Intro
Blockchain data is complex. It’s opaque. It’s squirrely. It’s an alien crash landing on top of traditional datasets that have dominated industries for decades…but the analytical minds below don’t care. They’re not afraid. In fact, they’re downright excited to kick the door open into a new realm of innovation and progress.
The growing industry needs them more than ever to transform blockchain data into value. At Flipside, we transform data into BI for blockchains to grow their networks. Other companies like Chainalysis, examine the data to track down illicit activity. Many, if not most, sell the insights to crypto investors for trading.
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Known Quantities
Known Quantities are the individuals who have created a name for themselves in the space. Most work for blockchain analytics companies, but many do not. In this category you’ll find traders, independent researchers, and inevitably a lot of Founders and CEOs.
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Unsung Heroes
Unsung Heroes are the individuals who are working behind the scenes, manipulating, analyzing and communicating data to solve previously unsolvable problems. They are often data scientists or engineers, who offer business intelligence that has a huge impact on the bottom line. They know their stuff, but are not in the spotlight (yet).
Aaron Henshaw
CTO & Co-Founder at Bison Trails // @aaronhenshaw
Knows how to wear a great knit cap.
Adam Traidman
CTO & Co-Founder at BRD & Blockset // @ATraidman
Initially dismissed crypto until overhearing a converstaion with Andreessen horowitz execs.
Ambre Soubiran
CEO at Kaiko // @ambresoub
First intro to the crypto space was a 25 person meetup in a dark basement.
Anders Brownworth
Principal Architect at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston // @anders94
Actively training to be one of the first civilians in space.
Anthony Pompliano
Co-Founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital // @APompliano
Convinced Bill Burr to buy Bitcoin.
Chris Burniske
Partner at Placeholder // @cburniske
Marine scientist who didn’t like finance.
Haseeb Qureshi
Managing Partner at DragonFly // @hosseeb
Began playing poker with $50 at the age of 16. A year later, he’d made over $100,000.
Jameson Lopp
CEO at Casa // @lopp
Spent 30K to mask his public identity following an armed hostage threat.
Jonathan Levin
Co-Founder & CSO at Chainalysis // @jony_levin
Initially thought he would become an environmental economist. His advice: “Don’t meet your co-founders on Reddit”.
Lex Sokolin
Co-lead Fintech & DeFi at Consensys // @LexSokolin
Called founding a company while getting his JD/MBA “a reckless but fun decision”. Also a practicing visual artist.
Lou Kerner
Co-Founder & Partner at CryptoMondays // @loukerner
Created Crypto Mondays, the world’s largest crypto meetup.
Lucas Nuzzi
Network Data Product Manager at Coin Metrics // @LucasNuzzi
Stumbled onto Bitcoin while in College. Also, it’s pronounced “nootz-e” not “noozieS”.
Martin Weiss
CEO at Weiss Ratings // @martindweiss
Has been rating financial institutions and insurance companies since ’87.
Mike Alfred
Co-Founder & CEO at Digital Assets Data // @mikealfred
Poker player & ultramarathoner.
Mitch Liu
Co-Founder & CEO at Theta Labs // @mitchliu
Wrote his thesis on interactive storytelling at MIT. Founded several companies that were early in mobile advertising and mobile gaming.
Mrinalini “Ria” Bhutoria
Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets // @riabhutoria
Former sell side researcher at Credit Suisse.
Nic Carter
Co-Founder at Coin Metrics // @nic__carter
Partner at Castle Island Ventures and host of On the Brink podcast. Ask him about his FUD dice.
Qiao Wang
Head of Product at Messari // @QWQiao
I post bad takes on crypto and markets so I can learn from smarter people.
Ryan Sean Adams
Founder of Mythos Capital at Mythos Capital // @RyanSAdams
His goal is to help bring a billion people to crypto over the coming decades.
Ryan Selkis
Co-Founder & CEO at Messari // @twobitidiot
In crypto since it was Bitcoin 2.0.
Sasha Ivanov
Founder of Waves Platform // @sasha35625
“The moment I understood how Bitcoin worked was a huge Eureka moment for me, a life-changing revelation, and I decided to devote the rest of my career to making distributed ledgers accessible for everybody.”
Su Zhu
CEO at Three Arrows Capital // @zhusu
Him and Hasu write together. Big trader & crypto investor.
Tom Shaughnessy
Co-Founder at Delphi Digital // @Shaughnessy119
Loves New York people and Tel Aviv beaches.
