Partner at Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

George P. Bush served as the 28th Land Commissioner for the State of Texas from 2015-2023.

Prior to his election to statewide office, Commissioner Bush was a practicing attorney, co-founded a Texas-based private equity fund, and served his nation as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Navy Reserves for a decade.

Commissioner Bush is currently a Partner at Michael Best LLP where he counsels business interests, public entities and individuals alike on a range of complex matters.

Managing Partner of De Jong Capital LLC

Brent de Jong has over 20 years of experience leading successful business transformations and transitions.

He also has broad expertise investing in technology, infrastructure, financial services, and emerging markets.

He worked at JPMorgan in its financial institutions group in London, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions in the emerging markets of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and in the structured finance group in New York. Mr. de Jong earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Georgetown University.

Mr. De Jong was seconded to Ashmore Energy International in 2006, where he served as chief executive officer and vice chairman of the board of directors until 2009. He led the consortium of shareholders that founded Ashmore Energy International in 2005, from Enron International, and negotiated the break-up and sale of AEI’s assets in 2011 for an aggregate price of $4.8 billion.

Chief Marketing Officer of Built By Gamers

Built By Gamers is a leading gaming lifestyle and esports organization.

In his role Tyler is focused on integrating blockchain technology into the world of gaming- from competitions to casual engagement, collectibles, unique experiences, recruiting exciting talent, and having the most dialed in advertising attribution chain in the space.

Tyler is passionate about telling incredible stories, building and leading award-winning teams, and helping brands connect with the people they serve.

Tyler has built a reputation of challenging organizations to be bold in their marketing. This tenacity has helped him execute 100’s of programs for leading companies including The Kroger Company, PetSmart, Microsoft, P.F. Chang’s, See’s Candies, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and many more.

All great campaigns were made possible by incredible clients that had the guts to say yes.

Tyler is a proud father of four boys, a Jurassic Park aficionado, an active outdoorsman, and a lover of classic pinball.

CEO of Iona

Marshall has 20+ years of experience in payments.

Using his strong technical skills and extensive payment industry network, he has innovated payment technologies, received 17 patent claims, and created new value in the payment ecosystem for tens of millions of consumers and hundreds of thousands of merchants.

Prior to Ionia, he founded Discount Payment Services, a payment services company servicing more than 5,000 companies processing billions of electronic payments and generating millions in profits.

Writer at The Diff

Byrne Hobart is a writer, investor, and consultant working in Austin, Texas.

His newsletter, The Diff, covers inflections in finance and technology and has 49,000+ readers.

The Diff also connects talent to new job opportunities and raises capital for a select set of startups.

Prior to the newsletter, Byrne worked at a mix of finance and tech companies, including stints at Yahoo, 21.co, SAC Capital/Point72, and M Science.

General Partner of Omakase Digital Assets Investment Funds

Previously, Jasmine oversaw business development, strategic planning, and operations of the investment products business unit at BlockFi, one of the largest cryptocurrencies financial services companies in the US.

Prior to joining BlockFi, Jasmine had over ten years of experience at EY working with registered and unregistered funds, insurance companies, and banks in audit and advisory capacities.

Her experience included assisting alternative fund managers in launching their first crypto investment funds.

Jasmine advised several startup companies that build the next generation digital platforms by leveraging blockchain technology.

She is also one of the founding members of Wharton Digital Assets Club.

Jasmine received her Bachelor of Finance from Sun Yat-sen University and Master of Business Administration from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Co-founder of Lontra Ventures

Aside from enterprise software, security, digital health etc, Andrea has an affinity for the crypto ecosystem. Andrea is always eager to learn and engage.

Senior Managing Director of CAVU Securities, LLC

Tim is an Investor in, and have worked with, institutional and emerging managers.

Experience and proven track record of success with business development, investor relations, corporate strategy and budget plans, firm growth, and more.

Tim is experienced in Equity and Absolute Investment strategies; CTAs/systematic trading strategies and platforms, Private Equity & Private Credit, including performing and non-performing real estate debt; distressed debt (residential, commercial, consumer/C&I); Global Macro strategies; Senior Life Settlements; Special Situation investments; Real Estate Investments and Financing

Co-Founder of PartnerHacker

Isaac Morehouse has founded multiple companies in the tech and careers spaces, is a prolific writer and podcaster with 10 books and over 3,000 articles and episodes published.

He's been a fan and student of Bitcoin since 2012 and has hosted dozens of popular conversations on micro and nanopayments, distributed data, and the future of money.

He has a knack for bringing big ideas down to earth and creating narratives the non-techies can understand.

Founder of ChainLink Capital Management

Ted is a former SEC attorney turned entrepreneur, investor, and advisor who has been working in the blockchain industry since early 2013.

He was one of the first individuals involved in the SEC’s Digital Currency Working Group, and is a Founder of the early-stage investment & advisory firm DecentraNet.

As an angel investor, he has made multiple unicorn investments, and his advisory clients include Nasdaq listed companies.

Ted is a Techstars Blockchain, Founders Institute, and Newchip mentor, and has served on the advisory board of over 20 companies in the blockchain space.

CEO of Blockchain for All

One of the world’s leading blockchain advocates, Jimmy Nguyen is Founding President of the Switzerland-based global industry organization that supports the BSV blockchain.

