Blockchain
Fest 2022

Johnny Lyu, VP & Co-founder of KuCoin, a serial entrepreneur, a dedicated backer to the blockchain industry, has invested dozens projects and advised several others with great potential. Johnny aims to bring together more promising projects, stronger strategic resources and high-quality funds, which will further contribute to establishing a perfectly sustainable blockchain ecosystem, eventually accelerate KuCoins evolution towards a more dynamic financial platform. Topic: Staking

Anndy Lian is an all-rounded business strategist with more than 15 years of experience in Asia. He has provided advisory across a variety of industries for local, international and public listed companies. He is an early blockchain adopter, thought leader and experienced serial blockchain entrepreneur who is known for his work in the government sector.

Currently, he is appointed as the Chief Digital Advisor at Mongolia Productivity Organization, championing national digitization. Former, he was the Advisory Board Member for Hyundai DAC, the blockchain arm of South Korea’s largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group where he looks after the governance and compliance aspects of the business.

Topic:
Blockchain, governmental adoption, defi, fintech, nft

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Marc Taverner is the executive director of the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications (inatba.org), the pre-eminent nonprofit organization supporting the growth of DLT & blockchain technologies. INATBA does this by engaging public and private audiences to address and reduce frictions that inhibit market growth.

As Executive Director, Marc works with INATBA’s members to host bilateral conversations between governments (including the European Commission) and companies to inform policies and regulations and advance the international adoption of blockchain. Marc has been active in the global blockchain ecosystem for more than six years, working across 20 countries, engaging with organisations from core cryptocurrency companies to governments and financial institutions, to large corporates and industry associations.

Prior to joining INATBA, he was the Global Ambassador and head of Business Development for the Bitfury Group, one of Europe’s largest blockchain unicorns.
To INATBA he brings a unique set of experiences gained from a career in start-ups and industry-leading companies. The founder of a successful modem distribution company, Nuvo, Marc has held leadership roles with many top technology companies, including Genesys Conferencing, the world's largest provider of unified communications services, and Promethean, a market leader in educational technology solutions.

Jeremy Ng is the Managing Director of Gemini Asia Pacific, based in Singapore. He is responsible for developing Gemini’s business throughout the Asia Pacific region. Before joining Gemini, he was the Asia CEO of Leonteq, a Swiss investment solutions provider where he was responsible for over 80 staff across Leonteq’s three offices in Asia - Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo. He paved the way for Leonteq’s development and expansion efforts into high-growth and emerging markets.

Prior to Leonteq, he spent over 15 years in leadership roles in global investment banks including Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Morgan Stanley across Hong Kong and Singapore. While at Goldman Sachs both in their Singapore and Hong Kong offices as the Executive Director and Head of Third Party Distribution, he built up the private banks’ distribution from ground up to a top service provider for cross-asset structured products.

At Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong, he was the Director at the Equity Derivative Sales and was managing several large private banks. He spent his early years in Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs both within the Private Wealth Management division.

Jeremy graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business  Administration (Honours) from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and is a CFA charterholder since 2003.

About Gemini
Gemini is a platform that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and DeFi tokens. Gemini's simple, reliable, and secure products are built to empower the individual. Gemini was founded in 2014 by twin brothers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss.

About Gemini in Singapore
Gemini Digital Payments Pte Ltd, an affiliate of Gemini Trust Company LLC, is a Digital Payment Token exchange and custodian business in Singapore, allowing customers to trade and store Digital Payment Tokens and to exchange such tokens with fiat currencies, including Singapore Dollars. Gemini Digital Payments operates under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and has applied for a Major Payment Institution License pursuant to the regulations set forth in the Payment Services Act 2019.

Topic: NFTs and what it means for investors