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Kyrylo Khomiakov
Regional Head CEE/CIS/AFRICA
Kyrylo has more than 15 years banking, financial services and fintech. Before Binance worked for the government of Ukraine as Head of Infrastructure Projects Agency and CEO of blockchain software development company.
KK`s target at Binance is to help local regulators building effective crypto regulation and continue driving the strong Binance success in the region.
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Ilie (Elijah) Puscas
Country Manager
Elijah Puscas is the country manager for Romania at Binance.
He is an experienced professional in business development and a consultant for cryptocurrency innovative projects. His previous experience includes working as a manager for cryptocurrency exchanges such as Emirex and Emiswap and fast-growing fintech start-ups such as Kuende, Diaspora, Slavi and Koinly.
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Allen Wei
Global CEO and Co-Founder
Allen Wei is the global CEO of LBank — one of the top ranked cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. Before co-founding LBank in 2015, Allen was a professional product engineer and a serial entrepreneur, his early investments in reputable tech-related projects reached an ROI exceeding 100x. Currently, LBank has over 6.4 million users from more than 210 regions globally, and a daily trading volume exceeding 1 billion USD.
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Jane King
CEO and Founder, LilaMax Media at the NASDAQ. Host, New to the Street, NewsMax TV
Helping people to be smart about money she combed through newspapers, websites, and contacts to get nuggets of information that may help someone, somewhere make a smarter decision about feeding their family, educating their children or saving for retirement. Jane brings it all to you live from the NASDAQ Marketsite every day!
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Ekaterina Daminova
Business Development
Business Development at Gemini UK/EU Institutional BD team (previously head of product at Copper) who has a wealth of experience working with all kinds of financial institutions who are investing in crypto, and has deep knowledge of the technical infrastructure and regulatory compliance standards.
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Hussein Almahroot
Business Development Manager
Hussein has a massive passion for the blockchain industry. He joined OKX in early 2021 and he is now leading OKX business development efforts in MENA and helping OKX expand in the Arabic region.
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Dorian Vincileoni
Europe Business Development Manager
At KuCoin, Dorian leads the local activities of the company in parts of the EU, especially in French speaking Europe. Earlier, he was also in charge of the company's business development for both retail and institutional investors in the EU.
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Christo Peev
CEO
Forbes 30. Entrepreneur. Remote Work Activist
A software developer and business executive with substantial entrepreneurial experience, BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Innovations and Technology Management. Since 2013 he spend most of his time working on business and product development in the areas of FinTech, Blockchain, Data Processing and Visualization, Web and Mobile Applications.
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Vasil Tuchkov
Co-Founder & CEO
Co-Founder & CEO of ItRemains.io | Writer, Producer, Entrepreneur | Speaker, Educator | Blockchain Aficionado
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Shantnoo Saxsena
Founder
Shantnoo has over 15 years of experience in the payments and crypto industry and worked with companies dealing in Remittances, SaaS, Open Banking, Crytpo Exchange and Crypto Payments. He is a Strategic Advisor to LBank, looking after growth, partnerships and operation activities globally. At present he is the founder of Encryptus, a leading Institutional Trading Desk which is bridging the gaps between Crypto <> Fiat.
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Marwan Haddad
CEO and Founder
Marwan H. is a crypto enthusiast and investor, and has working on mass adoption of blockchain and NFT with NFT game through Gamfi.
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Vilma Mattila
Founder & CBO
+8 Years in Blockchain, Invested/Incubated +70 Companies, Including +7 Unicorns. Co-founder of Node Kapital, wweb3.org (World Web3) & 5ire.org (valued at +1.5 billion) Ex-EU Singularity University. Advisor at Techstars
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Ondrej Pilny
Co-founder & CEO
Helping investors understand the risk and potential of crypto assets. Ondrej is the inventor of fundamental crypto asset ratings and metrics that help investors outperform the markets.
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Felix Crisan
Co-Founder
Felix is currently the Co-founder and CTO of Netopia, the largest electronic payments processor in Romania, and the Co-founder of BTKO.in, Romania’s first crypto-currency exchange and crypto-payments platform, operational since 2013.
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Adrian Posteuca
CEO Bucharest/London
CEO of Concept Factory Bucharest/London, partner in Immersive Studios (UK) and Metaverse Creative Advisor Humans.ai
He has a 14-year background in visual communications and 6 years o immersive technologies.
Over the past years, he builds immersive experiences for National and International brands using cutting edge technologies as Augmented and Virtual reality, Holograms, IoT and AI.
