Tone has worked on Wall Street for almost 10 years starting as a Risk Analyst at Bear Stearns and later becoming a VP at JP Morgan Chase in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. His expertise is in Economic Trends, Trading and Risk Analysis. Ever since getting involved in the Crypto Currency ecosystem in
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Chris Becker is Investec’s blockchain technologies specialist and is focused on product development and strategy for the Private Bank. Before moving into this role, his career spanned more than a decade as macro-economic strategist to institutional asset managers, hedge funds and commercial bank FICC desks. Chris co-founded Mises Institute South Africa in 2011 and holds
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Tanya Knowles is the Country Manager of Binance South Africa, world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume. Her previous roles have included working as the Business Manager of Adhara, a global provider of liquidity management and international payment solutions for decentralised financial networks and the Managing Executive of Fractal Solutions at Strate (Pty) Ltd, where
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Brian Behlendorf is the Executive Director of Hyperledger Project. Behlendorf was a primary developer of the Apache Web server, the most popular web server software on the Internet, and a founding member of the Apache Software Foundation. He has also served on the board of the Mozilla Foundation since 2003 and the Electronic Frontier Foundation since
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Stefan Thomas is the CTO of Ripple, the San Francisco-based blockchain company powering frictionless payments for more than 100 customers worldwide. Prior to joining Ripple in 2013, Stefan worked as a developer in Germany, Switzerland, and the UK. As an early Bitcoin contributor, Stefan produced the popular “What is Bitcoin?” video, which introduced millions of
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Marcus is co-founder and CEO of Luno, a leading global cryptocurrency company on a mission to upgrade the world to a better financial system. With millions of customers in 40 countries, Luno’s products and services make it safe and easy for people and businesses to store, buy, use and learn about cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and
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Vinny is regularly recognized and featured by major media worldwide like Fortune Magazine, CNBC, Business Insider, and many more. Along with Elon Musk, South African-born Vinny is currently South Africa’s other major technology entrepreneur export to the famous Silicon Valley in San Francisco and is always found ranked online in the top 5 lists of
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Helen Zille is the Premier of the Western Cape. She was elected to office by the Provincial Parliament on 6 May 2009 and reelected after the May 2014 general elections. She was educated at Johannesburg’s St Mary’s School, Waverley and the University of the Witwatersrand, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. Before Helen
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A former councillor for the City of Cape Town, and a former member of the city’s Tourism, Events, Arts, and Marketing portfolio, Beverley Schäfer was the chair of the Standing Committee for Economic Opportunities, Tourism, and Agriculture at the Western Cape Provincial Parliament before being appointed as MEC in November 2018. This role encompasses providing
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Brock Pierce is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur with an extensive track record of founding, advising and investing in disruptive businesses. His level of domain knowledge and deep connections in gaming, Blockchain technology and the digital currency space are unparalleled. Mr. Pierce pioneered the market for digital currency in games and has raised more than
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