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Joseph Onorati previously spent eight years at Kraken, where he held multiple leadership roles including Chief Strategy Officer, helping scale the company from 23 employees to thousands. Prior to Kraken, he founded and operated a crypto market-making and high-frequency trading firm (2015–2016). Earlier, he served as CEO of CaVirtEx, Canada’s first Bitcoin exchange, which he sold to Coinsetter before its later acquisition by Kraken. Joseph holds a Master’s degree in Economics focused on monetary theory and has experience across public policy, think tanks, and advisory roles in crypto. Joseph currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of DeFi Development Corp.

Parker White is currently the COO & CIO at DeFi Development Corp (Nasdaq: DFDV). Prior to DFDV, he spent six years at Kraken in several roles including Director of Engineering. Prior to entering crypto, he spent years in traditional finance trading bonds and managing portfolios at a regulated investment advisor overseeing roughly $2B in assets. After earning his CFA designation, Parker entered the crypto industry in 2017 and launched an algorithmic trading startup in 2018. He has been active in the DeFi ecosystem since 2021 and has invested in early-stage crypto projects since 2020. Parker also serves on the advisory board for TVP’s Bitcoin Venture Fund Series (BVF I and BVF II). He is currently Chief Investment Officer and Chief Operating Officer at DeFi Development Corp.

John Han most recently served as CFO of a unicorn Layer-1 blockchain company. Previously, he was Vice President of Finance and Regional Head of Finance (EMEA, LATAM, Canada) at Binance, and earlier Head of Strategic Finance at Kraken, where he worked closely with Parker White and Joseph Onorati during a period of rapid growth. Prior to Kraken, John was an investor at Nezu Asia Capital and Driehaus Capital, and began his career in equity research at Goldman Sachs. John has extensive experience across both crypto and traditional finance and currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of DeFi Development Corp.

Pete Humiston has worked in the crypto industry full-time since 2018 and began his career in Sales & Trading at Jefferies. He has held several roles across early-stage crypto companies, with a focus on research, content, and marketing. Pete holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Indiana University and currently serves as Chief Marketing Officer at DeFi Development Corp.

Dawson Reid spent nine years at Kraken working across the full engineering stack, including frontend, backend, and infrastructure. Prior to crypto, he worked at several startups building and shipping software products. Dawson has over 15 years of experience in software engineering and managing development teams. He has been full-time in crypto since 2016 and involved in the space since 2013.