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Craig Sellars is the Co-Founder of Tether, the world's most widely traded cryptocurrency, and is now acting as an informal advisor since his departure in 2016. He also co-founded vAtomic Systems with Eric Pulier in 2015 and is the Chief Technologist of Bitcoin's Omni Layer.
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Paolo Ardoino
Paolo Ardoino is CTO at Bitfinex and Tether, a computer scientist, a geek, an innovator, and a creative.
Philip Gradwell
Philip Gradwell is Head of Economics at Tether and previously Chief Economist at Chainalysis, where he led data-driven research and development on blockchain economics. Previously, he led Vivid Economics' Energy and Climate Change Economics Advisory team.
Leonardo Real
Leonardo Real is Tether's Chief Compliance Officer. He is a specialist in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing, counter-proliferation and economic sanctions, having previously worked at the Bank of Montreal's Anti-Money Laundering Quality Control Department and Capital Markets Anti-Money Laundering Investigations Department. Leonardo is also Chairman of the Editorial Board of ACAMS Today Europe and a regular contributor.
Brock Pierce
Brock Pierce is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist with an extensive track record of founding, advising, and investing in disruptive businesses. He is credited with pioneering the market for digital currency and has raised more than $5 billion for companies he has founded. Pierce is the Chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation and co-founder of EOS Alliance, Block.one, Blockchain Capital, Tether, and Mastercoin (first ICO). Block.one was created in 2017 and has sold over $4 billion tokens in the EOS crowdsale, making it the largest ever. Blockchain Capital was founded in 2013 and is the first sector-focused venture fund that invests solely in Blockchain technology companies. Pierce led the firm through the first ICO of a venture fund, which created the first security token. Blockchain Capital has made more than 100 investments in the sector across its four funds and was named the most active FinTech Venture Fund by Pitchbook. Tether is the first stable coin and asset-backed token. Pierce is an early investor in Bitcoin and one of the largest investors in the Ethereum crowdsale. He is the founder of IMI Exchange, the world’s leading digital currency marketplace for games, with annual sales exceeding $1 billion and investors such as Goldman Sachs, which was sold in 2016 for more than $100 million. Pierce founded ZAM, one of the world’s largest media properties for gamers, which was acquired by Tencent in 2012. He founded IGE, the pioneer of digital currency in online games, achieving revenues exceeding $100 million in 2006 and sold in 2007. Pierce is also a co-founder of D10e, GoCoin, Blade Payments, Five Delta (sold NASDAQ: SRAX), Xfire 2.0, Playsino, Evertune, GamesTV, and DEN. He also advises Airswap, Bancor, BitGo, BitGuild, BlockV, Bloq, DNA, Element Group, Metronome, Shyft, and tZERO.
Claudia L.
Claudia L. is the COO of Bitfinex and Tether.
Simon McWilliams
Simon McWilliams is Tether’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He has more than 20 years of experience leading large investment management companies through rigorous audits and will be responsible for advancing Tether’s commitment to further enhance transparency and regulatory compliance.Simon is a Senior Business Advisor at global fintech firm, WizzFinancial. Previously, Simon served as CFO at LetterOne, a multi-asset investment manager. During his tenure, he oversaw a $15 billion treasury business unit and managed all non-investment functions.Simon holds an MBA from IE Business School; a Master’s in Finance from INSEAD; and a Bachelor of Accounting Science degree. He is a Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Management Accountant (CGMA).
Reeve Collins
Reeve Collins is the co-founder and president of Pi Protocol, co-founder of WeFi and Supersol, and was previously the co-founder and CEO of BLOCKv and co-founder and CEO of Tether. He is a pioneer in the field of Bitcoin and blockchain.
Jean-Louis van der Velde
Jean-Louis van der Velde co-founded Bitfinex in 2013 and serves as its CEO. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Tether (USDT).
Giancarlo Devasini
Giancarlo Devasini is currently a Chairman of the Group at Tether and a CFO at Bitfinex.
Ashwin Khosa
Ashwin Khosa is Vice president of Business development at Ondo Finance and previously worked at Bitfinex and Citi. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.