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StarkWare Industries
StarkWare Industries is an IsraelI software company that specializes in cryptography. It develops zero-knowledge proof technology that compresses information to address the scalability problem of the blockchain, and works on the Ethereum platform. In May 2022 the company's estimated value was $8 billion, an increase from $2 billion six months earlier. History StarkWare Industries was founded in 2018 by Eli Ben-Sasson (President) from the Technion, one of the founders of Zcash, his former phd. student Michael Riabzev, Uri Kolodny (CEO), and Alessandro Chiesa from UC Berkeley (chief scientist). In April 2019 Technion sued Ben-Sasson and Riabazev for violating its Intellectual property The institute claimed that Ben-Sasson established StarkWare clandestinely, for his academic research without consent and demand 50% of his stake in the company. Ben-Sasson claimed that he didn't use any invention belonging to the Technion, merely based on StarkWares’ employees' knowledge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockchain
A blockchain is a type of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that consists of growing lists of records, called ''blocks'', that are securely linked together using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree, where data nodes are represented by leaves). The timestamp proves that the transaction data existed when the block was created. Since each block contains information about the previous block, they effectively form a ''chain'' (compare linked list data structure), with each additional block linking to the ones before it. Consequently, blockchain transactions are irreversible in that, once they are recorded, the data in any given block cannot be altered retroactively without altering all subsequent blocks. Blockchains are typically managed by a peer-to-peer, peer-to-peer (P2P) computer network for use as a public distributed ledger, where nodes collectively adhere to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantera Capital
Pantera Capital is an American hedge fund that specializes in cryptocurrencies. It is the largest crypto hedge fund in the world by AUM. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead (ex Tiger Management) and is co-managed by Co-CIO Joey Krug, the founder of the first major Ethereum project, Augur. In 2013, it launched the first investment fund focused on Bitcoin in the United States. As of Jan 2022, Pantera had $5.6 billion in assets under management. See also *Economics of bitcoin *Alternative investment An alternative investment, also known as an alternative asset or alternative investment fund (AIF), is an investment in any asset class excluding stocks, bonds, and cash. The term is a relatively loose one and includes tangible assets such as ... References {{Hedge funds Hedge funds Hedge fund firms of the United States Companies based in Menlo Park, California American companies established in 2003 Tiger Management ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Glocer
Tom Glocer (born October 8, 1959) is an American business executive and the former CEO of Thomson Reuters and Reuters. Biography He is a co-founder and executive chairman of BlueVoyant and Capitolis, cyber defense and fintech start-ups, respectively. He is also a partner in Communitas Capital, an early stage venture fund focusing on investments in financial technology and marketplaces, and the Chairman of ISTARI, a new type of cyber risk management company. Glocer is a director of Merck & Co., Morgan Stanley (Lead Director), and Publicis Groupe; a member and former director of the Council on Foreign Relations; a trustee of the Cleveland Clinic; a member of, the President's Council on International Activities at Yale University, the Yale Law School Executive Committee, the Yale School of Management Council, the Columbia University Global Center (Paris) Board, the Atlantic Council, the International Tennis Hall of Fame Board, the European Business Leaders Council, and the Mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant is an Indian-American entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder, chairman and former CEO of AngelList. He has invested early-stage in over 200 companies including Uber, FourSquare, Twitter, Wish.com, Poshmark, Postmates, Thumbtack, Notion, SnapLogic, Opendoor, Clubhouse, Stack Overflow, Bolt, OpenDNS, Yammer, and Clearview AI, with over 70 total exits and more than 10 Unicorn companies.Naval Ravikant angel.co Ravikant is a Fellow of the . As a er he shares advice on pursuing health, wealth, and happiness. Early life and education ...
