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Pascal Gauthier is the Chairman & CEO of Ledger, a tech company that specializes in developing secure hardware for consumers and enterprise-grade custody solutions for institutions, enabling the storage and management of cryptocurrencies and NFTs.

He began his career at Kelkoo, later acquired by Yahoo, and was COO at Criteo, where he played a key role in the company's pivot to advertising and global expansion. Pascal Gauthier also worked as a Venture Partner at Mosaic Ventures, a London-based VC firm, and is non-executive chairman of Kaiko, a leading digital data analytics provider.

Since he became Chairman & CEO of Ledger in 2019, Pascal Gauthier has expanded the company's product line with Ledger Live, an intuitive digital asset management app, and a next-generation consumer device, Ledger Stax. He also started Ledger Enterprise, the company’s B2B product enabling companies to secure their digital assets at scale. Ledger Enterprise offers TRADELINK, a best-in-class open network to enable custodial trading via exchange and custodial partners. Pascal Gauthier is committed to driving ownership and security in the cryptocurrency industry.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Self-custody, security, and the right to economic freedom
- Ledger's growth amidst their tenth anniversary and key learnings
- How they've performed since the launch of two products— Ledger Stax and Ledger Flex— earlier this year
- AI & blockchain's relationship— why proof-of-you is crucial
- The unique insight Ledger has as the only hardware solution with a consumer trading business via Ledger Live
- Their new HQ in Paris that's home to their revamped white hat hacker lab dubbed the "Donjon"
- Working with Tony Fadell, the creator of the iPod
- The importance of “cool” in hardware and IRL products
- The future of hardware wallets
- NYT full page ad for Ledger Stax + Flex

Ledger
Website: www.ledger.com
X: @Ledger
Discord: discord.gg/ledger

Pascal Gauthier
X: @_pgauthier
LinkedIn: Pascal Gauthier


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Michael Kong is an influential thought leader and developer concentrated on the expansion of blockchain technology and CEO and CIO of Sonic Labs (previously Fantom). Before Sonic, Kong served as CTO of myStake, Digital Currency Holdings, and Liberté & Co. He has been a part of the ETH community since 2013.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Rebranding from Fantom to Sonic Labs
- Everyone launching a coin after November U.S election
- Sonic Boom: ~200M $S airdrop to spur adoption of the network
- $FTM to $S Token Merge - how to take advantage and get your tokens
- DeFi applications within the Sonic ecosystem
- Upcoming launch of Sonic Mainnet
- Stories from testnet and timeline for Mainnet (Dec 1)
- Sonic’s bridge to ETH
- Cross-chain communication + interoperability
- Outlook for the next few months before testnet
- Sonic’s insanely high TPS

Sonic Labs
Website: www.soniclabs.com
X: @0xSonicLabs
Telegram: t.me/Sonic_English

Michael Kong
X: @michaelfkong
LinkedIn: Michael Kong

 
 
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Jag Singh is the CEO and co-founder of re.al, an L2 build to facilitate deep onchain liquidity for tokenized RWAs. re.al seeks to redefine how RWAs are integrated into DeFi, using yield-generating real-world assets as novel building blocks in existing DeFi primitives.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Real World Asset thesis
- TVL/RWA yields
- Benefits of tokenizing real-world assets
- On-chain Home Loans
- Building on Arbitrum
- Current market discussion
- Transparent rewards program
- Value accrual to community
- Vertically integrated ecosystem
- Rewards and points programs
- Season 2 rewards goals

re.al
Website: www.re.al
X: @real_rwa
Discord: discord.gg/realrwa

Jag Singh
X: @jagTNFT
LinkedIn: Jag Singh

 
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Oliver Linch is CEO of Bittrex Global, one of the world's most secure digital asset exchanges. Oliver has over a decade of experience as a financial regulatory lawyer, having advised major investment banks, exchanges, and leading financial institutions on regulatory matters across the EEA, UK, and US. During his tenure with a leading global law firm, Oliver specialised in various areas of financial regulatory advisory work, with particular expertise in advising exchanges, clearing houses, and other financial market infrastructure companies, as well as payment service providers. Oliver's extensive legislative and regulatory drafting experience includes advising special economic zones around the world on devising and drafting new regulatory regimes, particularly focusing on financial regulation and fintech.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Developing the regulatory framework for a digital asset economy
- Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong moving the needle for crypto regulation
- Asset protection and transparency
- Crypto industry in Bermuda
- Security, innovation, regulation
- Battling the SEC
- Without knowing the rules, you can’t win
- Winning back people’s trust
- DYOR

Bittrex Global
Website: bittrexglobal.com
X: @BittrexGlobal
Telegram: t.me/s/bittrexglobal

Oliver Linch
X: @OliverLinch
LinkedIn: Oliver Linch 
 
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Adeniyi is a product leader with experience spanning from financial services to crypto. Adeniyi has led engineering and product teams across Big Tech companies including Oracle, VMware and Facebook. Prior to founding Mysten Labs, Adeniyi led many of Meta’s R&D initiatives in blockchain and cryptocurrency, including the Diem (aka. Libra) Network and the Move programming language.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Facebook’s blockchain/cryptocurrency Diem (aka. Libra) Network
- Move programming language
- Working at Facebook
- Blockchain-based authentication
- Web3 identity via zk tech
- Crypto as a solution for the unbanked in the world
- The importance of gaming and the digital economy
- The role blockchain can play for corporate brands
- Supporting the Sui community with Ecosystem and Community Development funds