Tuur Demeester
Founder of Adamant Capital // @TuurDemeester
Recommended Bitcoin as an investment to his readers at $5 in 2012.
Vijay Boyapati
Senior Software Engineer at Peach Inc. // @real_vijay
Thinks Bitcoin is the most important innovation in money in a thousand years.
Willy Woo
Co-Founder at Hypersheet // @woonomic
Practices mindfulness. From New Zealand but lives in Indonesia.
Adrianna Czerwińska
Blockchain Data Team Leader at Coinfirm // LinkedIn
Software testing engineer turned math teacher turned data scientist.
Alex Treece
Co-Founder at Zabo // @alextreece1
Has written extensively on crypto-economics. Explains that the right way to think about crypto is as an alternative financial system.
Anatoly Pozdeev
Big Data Engineer at Santiment // LinkedIn
Dreams to compete in an Ironman triathlon. Height 186cm, greek nose, nordic character.
Andre Cronje
Chief Crypto Code Reviewer at CryptoBriefing // @AndreCronjeTech
A lab accident away from becoming a super villain.
Angela Minster
Senior Data Scientist at Flipside Crypto //LinkedIn
A true data phanatic, Angela Minster is a philly phavorite, whose data-driven maps and visualizations have made her into a local celebrity.
Bert Kellerman
Data Science Manager at CipherTrace //LinkedIn
Former Navy SEAL turned blockchain security & data science expert.
Christopher Goes
Researcher at Tendermint / Cosmos // @cwgoes
Has a cool personal blog called Pluranimity.
Cathy Barrera
Founding Economist at Prysm Group // @cathybarreraphd
That should say Dr. Barrera. Collaborator of the MIT Cryptoeconomics Lab. Tenure-track faculty at Cornell University. Chief Economist at ZipRecruiter.
Darren Lau Toh Fai
Market Research Analyst at CoinGecko // @Darrenlautf
Yield farmer. Author of How to DeFi.
David Lawant
Research Analyst at Bitwise Asset Management // @DavidLawant_BTC
“Someone told me this Bitcoin thing might be a big deal.”
Derek Walter
Data Scientist at Digital Asset Management // LinkedIn
Wants to be remembered for his ability to “flexibly connect disparate topics and synthesize technical solutions to considerable problems”.
Do Kwon
Co-Founder & CEO at Terra // @d0h0k1
Got into crypto in 2017 by randomly joining a chat room with friends.
Eddy Lazzarin
Data Scientist at Andreessen Horowitz // @eddylazzarin
Also a partner on the a16z crypto investment team. Previously a software engineer at Netflix and Facebook.
Eric Stone
Head of Data Science at Flipside Crypto // @theericstone
Eric was a government spy, and probably knows what you did in 2011(he was actually building algorithms to predict geo-political events).
Evan Azevedo
Developer Advocate at Amberdata // LinkedIn
Passionate about data, finance, and AI. A generalist and lover of the sciences.
Fredrik Haga
Co-Founder at Dune Analytics // @hagaetc
Tone deaf music buff. Avid freestyle skier.
Gareth James
Director of Token Analysis at Radar // LinkedIn
Previous wealth management intern at Merrill Lynch before joining Goldman Sachs as a private wealth management operations analyst.
Gerald Chee Weimin
Head of Research at CoinMarketCap // LinkedIn
Introduced and launched the CoinMarketCap Liquidity Metric to help the industry understand the importance of Liquidity over Volume. Focused on Strategic Market Research and Industry Trends.
Greg Cipolaro
Director of Research at NYDIG // @GregCipolaro
Loves technology, finance, behavioral economics, and childhood nostalgia.
Gregory Barbaccia
Head of Investigations at Elementus // @Intel_Etc
Expert in counterintelligence, insider threat, and corporate espionage.
Heidi Wilder
Cryptocurrency Intelligence Team Lead at Elliptic // LinkedIn
Currently leads counterterrorism and other threat intelligence efforts for financial institutions and crypto businesses worldwide.
Hong Kim
CTO at Bitwise Asset Management // @hongkim_
Formerly software security researcher in the Korean military.
Jake Lim
Head of Product at Xangle // LinkedIn
Intelligence officer for the Republic of Korea Air Force.
James Li
Data Scientist at CryptoCompare // LinkedIn
Calls himself a wannabe data scientist. Clearly he’s made it.
Jendrik Poloczek
Analytics at Coinbase // @madewithtea
Predicts transactions that will happen in the next block with a 90% probability.
Johnson (Wenjie) X.
