Company Info for etherisc.com | Icebreaker

Company Info for etherisc.com | Icebreaker

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Ron's history: Since 1983, Ron's traded options on commodity futures in more than 20 markets for over 25 years on the "old-school" open outcry trading floors in New York and London. Fascinated with the convergence of the internet, peer-to-peer trading, sports betting and prediction markets, he founded Intrade in 2000, and Tradesports in 2003. Intrade went on to become the world’s leading prediction marketplace until the platform's closure in 2015. Ron became intrigued by "Blockchain" in 2014 as "sound money", and became an advisor to Augur.net in 2015 (a prediction market protocol built on top of the Ethereum blockchain). Next steps were forming a software development company (AugmentPartners) working to integrate logical financial business models in the growing world of decentralized trading. Digital currencies, "blockchain", and decentralized protocols continues to fuel his interest in trading, prediction markets, and token economies, and how they may be applied in the real world to benefit everyday life. AugmentPartners' first commercial product release was a peer to peer, non-custodial erc20 (ethereum blockchain) token exchange called Paradex. In May 2018, Paradex was acquired by Coinbase. Periscope Trading; a special division of 0x Labs was founded in March, 2020, and closed in October 2022. What's next...?

Mahoney Turnbull

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I’ve built brands, scaled communities, and connected dots across industries - from govt to crypto, consumer to climate. What fuels it all is technology that matters, human-first design, and ideas and products that shift culture. More on me >> Strategic generalist + creative operator: I’ve led growth at Web3 pioneers like Consensys and Ripple, built dev ecosystems, and championed ZK cryptography and staking infrastructure before they went mainstream. Brand builder & culture shaper: Co-founded Butt, a bold new CPG brand that gave butter a rebrand, breathing life into the dairy category. Community architect & superconnector: Whether scaling startups, advising founders, or designing ecosystem strategy, I build bridges that drive real-world impact. From podcasting to policy, I bring sharp storytelling and systems thinking to the spaces I’m in. Right now, I’m focused on working with people who are pushing boundaries - across tech, culture, longevity and planetary resilience. If you’re building something ambitious, weird, or world-changing (ideally all three), I’d love to jam.

Alpen Sheth, Ph.D.

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Partner, Head of Policy and Research at Borderless Capital. Previously, Mercy Corps Ventures -- WEF Crypto Council -- Diem Association Council -- Etherisc -- World Bank Group -- Risk Management Solutions -- INURED -- Miami DDA -- MIT PhD.

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Growth & Partnerships | Emerging Tech + AI | Health + Longevity

Renat Khasanshyn

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Founding Member, Protofire Dev DAO