Mysten Labs
Website: mystenlabs.com
X: @Mysten_Labs
Discord: discord.gg/mysten

Sui Network
Website: sui.io
X: @SuiNetwork
Discord: discord.gg/sui

Adeniyi Abiodun
X: @EmanAbio
LinkedIn: Adeniyi Abiodun

 
 
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Bob Bodily is the Provo, Utah-based CEO and Co-Founder of Bioniq, a BTC Ordinals wallet and marketplace. He has a bachelor’s degree in neuroscience and a Ph.D. in educational/instructional technology from Brigham Young University, with 25 articles and 1k citations. He is a data engineer with 100k+ lines of production Python code, and he has two previous software startups, including an EdTech SaaS that sold in 2021.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Bitcoin 101
- Zk-rollups
- Bioniq
- Ordinals
- Building on Bitcoin
- NFTs on Bitcoin
- Taproot
- Bitcoin side chains
- ICP
- Bitcoin's metaprotocol layers

ToniqLabs
Website: toniqlabs.com
X: @toniqlabs
Discord: discord.gg/toniqlabs

Bob Bodily
X: @BobBodily
LinkedIn: Bob Bodily, PhD

 
 
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Toby Rush is a twenty-year industry veteran with extensive deep tech experience as both a founder and an investor. Currently, he is CEO and Co-Founder of Redeem, a company unlocking Web3 for the world using phone numbers.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- The future of Web3 Mobile
- Mobile as the key to NFT storage and security
- Mobile and its ongoing impact on payments
- NFT Ticketing & Sports
- The power of open ecosystems
- Token gating activity
- Simplicity in technology
- Working for Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group

Redeem
Website: www.usedeem.com
X: @Redeem_xyz
LinkedIn: Deem

Toby Rush
X: @TobiasRush
LinkedIn: Toby Rush

 
 
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Phil Harvey is the Founder & CEO of Sabre56, the leading hosting provider and digital asset mining consultant. As a cryptocurrency mining expert, Phil has been active in the space since 2014.

With a background in military operational planning, he has been devising solutions for the most complex problems facing blockchain companies for years, including growing one of the largest miners on the North American market.

Sabre56 today has consulted on over 700MW of computing power across North America, the Nordics, and the Middle East. The company builds and operates the most technologically advanced blockchain data centres, and acts as trusted hosting partner for leading miners globally.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Current state of the mining industry
- Phil’s road from elite military to crypto
- Mining economics & the upcoming halving
- Sabre56 scaling in the US market
- Vision for US expansion of blockchain data centres
- Partnerships + landmark consulting/construction deals
- Conceptualising Bitcoin’s energy use
- Computing infrastructure of the future
- Crypto mining 101
- Regulation around digital asset mining
- Digital assets and renewable energy
- Bitcoin halving

Sabre56
Website: www.sabre56.com
X: @Sabre_56
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/sabre56

Phil Harvey
LinkedIn: Phil Harvey


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Gracy Chen is the Managing Director of the top crypto derivatives and copy trading platform Bitget, where she oversees market expansion, business strategy, and corporate development. Under her leadership, Bitget's user base has quadrupled, propelling the exchange to the top five positions among crypto exchanges in terms of crypto derivatives trading volumes.

Before joining Bitget, she held executive positions at the fintech unicorn company Accumulus and Foxconn-backed VR startup XRSPACE. Gracy was also an early investor in BitKeep, Asia's leading decentralized wallet.

In 2015, Gracy was honored as a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum. She graduated from the National University of Singapore and is currently pursuing an MBA degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Derivatives trading 101
- Bitget's market position
- Potential crypto exchange alliance
- End of 2023 crypto predictions
- Partnership with HELLO Labs
- Trading-based AI tools and strategies
- Decentralization and centralization efforts
- Bitget EmpowerX Fund
- Community engagement
- Nansen H1 CEX Landscape report
- AI-based virtual boyfriends and girlfriends
- The dangers of AI

Bitget
Website: bitget.com
Twitter: @bitgetglobal
LinkedIn: Bitget
Telegram: t.me/bitgetEN

Gracy Chen
Twitter: @GracyBitget
LinkedIn: Gracy Chen

 
 
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Omer Amsel is Fireblocks’ Head of Web3 and Director of Product Management. As Head of Web3, Omer is responsible for the strategy and product development enabling access and building of the emerging digital economy, including DeFi, NFTs, and GameFi, via the Fireblocks platform. For over a decade, Omer has been adapting cutting-edge technologies, such as blockchain, solar energy, machine learning, and computer vision, to create products that solve real-world challenges.

Prior to Fireblocks, Omer led product at UVeye, which developed automated inspection systems for vehicles, working with the firm’s most high-profile clients including a Fortune 5 company. He also co-founded Slice RE, a blockchain-based real estate equity crowdfunding platform focused on high-growth, large-scale urban real estate developments. Omer met Fireblocks’ Co-founder & CTO Idan Ofrat at Generaytor, a solar energy community created to accelerate solar adoption through the sharing economy model, where he worked with Idan to bring the product to market.

Omer graduated with a BA in Computer Science from IDC Herzliya (formerly Reichman University).

In this conversation, we discuss:
- Developing Web3 for mainstream adoption
- Web2 businesses moving into Web3
- Web3 barriers to entry
- DeFi 101
- How to get to the next million users in the ecosystem
- How brands can leverage digital assets like NFTs to extend their customers’ experiences
- Upskilling Web2 developers
- Onboarding + removing friction

Fireblocks
Website: www.fireblocks.com
X: @FireblocksHQ
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/fireblocks

Omer Amsel
X: @OmerAmsel
LinkedIn: Omer Amsel

 
 
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