3-4 Oct, 2023
Celebrating 10 years of Crypto Valley, CV Summit 2023 delivered a dynamic exploration of the driving forces and exceptional developments in the blockchain space. Over 750 attendees had the opportunity to engage and contribute to the continuous success of Crypto Valley as a global blockchain leader. As utility continues to be a driving force, topics covered included stablecoins, emerging markets, investor & tech trailblazer power hours, and more.
Co-Founder of Polygon Labs
Antoni Martin, Co-Founder of PolygonID and Polygon Hermez, spent years working for Deutsche Bank before diving into the blockchain world. Until now, he has been Head of Enterprise, leading the business development and future growth opportunities for Polygon liaising with governments, regulators, banks, consultancy, or ETH companies implementing Polygon solutions. In his free time, he enjoys reading history books and engaging in outdoor activities such as swimming, skiing, and climbing. Antoni continually pursues intellectual enlightenment and pushes established boundaries like his idols Pep Guardiola, Johan Cruyff, or the All Blacks.
Co-Founder of Polygon Labs
Co-Founder & Engineering Lead at Polygon Labs
Co-Founder & Engineering Lead at Polygon Labs
Founder & Chief Scientist of DFINITY Foundation
Dominic is a crypto theoretician and entrepreneur. His recent research includes Threshold Relay and PSC chains, Validation Towers and Trees, and USCIDs, and he proposes new ideas such as "The 3 E's of Sybil Resistance". Previously he ran a venture-backed MMO game using his own distributed systems that hosted millions of users.
Dominic is a crypto theoretician and entrepreneur. His recent research includes Threshold Relay and PSC chains, Validation Towers and Trees, and USCIDs, and he proposes new ideas such as "The 3 E's of Sybil Resistance". Previously he ran a venture-backed MMO game using his own distributed systems that hosted millions of users.
Founder & Chief Scientist of DFINITY Foundation
Global Fintech & Tech Influencer at Pylarinou Advisory
Efi Pylarinou is a Top Global Fintech & Tech Influencer. No.1 Global Woman Influencer in Finance & the Data conversation by Refinitiv 2019 & 2020, a Top Thought Leader by Onalytica 2021. Top 50 Digital Futurist and Top 30 Linkedin Voice by Engatica. A seasoned Wall Street professional & a recognized technology thought leader on innovation topics. Founder of Efi Pylarinou Advisory servicing Big Tech, Financial Services and Fintech clients. She has over 195,000 followers on Linkedin and 23,000+ on Twitter. Join her on the social platforms https://linktr.ee/Efiglobal
Global Fintech & Tech Influencer at Pylarinou Advisory
Founder and Chief Architect at LUKSO
Fabian Vogelsteller is the author of the world's first smart contract standard - ERC 20 and a former Ethereum developer who has significantly influenced the Blockchain space. He has built consumer and developer tools used by millions like the Ethereum Mist browser, The Ethereum Wallet and web3.js - Ethereum’s most used JavaScript library. Recently he launched LUKSO, the Blockchain for the New Creative Economies - enabling the real Blockchain adoption.
Founder and Chief Architect at LUKSO
CEO & Founder of Crypto Finance Group
Jan Brzezek is the CEO and founder of Crypto Finance AG and a board member of Crypto Finance (Asset Management) AG.In 2017, Jan founded Crypto Finance AG. Since then, he has steered the company on its way as a leading provider of products and services covering the entire digital asset value chain. Today, Crypto Finance is a FINMA-regulated financial institution and a member of Deutsche Börse Group, offering professional digital asset solutions in asset management, brokerage, custody, infrastructure, and tokenization for financial institutions.An alumnus of Zurich University of Applied Sciences and UBS Asset Management, Wealth Management and Investment Bank, Jan has over 15 years of experience in the industry.Jan is a visionary who aims to establish a neutral, transparent, and highly scalable digital asset ecosystem under European regulation with Crypto Finance. Under his leadership, the institution has already become a force to be reckoned with in the global crypto market and has won numerous awards, including a Crypto Valley Top 50 blockchain company, Top 100 Swiss Start-up, and 2019 Swiss FinTech Award winner.
CEO & Founder of Crypto Finance Group
Co-Founder & Technical Lead of Polygon
Jordi Baylina is a Co-Founder of Polygon, and the Technical Lead and Co-Founder of Polygon zkEVM. He oversees the development and implementation of Polygon zkEVM, a leading zk-rollup. As one of the most widely recognized Ethereum developers, he has made several high-impact contributions to the Ethereum community, including CIRCOM and PIL, free and open-source projects that demonstrate his commitment to Web3 values. He has a long history in the Ethereum community, including co-founding the WhiteHat Group to save funds during The DAO hack early in the network’s history. He has spent years as a sought-after auditor, leading the teams that poured over the contracts of MakerDAO and Aragon. Before Hermez, he co-founded a number of projects, including the donation platform Giveth, DAppNode, and Iden3.
Jordi Baylina is a Co-Founder of Polygon, and the Technical Lead and Co-Founder of Polygon zkEVM. He oversees the development and implementation of Polygon zkEVM, a leading zk-rollup. As one of the most widely recognized Ethereum developers, he has made several high-impact contributions to the Ethereum community, including CIRCOM and PIL, free and open-source projects that demonstrate his commitment to Web3 values. He has a long history in the Ethereum community, including co-founding the WhiteHat Group to save funds during The DAO hack early in the network’s history. He has spent years as a sought-after auditor, leading the teams that poured over the contracts of MakerDAO and Aragon. Before Hermez, he co-founded a number of projects, including the donation platform Giveth, DAppNode, and Iden3.