Head of Research & Analytics at TokenInsight // LinkedIn
Fintech expert on all levels: cryptocurrency, neobank, Robo-advisor, data analytics…
Jonathan Geenty
Data Scientist at Coin Metrics // @geenty
Wants to use machine learning to improve personal finance for all humans.
Karim Helmy
Data Analyst at Coin Metrics // @karimhelpme
A fan of game theory, ethics, and deadpan humor.
Kilian Heeg
Data Scientist at Glassnode // LinkedIn
Accumulated a fair amount of young researcher awards.
Lana Ivina
Blockchain Researcher at TokenAnalyst // LinkedIn
“Ninja problem solver”.
Lucas Outumuro
Senior Analyst at IntoTheBlock // @LucasOutumuro
Actively researching DeFi, crypto derivatives and technology broadly.
Maksim Balashevich
Founder & CEO at Santiment // @balance_ra
Yogic way of life frames his human-focused, balanced approach to building communities and decentralized platforms.
Matt Ahlborg
Data Scientist at UsefulTulips.org // @MattAhlborg
Intelligence Analyst and Linguist turned Data Scientist with an obsession for emerging financial technologies and their corresponding impact on our globalizing world.
Matt Curcio
VP of Data at Ripple // LinkedIn
Has a deep interest in intellectual property and holds patents in the AdTech space, apparel tech and data privacy.
Matt Cutler
CEO at Blocknative Corporation // @mcutler
Focused on making mempool data fun and easy to work with. Husband. Father. Son. Cyclist.
Max Bronstein
Institutional & Ventures Coverage at Coinbase // @max_bronstein
Enjoys geeking out on investing, data science, basketball, and cali burritos.
Max Galka
Cofounder and CEO at Elementus // @galka_max
Entrepreneur and all around data geek living in NYC. Aspiring vegetarian. An information privacy paranoid.
Nate McKervey
Head of Blockchain & DLT at Splunk // @DataPhysicist
Competes in the Rubik’s Cube World Championship. Likes grilling and playing table tennis.
Nik Bhatia
Professor of Finance and Business at USC Marshall // @timevalueofbtc
Bitcoin’s supply schedule initially hooked him, but Lightning was the force that pulled him in.
Parker Lewis
Head of Business Development at Unchained Capital // @parkeralewis
Joined bitcoin, left facebook. “Every time that I hear a new trillion-dollar stimulus will be announced, I immediately buy Bitcoin.”
Paul Payam Almasi
Infrastructure Solutions Strategist at Alchemy // @LucidMasi
The founder of two blockchain analytics platforms. “Mass adoption is my greatest desire for cryptocurrency.”
Peter Borowczyk
Research Analyst at Coinpaprika // LinkedIn
Research strengths are in consensus mechanisms, cryptocurrency market behavior and conditions.
Peter Hauck
Senior Data Scientist at CipherTrace // LinkedIn
Former balloon factory worker, machine shop sweeper, dry cleaner and math tutor. Approaches problems by understanding “why” before “how”.
Rafael Cosman
Co-Founder at TUSD // @RafaelCosman
Holds multiple patents in machine learning.
Robert Sarrow
Research Analyst at Digital Asset Research // @rsarrow
Has a pretty sweet weekly newsletter about the top stories in Bitcoin.
Ryan Watkins
Research Analyst at Messari // @RyanWatkins_
Top performing analyst in terms of public research – according to Messari CEO.
Simon O’Hanlon
Blockchain Data Engineer at TokenAnalyst // @simonohanlon101
PhD from Imperial College London. Investigated the origin and spread of the worst ever infectious disease of vertebrate animals.
Stephanie Hurder
Founding Economist & Partner at Prysm Group // @shurder
PhD. Reluctant tweeter. Board member of Believe in Students, a non-profit focused on solving the basic needs crisis for college students.
Tony Salvatore
Senior Data Scientist at Gauntlet // LinkedIn
Builder of secure software systems & accurate financial models.
Tony Sheng
Independent Researcher Formerly at Multicoin Capital // @tonysheng
Invests in startups, builds toys and writes about gaming and smart contract platforms. Formerly at Multicoin.
Tres Trantham
Data Platform and Integrations Lead at Nomics // @trestrantham
Developer. Husband. Father. Beer connoisseur. NFL geek. Data enthusiast.
Webster Cook
Data Engineer at Chainalysis // LinkedIn
His colleagues think he could develop all layers of the project: front-end, back-end, data processing, storage and analysis.
