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Alejo Pinto is a co-founder at Pontem, a product development studio building Move and Ethereum virtual machine-compatible applications and products. We spoke about his time at IBM where he worked on blockchain projects, his love of the video game Runescape when he was a kid and how Pontem is openin…

Justin is the CEO and co-founder of MoNA, a 3-D creator economy for the metaverse. In his previous roles at Magic Leap and DreamWorks Animation, Melillo helped build the world’s first AR digital human AI and a volumetric capture experience with the Royal Shakespeare Company. An artist and crea…

Frank Chaparro is an acclaimed speaker, angel investor and host of "The Scoop" podcast. He was founding reporter at The Block, a research and news company. Previously, he served as a fintech and market structure reporter at Business Insider and started his career in marketing an…

Ian is co-founder and president of Ingredient X, the film and software development studio specializing in blockchain, DeFi and NFT technologies including the creation of Film.io, a decentralized filmmaking ecosystem that places Hollywood decision-making onto the blockchain and into the hands of cre…

Paul is in charge of EY's initiatives and investments in blockchain technology across the company's consulting, audit and tax businesses. He led EY's first blockchain strategy engagement to examine how digital services, payments and the Internet of things are coming together in new ecosystems. We s…

Jess is the CEO of WalletConnect, the leading web3 communications and usability platform. Having been integrated with over 500 wallets and 6,000 apps, it facilitates millions of end-user connections each month. Today, it is also empowering developers to build engaging web3 experiences with a suite …

Saneel Sreeni is a founding team member at Ritual, a decentralized AI startup. He was previously on the founding team at Alkimiya and a Venture Partner at Accomplice. He's also been around the block in crypto, doing both research at UC Berkeley and working across startups and venture capital firms.…

 Jesse Shrader is the co-founder and CEO of Amboss, the leading provider of Bitcoin Lightning Network data and insights. Formerly an engineer, Jesse is focused on supporting the ongoing development of the decentralized and social payments layer for Bitcoin. We spoke about his upbringing, his …

Orchid Labs is a decentralized marketplace and virtual private network (VPN) provider. Steven, who goes by Seven, holds a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge and worked previously at Sun Microsystems. Today, he's an active web3 investor and served as a partner at Pantera Capital, wh…