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Hiroki Kotabe
Hiroki Kotabe is the Principal of Inception Capital and previously was Head of Growth at Qredo. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the University of Chicago.
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.
Michael Tanguma
Michael Tanguma is co-founder and CEO of Onramp and a former partner at Ten31. Previously, he also worked at The Block, GoLinks, WeWork, and Google.
Aaron Kern
Aaron Kern is a partner at 6th Man Ventures and previously was a partner at Red Beard Ventures. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, Dalamore Business School.
Larry Cermak
Larry Cermak is the CEO of The Block. Previously, he was the Head of Analysis at Diar.
Eden Au
Eden Au is Research Director at TheBlock. He specialises in blockchain technology, DeFi, machine learning, and control theory. I usually code in Python and Solidity. He obtained a Master's degree in Engineering in Information Engineering from the University of Oxford.
Tim Copeland
Tim Copeland is the editor-in-chief of The Block and previously served as deputy editor-in-chief of Decrypt. He is a trained journalist focused on the crypto industry. He's interviewed Vitalik Buterin, Changpeng Zhao, Roger Ver, Justin Sun, John McAfee, Craig Wright and other high-profile figures in the space.
Igor Igamberdiev
Igor Igamberdiev is Head of Research at Wintermute, formerly at Paradigm and Director of Research at The Block.
Matthew Vitebsky
Matt Vitebsky is the Vice President of Product at The Block. Previously Matt was Sr. Director of Flagship Products for AccuWeather, a global weather and digital media company. Prior to joining AccuWeather, Matt served as a product manager and data architect for various companies, including TIME, Money.com, Fortune and CitiBank. During his tenure in product management, he has been responsible for the launch of franchises, such as TIME’s “Person of the Year,” The 2017 and 2018 Fortune 500, and Money.com’s “Best Places to Live.” In addition to his extensive professional experience, Matt is also a passionate traveler, avid snowboarder, and enjoys playing soccer, softball, and biking. Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Marist College, and resides in New York City.
George Calle
George Calle is vice president of research at The Block and formerly served as Market Intelligence Lead for R3. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.