Chris Becker is an economist turned digital banker. His role at TymeBank, South Africa’s first Cloud-based bank, affords him deep insight into cutting-edge digital banking and payments governance. Chris has also participated in several ground-breaking initiatives employing blockchain in modern banking and payment services. Notably, he led the development of a custody system for digital
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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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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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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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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin. He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin”, published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin and “The Internet of Money”, a book about why bitcoin matters. As an engaging
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Lorien Gamaroff is the Co-founder and CEO of Centbee, a cryptocurrency payments and remittance company. As South Africa’s foremost blockchain expert, Lorien has been invited around the world to speak on digital/crypto currencies and decentralised/distributed ledgers and their benefits for emerging economies. He has addressed the United Nations, IMF, World Bank, FBI and Commonwealth Secretariat,
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Stefan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Coil. Coil builds on open standards such as Web Monetization and Interledger, which means that payments are extremely fast, cheap, and not tied to one particular provider or platform. Stefan is also the Chairperson of the Board at the Interledger Foundation, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit advocate for
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