Ryan Selkis
Ryan Selkis is a prominent figure in the cryptocurrency industry and the Founder and CEO of Messari, a leading crypto market intelligence firm. He is formerly an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at ConsenSys, and was on the founding teams of Digital Currency Group, the industry's most active investor, and CoinDesk, the largest media brand. During his time as Managing Director of CoinDesk, he led the acquisition and turnaround of the bitcoin and blockchain tech industry's top news, research and events business. Selkis has been an investor, venture capitalist, and prolific writer in the crypto industry since 2013. He seeks to help build the digital currency ecosystem and has been involved in various initiatives related to blockchain and digital assets. He writes a widely followed daily blog under the moniker the "Two-Bit Idiot," where he discusses news, analysis, and ideas for the bitcoin industry.
Ryan Selkis Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Founder and Chief Executive Officer
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Managing Director
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Director of Growth
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Analyst, Investment Banking
Academic History
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MBA in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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BS in Finance, Cum Laude
CRYPTO
He is one of the first crypto entrepreneurs to announce a political run to change the way that regulators are acting against cryptocurrency companies and decentralized protocols.
He has always been vocal about his disagreements with how regulators are, in his opinion, hurting cryptocurrency companies in the country and stifling innovators.
He led CoinDesk's restructuring and annual Consensus conferences. He organized the largest industry event ever hosted at the time with 2,600 attendees.
He also helped grow company revenue by 730 percent in 18 months, achieving profitability goals.
His success also includes moving the CoinDesk headquarters from London to New York City.
CAREER
At Digital Currency Group, he led the firm's seed investing activity, fundraising, acquisition, and integration of CoinDesk.
He founded Good Benefits, a startup that managed workplace charitable giving programs.
He started his career in traditional finance, serving as an investment analyst at JP Morgan Chase and a venture capital associate at Summit Partners.
MEDIA
He has been featured or interviewed at Barron's, Fortune, Binance, Blockchain News, CoinDesk, Cointelegraph, and more.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision and in the 2023 Real Vision Festival of Learning.