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Altan Tutar is the Co-Founder and CEO of MoreMarkets, a global liquidity marketplace that transforms idle tokens into productive assets. He has previously worked at NEAR Foundation both as a Core Contributor and a member of the Senior Technical Business Development team.

Altan Tutar is the Co-Founder and CEO of MoreMarkets, a global liquidity marketplace that transforms idle tokens into productive assets. He has previously worked at NEAR Foundation both as a Core Contributor and a member of the Senior Technical Business Development team.

Nikolay Filichkin is the Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Compute Labs, a cutting-edge infrastructure company transforming access to compute by financializing GPU assets. With over a decade of experience in technology, M&A, and strategic partnerships, Nikolay plays a key role in creating the financial ecosystem for compute as an asset class.Prior to Compute Labs, Nikolay spent 6+ years at Xsolla, where he led strategic partnerships and helped scale the company from 200 to over 1,200 employees. He drove five acquisitions, launched three new product lines, and helped expand Xsolla’s global presence across gaming and digital commerce.Nikolay is a builder and operator who understands how to take ideas from 0 to 1 and then scale them. At Compute Labs, he leads business development and investor relations, helping institutional allocators and partners gain access to the financial upside of AI infrastructure during this key period of growth.

Nikolay Filichkin, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer of Compute Labs, shares his journey from gaming to revolutionizing GPU assets. He explores the innovative concept of turning GPUs into financial securities and discusses the growing Real World Asset sector. The conversation dives into the evolving computational demands driven by AI advancements and the importance of user experience in Web3. Nikolay also highlights how NFTs have transformed from digital art into dynamic financial instruments, paving the way for innovative investment strategies in AI.

Rowan Stone, Chief Executive Officer at Sapien, previously led Business and Operations at Base and was Director of Onchain BD at Coinbase, driving growth for products like cbETH and USDC. He joined Coinbase through the acquisition of Totle, where he was COO. Prior to Totle, Rowan co-founded Horizen Labs and Launch Code Capital, bringing over a decade of experience from energy and engineering sectors into the crypto space.

Rowan Stone, Chief Executive Officer at Sapien, previously led Business and Operations at Base and was Director of Onchain BD at Coinbase, driving growth for products like cbETH and USDC. He joined Coinbase through the acquisition of Totle, where he was COO. Prior to Totle, Rowan co-founded Horizen Labs and Launch Code Capital, bringing over a decade of experience from energy and engineering sectors into the crypto space.

 Bowen Wang is the Founder of NEAR One, the core research and development team advancing the technical frontier of the NEAR Protocol.A foundational figure in NEAR's evolution, Bowen was the original architect behind key innovations such as Nightshade, NEAR’s sharding design, and Chain Signatures, a novel way to enable cross-chain interoperability. His deep expertise in distributed systems and software engineering has been instrumental in scaling NEAR into one of the fastest and most efficient Layer 1 blockchains in the industry.

 Bowen Wang is the Founder of NEAR One, the core research and development team advancing the technical frontier of the NEAR Protocol.A foundational figure in NEAR's evolution, Bowen was the original architect behind key innovations such as Nightshade, NEAR’s sharding design, and Chain Signatures, a novel way to enable cross-chain interoperability. His deep expertise in distributed systems and software engineering has been instrumental in scaling NEAR into one of the fastest and most efficient Layer 1 blockchains in the industry.

Christopher G. Fox, PhD, Founder, Ideas-Led Growth. Chris amplifies voices. As a communications and marketing strategist, ghostwriter, and mentor, he helps people who have a passion for change to develop and deliver messages that influence and inspire. He works with founders and C-level executives in fintech and financial services organizations of all sizes. He also helps innovators and entrepreneurs increase their presence and impact in the communities they serve. Prior to his corporate world career, Chris taught literature and culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. He holds a PhD in French Literature from The Johns Hopkins University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergfox/Newsletter: https://www.ideasledgrowth.com/newsletter/

Christopher G. Fox, PhD, Founder, Ideas-Led Growth. Chris amplifies voices. As a communications and marketing strategist, ghostwriter, and mentor, he helps people who have a passion for change to develop and deliver messages that influence and inspire. He works with founders and C-level executives in fintech and financial services organizations of all sizes. He also helps innovators and entrepreneurs increase their presence and impact in the communities they serve. Prior to his corporate world career, Chris taught literature and culture at the undergraduate and graduate level. He holds a PhD in French Literature from The Johns Hopkins University.Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophergfox/Newsletter: https://www.ideasledgrowth.com/newsletter/