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Wences Casares is the CEO of Xapo, a Bitcoin wallet provider. He is an Argentinian technology entrepreneur, and is also known for founding Internet Argentina, Wanako Games, Patagon, Lemon Wallet, and Banco Lemon. Casares sits on the boards of PayPal, Endeavor, and Coin Center. He was born on February 26, 1974, and grew up as the eldest of four in a family of sheep ranchers in Patagonia, Argentina. In high school, he was awarded a Rotary Club scholarship to serve as an exchange student in Washington, Pennsylvania. He returned to Buenos Aires to study business administration at the University of San Andr¨¦s, but dropped out to launch Argentina's first Internet Service Provider, Internet Argentina S.A., in 1994. After exiting the company, he founded Argentine online brokerage, Patagon, in 1997. Patagon quickly became Latin America's leading comprehensive Internet financial services portal and expanded its online banking services to the United States, Spain, and Germany. Patagon was eventually acquired by the Spanish bank, Banco Santander, for $750 million and became Santander Online worldwide. Investors in Patagon included George Soros, Intel, Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, and entrepreneur Fred Wilson
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Fernando Gouveia
Fernando Gouveia is the founder and Managing Partner of Compa Capital, and previously he was Head of Business Development at Xapo. He is a graduate of Santa Clara University, Stanford University and Pompeu Fabra University.
Steven Christie
Steven Christie joined Binance in January 2022 as Senior Vice President of Compliance, leading Binance's global regulatory policy team to ensure Binance meets its regulatory obligations to the highest standards. Steven will also work closely with global industry leaders, policymakers and regulators to contribute to the development of sustainable regulatory frameworks. Steven has more than 20 years of experience in financial services and regulation as a regulator and policy maker. He spent over nine years with the FCA and 12 years with the Gaming Commission. Prior to joining Binance, Steven worked at the FCA as Strategy and Engagement Manager for the Data, Technology and Innovation division. He was involved in the development of the FCA's encryption guidance and led policy working groups focused on the UK, EU and other countries.
Federico Murrone
Federico Murrone is the founder and CEO of Lirium and previously the COO of Xapo. He has also served as Chief Technology Officer at Patagon, an online brokerage in Latin America, and Lemon, a mobile payments company. He graduated in sociology from the University of Buenos Aires.