CLAREMONT
BLOCKCHAIN
CLUB
CBC MEMBERS
Description/introduction
Founder & President
CMC '23
PPE & MATH
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Worked in business development on the Gaming team at Ava Labs (Avalanche) over the 22 summer
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Interested in the variety of blockchain application in all industries
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Wrote a summer research paper in 2021 discussing the faults in the traditional banking rails that can be amended with blockchain tech
CMC '24
ECONOMICS & DATA SCIENCE
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Active crypto and blockchain researcher, worked with S&P and Pomona Professor on crypto research projects.
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Favorite Blockchain Read: Blockchain Revolution by Dan & Alex Tapscott
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Most excited about the blockchain potential of collaborative/monetized peer production and the potential to micro monetize excess capacity
CMC '23
SCIENCE MANAGEMENT
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I do business development for Tixologi, an NFT ticketing company founded by Asher Wiess ’18
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First got into crypto in Jan 2020. Bought Dogecoin at a low price (do NOT buy Dogecoin).
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Current Blockchain Interests: Proof of Stake protocols (bullish on merge), utility-based NFT projects and ICOs, and using blockchain tech to promote individual privacy and agency on the internet
CMC '23
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Working at AAG (web3 infrastructure) and ScoutX (decentralised fantasy sports)
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Got into crypto in 2017, dove deep in late 2019 and during DeFi Summer (2020)
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Passionate about GameFi, DeFi, and NFT technology for real-world applications
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Been flipping NFTs and slinging shitcoins for a while, so I’m a proper degen
HMC '23
COMPUTER SCIENCE
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very into blockchain when it first “came out”. I Invested in bitcoin in 2017-2018, but haven’t done much since then.
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I love hackathons, I’ve done around a dozen, really looking forward to doing a few with the club.
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When I’m not programming, I love painting and rock climbing.
CMC '23
ECONOMICS
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Enthusiastic about applications of blockchain technology and its many applications/ decentralized finance
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Current private equity intern/ past fintech startup intern
CMC '24
PHILOSOPHY & DATA SCIENCE
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Founded an investment firm called Academy Ventures that invests in early stage blockchain startups.
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Currently writing a research paper on the advantages of using futarchies and prediction markets for blockchain governance.
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Governance researcher for the Gitcoin DAO.
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Kernel fellow (KB7).
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I enjoy collecting NFTs (ETH, SOL, MATIC).
CMC '24
COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Excited by the potential uses and interested in the implications of decentralized technology
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Experience with blockchain programming languages such as Solidity
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In the process of writing a blog about all things web3 related
FACULTY ADVISOR
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Head of the Financial Economics Institute at CMC
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Founded the blockchain student club as well as a blockchain center / institute in his previous job at GA Tech