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State of Tokens panel #stateoftokens

February 23, 2024November 11, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

DISCUSSION: Joshua Rivera General Counsel/Chief Compliance Officer Blockchain Capital; Tegan Kline Head Int Bus Dev & Investor Relations Orchid; Mike Zajko Head Sales CoinList; Andrea Lo Head Bus Dev Harbor; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson, Silicon Valley journalist

Blockchain: Bridging the Chains: Practical considerations in working with multiple Blockchains

February 23, 2024October 31, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

Jae Yang, CEO Tacen Inc. #bridgingblockchains Interoperability is a multisyllabic word for a multi-faceted problem. How do you get blockchains to communicate with one another? Until recently, there’s been no easy way to achieve this, leaving assets isolated and smart contract-powered dapps siloed on their respective protocols. Before crypto assets can take over the world, first they need to escape the valley where they originated, a task which calls for building bridges. Jae Yang CEO Tacen Inc, a startup working on non-custodial solution to cryptocurrency exchange. Jae previously worked at Metal Pay as Director of Engineering, helping to build Metal Pay’s market infrastructure, graph-based AML and anti-fraud system, and other systems. Before that Jae worked in defense sector, helping to build high-fidelity engineering simulations. Jae started out as an aerospace engineer, but he found his passion in writing software. He is passionate about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. He is active in the cryptocurrency community, often explaining technical details to newcomers. In his spare time, Jae develops various open source softwares in Node.js and is an avid reader.

FinTech Investor panel #fintechinvesting

February 23, 2024October 21, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

DISCUSSION: Matthew Murphy Partner Montage Ventures; Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner Strive Capital; Michael Sidgmore CoFounder/Partner Broadhaven Ventures; Arjuna Costa Managing Partner Flourish Ventures; MODERATOR: Mark Albertson, Silicon Valley journalist

Scaling the Blockchain Panel #scalingtheblockchain

February 23, 2024October 10, 2019 by Pemo Theodore

DISCUSSION: Wayne Vaughan CEO Tierion; Locke Brown CoFounder/CEO NuID; Rosario Ingargiola Founder/CEO OTCXN; Christian Ferri President/CEO BlockStar; Miko Matsumura Founder Evercoin; MODERATOR: Phil Jeudy Journalist

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Sankaet Pathak, Founder & CEO Synapse completed a Master’s in electrical engineering at the University of Memphis, where he previously majored in computer engineering, physics and mathematics. A scientist at heart, much of Pathak’s academic work was focused on physics and research related to the solar corona. As a student at the University of Memphis and a recent immigrant to the USA, Sankaet Pathak needed to open a bank account. He was surprised to learn that wasn’t an easy task. Sankaet knew he had to develop a better option not only for himself but for the over 20% of adults in the USA with poor or limited credit history. Sankaet founded Synapse with an eye toward offering a viable alternative to legacy banking systems, while providing operational simplicity, efficiency & ease of integration to perform virtually any banking interaction. Sankaet is launching an AI startup soon called Foundation. Foundation is developing the future of general purpose robotics with the goal to address the labor shortage. Foundation’s mission is to create advanced robots that can operate in complex environments, reducing human risk in conflict zones and enhancing efficiency in labor-intensive industries.