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Joseph Lubin (entrepreneur)
Joseph Lubin is a Canadians, Canadian-American entrepreneur. He has founded and co-founded several companies including the Switzerland, Swiss-based Ethereum (company), EthSuisse, contributing heavily to Ethereum, the decentralized cryptocurrency platform. Lubin is founder of ConsenSys, a Brooklyn, New York, Brooklyn-based software-production studio. In February 2018, Forbes estimated Lubin's net worth in cryptocurrency to be between one and five billion dollars. Career In early 2014, Lubin was a co-founder of Ethereum and served as chief operating officer of Ethereum Switzerland GmbH (''EthSuisse''), a company working to extend the capabilities of the type of blockchain , blockchain technology first popularized by Bitcoin, and extend the capabilities of the blockchain to store executable program, programs in addition to data, as well as facilitate, verify, or enforce the negotiation or performance of smart contracts. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji S. Srinivasan (born May 24, 1980) is an American entrepreneur and investor. He was the co-founder of Counsyl, the former Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Coinbase, and former general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Early life and education Srinivasan grew up on Long Island, in Plainview, New York. He received BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and an MS in Chemical Engineering, also from Stanford. Career Counsyl In 2007, Srinivasan co-founded genetic testing company Counsyl, which provided tests to prospective parents to screen for Mendelian diseases. Counsyl was acquired by Myriad Genetics for $375 million in 2018. Andreessen Horowitz In 2013, Srinivasan joined the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner. 21 Inc (later Earn.com) In 2013, Srinivasan co-founded 21e6, which later became 21 Inc, a Bitcoin mining startup that failed as a bitcoin mining business after raisin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhu Sudan
Madhu Sudan (born 12 September 1966) is an Indian-American computer scientist. He has been a Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences since 2015. Career He received his bachelor's degree in computer science from IIT Delhi in 1987 and his doctoral degree in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He was a research staff member at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, New York from 1992 to 1997 and moved to MIT after that. From 2009 to 2015 he was a permanent researcher at Microsoft Research New England before joining Harvard University in 2015. Research contribution and awards He was awarded the Rolf Nevanlinna Prize at the 24th International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in 2002. The prize recognizes outstanding work in the mathematical aspects of computer science. Sudan was honored for his work in advancing the theory of probabilistically che ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noam Nisan
Noam Nisan ( he, נעם ניסן; born June 20, 1961) is an Israeli computer scientist, a professor of computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is known for his research in computational complexity theory and algorithmic game theory. Biography Nisan did his undergraduate studies at the Hebrew University, graduating in 1984. He went to the University of California, Berkeley for graduate school, and received a Ph.D. in 1988 under the supervision of Richard Karp. After postdoctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology he joined the Hebrew University faculty in 1990.Curriculum vitae retrieved 2012-03-01. Selected publications Nisan is the author of[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shafi Goldwasser
en, Shafrira Goldwasser , name = Shafi Goldwasser , image = Shafi Goldwasser.JPG , caption = Shafi Goldwasser in 2010 , birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. , birth_date = , death_date = , death_place = , nationality = Israeli American , field = Computer science, cryptography , work_institution = , alma_mater = , doctoral_advisor = Manuel Blum , thesis_title = Probabilistic Encryption: Theory and Applications , thesis_url = http://search.proquest.com/docview/303337869 , thesis_year = 1984 , doctoral_students = , known_for = , prizes = , website = Shafrira Goldwasser ( he, שפרירה גולדווסר; born 1959) is an Israeli-American computer scientist and winner of the Turing Award in 2012. She is the RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, a professor of mathematical sciences at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avi Wigderson
Avi Wigderson ( he, אבי ויגדרזון; born 9 September 1956) is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist. He is the Herbert H. Maass Professor in the school of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America. His research interests include complexity theory, parallel algorithms, graph theory, cryptography, distributed computing, and neural networks. Wigderson received the Abel Prize in 2021 for his work in theoretical computer science. Biography Avi Wigderson was born in Haifa, Israel, to Holocaust survivors. Wigderson is a graduate of the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa, and did his undergraduate studies at the Technion in Haifa, Israel, graduating in 1980, and went on to graduate study at Princeton University. He received his PhD in computer science in 1983 after completing a doctoral dissertation, titled "Studies in computational complexity", under the supervision of Richard Lipton. After short-term positions at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Market Trend
A market trend is a perceived tendency of financial markets to move in a particular direction over time. Analysts classify these trends as ''secular'' for long time-frames, ''primary'' for medium time-frames, and ''secondary'' for short time-frames. Traders attempt to identify market trends using technical analysis, a framework which characterizes market trends as predictable price tendencies within the market when price reaches support and resistance levels, varying over time. A market trend can only be determined in hindsight, since at any time prices in the future are not known. Market terminology The terms "bull market" and "bear market" describe upward and downward market trends, respectively, and can be used to describe either the market as a whole or specific sectors and securities. The terms come from London's Exchange Alley in the early 18th century, where traders who engaged in naked short selling were called "bear-skin jobbers" because they sold a bear's skin (the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coatue Management
Coatue is an American technology-focused investment manager led by founder and portfolio manager Philippe Laffont. Coatue invests in public and private markets with a focus on technology, media, telecommunications. the consumer and healthcare sectors. Coatue has offices in New York City, Menlo Park, California, London, Shanghai and Hong Kong. History Philippe Laffont graduated from MIT in 1991 in computer science. He worked as an analyst for McKinsey & Company from 1992 to 1994 in Madrid, Spain. After working as an independent consultant, he joined Tiger Management LLC as a research analyst in 1996, focusing on telecommunications stocks. In 1999, Laffont founded Coatue making him a member of the Tiger Cubs employees who founded their own hedge funds. Coatue launched its first hedge fund in 1999 with $45 million in capital. Coatue manages this fund in addition to others. Thomas Laffont is the firm’s co-founder and leads Coatue’s private equity investing. Coatue's annual "Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