Co-Founder & Technical Lead of Polygon
Inventor of the hashgraph algorithm, co-founder of Hedera, and co-CEO of Swirlds Labs
Dr. Leemon Baird is the inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm, Co-founderof Hedera, and Co-founder and Co-CEO of Swirlds Labs. With over 20 years of technology and startup experience, he has held positions as a Professor of Computer Science at the US AirForce Academy and as a senior scientist in several labs. He has been the Co-Founder of several startups, including two identity-related startups, both of which were acquired.Leemon received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and has multiple patents and publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences in computer security, machine learning, and mathematics.
Inventor of the hashgraph algorithm, co-founder of Hedera, and co-CEO of Swirlds Labs
President of the Solana Foundation
Lily Liu is an entrepreneur and investor focused on the cryptocurrency industry. She has a background as a CFO and operating executive in the US, China, and throughout emerging markets.Lily is the Co Founder of Anagram; the President of the Solana Foundation; on the founding team of Osmosis, and an advisor to Brave.Previously, Lily co-founded Earn.com which was acquired by Coinbase in 2018. She was also the CFO of the Chinaco Healthcare Corporation, where she built a 500-bed private hospital in China. Lily also worked at KKR in New York as well as McKinsey in New York and Beijing.Lily received a BA in Economics and International Relations from Stanford, and studied East Asian Studies at Harvard.
President of the Solana Foundation
Head of Crypto Europe at Visa
Head of Crypto Europe at Visa
Co-Founder & Group CEO of Sygnum
Mathias is a Co-Founder and Group CEO of Sygnum. Prior to Sygnum, he was General Manager at RNT Associates, Mr. Ratan N. Tata’s personal investment platform, which he joined as the first team member. He led multiple venture capital and private equity investments and participated in blockchain and DLT-related equity deals globally. Mathias started his career at Bain & Company where he led advisory projects for private equity funds, family offices and technology companies. He holds a PhD from the University of St. Gallen and a Master of Science from the London School of Economics (LSE).
Co-Founder & Group CEO of Sygnum
Director, EU Strategy & Policy of Circle
Patrick Hansen is Director, EU Strategy & Policy at Circle, a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currencies and public blockchains for payments, commerce, and financial applications worldwide. Circle is powering always-on, internet-native commerce, payments, and custody and is the issuer of USD Coin (USDC) and Euro Coin (EUROC). Prior to that, Patrick was head of strategy & business development at crypto-wallet startup Unstoppable Finance and head of blockchain policy at Bitkom, Europe’s largest tech trade association. Patrick holds master degrees in business and political science.
Director, EU Strategy & Policy of Circle
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE) at Citi
Dr. Prag Sharma leads Citi’s Global Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE). He is one of only 10 Citi Tech Fellows globally. He is a resident expert in Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning (AI/ML) across the organisation. As such, Prag has led the development of Citi-wide best-practices from a Governance, Risk & Controls and Technology perspective in AI, addressed AI-related infrastructure and tooling needs across the organisation and enabled state-of-the-art AI design, development and use at Citi across all its businesses. Prag holds a PhD in Machine Learning (Computer Vision) and an MBA, majoring in Innovation.
Global Head of Artificial Intelligence Centre of Excellence (AI CoE) at Citi
CEO of Animoca Brands
Robby Yung, CEO of Investments at Animoca Brands, a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification. Robby has been in gaming since 2012 and blockchain gaming since 2018. He served as the first CEO of Animoca Brands after taking the group public in 2015. Prior to that, he cofounded magazine publisher, One Media Group, which he listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also founded Chinese television and outdoor media concern, Redgate Media Group, which was acquired by Inno-Tech Holdings.
Robby Yung, CEO of Investments at Animoca Brands, a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification. Robby has been in gaming since 2012 and blockchain gaming since 2018. He served as the first CEO of Animoca Brands after taking the group public in 2015. Prior to that, he cofounded magazine publisher, One Media Group, which he listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also founded Chinese television and outdoor media concern, Redgate Media Group, which was acquired by Inno-Tech Holdings.
CEO of Animoca Brands
Web3 Technical Lead, EMEA
Sam has been at Google Cloud for 5 years and his current role is in the Emerging Trends and Technology team where he is the web3 technical lead.His time is spent exploring how the public internet is set to evolve in the future, and looking at the potential benefits and problems this change could bring to both Google and Google’s customers.He has specialisms with underpinning technologies such as blockchain, graphics rendering and generative AI. In previous roles he worked with video game creators helping them build and launch amazing experiences using the latest technologies.
Web3 Technical Lead, EMEA
CFO of the NEAR Foundation
Yessin has been the CFO of the NEAR Foundation since 2020. He has 20 years of professional experience. He held several CFO positions in asset management firms focusing on private equity, private debt, and infrastructure investments. During his career, he also worked for BlackRock, Swiss Re, and PwC. Yessin has been involved in the blockchain industry since 2015. He served as an Advisor of the Ethereum Foundation, contributed to the Web3 Foundation, and helped many Web3 startups established in Switzerland. Among other academic degrees, he holds a Swiss CPA, and he is a CFA Charterholder.
CFO of the NEAR Foundation
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