Advisors, Mentors, Educators + Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR)
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Alex Ye
Republic Crypto
Senior Director, Research & Economics
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Alexander Skidanov
NEAR
Co-Founder, CEO, Board Member
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Anand Iyer
Canonical x Lightspeed
Partner
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Andrea Chang
NGC Ventures
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Anna Li
Republic Crypto
Director of Economics and Research
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Ashley Lannquist
International Monetary Fund
Digital Finance Expert, Digital Advisory Unit
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Ben Biddle
Consensys
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Chetan Nandakumar
Gensyn
Vice President of Products
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Chris Chung
Genesis Block
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Chris Li
OAK Network
Founder
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David Gan
OP Crypto
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David Schwartz
Ripple
CTO and XRP Ledger Architect
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Dawn Song
UC Berkeley
Professor, Division of CS/EECS
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Dmitriy Berenzon
Archetype
Partner
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Eskender Abebe
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)
Head of Product & Strategy
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Fernanda Juppet
Cryptomkt & Vujade Ventures
CEO & Co-Founder
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Gloria Zhao
Brink Technology
Bitcoin Protocol Engineer
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Greg Scanlon
Franklin Templeton
Managing Principal
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Isaiah Steinfeld
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
GM, Global Head of ACE, AWS Startups
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Jonathan Allen
Mirana Tech
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Sunny Aggarwal
Osmosis Lab
Co-Founder
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Sid Masih
Stealth Mode
Chief Technology Officer
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Michelle Tsing
NGC Ventures
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Sean Hoge
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Elliot Teissonniere
Nodle
Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
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Kaitie Penry
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Kira Noodleman
Bee Partneres
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Lea Borkenhagen
Environmental Defense Fund
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Manmit Singh
The Starknet Foundation
Developer Relations Engineer
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Max Fang
Lexe
CEO & Co-Founder
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May Wang
Galaxy Interactive
Vice President
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Michael Beller
Lightship Partners
Managing Partner
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Miko Matsumura
Gumi Cryptos Capital
Managing Partner
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John Hughes
Swift Ventures
General Partner
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Monette Stephens
SF Growth Capital
Managing Partner
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Moses Lo
Xendit
Co-Founder, CEO & Board Member
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Nick White
Celestia Labs
COO
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Patrick Dunne
BlueGranite
Advisor
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Paul Veradittakit
Pantera Capital
Managing Partner
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Ray Lu
Bit.Country & Metaverse.Network
Co-Founder
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Rich Kim
Matter Labs / zkSync
Ecosystem Lead - Gaming & Entertainmentr
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Richard Velasquez
Mooch
Founder
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Rob Massey
Deloitte
Partner, Global Tax Leader - Blockchain & Crypto
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Ronen Kirsh
Dekrypt
Founding Partner
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Roy Lu
LongHash Ventures
Partner
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Sandy Khaund
Credenza
Founder & CEO
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Shervin Beyk
Cysic
Head of Business Development
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Shi Khai Wei
LongHash Ventures
Co-Founder, General Partner
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Sina Nader
Mysten Labs
Head of Strategy
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Stephen Chu
Bridge2 & Bufficorn Ventures
Executive in Residence / Advisor / Investor
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Sunny Zhu
AP Capital Investment
Venture Capitalist and Trader
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Vanishree Rao
O(1) Labs
Head of Applied Cryptography
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Xochitl Cazador
Celo Foundation
Chief Ecosystem Growth Officer
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Yaoqi Jia
AltLayer
Founder