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Marc Walton, Forex Mentor, retired from trading for clients in spring 2020. He now focuses on running Forex Mentor Pro, his passion. Marc takes on a few private clients each year who wish to fast-track their trading progress.Marc trades forex, crypto and actively invests in metals and mining stocks.Marc sold his successful business in the UK in 2000, then invested in property to create income & emigrated with his wife & young kids to the Canary Islands. He lived out his dream to be a singer & guitarist in a band for the first few years and on the side was trying to learn how to trade (badly!).After losing over $20k in trades and spending another $10k on wonder systems, Marc was on the verge of quitting. He needed to make a drastic change.After working privately with a mentor, Marc managed to turn things around and became a consistently profitable trader. He then was introduced to a fund in the US where he began trading their client funds while living in a beautiful part of the world, trading for just a few hours a day.No boss, no staff, no commute, no hassles.Marc earned more money from trading than when he employed over 20 people + all the stress that went with it.https://www.forexmentorpro.com/

Cyrus Taghehchian, ranked #7 on Entrepreneur's "Top Entrepreneurs Under 40," has engineered two successful exits totaling $300M during his strategic two-decade tech career. His pioneering work spans blockchain architecture, token economics, fintech innovation, and agile implementation. Cyrus excels at transforming ambitious concepts into market-redefining solutions that challenges industry conventions while delivering measurable results. Driven by intellectual curiosity and strategic foresight, he builds next-generation technologies that anticipate market evolution. His signature blend of visionary thinking and disciplined execution continues to establish new benchmarks across the digital landscape. In his latest venture, Aces.fun, Cyrus is launching a platform that monetizes real-world assets through derivative markets.

Cyrus Taghehchian, ranked #7 on Entrepreneur's "Top Entrepreneurs Under 40," has engineered two successful exits totaling $300M during his strategic two-decade tech career. His pioneering work spans blockchain architecture, token economics, fintech innovation, and agile implementation. Cyrus excels at transforming ambitious concepts into market-redefining solutions that challenges industry conventions while delivering measurable results. Driven by intellectual curiosity and strategic foresight, he builds next-generation technologies that anticipate market evolution. His signature blend of visionary thinking and disciplined execution continues to establish new benchmarks across the digital landscape. In his latest venture, Aces.fun, Cyrus is launching a platform that monetizes real-world assets through derivative markets.

Karan Sirdesai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mira Network. Previously an investor at Accel, he helped deploy over $250 million in crypto and AI investments, backing companies now worth over $5 billion. Before that, he was a consultant at BCG, advising global conglomerates.A self-taught programmer, Karan has built and sold multiple crypto trading products. Under his leadership, Mira Network serves over 500,000 users with nearly 250,000 AI inference requests daily. Mira's decentralized verification network powers AI applications for leading institutions like Aethir, io.net, and Hyperbolic, enabling trustless verification of AI outputs at scale.Karan is a thought leader in AI and blockchain, frequently speaking on AI agents, Decentralized Finance AI (DeFAI), Web3 adoption, bringing web2 users into web3 and the future of autonomous systems. His vision is to make AI infrastructure trustless and reliable, ensuring unbiased and secure development for the next wave of AI innovation.X: https://x.com/karansirdesaiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karansirdesai/

Karan Sirdesai is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mira Network. Previously an investor at Accel, he helped deploy over $250 million in crypto and AI investments, backing companies now worth over $5 billion. Before that, he was a consultant at BCG, advising global conglomerates.A self-taught programmer, Karan has built and sold multiple crypto trading products. Under his leadership, Mira Network serves over 500,000 users with nearly 250,000 AI inference requests daily. Mira's decentralized verification network powers AI applications for leading institutions like Aethir, io.net, and Hyperbolic, enabling trustless verification of AI outputs at scale.Karan is a thought leader in AI and blockchain, frequently speaking on AI agents, Decentralized Finance AI (DeFAI), Web3 adoption, bringing web2 users into web3 and the future of autonomous systems. His vision is to make AI infrastructure trustless and reliable, ensuring unbiased and secure development for the next wave of AI innovation.X: https://x.com/karansirdesaiLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karansirdesai/