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Marius Morra
CEO/cofounder
Marius Morra is the CEO & Founder of one of the biggest Crypto Exchange in Romania. He is an excellent manager who leads his team in an encouraging way. He is very ambitious, well organized, always looking for new opportunities and willing to improve his knowledge and professional experience.
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Adrian Stratulat
Director Executiv
Serial tech entrepreneur; blockchain expert, consultant and trainer. Experience as top manager in 5 leading blockchain projects and coauthor of over 10 white papers on DeFi, NFTs, STOs, DAOs. Executive Director of the Romanian Blockchain Association and lead organizer of Romanian Blockchain Summit.
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Przemysław Kral
Chief Executive Officer
Przemyslaw Kral is the CEO of Zonda, one of the largest and longest-standing cryptocurrency exchanges in this region of Europe. With a law degree and an MBA from some of the best universities in Europe, he successfully leads the company's global expansion. As a passionate supporter of cryptocurrency, Kral believes education is the most critical factor in helping to drive positive growth in the sector, particularly in regard to regulations.
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Marina Petrichenko (Crypto Marina )
Web3 Marketing and Business Development Specialist, Head Of Growth (Europe)
Marina is a Web3 Marketing and Growth expert, who is a dynamic speaker who brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to share with audiences. With 10+ years of experience in the industry, she has a deep understanding of the latest trends and technologies into the crypto/blockchain/metaverse space.
As an early adopter of cryptocurrency and a blockchain technology, Marina has a unique perspective on the potential of decentralized systems and their impact on marketing. She has successfully launched and managed marketing campaigns for dozens of companies including Dapper Labs, Flow Blockchain, Nym Technologies and she is currently a key player in the growth and adoption of Web3 tech.
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Vanina Ivanova
CMO
Strategic marketing expert with background in blockchain and decentralization, e-gaming, forex and online payments industries, among others.
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José Fernando Pereira
Partner
Partner at Caerus, a venture capital fund focused on the technologies shaping the future of culture - sports, media, and entertainment, José F. Pereira has dedicated his career to understanding the risk and value drivers behind early-stage investments. He has a passion for how technology empowers creators, talent, and IP owners to enrich their communities and unlock value
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Stefan Tanase
Senior Consultant
Stefan Tanase is a senior consultant within JASILL Accounting Business in Crypto Accounting Team, focused on implementing fiscal policies and their integration in the blockchain field. He is also involved in the fiscal set-up of new emergent blockchain-based businesses, with extensive experience in the emission and transaction of cryptocurrencies.
The work group that Stefan works in is one of the pioneers in this area. Previously, Stefan has worked in the financial domain for the last 7 years and has been involved in the crypto universe since 2018. Although a newcomer in the field, Stefan has structured and translated the transactional flow of the most renowned crypto exchange in Romania into accounting language.
Furthermore, Stefan is interested and involved in streamlining the fiscal solutions applicable in the field of blockchain, wanting to simplify and digitalize bureaucrati cprocedures. He sees crypto more than an investment opportunity, considering it to be a real tool for safe and transparent money transfers and advocates for the adoption of blockchain on a much larger scale in entrepreneurship and start-ups.
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Sergiu T. Vasilescu
Managing Partner
Sergiu Vasilescu (Managing Partner VD Law Group)
Sergiu T. Vasilescu, Founder and Managing Partner of VD LawGroup, is a prominent figure in the IT&C legal environment, specializing in technology, fintech, e-commerce, digital media, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies.
Sergiu has earned individual distinction, being qualified as a Band 1 Lawyer in Fintech by Chambers and Partners, which is the most prestigious entity in the legal industry.
Known for his entrepreneurial mindset and strategic foresight, Sergiu excels in navigating the complexities of these rapidly evolving sectors. With a keen eye for cross-disciplinary challenges in the tech world, Sergiu brings exceptional skills to anticipate regulatory and technical issues. His expertise extends to hands-on involvement in groundbreaking M&A and international transactions, where his insights into legal intricacies play a crucial role.
Sergiu is at the forefront of innovation, handling complex projects involving blockchain, crypto, corporate strategies, data privacy and technology partnerships. His proficiency includes clarifying regulatory landscapes for technology supply, licensing, and implementation, ensuring clients remain ahead in the competitive digital market.
Recognized as a sought-after speaker at tech and fintech events and serving as a mentor for fintech hackathons, Sergiu is a respected authority in the industry. His dedication to technology law is a mission to furnish businesses with cutting-edge legal solutions tailored for the digital age. Motivated to solve the 'e-problems' of tomorrow, Sergiu is not just leading VD Law Group; he's actively shaping the future of legal services in the digital world.
