Women In Crypto To Watch
This week we’re focused on our financial New Year’s Resolutions. We’re highlighting women that will help you invest in yourself! These incredible ladies are thought leaders in the cryptocurrency space and are helping to change the landscape of finance for future generations!
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Linda Xie
Co-founder & Managing Director of Scalar Capital
San Francisco, CA
Not only does Linda Xie have an impressive resume in the crypto space, but she also created a comprehensive guide to all things blockchain for those of us who are just starting out! She was a product manager at Coinbase for three and a half years before she Co-founded Scalar Capital, which is an investment firm that specializes in crypto assets. Linda has an incredible knack for explaining complicated topics like the differences between 10 different types of cryptocurrencies and bitcoin in a way that is super easy to understand! If you are looking to get into cryptocurrencies but don’t know where to start, we highly suggest you check out her “Beginner’s Guide Series on Crypto Assets.”
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Liana M. Douillet Guzmán
Chief Operating Officer at Blockchain
New York, New York
Liana Guzmán is currently on the executive team at Blockchain as COO. She manages Strategy, Partnerships, Expansion, Operations, Talent, Marketing, and Communications. As the COO for the company that is currently the world’s leading software for digital assets it is safe to say that she not only is a thought leader in the space but has held a huge role which affects the perception of cryptocurrencies globally. She is also the Co-Founder and chairman of ‘The Pink Agenda’ which is a nonprofit focused on “raising money for breast cancer care, research, and awareness among young professionals.” There is a great interview that she did with McKinsey & Company depicting the evolution and future of Blockchain beyond Bitcoin, if you are interested in learning more this is a great resource!
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Elizabeth Stark
Co-Founder Lightning Labs
Brooklyn, San Franciso
Elizabeth Stark is a badass Co-Founder and CEO of Lightning, which is a platform for scalable, instant bitcoin and blockchain transactions! Lightning is changing the blockchain game by creating scalability at a low cost for transferring blockchain transactions. Previously Elizabeth taught at both Stanford and Yale University. She is also the resident entrepreneur at Stanford StartX. Follow Elizabeth to learn more about the world of Cryptocurrency and Venture!
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Alice Lloyd George
Principal, RRE Ventures
New York, NY
Alive Lloyd George has many accomplishments, among which are reporting for the Wall Street Journal in Asia, working for Bridgewater Ventures, Signia Ventures, and finally RRE Ventures. At RRE Ventures she sourced Clearpath Robotics, Jibo, 8i, Dextro, Mine, and Gem! She was also named on of Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2016. We can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store for Alice!
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Rachel Mayer
Senior Product Manager, Circle
New York, NY
Rachel Mayer is a badass Venezuelan native who graduated from MIT and Cornell. She started her career as a J.P. Morgan Emerging Markets Trader turned Co-Founder and CEO of Trigger Finance, which was recently acquired by Circle. She is working as a Senior Product Manager to help deliver new investments products for crypto assets. We’re loving Circle and can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store for her team!
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Arianna Simpson
Venture Partner, Crystal Towers Capital
San Francisco, CA
Arianna is an early stage investor with close to 40 investments to date, ranging from the healthcare tech to work flow automation, to SaaS hardware companies! Before her tenure at Crystal Towers, she was a Product Manager at BitGo, where she was their third employee! Her writing and speaking have gained her recognition by other publications as one of the “Top 40 Women of Bitcoin”. In addition to her investment work, Arianna is also a contributor to a number of publications including Business Insider, Women2.0, and CoinDesk, among others, which are great resources for learning more about Cryptocurrencies.
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Catheryne Nicholson
Founder of BlockCypher
San Francisco, CA
Catheryne is basically a super human, former US Naval Office, mother, a founder of not one but TWO companies! Most recently she is the Co-Founder and CEO of BlockCypher, which is the leading Blockchain Web Services company. They facilitate companies ability to build blockchain applications; including companies like Coinbase, Deloitte, Verse, and Abra. We love to see women thriving and building tools that are changing the face of such a fast-moving industry. She writes frequently about her experience in the cryptocurrency space on Medium, we definitely recommend you taking a look. We can’t wait to see what 2018 has in store for Catheryne!
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Kelley Weaver
Blockchain Communications Specialist, CEO Melrose PR
Los Angeles, CA
Kelley Weaver, CEO, and Founder of Melrose PR, is a Blockchain Communications Specialist. She has recognized the need in the blockchain technology space for clear, concise, and approachable communications. She is working to make sure that people of all backgrounds, especially those without a tech background understand the implications of blockchain technology. She says that though it may take a long time that blockchain technology is the currency of the future that we will eventually see “Bitcoin as a mainstream currency and live in a world where decentralized technology underpins everything from healthcare records to supply chain systems.” She is also a contributing writer on Cryptocurrency for Forbes we highly recommend you check her insightful pieces out.
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Yasmeen Drummond
Founder of Women in Blockchain, Halo VC
San Francisco, CA
Yasmeen has found the sweet spot of female empowerment and cryptocurrencies. She founded Halo VC, a syndicate on AngelList that looks at startups including healthcare, blockchain and ICOs, and frontier technology. She invests in quality ICOs to empower women. She does this by securing allocations for women accredited investors through a women-led syndicate, which she founded at the beginning of 2018. In addition to her work using cryptocurrency to empower women all over the world, she also has been The North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, Florida, and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in just recently representing.
She will be speaking on a panel in February for Present; if you are in the Bay Area you can join the Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies Circle in Present for more details!
Lindsay Maule
Head Of Cryptocurrency Research, Precursor Ventures
San Francisco, CA
Lindsay has experience in a variety of fields including finance, banking, and startups. She has been investing in Cryptocurrencies for the past four years with a passion which lead her to her current role! At the Precursor Ventures team understand the world of cryptocurrencies and how they will impact business in the future.She also had a career as a competitive gymnast which she attributes to some of her differentiating skills. She will be speaking at the Blockchain West Conference in 2018. She has an incredible introduction she wrote to Trading Cryptocurrencies, which are a great resource for learning more about the Crypto space.
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Audrey Chaing
Cryptocurrency Trader and Blockchain Analyst, blockchaing
San Francisco, CA
Audrey is currently a Trader and Blockchain Analyst at blockchaing. She is particularly interested in how decentralization can transform the way that the banking industry works for the better. She started trading blockchain to when enrolled in a Stanford Engineering course where they utilized Bitcoin. She realized after the course that Bitcoin was an asset like any other and began trading on a regular basis. She uses her expertise to teach others on a regular basis and has been featured at events such as Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Meetup, SVIAccelerator InsurTech Blockchain Bootcamp, Women in Blockchain, and Infinity Fireside Chats.
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