Sebastian Pfeiffer, Managing Director @ Impossible Cloud NetworkSebastian Pfeiffer is the Senior Director of web3 Growth at Impossible Cloud Network, where he is responsible for developing and implementing the company's growth strategy. His focus includes designing decentralized business architecture, tokenomics, legal frameworks, and stakeholder alignment.Before joining Impossible Cloud, Sebastian was a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), specializing in strategy development and execution for globally recognized companies across various industries, with a focus on social impact and industrial goods. He holds dual Master of Science degrees in Strategy and Corporate Development from Aalto University and Universität zu Köln.LinkedIn:⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-pfeiffer/

Sebastian Pfeiffer, Managing Director @ Impossible Cloud NetworkSebastian Pfeiffer is the Senior Director of web3 Growth at Impossible Cloud Network, where he is responsible for developing and implementing the company's growth strategy. His focus includes designing decentralized business architecture, tokenomics, legal frameworks, and stakeholder alignment.Before joining Impossible Cloud, Sebastian was a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), specializing in strategy development and execution for globally recognized companies across various industries, with a focus on social impact and industrial goods. He holds dual Master of Science degrees in Strategy and Corporate Development from Aalto University and Universität zu Köln.LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-pfeiffer/

Sean (Xiang) Ren, CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AISean is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform for a collaborative economy. Backed by top investors in AI and Crypto, including Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, and many more, Sahara AI has raised over $40 million to advance decentralized AI. Today, Sahara AI is trusted by 35+ leading tech innovators and research institutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon, MIT, Character AI, and Snapchat. Additionally, Sean is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair at the University of Southern California, where he is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery (INK) Research Lab. At Allen Institute for AI, Sean contributes to machine common sense research. Prior, Sean was a Data Science Advisor at Snapchat. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Sean has received many awards recognizing his research and innovation in the AI space including the WSDM Test of Time Paper Award, Samsung AI Researcher of 2023, MIT TR Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 Under 30, and more.  Personal Site: https://www.seanre.com/ Twitter: @xiangrenNLP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xren7

Sean (Xiang) Ren, CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AISean is the CEO and Co-Founder of Sahara AI, a decentralized AI blockchain platform for a collaborative economy. Backed by top investors in AI and Crypto, including Binance Labs, Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, Matrix Partners, and many more, Sahara AI has raised over $40 million to advance decentralized AI. Today, Sahara AI is trusted by 35+ leading tech innovators and research institutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon, MIT, Character AI, and Snapchat. Additionally, Sean is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair at the University of Southern California, where he is the Principal Investigator (PI) of the Intelligence and Knowledge Discovery (INK) Research Lab. At Allen Institute for AI, Sean contributes to machine common sense research. Prior, Sean was a Data Science Advisor at Snapchat. He completed his PhD in computer science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and was a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University. Sean has received many awards recognizing his research and innovation in the AI space including the WSDM Test of Time Paper Award, Samsung AI Researcher of 2023, MIT TR Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 Under 30, and more.  Personal Site: https://www.seanre.com/ Twitter: @xiangrenNLP LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/xren7

Bhaji Illuminati is a visionary growth leader with a proven track record of scaling early-stage tech companies into market-leading brands. As CMO of Centrifuge, she is driving the adoption of real-world assets on-chain, positioning Centrifuge at the forefront of the RWA movement. Previously, at Dragonboat, she grew the team from 5 to 40 in a year and secured $12M in funding led by Insight Partners. At Taulia, her strategies helped pave the way for its $1B acquisition by SAP. Bhaji’s expertise spans go-to-market strategy, organizational scaling, and navigating complex ecosystems to drive growth and impact. Beyond work, she founded GLOW, a network connecting women executives in Los Angeles, and enjoys life in Venice, California, with her husband and two daughters.