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Luca Dejan
Partner
Luca Dejan, founder and key partner of VD Law Group, has a strong background in fintech, corporate, and real estate law and is an expert at negotiating complex private investments, financing, and business transactions.
His background also includes complex dispute resolution, where he demonstrated outstanding strategic expertise by successfully navigating high-stakes litigation in areas like public procurement, medical malpractice, and FIDIC agreements.
Renowned for being an innovator, Luca has proven to be highly skilled at embracing and navigating the worlds of fintech, blockchain, and cryptocurrency projects.
His deep knowledge of these fast-moving fields is influencing not only the strategic direction of VD Law Group but also the legal landscape at large, placing the company at the forefront of technological advancement.
Well-known for her innovative legal solutions, Luca Dejan acts as a C-suite senior consultant for large corporations and investment funds.
Luca has proven himself as a key competitor in notable projects by combining innovative legal techniques with perceptive business expertise.
His steady contributions deliver outstanding results, establishing his reputation as a strategic leader in the legal industry.
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Jean-Paul Tarud-Kuborn
Partner and co-founder
With over 28 years of experience in the Arabian Peninsula (GCC), Jean-Paul was the Ambassador of Chile to the United Arab Emirates. Prior to that he spent several years in the FinTech industry. He currently also advises Governments and private companies on Strategic Investments and new Financial mechanisms to raise capital.
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Arvin Khamseh
Globally Recognized NFT Marketing Expert
Arvin Khamseh is a globally recognized thought leader in the crypto space. His impressive background in investor relationship marketing for public companies combined with his success in NFT marketing have led to an international reputation for excellence. Since successfully selling out an Italian artist collection in 2021, Arvin has consulted with more than 400 NFT brands resulting in several multi million dollar sellouts within twenty hours. He was also instrumental in helping another NFT brand hit #1 on Icy.tools, then becoming the #1 trending on Opensea. Khamseh is rated #1 NFT Marketing Expert on Fiverr. Khamseh is regularly quoted by major media (USA Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur, etc) and is a frequent guest on top crypto podcasts (The Nifty Show, New To Crypto and Jordan Belfort's The Wolf's Den.) He is also a popular featured keynote speaker and panelist filling rooms at high profile blockchain events around the world (recent appearances on Arvin’s World tour included Blockchain Fest, TMRW Conference, IFPX, Metaverse Week, AIBC/Sigma, and many others.
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Viktoria Soltesz
Founder and CEO
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Is the founder of the payment consulting firm, PSP Angels, which helps online businesses optimising their payment flows and costs by finding the best payment and banking solutions.
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Cristian Dorobantu
Co-founder and CEO
Working with an individual to challenge and support him or her in achieving higher levels of performance while allowing them to bring out the best in themselves and those around them.
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Bogdan Clipici
Co-Founder & CBO
Bogdan is leading the sales department and responsible for retaining existing customers, increasing the customer base and sales through market penetration strategies and manages all activities involved in sales, operations, customer care, and support system. He develops and then assess the department’s effectiveness, identify errors, and make suitable changes in strategies to reach the targets and goals.
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Adrian Niculescu
Founder
Adrian has been involved in blockchain since 2016, with a complex, and actual CMO/ CEO/ VC/ Mentor/ Advisor/ Speaker experience, considering himself a contributor to the growth of this industry.
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Alex Mincu
Founder
Founder & CEO @Farm.XYZ - Building The Ultimate Multi-Chain Staking Platform
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Alex Pana
Marketing Manager
Alex Pana is the Marketing Manager at Oveit, a US-based tech company specialized in smart ticketing and cashless payments. Prior to joining Oveit, he worked with two of the world's leading financial services companies.Over the last 6 years, Alex attended more than 200 live and virtual events, understanding how entertainment, digital payments, and NFTs work together.
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Meike Krautscheid
CEO & Founder
Meike Krautscheid is an entrepreneur and a leading global specialist in blockchain-based use cases and business transformation. She is the Founder and CEO of blockXspace, a company that is bringing blockchain solutions to the public and private sector. Meike Krautscheid is analyzing the problem areas of different industries and companies, highlighting how blockchain technology, as well as Smart and Ricardian Contracts help to solve these problems and lead to massively improved business efficiencies.
