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Dov FalicDov Falic, co-founder and CEO of BlockBar, Inc., was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in Panama City, Panama. As part of the next generation of the Falic Group, owners of the largest duty-free operation in the Western Hemisphere, Dov has been immersed in the luxury and retail industry from a young age. Having started in the warehouse ten years ago, Dov went on to serve as the Global Spirits Director and Executive Vice President of the LATAM division.In partnership with his cousin Samuel, in 2021, Dov founded BlockBar, the first global direct-to-consumer NFT platform for wine and spirits. Within the business, Dov oversees operations and brand relationships.Samuel FalicSamuel Falic, co-founder and COO of BlockBar, Inc, was born and raised in Miami, Florida. As part of the next generation of the Falic Group, owners of the largest duty-free operation in the Western Hemisphere, Samuel found interest in both finance and law. After completing his bachelor's degree in Accounting at University of Miami, Samuel continued his education at Cardozo School of Law in New York, completing his J.D.Following that, Samuel went on to join Duty Free Americas, and his background in finance and law allowed him to pursue a variety of positions within the company. After initially working in the legal department, he transitioned into the role of Director of Business Development.In partnership with his cousin Dov, in 2021, Samuel founded BlockBar, the first global direct-to-consumer NFT platform for wine and spirits. Within the business, Samuel oversees the overall business development and strategy.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew is the co-founder of Origin Protocol, a blockchain project founded in 2017. Origin’s mission is to bring NFTs and DeFi to mainstream audiences.Matthew is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several companies previously. He served as co-founder of PriceSlash (acquired by BillShark) and as co-founder and CEO of Unicycle Labs. Earlier in his career, Matthew was an early employee and one of the earliest Product Managers at YouTube (acquired by Google), leading multiple products on the consumer, partnership, and monetization teams. Later, he was VP of Product at Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo) and VP of Product at Bonobos (acquired by Walmart). He has a MS and BS from Stanford University.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex is co-founder and CEO of Plug Pagamentos, a LatAm payments platform. For the past 12-years, he's worked with startups around the globe — living in cities such as San Francisco, New York, London, and Madrid. Previous to starting Plug, Alex managed southern Europe for Braintree — a PayPal company, where he saw his best clients attempting integrating multiple PSPs. When not talking about payments or LatAm startups, Alex can be found surfing or training jiu-jitsu.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over the past twelve years, Will has worked with seven different billion-dollar banking and securities companies. During that time, he witnessed long-time industry incumbents lose market share to FinTech unicorns, as products democratized access to financial markets and minted millions of new investors overnight.Will felt that the industry had prioritized access over education, and in the process failed to appropriately equip new investors with the knowledge to succeed. Will built Stack to teach the youngest generation foundational finance principles so that they could build habits that last a lifetime.By leveraging the zeitgeist of digital assets and web3, Will (via Stack) wants to make learning about finance fun, social, and rewarding.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris is a technologist and designer focused on improving the usability of decentralized applications, with the aim of making Web3 available for the masses. In 2014, he founded Cardstack, where he leads a team of open-source contributors to build the collaborative OS for Web3. He previously built the first NFT platform on the Bitcoin blockchain. He also pioneered the use of distributed-ledger technology to create media registries. Chris has more than a decade of experience leading R&D and innovation teams for Fortune 500 companies. He holds a degree in Computer Science from Columbia University.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chief marketing officer of blockchain gaming company Lepricon. Phil has over 30 years of experience across a variety of industries including video games and blockchain. Originally from London, he was worked in the UK, USA and Hong Kong for organisations as diverse as Cable & Wireless to his own start up web development agency which he hold to a publicly traded US corporation. His specialities are strategic marketing, operations, process management, people and performance management, strategic direction and strategy implementation.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake is the founder and CEO of Metalink, where he leads company strategy and brand innovation. Prior to starting Metalink, Jake served as head of activation for Community.com, a software company enabling celebrities and high profile entities, ranging from Barack Obama to White Claw, to directly reach their fans and customers text messages. Udell also founded music management company TH3RD BRAIN, developing business for artists such as Krewella, ZHU, Gallant, and Grace VanderWaal. Udell was recognized on Forbes' 2016 30 Under 30 list and Billboard’s 2018 40 Under 40 list.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sushil Prabhu is the CEO and Chairman of Dropp, a pay-per-use transaction platform designed to make it easy for consumers to purchase small-value goods and services via micropayments, securely and without signups. Sushil has been a technology leader, innovator and entrepreneur in the tech field for the past 30 years, with a demonstrated history of assisting enterprise and startups in building digital platforms and leading them to profitability using cutting-edge concepts and technologies like BlockChain and data analytics. As past CEO and current Chairman of OpenCrowd, Sushil dedicated a significant amount of time consulting his clients on ways to best leverage advanced technologies to produce economic results.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eran has over 20 years of experience founding and managing software-related companies in the fields of financial trading, insurance, and advertising, with 5+ years in the blockchain ecosystem. Previously, Eran was the CTO of Israel Direct Insurance and co-founded and served as the CEO of an algorithmic trading company. In 2014, he co-founded Meme Video, an algorithmic media tech company (acquired by TASE: Somoto), where he served as CEO for 3 years. Eran sits on the advisory board of JFrog (5B$+ valuation) and Venn (total funding $100M).Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joshua Goldbard is the founder and CEO of MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency technology company, and a founding partner at Crypto Lotus, a cryptocurrency-focused hedge fund. He really likes sound amplification devices.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices