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Katherine Wu is a venture partner at Archetype and previously served as a senior head of trading for venture capital at Coinbase. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and Cardozo School of Law.
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Katie Chiou
Katie Chiou is an investor in Archetype, having previously worked at Gitcoin and Coinbase. She graduated from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
Will Kantaros
Will Kantaros is the co-founder of Decent and a research partner at Archetype. He is a graduate of Brown University and Phillips Academy.
Sami Kassab
Sami Kassab is a partner at OSS Capital and was previously a Senior Research Analyst at Messari. He graduated from Arizona State University.
John Mardlin
John Mardlin, Jon Maurelian is Security engineer at Optimism PBC, and a founding member of ConsenSys Diligence. He is a regular writer and speaker on smart contract security. Prior to joining ConsenSys, John worked at Coinbase.
Ken Yip
Ken Yip is Director of product at Messari. He graduated from Cardiff University in England.
Amanda Jacobsen
Amanda Tyler is the Head of Marketing for Optimism and was previously the Director of Community for Polygon and Manager of Developer Relations at Google.
Mason Nystrom
Mason is an Investment Partner at Variant. Prior to joining Variant, Mason was a Sr. Research Analyst at Messari focused on Web3 protocols and cryptoassets. Before Messari, Mason worked at ConsenSys as a Content Marketer focused on marketing strategy for ConsenSys and its portfolio companies. Mason first entered the crypto industry as an Analyst at Gatecoin, the first cryptocurrency exchange to list ether, Ethereum’s native cryptocurrency. Mason obtained his Master’s in Business Management at Hong Kong Baptist University.
Khurram Dara
Before joining Bain Capital Crypto, Khurram worked on the public policy team at Coinbase. A capital markets lawyer by training, Khurram has helped crypto projects navigate the legal and regulatory landscape since 2017, with a focus on tokens, DeFi, NFTs, and DAOs. He was previously general counsel at Fluidity, the team behind AirSwap and prior to that practiced law at Orrick, where he worked with crypto projects as outside counsel. He began his legal career at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and is a graduate of Columbia Law School. Outside of work, Khurram enjoys playing soccer with friends and watching his beloved Buffalo Bills.
Rick Schonberg
Rick Schonberg is head of custody at Coinbase and was previously Senior managing Director at State Street and head of global product Development at LCH. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University.
Boris Ilyevsky
Boris Ilyevsky is Head of Derivatives at Coinbase and previously was Chief Product Officer at FairX and Head of Market Development at IEX. He graduated from New York University.