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Mugur Cosmin Frunzetti
Founder DAO Creator's Platform
Serial Entrepreneur for over 25 years, Mugur was always able to innovate, to create business in different niches, from insurance to ecommerce, marketing, publishing. He is the Founder of 2 business events, Bucharest Summit and Crypto Expo Europe and recently launched pre-seed for MetaStudio, the first DAO Platform for Content Creators.
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Daniel Tamas
Co-founder and CEO
Daniel Tamas is a passionate serial Entrepreneur based in Eastern Europe's Silicon Valley, the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has been actively building gaming startups since 2007, capitalizing on the business opportunities presented by the growing digital ecosystem.
In 2007, he co-founded IDEA Studios, which became Eastern Europe's largest indie casual games studio, having designed, created, and published more than 8000 games, with 2 billion players to date.
In 2019 he co-founded WAM with Alex Rus with a vision of changing how people play using the latest technological advancements in app development & secure digital assets backed by blockchain.
WAM is a Web3 game-tech company building the first Play-and-earn hyper-casual competitive crypto-gaming platform using blockchain technology. WAM received numerous international awards and despite market trends, it had a growth of over 1.3M unique users in 2022, 5.5M sessions, and a community of 400k members.
In 2020 he co-founded Gamerina, an avatar company focused on delivering high quality 2D avatars using the blockchain for digital businesses.
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Antonio Enache
Founder & CEO
Antonio is a successful entrepreneur - worked in the last 16 years for his own business in marketing, wellness, health and fitness industry. He is licensed as Business Coach, Life Coach and Master Trainer, having
more than 40 international specialized trainings completed. He serves as the CEO of Sense4FIT, a start-up company that combines fitness, wellness, metaverse technology and blockchain solutions to speed up customer adoption.
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Alexandru Carbunariu
CMO & CEO
Active Advisor for other projects like Herity Network, Vemate, Imperium, Catacomb Crawlers and Silent Advisor for may other.
Launched over 5 Blockchain projects and more than 21 Blockchain Products, bringing the ''out of the box'' thinking when it comes to Blockchain products and projects.
10+ years experience at Trading 212
2+ years with StromGain CEX
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Alexandru Macovei
Lawyer, CEO & Founder
25+ years legal expert: 15+ years law enforcement, lawyer, 5+years IT legal specialist (VP at Nippon Telegraph and Telephone RO included), AML, GDPR, public procurement & audit specialist, green energy legal expert, antrepreneur, US Singularity University alumnus, US L3X Punk DAO member, crypto legal advisor.
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Benedetto Biondi
Chief Executive Officer
Benedetto Biondi is the co-founder and CEO of Folks Finance, one of the leading projects on Algorand offering a full set of DeFi tools for managing Digital assets. Benedetto has accrued 3 years of experience as a Blockchain Project Manager, is a mentor in the Algorand Miami and Europe Accelerators, a DeFi advisor at Climatecoin, a DeFi lecturer at the course of Economics and Law for Digital Assets at the University of Florence.
Benedetto has deep experience in Web3 and has navigated the DeFi space since its beginning. He began from crypto passion, later becoming a Project Manager at Blockchain Italia, then the passion for DeFi brought him as CEO of Folks Finance in 2021. He has completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano and a Master's in Engineering Innovation and Management at Cardiff University, specializing in Data Analysis.
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Denys Lothbrok
Founder and CEO
IT entrepreneur with 14+ years of experience in the industry and a passionate crypto-enthusiast. Been sharing my knowledge to help others learn how to analyze markets and trade with confidence. Founder of an upcoming blockchain-based AR game.
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Amy Peck
Founder & CEO
Amy Peck is the CEO of EndeavorXR, a leading global XR strategy & consulting firm. She is one of the world’s foremost experts on immersive technology, the Metaverse, Web 3.0 and Blockchain. She advises Fortune 500 companies and government entities on The Metaverse, XR strategy, tech-forward digital transformation and the Future of Work.
Amy was recently named one of the Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Tech for 2023 and Top 100 Women of The Future. Amy is an angel investor and Venture Partner at the CRXR Accelerator. She holds multiple Advisory Board roles, and is co-chair of Prospera Women, a global organization supporting female-led startups.
Her own personal mission is to see technology accessible to all - fundamentally improving every aspect of our lives and elevating the way we work, learn, communicate and play.
