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These are the best blockchain technology speakers who can cover such topics as regulation, smart contracts, architecture, security, innovation, future trends, Blockchain as a Service (BAAS), banking, legal implications, and more.
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Vitalik Buterin
1. Vitaly Dmitriyevich ‘Vitalik’ Buterin is a Russo-Canadian Programmer and Writer who has helped to revolutionize the world of Virtual Money by Co-founding the world’s second most popular Cryptocurrency, Ethereum.
2. Born on January 31st 1994, in Kolomna, Russia, he is a Co-founder of BITCOIN Magazine.
3. He is also the Co-founder of Ethereum Foundation.
4. Educated at The University of Waterloo, 26 year old Vitalik has Co-founded ‘Clearmatics’.
5. As a cryptocurrency conference speaker, Vitaly is passionate about sharing his ideas and thoughts on how blockchain technology will revolutionize how monetary systems will evolve in the very near future.
Preethi Kasireddy
1. Preethi, who describes herself as ‘Blockchain & Smart Contract Engineer, Self-Employed’, is a world figure on Blockchain as related to Cryptocurrencies.
2. She is the Founder and CEO of ‘TruStory’, University of Southern California. TruStory is a Social Network that invites Debate from different perspectives, in order to find common ground, and thereby sensitizing the Internet.
3. She has previously been with Coinbase, Goldman Sachs and a16z, and is now working with Blockchain-based projects linked to Ethereum.
4. Preethi Kasireddy has been a blockchain guest speaker at many conferences around the world where she shares her wisdom and insights on how the industry is evolving.
David Marcus
1. Marcus, an important American Entrepreneur, is currently the Head of ‘Libra’, a Cryptocurrency project created and guided by Facebook.
2. He is also Head of the Facebook Messenger unit, as Vice President of Messaging Products at Facebook.
3. Marcus is also appointed to the Coinbase Board of Directors, from December 2017.
4. Aged just 46, Marcus has been at the forefront of Blockchain Projects and Investigations.
5. Previously, Marcus has Founded Vox Telecom, Ecovox, TwitterFone, Zong Mobile Payments and GTN Telecom.
6. He is a highly sought-after blockchain and cryptocurrency event speaker who has spoken at major conferences around the world.
Harper Reed
1. Born March 21st 1978, American Entrepreneur Reed was Chief Technology Officer for Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign.
2. Known for his Punk-rock hair-style, Reed is a former Head of Commerce at Braintree, a subsidiary of PayPal.
3. With a background in Cloud-computing and Crowd-sourcing, Reed’s work was featured by ‘Werner boote’ in renowned German documentary, ‘Alles unter Kontrolle’.
Changpeng Zhao
1. He is the Founder and currently CEO of Binance, the world’s largest Cryptocurrency Exchange, by trading volume, as of April 2018.
2. Previously, he was a member of the team that developed ‘Blockchain.info’. This Chinese-Canadian business executive has also served as CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of ‘OKCoin’.
3. Born 1977 in Jiangsu, China, Changpeng has been educated at McGill University.
4. He has been Head of Development, Blockchain, and Partner, Fusion Systems.
5. As a blockchain and cryptocurrency public speaker, Changpeng knows how to deliver a memorable presentation and is someone who many audiences look forward to hearing from.
Charlie Lee
1. He is the world-renowned Creator of Litecoin, and presently serves as the Managing Director of Litecoin Foundation.
2. He has also, since 2013, worked for Coinbase and is also the Ex-Director of Engineering at Coinbase.
3. Born on January 1st, 1950, in Cote d’Ivoire, Lee is a MIT-graduated Computer Scientist.
4. Presently specially researching fungibility and privacy of cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Litecoin, by adding Confidential Transactions.
Jessica Groopman
1. Jessica specializes in Automation Technologies affecting organizations, such as IoT, AI and Blockchain.
2. Her Previous clients include Microsoft, Dell, Cisco, Qualcomm, Intel, Dupont, Pandora and numerous branded behemoths as well as rising start-ups.
