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Kony is the CEO and Co-founder of GAIB, the economic layer transforming AI infrastructure investment. Prior to GAIB, Kony worked in asset management and investment banking, with experience across private equity, credit research, and SPACs. He later joined a crypto exchange, focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Combining his expertise in finance and technology, Kony founded GAIB to reshape investment opportunities in AI infrastructure, making it more accessible and opening doors to the technologies that will drive the future.

Neil Twa is the CEO and Co-Founder of Voltage Holdings, acompany specializing in launching, consulting, selling, and acquiring brands, with a focus on e-commerce channels such as Amazon FBA and multi-channel. Over fifteen years of experience selling private label products on Amazon and in his company. For over 17 years, Mr. Twa has been constructing businessesboth online and offline after departing his senior IBM role. Since 2012, he has launched over five personal brands, generated tens of millions in revenue as an eight-figure seller, and assisted in the growth of over 1,000 others throughconsulting, coaching, and mentoring alongside partner Reed and their Voltage team. Neil, together with Reed Larsen, published a new book titled"Almost-Automated Income with FBA: Build a Profitable Lifestyle-Driven Amazon Business. Exit for Millions. Even with no E-commerce Experience". The book is a groundbreaking guide that has swiftly claimed the #1 spot amongnew release books. This manual is the key to building a lucrative lifestyle-driven Amazon business expertly guided by Twa and Larsen through the intricacies of Amazon FBA, offering invaluable insights and strategies to pave the way for a profitable venture. The Crypto Hipster audience can claim free copies of hisbook by going to this link:⁠https://www.voltagedm.com/freebook⁠ Enter the discount code CRYPTOHIPSTER there and obtain yourfree copy.

Neil Twa is the CEO and Co-Founder of Voltage Holdings, acompany specializing in launching, consulting, selling, and acquiring brands, with a focus on e-commerce channels such as Amazon FBA and multi-channel. Over fifteen years of experience selling private label products on Amazon and in his company. For over 17 years, Mr. Twa has been constructing businessesboth online and offline after departing his senior IBM role. Since 2012, he has launched over five personal brands, generated tens of millions in revenue as an eight-figure seller, and assisted in the growth of over 1,000 others throughconsulting, coaching, and mentoring alongside partner Reed and their Voltage team. Neil, together with Reed Larsen, published a new book titled"Almost-Automated Income with FBA: Build a Profitable Lifestyle-Driven Amazon Business. Exit for Millions. Even with no E-commerce Experience". The book is a groundbreaking guide that has swiftly claimed the #1 spot among newrelease books. This manual is the key to building a lucrative lifestyle-driven Amazon business expertly guided by Twa and Larsen through the intricacies of Amazon FBA, offering invaluable insights and strategies to pave the way for aprofitable venture. The Crypto Hipster audience can claim free copies of his book by going to this link:https://www.voltagedm.com/freebook Enter the discount code CRYPTOHIPSTER there and obtain your free copy.

Josh Bowen is co-founder and CEO of Astria, a decentralized sequencing layer for Celestia rollups. He was previously a Software Engineer at Celestia and Google. 

Josh Bowen is co-founder and CEO of Astria, a decentralized sequencing layer for Celestia rollups. He was previously a Software Engineer at Celestia and Google. 

David Weisberger,  Co-Founder Emeritus of CoinRoutes, has over 40 years’ experience as a capital markets executive focused on equity market structure, quantitative finance, and trading automation.  He has worked either directly or alongside all aspects of the investment ecosystem from asset owners through investment managers, investment banks as well as exchanges and other market centers.   This included development of portfolio trading and transition management businesses, impact and trading cost modelling, statistical and index arbitrage strategies, institutional and retail market making, smart order router and algorithm optimization, and the development of statistically valid measurement for analyzing trading effectiveness.   Mr. Weisberger started his career at Morgan Stanley, in technology, where he built their first program and electronic trading systems before moving to the sales and trading business. He subsequently started the non-dollar program trading desk for Salomon Brothers, was the global architect of the firm’s equity trading platform where he designed their first trading algorithm and quantitatively managed central risk book before becoming responsible for the statistical arbitrage trading business.  He later ran their smart order routing business before joining Two Sigma to develop their wholesale market making business, which he ran for several years.  Next, Mr. Weisberger was the global head of equity market structure and quantitative equity products for IHS Markit befores co-founding CoinRoutes Inc, which is a market leading provider of algorithmic trading products for institutional crypto market makers, funds and trading firms.