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Roland Roventa
Portfolio Manager @ Altana Digital Assets Fund
Roland is joint Portfolio Manager of the Altana Digital Assets Fund, which invests in blockchain technology across a wide spectrum of sectors in the digital assets space using a VC style investment process. Roland’s expertise comes from leveraging his longstanding market experience within digital assets to anticipate market trends and generate alpha for the fund. He first started investing personally in digital assets in 2016 and joined Altana Wealth in June 2020, where he supported the Investment Management Team focusing on fundamental research. Roland graduated with honours from the University of Monaco with a Bachelor’s degree, majoring in Finance. He is a fluent English and native Romanian speaker.
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Alexandre Horvath
Chief Information Security Officer & Data Protection Officer
Alexandre Horvath works as a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and Data Protection Officer (DPO) at Cryptix AG. In this role he is responsible for the development of protection goals for mission critical assets/devices, their cyber threats, and their cyber risks. Additionally, he carries out risk assessments and business impact analyses as well as simulated crisis scenarios (including the participation of the top management). On top he ensures compliance with data protection/privacy regulations as well as ISO27001 certification assessments for clients who want to be compliant with the latest international cybersecurity and data protection standards. His latest achievement is the Cryptocurrency Security Standard Auditor (CCSSA) certification, which allows him (as first Auditor in the DACH region) to audit crypto currency systems.
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Claudia Tapardel
CCO and Vice President for International Affairs
Claudia Tapardel is a European public figure and an enthusiastic entrepreneur.
She is the CCO and VICE PRESIDENT FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS of ARIVA DIGITAL, a blockchain company which integrates tourism and travel industry with digital, crypto and blockchain technology.
She is also the Founder & CEO of CT EU AFFAIRS and former MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, with an intensive political, legislative, negotiation, communication and business management experience and skills, also having a good reputation at European and international level.
With a PHD IN STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT, she held various top level positions in both the private and public sector.
At this moment she is a GLOBAL PUBLIC SPEAKER and a EUROPEAN AFFAIRS CONSULTANT with massive expertise in European affairs, communication and management strategies, tourism, travel and transportation, digital agenda and blockchain technology.
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Flavian Manea
CEO
Flavian is the CEO of Bware Labs, a company building high quality infrastructure services and products for blockchain developers. With more than 10 years of experience in software development, Flavian started his journey in software development in the Romanian state army. After working for two years in the system, he went into the corporate and private domains, and continued his journey to the top in big corporations such as Poker 888, Intel, and Luxoft.
Additionally, he’s been into crypto since 2019, and as he stated, he was raised during the bear market, one of the best times to learn about the crypto industry.
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Oh Thongsrinoon
CMO
Oh is a serial technopreneur with successful stops working for several well-known tech companies including Yahoo!, Grab, and Tencent in either leadership or executive roles. While he has successes at strategic and fundraising levels, Oh’s first love has always been as a “product guy.”
He was responsible for launching a social media gaming platform for Sanook (a Tencent company), a fan funding platform for Superfanz, and a creator content tokenization and NFT minting platform for Collab Asia. In the latter capacity, Oh also lead the team in crafting white papers, smart contracts, and tokenomics.
He’s currently a CMO for ALTAVA, one of the leading luxury fashion metaverse with offices in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, London, and Paris.
Additionally, he’s been into crypto since 2019, and as he stated, he was raised during the bear market, one of the best times to learn about the crypto industry.
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Silvia Mogas
Founder
Silvia Mogas is an International marketer with over 14 years of experience in marketing and 3 years in the Blockchain space. She is the former CMO of enVoy DeFi, Founder of BMBWeb3, Head of Marketing at Fayre Labs and Mentor of R3 Corda, Newchip and the SBC Inclusive Fintech & DeFi Program.
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Sergiu Draganus
DAO Spark
Sergiu Draganus is one of the architects behind Ludo.com, GeoRanker.com, CryptoCoin.PRO & BoostIT.com
Passionate about Web2 and a strong believer in Web3 infrastructure and applications
Domainer -> Saas Founder -> Web3 Investor -> Web3 Founder
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Tammy Lovin
Digital Art Experiences Creator
Tammy Lovin is an internationally acclaimed digital artist that specializes in creating art experiences using a variety of emerging tech tools such as AR, XR , programmable art or A.I.
Her work thrives on the blockchain or in the Metaverse, and it can range from whimsical colorful compositions, digital fashion or VR sculptures that can also be experimented as AR filters.
The themes of her eye-candy artworks often address complex human experiences and deep inner thoughts.
