Adam Perlaky (Yale SOM 20), Gold Portfolio Manager
“Bitcoin is so volatile that it’s actually moving more than the volatility of the Volatility Index itself.”
Crypto/Blockchain
Interviews with Yale Alums and Professors in the Crypto/Blockchain Communities
Read More
Will Janensch (YC 95), Founder and CEO of TruSet
“I would go to these highly technical meetups, take notes, and do extensive research afterwards. I didn’t understand 90 percent of what people were saying, but I wanted to grasp complex topics like “elliptic-curve cryptography” nevertheless.”
Caleb Thomson (Yale SOM 17), Head of Compliance and Regulation at Swiss Realty
“I suspect it could take much longer to implement than the most ardent enthusiasts will insist, and the real opportunity is in doing something practical that either helps existing financial professionals to be more productive, or somehow automates back-office activities and budgets.”
Daniel Levine (YC 13), Stanford MBA and Google Product Management Intern
“I haven’t seen any proven, slam-dunk use cases yet. If you start to see a few of those, then the space obviously gains in merit.”
Sarah Meyohas (Yale MFA 15), Inventor of BitchCoin and Director of MEYOHAS Gallery
“The way that artists give value to photographs is by creating scarcity, or by limiting the number of prints they create. It’s really no different than the government printing money and limiting supply.”
Vincent McPhillip (YC 10), Head of Community at Pi Network
“I kept asking myself, ‘Why can’t people generate wealth for these important acts of service that they provide to each other?’ This question was at the heart of my journey into crypto and blockchain.”
Sandra Ro (YC 96), CEO of the Global Blockchain Business Council
“What I see here is not just tech but a convergence of tech and data with society, law, regulation, money, financial services, and other fields in the humanities.”
Evin McMullen (YC 12), Founder and Project Lead of Stow Protocol at ConsenSys
“Some people have a vegan phase when they go to college– I had a decentralization and structured data phase.”