Our Partners, Advisors & Donors

Bluechip's independent mission is supported by our Partners, Advisors & Donors who are individuals and organizations within the digital assets industry and beyond.

Partners & Advisors

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3cities is an Ethereum payments protocol focused on accessibility and credible neutrality.

3cities

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Tyler Cowen is Professor of Economics at George Mason University, where he holds the Holbert L. Harris chair in the economics department. He hosts the economics blog Marginal Revolution, together with co-author Alex Tabarrok.

Tyler Cowen

Economist at GMU

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Robin Hanson is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Research Associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He is well-known for his work on prediction markets.

Robin Hanson

Economist at GMU

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Alex Tabarrok is Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the school's Mercatus Center. With Tyler Cowen, he co-authors the economics blog Marginal Revolution.

Alex Tabarrok

Economist at GMU

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Lawrence H. White is Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He is considered an authority on free banking and has written extensively on privately-created forms of money.

Lawrence H. White

Economist at GMU

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Ameen Soleimani is the Co-Founder and CEO of SpankChain, an Ethereum-based micropayment processor. He also founded MolochDAO and is the Co-Founder of Reflexer, the creators of RAI. Ameen was previously a software engineer at ConsenSys and has a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Ameen Soleimani

SpankChain Co-Founder & CEO

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Nic Carter is a general partner at Castle Island Ventures and the board chairman at Coin Metrics. Previously, he served as Fidelity Investments' first cryptoasset analyst. He has an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of St Andrews, and an MSc Finance from the University of Edinburgh.

Nic Carter

Partner at Castle Island Ventures

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Eric is an expert in structured finance who is currently focused on tokenizing investment grade assets on-chain. Prior on-chain experience includes Head of Structuring at Ondo where he structured both OUSG and USDY and Senior Advisor at Maker DAO where he led the SocGen and HVB transactions. He has also had prior roles at DBRS Morningstar and Fortress Investment Group.

Eric Rapp

Principal at Next Level Advisors

Donors

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Rune Christensen is the Co-Founder and CEO of MakerDAO, a protocol running on Ethereum that aims to incentivize a distributed network of computers to maintain DAI.

Rune Christensen

MakerDAO Co-Founder & CEO

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Nevin Freeman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Reserve. The Reserve Protocol is a platform for designing and deploying decentralized 1:1 asset-backed currencies.

Nevin Freeman

Reserve Co-Founder & CEO

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Eli Ben-Sasson is the Co-Founder & CEO of StarkWare, developing STARK-based solutions for the blockchain industry.

Eli Ben-Sasson

StarkWare Co-Founder & CEO

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The Reserve Protocol allows for permissionless creation of asset-backed, yield-bearing and overcollateralized stablecoins on Ethereum. Its goal is to provide highly scalable, decentralized and stable money for everyone.

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InnovaticGroup is an investment group that leverages digital technologies to disrupt and lead in the marketplace. They partner with companies, entrepreneurs and investors to drive digital change by means of passion and innovation.

InnovaticGroup

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StarkWare develops StarkEx, a standalone permissioned Validity-Rollup, and StarkNet, a permissionless decentralized ZK-Rollup. Their products facilitate secure, trustless, and scalable blockchain applications.

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Jeff Milewski is an economist based in San Francisco. Prior to Glo, he was a research director and instructor of fintech at Creighton University. He also co-founded Funnel House, a consultancy that helps startups identify growth opportunities and necessary milestones to achieve success. Jeff holds an MSc from the London School of Economics.

Jeff Milewski

Glo Dollar Co-Founder & CEO

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Raiffeisenlandesbank Niederösterreich-Wien provides full banking services for its customers in Vienna. As a pioneer among banks, RLB NÖ-Wien supports Bluechip to advocate for more security and transparency in digital currencies.

Raiffeisenlandesbank NÖ-Wien

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The DeFi Collective is a Swiss nonprofit association supporting the most resilient, trustless, and autonomous DeFi protocols. It harnesses all relevant on-chain & off-chain resources to foster a supportive environment where DeFi can emerge as a credible alternative to TradFi.

The DeFi Collective