senior Counsel at Airbnb. Additionally, Katie serves on the boards of directors of Anchorage, Code for America and Protocol Labs. She is a veteran of political campaigns, having served as General Counsel to Romney for President in 2012. Katie holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from George Washington University.
Nathan Apsel
Nathan Apsel is the Chief Financial Officer at Maveron. Prior to joining Maveron, he was the Chief Financial Officer at 8VC and Paradigm. Before that, he was a Senior Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), where he was part of the Asset Management Practice. Nathan holds a Master of Accounting and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Oregon.
Dan Robinson
Dan Robinson is a General Partner and the Head of Research at Paradigm, focused on crypto investments and research into open-source protocols. Previously, Dan was a protocol researcher at Interstellar. Before Interstellar, Dan practiced as a litigation attorney at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. He earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. from Harvard University.
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.
Yoann Turpin
Yoann Turpin is Co-Founder & Head Of Business Development at Wintermute. After more than a decade in trading, investing, advising startups and building a few businesses, I decided to join Evgeny and Harro to co-found Wintermute Trading, an algorithmic liquidity provider in the crypto space. We are now 3 years old , have 15 staff, 3 investment rounds under our belts - proudly backed by Lightspeed, Blockchain.com and a cool bunch of angels. We are very much striving for a culture of excellence and fair practices in this maturing space. I currently lead our business development, focused on maximising our access to flow and always trying to add value to anyone I interact with. In general, I am passionate about entrepreneurship, technology and finance and have invested in a good few start-ups (near 30 directly and 60 indirectly).
Frank Chaparro
Breaking news on the important people + companies in 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.
Justin Slaughter
Justin Slaughter is the Policy Director at Paradigm. Prior to joining Paradigm, he was the Director of the office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs and Senior Advisor to Acting Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Allison Herren Lee. Justin also served as Chief Policy Advisor and Special Counsel to former Commissioner Sharon Bowen at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and General Counsel to Senator Edward J. Markey. He has also worked as a consultant in private practice, focusing on fintech and smaller technology companies. To begin his career, Justin was a law clerk to Judge Jerome Farris on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He holds a B.A. from Columbia University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.
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.
Forest Bai
Forest Bai is the co-founder of Foresight Ventures and serves as the chairman of the board of directors of The Block. He has served as an investment manager at Huarong Securities. He graduated from Tsinghua University.
Katryna Hanush Rosoman
Katryna is the Director of Business Development and Partnerships at Wintermute. Before joining Wintermute, she was the Vice President of GlobalLink Execution Services at State Street and the Head of Business Development at FX non-bank market maker Exp(capital). Prior to that, Katryna worked in FICC sales and trading at Credit Suisse. She holds two master's degrees, in Finance and Psycholinguistics.