3. Speaking fluently, she is also a contributor to countless media outlets.
4. She was Principal Analyst with Tactica, for Automation and Robotics.
5. She is on Onalytica’s List of 100 Most Influential Thought Leaders in IoT.
James Duchenne
1. Businessman, Attorney and world class Engineer, James Duchenne is a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency expert.
2. He is Blockchain & Token Advisor at Game Loot Network and is also COO at Crowd Machine.
3. Duchenne is also CEO of Ducorp and XTM. Ducorp is a Family Investment Company.
4. Duchenne, with two others, has organized, Mauritius Blockchain Meetup, which has 496 members and will be held in Port Louis, Mauritius.
Brad Garlinghouse
1. Bradley Kent ‘Brad’ Garlinghouse is currently the CEO of ‘Ripple’, a Financial Technology Company.
2. Previously, he was CEO and Chairman of ‘Hightail’ (formerly ‘YouSendIt’), known as a site for File Sharing.
3. Before this, he was President of Consumer Applications at giant net-server AOL for two years.
4. He was also Senior Vice-President in charge of Communications Business at Yahoo! This included Home Page, Flickr, Yahoo! Mail and Yahoo! Messenger, where he penned the famous Peanut Butter Manifesto.
Olaf Carlson-Wee
1. Olaf is the founder of Polychain Capital, which is a US$15 million hedge fund, backed by Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.
2. Olaf is relatively unknown yet, but his transformation of a fund of US$4 million to US$1 billion in a Crypto-centric Investment Fund has startled the world of Finance.
3. A close follower of BITCOIN and Ethereum, this 27 year old was the first employee of Coinbase, the most popular Cryptocurrency Exchange in the world.
Keith Herman
1. Keith Herman is a super Entrepreneur, who has owned, scaled and successfully sold or disposed of more than 50 SMEs, including 10 Startups in areas such as Technology, Real Estate and Finance.
2. Founder of IPA Equities, he raised more than US$500 million, participating in more than US$2 Billion of transactions.
3. Keith is a Global Business Growth Expert and is a Public Keynote Speaker on Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and Startups.
Roger Ver
1. Roger is one of the earliest investors, priests and promoters of BITCOIN.
2. In 2020, fortune Magazine referred to Roger as the co-creator of BITCOIN Cash or BCash (2017), which is an offshoot of the original (along-with SV).
3. He is the CEO of Bitcoin.com.
4. He was the CEO of MemoryDealers.com from 1999 to 2012.
5. He was once a candidate for the Libertarian Party in 2000.
Bettina Warburg
1. She is a brilliant Blockchain Researcher and Entrepreneur, as well as a Political Scientist who deeply understands the relationship of technology and politics.
2. She graduated from both Oxford and Georgetown Universities.
3. Co-Founder of Animal Ventures, which is an entrepreneurial venture studio business.
4. She is Executive Producer of Tech on Politics, which interviews and then analyses data from the most successful creators of digital products.
5. “The Basics of Blockchain” is her latest educational course.
Michael Novogratz
1. He was ranked a Billionaire by Forbes in 2007 and 2008.
2. Previously, he was a Hedge Fund Manager for Fortress Investment Group.
3. Before this he was Partner at Goldman Sachs. Here, much time was spent abroad assuming leadership roles in Asia and Latin America.
4. Graduating from Princeton University in 1987, he was also member of the Wrestling Team.
5. He is currently the CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, a multi-strategy investment firm that focuses on digital assets and blockchain technology.
Michael Casey
1. Casey is a multifaceted personality. On the one hand, he is a Journalist, Speaker, Educator, Researcher, Media Entrepreneur and Author. On the other hand, he is an expert on Blockchain and Digital Innovation.
2. He has worked as a Journalist for 18 years at Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal.
3. He is currently the Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk Inc.
4. Casey is also Founder and Chairman of soon-to-be-launched Media Company called Streambed Media, promoting Blockchain Technologies.
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