David Weisberger,  Co-Founder Emeritus of CoinRoutes, has over 40 years’ experience as a capital markets executive focused on equity market structure, quantitative finance, and trading automation.  He has worked either directly or alongside all aspects of the investment ecosystem from asset owners through investment managers, investment banks as well as exchanges and other market centers.   This included development of portfolio trading and transition management businesses, impact and trading cost modelling, statistical and index arbitrage strategies, institutional and retail market making, smart order router and algorithm optimization, and the development of statistically valid measurement for analyzing trading effectiveness.   Mr. Weisberger started his career at Morgan Stanley, in technology, where he built their first program and electronic trading systems before moving to the sales and trading business. He subsequently started the non-dollar program trading desk for Salomon Brothers, was the global architect of the firm’s equity trading platform where he designed their first trading algorithm and quantitatively managed central risk book before becoming responsible for the statistical arbitrage trading business.  He later ran their smart order routing business before joining Two Sigma to develop their wholesale market making business, which he ran for several years.  Next, Mr. Weisberger was the global head of equity market structure and quantitative equity products for IHS Markit befores co-founding CoinRoutes Inc, which is a market leading provider of algorithmic trading products for institutional crypto market makers, funds and trading firms.

Butian Li is CEO of Bless, pioneering the world’s first shared computer—a decentralized network where everyday consumer devices power the internet. Under his leadership, Bless is reshaping internet infrastructure by enabling laptops, smartphones, and tablets to contribute their compute power collectively.Bless' first-generation product, Tap Compute, allows users to seamlessly share their device’s computing resources through a web browser, supporting AI inference, data processing, and web hosting. By decentralizing these essential services, Bless is shifting control away from large corporations with massive data centers and back into the hands of everyday people.A seasoned entrepreneur and investor, Butian’s expertise spans technology, finance, and strategic growth. He was previously COO of Wabi (Binance ‘17), an Investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners and NGC Ventures, and Founding Partner of Access Crypto hedge fund. His early career includes management consulting at Deloitte Consulting, where he advised Fortune 500 companies on IPOs and M&A transactions.Butian holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Quantitative Finance from Wharton.Previous media features:Universal Basic Compute can Combat the Future AI Divide 

Butian Li is CEO of Bless, pioneering the world’s first shared computer—a decentralized network where everyday consumer devices power the internet. Under his leadership, Bless is reshaping internet infrastructure by enabling laptops, smartphones, and tablets to contribute their compute power collectively.Bless' first-generation product, Tap Compute, allows users to seamlessly share their device’s computing resources through a web browser, supporting AI inference, data processing, and web hosting. By decentralizing these essential services, Bless is shifting control away from large corporations with massive data centers and back into the hands of everyday people.A seasoned entrepreneur and investor, Butian’s expertise spans technology, finance, and strategic growth. He was previously COO of Wabi (Binance ‘17), an Investor at Lightspeed Venture Partners and NGC Ventures, and Founding Partner of Access Crypto hedge fund. His early career includes management consulting at Deloitte Consulting, where he advised Fortune 500 companies on IPOs and M&A transactions.Butian holds an undergraduate degree in Engineering from UC Berkeley and an MBA in Quantitative Finance from Wharton.Previous media features:Universal Basic Compute can Combat the Future AI Divide 

Ryan Levy, Head of Business Development at DataHaven;Ryan Levy is a seasoned executive with nearly 20 years of startup experience across Web2, Web3, blockchain, and data. A master at “connecting the dots,” Ryan leads business development, partnerships, and go-to-market strategies, building ecosystems across DeFi, Blockchain Networks, Data, RWAs, DePIN, Gaming, and more.Currently Head of BD & Partnerships at Moonbeam and DataHaven, Ryan previously held leadership roles as VP of Business Development at SKALE Labs (SKALE Network), Head of Protocols & Partnerships at Chainstack, and Head of Partnerships at Kadena.Born and raised in South Africa, Ryan resided in Australia for many years and now calls California home. He greets each dawn with an espresso and a workout, which sets a tone of clarity and energy for the rest of his day. His guiding mantra, “Never Give Up,” drives his relentless pursuit of success in both his personal and professional life.