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President of Ava Labs, an Andresseen Horowitz backed technology company building the next-generation blockchain platform: Avalanche. My objective is to open up financial services and products to all. In this role, I leverage expertise from over 20 years as a fintech executive and technology investor to create a blockchain-enabled solution for originating, issuing, and trading financial assets.  



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How can we share more, whilst revealing less? A new era in digital ID

The internet is built on proof. Proof you’re old enough to buy a product. Proof you can afford a loan. Proof you really earned the degree on your résumé. But proving anything online today usually means handing over far more than is necessary. A driver’s licence to prove age, a bank statement to prove solvency, a diploma to prove education – each on...

23 October 2025

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New Assets, New Rules: Stablecoins Aren’t Swaps

As crypto continues its march into the mainstream, a few critics have recently voiced their concern of an impending financial crisis, similar to the one that shook the global financial system to its core in 2008. News of some major banking players exploring lending against clients’ crypto holdings has magnified the parallels between 2008 and 2025. ...

06 August 2025

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Stablecoins Are the Dollar’s Digital Future

Back on January 15, 1520, the Kingdom of Bohemia started minting silver coins, stamped with the Bohemian lion. They called them Joachimsthalers, after the town where they were made. Over time, that name shortened to "talers" and eventually evolved into the Spanish dólar. Fast forward a couple of centuries, and Alexander Hamilton, U.S. Tr...

02 May 2025

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