Crypto Hipster

Reeve Collins is a serial tech entrepreneur. He co-founded Tether in 2013 — the world’s largest stablecoin to date. He is currently the co-founder and chairman of Stable | WeFi, and the incoming chairman of ReserveOne.

Fehmi Fennia drives the strategic vision at VS1 as its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). He is a true industry veteran, having entered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in 2013, bringing over a decade of rare insight to the team.Throughout his career, he has played an instrumental role in the development of pioneering Web3 and DeFi projects. At VS1, Fehmi leverages this invaluable experience to drive protocol growth, scale operations, and expand crucial ecosystem partnerships, architecting the company's long-term success.

Fehmi Fennia drives the strategic vision at VS1 as its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). He is a true industry veteran, having entered the cryptocurrency and blockchain space in 2013, bringing over a decade of rare insight to the team.Throughout his career, he has played an instrumental role in the development of pioneering Web3 and DeFi projects. At VS1, Fehmi leverages this invaluable experience to drive protocol growth, scale operations, and expand crucial ecosystem partnerships, architecting the company's long-term success.

This is the tenth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Calls Series, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Daniel Steeves, advisor/consultant and founder at tudaBirds(2/27/2024, Season 6)Caitlin Moore, Sustainability Data Partnerships Manager at Filecoin Green (11/12/2023, Season 6)Owen O'Driscoll, Co-founder and CEO at Trrue (9/17/2023,Season 6)Andrew Forson, Head of Ventures and Investments at theHashgraph Association (9/2/2024, Season 8)

Roman Cyganov is a serial entrepreneur and AI strategist with 10 years of experience turning frontier ideas into investor-backed ventures. As Founder & CEO of Antix, creator of the hyper-realistic, AI-driven digital-human and content engine AIGE, he is redefining how brands such as Warner Bros., HBO, EA Sports, and Tencent deliver immersive content and personalized experiences. Under his leadership, Antix has:Earned #2 in Machine Learning and #3 in Generative AI at the 2024 Startups of the Year awards.Showcased its flagship digital human “Helisa” on billboards from Times Square to Tokyo.Been named among the Top 10 innovators shaping metaverse avatars and digital fashion.

Roman Cyganov is a serial entrepreneur and AI strategist with 10 years of experience turning frontier ideas into investor-backed ventures. As Founder & CEO of Antix, creator of the hyper-realistic, AI-driven digital-human and content engine AIGE, he is redefining how brands such as Warner Bros., HBO, EA Sports, and Tencent deliver immersive content and personalized experiences. Under his leadership, Antix has:Earned #2 in Machine Learning and #3 in Generative AI at the 2024 Startups of the Year awards.Showcased its flagship digital human “Helisa” on billboards from Times Square to Tokyo.Been named among the Top 10 innovators shaping metaverse avatars and digital fashion.

This is the ninth episode in the Crypto Hipster's Curtain Callsseries, which includes 3–4-minute clips from Seasons 6-8. This compilation draws upon my conversations with:Jamie Goldblatt, Founder at Mind Chill 360 (5/3/2025, Season8)Mohamed El-Masri, Management Partner at Hodler (12/20/2024, Season 8)Joy Schoffler, Founder and Principal at Distinctive EdgePartners (11/18/2023, Season 6)J.D. Seraphine, Founder at Raiinmaker (7/4/2024, Season 7)

Jin Kwon is Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Saga.xyz, a Layer-1 protocol for launching other Layer-1s, focused on web3 game development. With experience spanning engineering, investment banking, and blockchain, Jin leads Saga's long-term strategy, including token economics and exchange integrations. His career includes roles at Intel, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Centerview Partners before becoming Vice President of Corporate Development at Tendermint, where he played a key role in productizing Cosmos technology. Jin excels at simplifying complex blockchain concepts for developers and end-users. At Saga, he's focusing on providing scalable, low-cost infrastructure for web3 developers, comparing their service to AWS's impact on cloud computing. Jin aims to enable mainstream adoption of blockchain technology, especially in gaming and high-volume, low-value transactions. His ability to connect advanced technology with practical applications drives Saga's mission to create the future developer environment.

Jin Kwon is Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Saga.xyz, a Layer-1 protocol for launching other Layer-1s, focused on web3 game development. With experience spanning engineering, investment banking, and blockchain, Jin leads Saga's long-term strategy, including token economics and exchange integrations. His career includes roles at Intel, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Centerview Partners before becoming Vice President of Corporate Development at Tendermint, where he played a key role in productizing Cosmos technology. Jin excels at simplifying complex blockchain concepts for developers and end-users. At Saga, he's focusing on providing scalable, low-cost infrastructure for web3 developers, comparing their service to AWS's impact on cloud computing. Jin aims to enable mainstream adoption of blockchain technology, especially in gaming and high-volume, low-value transactions. His ability to connect advanced technology with practical applications drives Saga's mission to create the future developer environment.

Alexander Kalankhodzhaev is the Core Engineer Lead at Raiku — a blockchain architect with extensive experience in designing high-performance distributed systems that deliver guaranteed execution, predictable latency, and resilience under heavy workloads.At Raiku, he is developing regionally distributed clusters and has integrated validator pipelines with Solana to enable real-time feedback and prioritized transaction execution.He is active in the community as a Polkadot developer speaker, contributor to the Programming Academy for Silicon Valley, and co-maintainer of the go-linq library. Alexander is passionate about advancing blockchain infrastructure and open-source development.His technical expertise includes Solana, Polkadot, and Substrate, with proficiency in Rust, C#, Java, and Scala.