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Marco Santori is the CEO of Solmate and founder of DeFi Development. Previously, he served as a General Partner at Pantera Capital, Chief Legal Officer at Kraken, and Chief Compliance Officer at Blockchain.com. He authored the SAFT project whitepaper, serves as an advisor to the International Monetary Fund, is a Blockchain Ambassador for the State of Delaware, and chairs the Bitcoin Foundation's Regulatory Affairs Committee.
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