Her artworks have been displayed IRL in consecutive years at the Miami Bitcoin Conference, Beijing and Los Angeles Art and Tech events, and in Times Square NYC during NFT NYC, as well as in art galleries and private collections, being an iconic presence among connoisseurs. She is often invited as a specialist speaker at conferences and events and you can also catch her content on social media where she continues her ascension while educating her audience on web3 related content.
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Nikolay Angelov
Head of Blockchain
Nikolay Angelov is a blockchain developer, public speaker and blogger. As a self-taught coder and enthusiast for all newly brewing tech, Nikolay, nicknamed Niki, began programming in 2007
when he wrote his first mIRC script.
He has since mastered multiple programming technologies and participated in creating blockchain solutions for property giant Emaar and numerous mainnet projects. At present, Niki is an integral part of the blockchain development team at Nexo – a leading digital finance institution.
He has lectured and led workshops at various blockchain conferences, reaching thousands of attendees each year, in addition to teaching blockchain courses in Singapore and the Philippines.
Niki hopes to introduce his own innovations to blockchain. While he figures out exactly what they will be, he is dedicating his free time to gaming and ruminating on different technical and blockchain-related topics via his blog.
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Roxana Pistolea
Web3 Evangelist
Roxana Pistolea is a Web3 Evangelist at Humans.ai, one of the most promising Romanian deep tech companies, building the Blockchain for AIs. An ambitious young lawyer who practiced as a litigator for 5 years in two big law firms, until she decided that her free, creative spirit cannot be contained in the corporate world and that it's time to reinvent herself. She's not your typical lawyer, because she doesn't like the "lawyer" label. From digital events planning to copywrite, an NFT & crypto passionate, she’s a social media manager, content writer & speaker at international events, such as NFT.NYC & NFT.London. All in all, she defines herself as a Web3 Evangelist. In one week she managed to form a group of 50 ladies in the web3 space in Romania, with the purpose of encouraging women to join the web3 space in her country and also create a network of mutual support & empowerment.
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Bogdan Filip
Head of Global Community
Bogdan Filip has a master's degree in Business Consulting. He stepped into the web3 space almost 6 years ago, out of which the last 2 years were dedicated to daily learning on how to build communities. Oriented towards business growth and sales, for the past 10 years he was carried throughout different sectors of activity, such as IT, consulting, cyber security, AI, blockchain, crypto currencies and NFTs, where he held positions from entry-level to top management, advisory or private investment. However, growing communities is where his obsession and passion lies.
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Vali Mălinoiu
Head of Blockchain & Infrastructure
Vali is a seasoned speaker with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the fields of blockchain, AI, and distributed systems. As the leader of a team of skilled engineers, he is responsible for building the AIVerse, the first AI blockchain on Cosmos.
With over a decade of experience in blockchain, Vali has gained an in-depth understanding of the technology and its applications. He began his career in distributed systems with Bittorent before moving on to build blockchain infrastructures. As a self-described polyglot and poly-paradigm software engineer, he believes in using the right tool for the job.
Because of his passion for technology you can find him speaking at industry events such as OWASP and TEDx, where he has shared his insights on blockchain, AI, and distributed systems and cybersecurity.
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Sabin Dima
Founder & CEO
Sabin is a seasoned tech entrepreneur and former investor with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He began his entrepreneurial journey at the young age of 16 by creating one of the first social platforms in the Middle East. Later, at the age of 21, Sabin co-founded one of the first investment funds in the technology sector in Romania. Since then, he has founded and invested in numerous technology companies, including the start-up AroundWise, which offers marketing solutions for shopping centers and is used by over 400 retailers. In 2019, Sabin launched Humans.ai, a new venture created with a team of experts with whom he has collaborated closely for over five years.
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Alex Arghirescu
CMO
Entrepreneur at heart, started his first online business when he was 16. Spent the next 11 years learning & developing his craft while growing his agency and multiple businesses along the way before joining IXFI and sharing a common passion & vision for this project.
Passionate about deploying cross-channel strategies, building sales funnels and personalised user journeys using pull marketing methodologies. Focusing on relevance and omnipresence while making good use of automation and data science.
For him it’s all about the legacy we can leave & the impact we can have while making the world a better place.
Goals / Visions / Freedom are his vehicle.
Blockchain, crypto and marketing allow him to impact people at scale, providing the value they need, when they need it and build a legacy while doing it.
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Peter Hopwood
Global Speaker Coach & TEDx Coach / Presenter / Story Strategist
British born Peter travels the globe (physically & virtually) supporting executives, leaders, founders and teams to craft and deliver engaging stories, increase their leadership presence and persuasive connection - with impact.
