Sophia Zhao (Yale SOM 17), Digital Currency Specialist at HBUS, Blue Ivy Ventures, and Tsai CITY
“This is a nascent technology and still a very young industry. Let’s continue to learn and explore its potential, and make a positive impact together.”
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Eric Dixon (YLS 94), Legal Advisor at Blockchain Technologies Corporation, Blocktech, and Zap Utility Token
“Maybe that doesn’t mean much in societies like the United States or Western Europe, where we have a system of the rule of law, of accountability, of relatively trustworthy institutions, but in most of the world, people don’t know what a trustworthy institution is. They prize what we take for granted.”
Barrett Strickland (Yale Economics Department 08), Head of Analytics and Research at TokenTax
“The idea of having better accounting has been in existence for many years, and now the technology makes that possible.”
Nikolas Guggenberger, New Executive Director of the Yale Information Society Project and Specialist on Blockchain Regulation
“We have communication scientists, people with dual degrees in all sorts of fields, political scientists, journalists, and so on. It’s a really, really inspiring and great community.”
Jon Gordon (YC 90), Advisor on Blockchain Patent Prosecution for Haug Partners
“Using these tools—blockchains, these data structures, and this computer infrastructure—will change who you trust in many cases, but again, it does not eliminate the need for trust.”
Tomicah Tillemann (YC 01), Director of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator and Chairman of the Global Blockchain Business Council
“Getting blockchain technology right will supercharge a new chapter in the story of human cooperation.”
Sergey Baloyan (Yale Financial Markets Certificate 19), Co-founder of X10 Agency and Consultant on Security Token Offerings
“Those of us who work in the industry contribute to the resolution of these regulatory issues by conducting honest business, and supporting the innovative and ethos-driven projects in the industry.”
John Song (Yale SOM), Director of Special Situations Investments for Angel Capital and Advisor to LucyLabs Crypto Firm
“[Chinese tech firms] didn’t call them “cryptocurrencies,” and the digital currency makes their ecosystem all-the-more vibrant than those of U.S. technology firms.”