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Mark Lee is partner and CMO at SynFutures, a decentralized derivatives trading platform. He is the founder of Eightfive PR and has worked with startups and companies in the emerging tech space for the past several years.

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Stefan Rust is the CEO of Truflation.com: the first DRPp (Definitive Reference Point) protocol. The protocol tracks real-time data across networks, markets, and feeds that provide independent, transparent, and real-time financial and economic data, on-chain. An entrepreneur, global leader, and avid crypto-investor, Stefan has held several executive positions, most notably CEO of bitcoin.com. He first got into crypto in April 2012 and has since expanded his investment and advisory portfolio across the entire blockchain industry. About Truflation Truflation is the first DRPp (Definitive Reference Point) protocol. The protocol tracks real-time data across networks, markets, and feeds. Tracking over 18 million items with three price feeds per item, Truflation’s censorship-resistant and accessible data indices provide the necessary data infrastructure to bring about systemic advancements in the DeFi economy, empowering dApps like DEXs to open limitless markets. From speculating on prices of orange juice and uranium, to enabling BTC-denominated oil, gas, and corn prices, Truflation provides the key to unlocking a diverse array of financial markets and instruments in the Web3 world. Learn more about Truflation: www.truflation.com

Jacob Margulies is a Senior Business Development executive at Galxe, the leading platform for building web3 communities with 14 millions users and over 4,000 partners. At Galxe, he has successfully secured key partnerships with notable companies including Forbes, Linea, Optimism, Polygon, Berachain, MetaMask, and Coinbase, significantly contributing to Galxe’s growth in the community building space and cementing its spot as the leading player. He is passionate about growth and go-to-market strategies, dApps, blockchain, and digital credentials.  About Galxe: Galxe is the leading platform for building web3 communities. With over 14 million unique users and integrated across 25 different blockchains, Galxe has propelled the growth of Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, and more than 4,000 partners with reward-based loyalty programs. Protocols can leverage Web3 credentials from Galxe’s credential data network to power growth, issue Soul Bound Tokens, increase community engagement, boost ecosystem growth, and generate brand awareness.

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Rajiv Khemani is a serial entrepreneur and an industry leader with 25 years of experience in building and scaling businesses. He is currently co-founder & CEO of Auradine, a web infrastructure company. He is also an investor and board member in the data infrastructure, AI and software/platforms space.  Previously, Rajiv was co-founder & CEO of Innovium, a leading provider of cloud-optimized network switching solutions that was acquired by Marvell for over $1.2B in 2021. He was also co-founder and Partner at Moment Ventures, an early-stage VC firm that invests in companies that are reimagining the future of work and served on the management board of the Stanford Business School. Prior to that, Rajiv was COO at Cavium, a public semiconductor company that delivered solutions for networking, mobile, and security infrastructure markets. He helped grow Cavium from an early-stage startup to a multi-billion dollar valuation company with over $500 million in annual design wins. He also worked at Intel as a GM for the network processor business unit and at Sun Microsystems & NetApp in product management roles. Rajiv holds a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, an MS in Computer Science from New York University, and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Twitter LinkedIn About Auradine Auradine is a leader in web infrastructure solutions focused on blockchain, AI, and privacy. The company is building breakthrough software, hardware and cloud solutions to enable a highly scalable, sustainable and secure infrastructure. Auradine was founded in 2022 by a team of seasoned entrepreneurs and technologists with a proven track record and deep expertise in security, SaaS, semiconductors, and systems. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. For more information, visit www.auradine.com. Twitter LinkedIn

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Anjali Young is the Co-Founder of Collab.Land. Anjali has been active in online communities since 1993 as both a member and in leadership positions. She has also worked as a lawyer, adjunct professor, and early tech startup employee. In addition to her interest in online communities and web3 onboarding, she has a passion for NFTs and the artists who create them. While developing her business skills and working on several passion projects, Anjali also homeschooled her two children. Her role at Collab.Land focuses on onboarding all types of tokenized projects and partners onto the platform, ensuring Collab.Land’s “community of communities” is a safe and welcoming space, and educating others about web3 ethos and values. When she’s not working, Anjali enjoys creating art from found objects and improvisational theater. Anjali is one of only a handful of web3 leaders to have received recognition from Salesforce, and was listed as one of its Web3 Advisory Board Members.

Cyrus Taghehchian is a strategically-minded senior executive of 20 years with an accomplished entrepreneurial track record of top-notch technical and business execution. He is a Deloitte Consulting alum specializing in e-commerce and digital marketing. Previous clients Cyrus consulted include Intel, Paypal, Bank of America, and Cisco. Cyrus invests in early stage crypto-assets and is a serial entrepreneur with 2 successful exits generating over $300M in returns for investors.He is a thought-leader in the Web3 space and an early innovator of NFT technology in 2017. Cyrus believes in giving back to the community. He mentors entrepreneurs looking to build in Web3 and advises enterprises on blockchain adoption. He is a previous speaker at World Blockchain Summit Dubai, ETH Denver, NFT NYC, DIFC Summit Dubai, and has contributed to ETH Magicians for Ethereum off-chain governance topics on UX, Agile in Web3, and Quality Assurance.His efforts and innovation in the Web3 e-commerce space honored him as Entrepreneur Magazine’s top entrepreneurs under 40 in 2018. Cyrus has been vocal about how total marketplace dependency can cause inefficiencies and deadweight loss in the economy. He believes in free markets and that blockchain technology can help break down systematic monopolies that have made some corporations more powerful than governments. Cyrus is a University of California, Irvine alum and holds a degree in Economics, a concentration in Informatics, and left his MBA to start building Web3 E-commerce.During his off-time, Cyrus enjoys traveling the world and trying new cuisines. He likes to learn and reads several books a year. Cyrus stays active by playing tennis, golf, and hockey.

Sheldon Bennett, Chief Executive Officer, has over 20 years of management experience leading international companies, including PwC, Ernst & Young, Baker & McKenzie, and Cisco Systems before founding DMG Blockchain Solutions. He leads DMG’s Canadian mining operations and was responsible for developing industrial bitcoin mining operations, including government relations, power optimization with Canadian utilities. He has developed DMG’s new Core+ strategy to build out multiple revenue-generating software solutions for cryptocurrency adoption for financial institutions. From his previous experience in the Big 4, he launched two Environment and Sustainability practices as well as working on the audit of many ESG reports.  Steven Eliscu, Chief Operating Officer, is an experienced executive with a demonstrated record of accomplishments in roles at Blockchain/FinTech start-ups and the semiconductor industry. Steven most recently worked as Head of Finance for DSP Concepts, and was the Sr. Director of Finance at Bitfury while advising several Blockchain startups. Steven is also a former equity research analyst for UBS, having provided investment coverage of the semiconductor industry to institutional investors. Steven has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.