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Crypto/Blockchain

Interviews with Yale Alums and Professors in the Crypto/Blockchain Communities

Gavin Myers (YC 99), Co-Founder and General Partner of Prudence Holdings

Eric WallachAugust 21, 2019

“We flew over to this conference in Amsterdam in 2014, and we were early enough to crypto that we could walk up to booths manned by the founders of Coinbase, Blockchain, Xapo, and Ripple.”

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Yale Alumni Lead Way on Blockchain-based Private Placements

Eric WallachAugust 16, 2019August 16, 2019

“We see Blockchain as a way to bring financial opportunity,” Mr. Heyn says to The Politic. “It’s a great way to include small private companies, he continues.”

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Can Sun (YLS 13), Associate and Blockchain Industry Co-chair at Fenwick & West

Eric WallachAugust 15, 2019

“There is no uniform ‘blockchain law’ or an overarching set of regulations applicable to blockchain technology right now.”

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Jeffrey Bandman (YC 84), CEO & Founder of BlockAgent, Founder & Principal of Bandman Advisors

Eric WallachAugust 15, 2019August 15, 2019

“To me, the spirit or ethos out of which Bitcoin and the Bitcoin Blockchain grew relates to the financial crisis and mistrust of central banks and large financial institutions.”

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Dr. Ian Hall (YC 77), IBM Executive Software Architect and Mentor at Blockchain Hackathon NYC

Eric WallachAugust 13, 2019August 15, 2019

“To me, the idea of blockchain is to share alike in the benefits of a more efficient and cost-effective operation. That includes the middlemen.”

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Carlos Valderrama Narváez (Yale SOM 16), Co-founder and Managing Partner at Legal Paradox

Eric WallachAugust 13, 2019

“I think what I like most about this system is the speed with which its growing; in other words, how quickly the main actors in Mexico are turning to blockchain.”

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Tim Ogilvie (YC 97), Co-founder and CEO of Staked

Eric WallachAugust 12, 2019

“The reference points are revolutionary technologies, whether that’s the internet, mobile, or any of these things that fundamentally represented a new and better way of doing things.”

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Daryl Hok (YC 14), Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of CertiK

Eric WallachAugust 11, 2019

“Formal Verification checks for the absence of bugs, whereas traditional means of testing will check for the existence of bugs. Although the differences may sound inconsequential, the implications are actually very significant.”

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