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Sara Stratoberdha Stiefler is the CEO of CoinDesk. Presively she worked as Vice President, Head of Business Development at Bullish.Sara graduated from Georgetown University.
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Tom Farley
Tom Farley is the CEO of Bullish and was previously president of the New York Stock Exchange and senior vice president of financial products at Intercontinental Exchange. He holds a BA in political science from Georgetown University.
Ryan Selkis
Ryan Selkis is the Founder & CEO of Messari, and was previously an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ConsenSys and a founding team member at the industry's most active investor, Digital Currency Group, and the largest media brand, CoinDesk. He is also working on new ventures and angel investing.
Christine Kim
Christine Kim is Vice President of Research at Galaxy Digital and formerly a research analyst at CoindDesk. She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a BA in International Relations and Economics, and her interests include writing and researching emerging technologies.
David Bonanno
David Bonanno is chief strategy officer at Bullish and was previously chief financial officer at Far Peak Acquisition Corp. He holds a BA in psychology from Harvard University.
Rashid Ajami
Rashid Ajami is the co-founder of Metropolis and previously the founder of B2B2C White Label and community platform Connectt. He graduated from Georgetown University.
Daniel Cawrey
Daniel Cawrey is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Beluga. Presively he worked at Passfolio, Cypherpunk and CoinDesk.
Mothusi Majinda
Mothusi Majinda is the Chief Technology Officer of Bullish and was previously Director of Platform Engineering at BC Group, Assistant Vice President at Credit Suisse, and Analyst at JPMorgan Chase. He holds a bachelor's degree in computer science from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Brendan Blumer
Brendan began building innovative technology companies when he was in high school. After several successful exits-including Gamecliff, an in-game marketplace, and okay.com, Hong Kong's largest digital property agency-Brendan became an early investor in blockchain when he co-founded Block.one. He now serves as the Chairman of Bullish.
Brian Quintenz
Brian Quintenz is the Head of Policy for a16z crypto, where he helps to translate between the crypto and policy communities.Brian has long stood out as an innovative thinker in crypto and DeFi and was one of the earliest leaders in Washington to recognize the value of crypto. Brian initially joined a16z crypto as a senior advisor. In December 2022, he moved to the full-time role leading its policy team. Prior to joining a16z, he was nominated by both Presidents Obama and Trump to serve as commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) .Prior to his appointment to the CFTC, Brian was the Founder and Managing Principal of Saeculum Capital Management, LLC.Brian received his B.S. from Duke University and M.B.A. from Georgetown University.
Charles Moran
Charles Moran is the COO of North Island Ventures. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and UCLA Anderson School of Management.