Guests
Erica Stanford
Author of bestselling award-winning book Crypto Wars: Faked Deaths, Missing Billions and Industry Disruption, 'Highly Commended' at the Business Book Awards. Fintech specialist at CMS law firm, Founder of the Crypto Curry Club, the UK's no. 1 rated networking and educational events for crypto, blockchain and FinTech. Associate Guest Lecturer on crypto at Warwick Business School on use cases and applications of crypto and digital currency and general sceptic
Nick Jones, CEO and Co-Founder at Zumo.
Nick is a respected veteran of the tech start-up scene and a regular speaker at major industry events, including Web Summit and the Paris Fintech Forum. As Co-Founder and CEO, he leads Zumo’s mission to bring the benefits of blockchain and digital assets to people and businesses everywhere, providing sustainable, simple and secure technologies to unlock the power of crypto and Web 3.0.
Beginning his career at the height of the dot-com boom in 2000 with the launch team of Goto.com, Nick has spent his whole working life at the bleeding edge of the digital industry and has been involved in the early stages of the commercial internet, mobile, social media, big data, machine learning/AI and now blockchain technology. He’s amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience in the industry, often appearing in the media to give his take on trends and developments.
Ioana Surpateanu
Ioana Surpateanu is a Web3 entrepreneur. She is the founder of Strategy W, a crypto and emerging tech advisory firm designed to accelerate specific verticals within the Metaverse and the DeFi 2.0 ecosystems. She is Chief Innovation Officer for Swash, a Web3 data monetisation platform and holds executive and advisory board positions for a variety of Metaverse and DeFi projects - Metalinq, Poolz Finance, The Block Space.