Essentially, Peter guides professionals to adopt a set of speaking behaviours and insights to create stronger chemistry and connection, using storytelling techniques to get closer to better outcomes.
Dubai to Amsterdam, Shanghai to Berlin, Peter’s engaging coaching skills are in high demand taking founders, entrepreneurs, CEOs and TEDx speakers to the next level in their confidence, storytelling abilities and presence on stage or in a virtual setting. Equally, as a global events MC, Presenter and virtual host, Peter has built a portfolio of shaping some of the strongest tech events on the planet. Peter has managed significant stages at Mobile World Congress (Asia, USA, Europe), LEAP (Riyadh), GITEX (Dubai), JEC ASIA (Korea) and 500+ across his career.
Chair of the Communication Committee of the The World Innovation and Change Management Institute (WICMI), Peter has worked in 46 countries (physically) and lived in 7 - now based in Split, Croatia.
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Paul Moukhin
Co-Founder
- 13+ years of entrepreneurship experience.
- 7+ in bizdev & capital raising.
- 5+ in crypto.
Handling partnership, consulting, and fundraising solutions for most blockchain and Web3 verticals: L1, PSP, CEX/DEX, DeFi, VC, Metaverse, NFT, P2E, Wallets, Cryptos, Supply chain, IP, Enterprises, Mining, Launchpad, etc.
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Ioana Frincu
Technology Advisor
Ioana is a blockchain and technology development expert specializing in Software Product Management and Tech Strategy. She has been developing crypto and blockchain products for over six years and co-founded Romania's first blockchain development studio. Some of her notable achievements are building the first crypto exchange in Singapore and the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange. Recently, she has been focusing on DeFi and banking software, and advising VCs about investment opportunities in early-stage startups.
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Alexandru Nichita
Chief Operating Officer
Alexandru oversees the company’s daily operations and drives innovation and strategy. He leverages his extensive expertise in blockchain technology and business development to streamline processes and ensure the organization’s continual growth and delivery of cutting-edge blockchain solutions.
Introducing Alexandru Nichita,
the driving force behind SourceLess in his role as Chief Operating Officer. With an unparalleled dedication to excellence, Alexandru takes charge of the company's daily operations, orchestrating a symphony of innovation and strategy that propels us forward.
Drawing from his extensive expertise in blockchain technology and business development, Alexandru brings a wealth of knowledge to the table. His strategic mindset and visionary approach enable him to streamline processes, optimize efficiencies, and ensure the organization's continual growth. Under his leadership, SourceLess delivers cutting-edge blockchain solutions that redefine industry standards.
With a keen eye for detail
and a passion for staying ahead of the curve, Alexandru plays a pivotal role in shaping SourceLess's future. His ability to navigate the complexities of the blockchain landscape and drive forward-thinking initiatives solidify SourceLess's position as an industry leader.
Join us in recognizing Alexandru Nichita's exceptional contributions as he continues to steer SourceLess towards unprecedented success. Under his guidance, we embark on a journey marked by innovation, growth, and groundbreaking achievements.
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Stefan Gergely
Head of Growth
Stefan is the Head of Growth at Soleadify - a startup that uses ML to understand 700 billion webpages per week in order to build and maintain a database of 80M businesses worldwide. A typical college dropout with 2 startup exits under his belt and a different type of exit from the TU/e in the Netherlands. His entrepreneurial background is an agency that he co-founded and exited as well as a cryptocurrency startup. His skillset however is on growth hacking / marketing where he has quite a few interesting stories. Ask him about it, he’s a big talker.
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Dr. Razvan Costin
PhD in Cybernetics and Statistics and Co-Founder Prodigy IT Solutions, Starfish, Star Chain, Typeqast and Deb0x
Răzvan Costin is a Romanian entrepreneur dedicated to IT&C innovation. After obtaining his PhD in Cybernetics and Statistics (2013), he started his career as a researcher, working both at Babes Bolyai University and Universität Wien. During his doctoral studies, he had the opportunity to work with Prof. Dr. Stefan Nitchi, who helped him to develop professionally both as a researcher and as an engineer. In 2012 Răzvan Costin started his career as a programmer, and by 2018 he had climbed all the steps of the IT industry (from junior programmer to CTO). In 2018 he decided to found his first company Prodigy IT Solutions, and within 5 years he created 4 more companies under the umbrella of Home of Prodigies. At the moment the companies work with world-renowned clients and operate 4 products fully incubated in the created ecosystem.