With 21 years’ experience as an intellectual property & digital technology lawyer, Jimmy is well-suited to support enterprise-level adoption of blockchain technology.

Jimmy was a partner at three major U.S. law firms – most recently Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, where he represented multinational corporations and emerging companies in a wide range of sectors –including Amazon, Microsoft, Uber, the industry consortium for Blu-ray encryption technology to name a few.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner of ChainLink Capital Management

Paola Origel has over 15 years of experience working in the financial industry.

Before entering finance, she worked in computer science, designing and launching international E-learning programs.

Ms. Origel collaborated with renowned computer scientist Arthur Whitney to implement his latest APL-based computer programming language into the blockchain.

In 2017, she co-founded ChainLink Capital Management, a fund of funds that invests in Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies, which was named the best-performing crypto fund of funds in the world in 2021.

She is an advisor to The Kindness Campaign, a nonprofit based in the United States that creates easily accessible emotional and mental health tools for anyone going through emotionally difficult times. She is also a member of the Executive Council Network (ECN) and 100 Women in Finance.

Co-Founder, SLictionary

Are you aware of the recent controversies brewing over the definitions of RECESSION, VACCINE, and WOMAN? John Pitts and co-founder John DiFelice created their first product, SLictionary.com, which not only solves those problems but also creates the ideal English language dictionary platform. SLictionary uses the new revolutionary tool of micropayments to incentivize every definition to be the best in the world.

SLictionary dynamically improves with every interaction, as knowledge-seekers pay a penny per searched word in return for both superior definitions as well as zero advertisement distractions-- a massive costly problem in modern dictionaries.

John's background is 22 years of professional technology equity research, including a decade during which he helped take a small hedge fund from less than $20mm to greater than $10 billion AUM-- with large long-term investments in Apple, Paypal, Expedia, Blackberry & Google. He's a former nuclear engineer & US Navy fast-attack Submarine Officer with bachelors in Applied Math & Physics, a graduate of the full-time 12 month Lambda School for coders, as well as a history-loving word nerd.

Managing Director at MacFarlane Partners

Rosie Rios is the CEO of Red River Associates, an investment management consulting firm, and co-host of Unicorn Hunters, a reality series focused on pre-IPO investments.

She was appointed by President Joe Biden as Chair of America 250, the United States Congressional Commission planning the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding in 2026.

She served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States with oversight over 4,000 employees and a $5 billion budget.

She also initiated and led the efforts to place a portrait of a woman on U.S. currency.

Prior to her presidential appointment in Treasury, she was Managing Director of Investments for MacFarlane Partners, a $22 billion real estate investment management firm based in San Francisco.

She is a graduate of Harvard University and was selected as the first Latina in Harvard’s 385-year history to have a portrait commissioned in her honor.

She currently serves on the board of American Family Insurance, Ripple Labs, Inc., and Fidelity Charitable Trust. Her personal passion includes EMPOWERMENT 2026, a non-profit that highlights historical American women and women in positions of money and power.

Rosie is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and was honored as one of USA Today’s Women of the Century.

Most recently, Rosie served on the Treasury Transition Team on behalf of President Joe Biden.

Founder & CEO at Extreme Venture Partners

Ray is the founder and leader of Extreme Venture Partners, Canada's top seed stage venture fund.

Ray and Extreme Venture Partners have lead-funded or founded 100+ startups with exits to Apple, Google, Electronic Arts, McKesson, Salesforce and many others.

Community service is an integral part of Ray’s business philosophy.

Ray has served 4 years on the Ontario Judicial Council, oversight body for the judicial system; another 6 years of service at the Royal Ontario Museum, as a member of the Board of Trustees; as an advisor to the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario on open data strategy.

Ray authored a chapter with the CIO of the Government of Canada on the role of 5G on citizen services. Ray is the founder and leader of national hackathon competitions Great Canadian Appathon, Canadian Open Data Experience (CODE), as well as charitable organization Hackergal.

Ray serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of Duality Accelerator, the first program in the US focused on quantum science and technology.

Previously Ray spent 10 years on Bay/Wall Street within investment banking research. During that period Ray was the top-ranked wireless technology analyst based on Greenwich and Brendan Woods International surveys of fund managers for 5 of 8 eligible years.

The highly specific job title in 2001 at Credit Suisse First Boston of Vice President, Mobile Internet Devices and Applications, reflects a long-term professional focus in mobile. Ray was uniquely able to remain top-ranked during both the mania of the bull market but also subsequently in the severe bear market correction of that era.

Co-founder & COO of Revere

Chris Shen is an entrepreneur, investor and lawyer.

He is the co-founder and COO of Revere, a venture-backed fintech platform that is building the “Morningstar for VC”, empowering investment advisors, family offices and allocators with the tools to build custom venture capital portfolios.

Before starting Revere, Chris co-founded and invested with West 22nd Capital Advisers, a Hong Kong-based single family office and investment firm licensed by the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC).

Among other roles, Chris established the firm’s operations, served on the investment committee, and led venture capital and external asset manager investments. Before moving to the investment world, he was a special counsel with the global law firm Baker McKenzie, focusing on corporate finance and fund formation matters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chris is a licensed Type 1/4/9 responsible officer under the SFC, is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas, and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. Originally from Houston, Chris lived and worked in Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong from 2006 to 2019 and now splits his time between Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.