Valentina Hartmann (pictured above)
Investor-relations manager, London
What brings you here?
I’m representing a company called Bitzero — we do zero-carbon bitcoin mining. One of our investors is Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary, and he’s the keynote today. In light of the whole FTX crash, a lot of our investors have come to us and asked, “Are you involved?” And we’re not. Only Kevin himself was. So we also felt it was a good opportunity to show face and clarify that.
Why didn’t you guys get involved with FTX?
We’ve not yet found a reason to trust any exchanges. We only store our bitcoin in a wallet, which is housed in the offices of our lawyers in Switzerland. Obviously, we feel terrible for the people who took the hit, but again, we’re not associated with any of that.
Luke Backus
Biz-dev liaison, Durham, Connecticut
Allison Samol
Biz-dev representative, Erie, Pennsylvania
Orrin Campbell
Software engineer, Flatbush
Alicia McCauley
Public-relations professional, Ridgewood
Aníbal Suriel
Crypto lawyer, Miami
Why did you come today?
I’m starting my own crypto-focused law firm. I need to get clients, so I’m attending as many conventions as possible. But the space is dead right now, which is unfortunate. I could probably have chosen a better time to venture out on my own.
Adam Levinstein
Visual-production specialist, Laguna Beach, California
Alex Taaffe
Crypto-exchange executive, Hoboken, New Jersey
Any memorable panels?
Anthony Scaramucci is a great talker. Same with Kevin O’Leary. But it’s hard to know their motivations at this point. They’re still recovering from their FTX investments like everyone else. It’s unclear to me whether they’re still gonna be in crypto five years from now.
Rosie Mattio
Communications executive, Closter, New Jersey
Agha Khan
Consultant, Williamsburg
Felix Slavutskiy
Biz-dev executive, Sheepshead Bay
Charlie Winterhalter
Account manager, Laguna Beach, California
Sean Kelly
Entrepreneur, Las Vegas
What do you do for fun?
I host meetups for high-net-worth individuals. You have to do a million or more a year, so it’s definitely quality people. I find them through conferences and my Instagram. I have 8 million followers, so I have to be careful with what I post about crypto and only use the exact wording my lawyer tells me.
Art Malkov
Crypto CMO, Williamsburg
Shaahid Hill
Investor, Baltimore
Shekinah Shazaam
Multimedia artist, Detroit
Megan Nilsson
Crypto and NFT consultant, Los Angeles
Kurt Wuckert Jr.
Bitcoin historian, Miami
Do you own any bitcoin?
Yes. I’m actually a bitcoin historian for a living. But I’m not a fancy guy — I drive a minivan. The best thing for me was simply using the 2017 bull run to pay off my house.
Derek Woods
Chief of staff, Chelsea
Luke Backus
Biz-dev liaison, Durham, Connecticut
Allison Samol
Biz-dev representative, Erie, Pennsylvania
Orrin Campbell
Software engineer, Flatbush
Alicia McCauley
Public-relations professional, Ridgewood
Aníbal Suriel
Crypto lawyer, Miami
Why did you come today?
I’m starting my own crypto-focused law firm. I need to get clients, so I’m attending as many conventions as possible. But the space is dead right now, which is unfortunate. I could probably have chosen a better time to venture out on my own.
Adam Levinstein
Visual-production specialist, Laguna Beach, California
Alex Taaffe
Crypto-exchange executive, Hoboken, New Jersey
Any memorable panels?
Anthony Scaramucci is a great talker. Same with Kevin O’Leary. But it’s hard to know their motivations at this point. They’re still recovering from their FTX investments like everyone else. It’s unclear to me whether they’re still gonna be in crypto five years from now.
Rosie Mattio
Communications executive, Closter, New Jersey
Agha Khan
Consultant, Williamsburg
Felix Slavutskiy
Biz-dev executive, Sheepshead Bay
Charlie Winterhalter
Account manager, Laguna Beach, California
Sean Kelly
Entrepreneur, Las Vegas
What do you do for fun?
I host meetups for high-net-worth individuals. You have to do a million or more a year, so it’s definitely quality people. I find them through conferences and my Instagram. I have 8 million followers, so I have to be careful with what I post about crypto and only use the exact wording my lawyer tells me.
Art Malkov
Crypto CMO, Williamsburg
Shaahid Hill
Investor, Baltimore
Shekinah Shazaam
Multimedia artist, Detroit
Megan Nilsson
Crypto and NFT consultant, Los Angeles
Kurt Wuckert Jr.
Bitcoin historian, Miami
Do you own any bitcoin?
Yes. I’m actually a bitcoin historian for a living. But I’m not a fancy guy — I drive a minivan. The best thing for me was simply using the 2017 bull run to pay off my house.
Derek Woods
Chief of staff, Chelsea
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