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Zac Ler is a Singapore-based technology entrepreneur and software engineer who co-founded Suberra and Based, serving as CTO of both companies.

Vadim Zacodil is a former NEAR core developer and researcher known for discussing blockchain infrastructure, security and data.

Mike Purvis is a software and blockchain engineer known for his work on NEAR Protocol infrastructure and for co-founding CronCat and FastNEAR.

Evgeny Kuzyakov is a software engineer and entrepreneur known for co-founding FastNEAR, founding NEAR.social, and working on virtual reality products at Facebook.

Krista Lynch is a finance professional who leads trading and capital markets at Grayscale Investments, managing trading relationships and market participants for its digital-asset products.

Ilan Komargodski is a cryptographer and computer science professor known for research in cryptography and for co-founding Pearl Research Labs.

Christopher Montagano, a prominent figure in blockchain regulation, currently serves as Chief Legal Officer at Orca and is a vocal advocate for clear crypto rules.

Martin Hansen is an Ethereum Foundation project manager known for work on the Ethereum Kernel, a framework for mapping critical infrastructure and its neutral funding needs.

Franziska Heintel is an Ethereum Foundation team member and speaker known for work on Solidity, open-source software, and organizational communications.

Bastian Aue is an Ethereum Foundation executive appointed interim co-Executive Director in February 2026; after Hsiao-Wei Wang stepped down in June, he took on a larger interim leadership role.

Andy Ayrey is an AI researcher and developer, creator of Truth Terminal and founder of Upward Spiral Research.

Byungha Kang is a Meritz Securities managing director leading digital-asset strategy, including tokenized securities and real-world asset initiatives, amid South Korea’s evolving regulatory framework.

Nic Roberts-Huntley is a founder and executive in institutional DeFi and digital-asset infrastructure, serving as CEO and co-founder of Blueprint Finance and Concrete and previously working at Point72 and in medicine.

Lola Oyelayo-Pearson is a product and design strategist known for leading commerce, consumer and gaming products at Mysten Labs and founding Anyflo and Own Your Experience.

Connor B. Milner is an investor and entrepreneur known as the co-founder and CEO of Hare, an onchain credit desk focused on risk underwriting and yield products.

Tech entrepreneur Terence Kwok founded unicorn Tink Labs and later launched Humanity Protocol, a palm-recognition identity project valued at $1 billion.

Jed McCaleb is an American programmer and entrepreneur who created the Mt. Gox Bitcoin exchange, helped develop the XRP Ledger, co-founded Ripple and Stellar, and founded Astera Institute and Vast.

Kal Ali is a blockchain and fintech executive known for co-founding Orion Protocol and leading Lumia, a Layer 2 network focused on real-world assets.

Dillon Liang is a finance executive and venture investor known as co-founder and chief strategy officer of Blueprint Finance and Concrete Protocol.

Ashwin Khosa is a business-development and strategy executive, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Axis, known for commercial roles at Tether, Ondo Finance and Maple Finance.

Justin Im is a South Korean software engineer and cryptocurrency trader known for co-founding Axis and serving as its chief technology officer.

Jimmy Xue is a digital-asset entrepreneur and finance professional known as co-founder and COO of Axis and co-founder of Velodrome Finance.

Afanddy Bin Hushni is the founder, Chairman, and CEO of Beldex, a privacy-focused blockchain and Web3 ecosystem, with more than two decades of experience in trading, investments, and crypto asset management.

Kim Beldex co-founded Beldex and served as its CEO until stepping down and departing in 2026.