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Prof. Dr. Radu Ionescu
Professor at the University of Bucharest and Co-Founder
Radu Tudor Ionescu is Professor at the University of Bucharest (Romania) and Co-founder at SecurifAI. He completed his PhD at the University of Bucharest in 2013. He received the 2014 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research in the field of Computer Science from the Romanian Ad Astra Association. His research interests include machine learning, computer vision, image processing, medical imaging, computational linguistics and text mining. He published over 130 articles at international peer-reviewed conferences and journals, and a research monograph with Springer. He received the "Caianiello Best Young Paper Award" at ICIAP 2013 for the paper entitled "Kernels for Visual Words Histograms". Radu also received the "Young Researchers in Science and Engineering" Prize for young Romanian researchers, and the "Danubius Young Scientist Award 2018 for Romania" by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research and by the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe. Together with other co-authors, he obtained good rankings at several international competitions: 4th place in the Facial Expression Recognition Challenge of WREPL 2013, 3rd place in the NLI Shared Task of BEA-8 2013, 2nd place in the ADI Shared Task of VarDial 2016, 1st place in the ADI Shared Task of VarDial 2017, 1st place in the NLI Shared Task of BEA-12 2017, 1st place in the ADI Shared Task of VarDial 2018, 1st place in the ACM Multimedia 2023 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge (ComParE) on request and complaint detection.
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Sorin Mierlea
President
Sorin MIERLEA is the President of InfoCons since 2003 and the representative of the Romanian Consumer Protection Movement both nationally and internationally, being member of various Organizations, Working Groups, Advisory Councils and Committees.
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Sebastian Cochinescu
CEO and founder
Sebastian is a tech entrepreneur, an educator, an investor, and the CEO and founder of Tailpath.com - a technology company that adds transparency to supply chains by using public blockchains.
He has more than 20 years of business executive-level experience working with Apple, Hubert Burda Media and Avandor. In 2018 he received the Honor Emblem of the Romanian Army High Command.
He also graduated the Executive Management Program - Blockchain Academy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2017.
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Stanislav Havryliuk
COO
Stanislav Havryliuk is an experienced senior executive and COO at Zonda with a strong background in customer support, sales, marketing, and team management. He has a proven track record of building and leading effective in-house and remote teams in cryptocurrency projects since 2017. Stanislav embraces cryptocurrency exchanges as they democratize markets for people by giving easy access to the world of investment and trading.
Throughout his career, he has always strived to deliver the best results and implement solutions that meet the needs of the business, all while developing long-term, mutually beneficial relationships with employees, customers, and partners.
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Andrei Popa
Co-founder
A web3 guy grinding and building through his second bear market. After leading as CMO at Zoidpay during his first crypto winter, he's now the co-founder of Hypercent, an official launchpad and NFT marketplace on Kadena, pushing through the all-new bear market. With over 5 years of experience in the crypto industry, Andrei helps projects build right, raise right, and launch rightly on Kadena.
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Gasper Stih
Director of Marketing
Gasper Stih is an experienced senior executive and Marketing Director at Zonda with a strong marketing and team management background. He took an unusual path to marketing after growing up in Hawaii, where he realized that being a soccer player or professional kiteboarder wouldn’t fulfil him once he grew old. After switching gears and upgrading his skillset, he brought two ICO startups to life and played a key role in one of Europe’s largest fund-investing campaigns in recent years.
After seven years of helping various companies enhance their marketing with his toolbox of specialities, Gasper is now on a mission to build brands that make an impact. He recently completed a tenure as CMO at Nitro League where he helped raise over $9 million from investors and then built a marketing department from scratch for a wildly-popular metaverse-based mobile play-to-earn (P2E) racing game. His latest CMO gig was leading a marketing team at Ternoa, a next-gen blockchain NFT framework empowering everyone to build web3.
Gasper is a gamer, sportsman, crypto investor and father who loves data-driven and data-backed decisions; results and outputs are his forte. He’s always up for a chat, as he loves discussing new ideas and technology and sharing stories.
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Eduard Oneci
Co-Founder & CEO
Eduard is the Co-Founder & CEO of ZoidPay, the go-to open infrastructure for building the next generation of Web 3.0 financial services. He recently raised a round of $75M for scaling ZoidPay to new heights.
As a serial entrepreneur with +15 years of experience in the tech and marketing industries and a successful exit he started being actively involved in the blockchain space since 2016, founding ZoidPay in 2018 where he holds a number of pending patents that focus on payments and privacy.
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Cristian Voaides
CEO and Founder
