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Lauren Stephanian is a general partner at Pantera Capital and previously worked at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University.
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Matt Stephenson
Matt Stephenson is the Research Partner at Pantera Capital, former Behavioral Mechanism Designer at BlockScience. He has a PhD from Columbia University.
Su Zhu
Su Zhu is the co-founder of Three Arrows Capital and OPNX and was previously a trader at Deutsche Bank and Flow Traders. He graduated in mathematics from Columbia University.
Sandra Ro
Sandra Ro was Executive Director of Digitization at CME Group. Ro was responsible for the company’s digital asset and blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) initiatives. Previously as Executive Director Foreign Exchange (FX) Research and Product Development she was responsible for the global development of CME Group FX solutions within listed and cleared OTC products. Ro is a core member of the Post Trade Distributed Ledger Group (PTDL), an industry group focused on bringing together regulators with sell-side and buy-side firms to collaborate and discuss the impact of blockchain / DLT. The PTDL is based in London with over 40 institutional members. Prior to joining CME Group in 2011, Ro led the EMEA M&A FX and interest rates derivatives advisory group at Morgan Stanley, London and worked at Deutsche Bank as a FX structurer on the London trading floor. Ro holds an M.B.A. in Finance from London Business School and a double B.A. Degree in History and Studies in the Environment from Yale University.
Aansh Mehta
Aansh Mehta is portfolio operations manager at General Catalyst and previously was vice president of Fund Operations and Trading at Delphi Digital, Assistant vice president at Deutsche Bank, and senior Analyst at Bloomberg.
Dan Roberts
Dan is the Editor in Chief at Variant. He has been writing about crypto since 2011. Prior to joining Variant, Dan was Editor in Chief at crypto news site Decrypt, where he recruited a team of writers and editors, led the site’s news strategy, created and hosted the gm podcast, planned and emceed live events, and moderated panels at conferences around the world. Before that, he spent five years at Yahoo Finance and five years at Fortune. He has written about tech, sports business, and books for a broad range of publications including Sports Illustrated, TIME, Vice, Air Mail, The Guardian, The Paris Review, NPR, Deadspin, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Morning News, and many more. He is the primary author of the 2013 book “Zoom: How to Supercharge Your Career.” He graduated from Middlebury College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Kevin Zhang
Kevin has led early-stage investments in financial technology and developer products since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2017. Prior to Bain Capital, Kevin was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a lending marketplace acquired by NerdWallet (NASDAQ: NRDS). After hard weeks in the email salt mines, Kevin likes to catch Magic: the Gathering prereleases and watch Team Liquid play Starcraft.
Max Galka
Max Galka is the founder and CEO of Elementus. Prior to founding Elementus, he held various positions in the data science and finance industries, including being an adjunct lecturer in data science at the University of Pennsylvania, a derivatives trader at both Deutsche Bank and Credit Suisse, and a co-founder of Revaluate, a real estate data startup.
Srini Dhulipala
Srini Dhulipala is a General Partner at New Form managing Liquid Opportunities. He has 20+ years of experience running business verticals in risk management, portfolio construction and trading. Formerly, he was CIO & Founder of Kildonan Castle Asset Management; Head of Proprietary Credit trading and Global Head of Credit trading at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America; Credit Derivatives trader at Morgan Stanley. A former automotive design engineer, Srini holds and MBA from Columbia University and MS (Mech Eng) from Virginia Tech.
Yu Hu
Yu Hu is the Founder and CEO of Kaito AI. He is building an AI-powered search engine for digital assets. He graduated from the University of Cambridge.
Hart Lambur
Hart Lambur is Co-founder of UMA Protocol. He is a believer in Universal Market Access and decentralized finance. Previously, he was the founder of Openfolio, a trader at Goldman Sachs, and a Computer Science graduate from Columbia University.