#139 Crypto industry (BTC) trends, outlook under new admin with Lou Kerner, Nisa Amoils, Sal Ternullo

We discussed a few things including:

1. Their career journeys

2. Crypto/blockchain history

3. Bitcoin timeline and latest surge

4. How Biden administration affected industry and expectations under Trump

5. Trends, challenges and opportunities relating to crypto
 

Lou Kerner is a Founding Partner of CryptoOracle, a Crypto VC and Advisory firm focused exclusively on investing and advising entities leveraging, blockchain, cryptocurrency, smart contracts and decentralization.Lou has been a Crypto enthusiast, investor, public speaker and thought leader since 2013. Lou regularly hosts conference calls and Meetups with Crypto industry innovators attended by hundreds of Crypto enthusiasts and investors from around the world. Lou is currently ranked among the most influential Crypto bloggers on Medium, regularly keynotes major Crypto industry events, and often appears on TV or in print talking about Crypto.

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Nisa Amoils is Founder and Managing Partner at A100x Ventures where she invests in early stage Blockchain/AI companies.  She has been in VC for over 13 years with multiple unicorns and exits. She  previously worked for Dragonfly Capital, Scout Ventures and used to practice securities and corporate law at Anderson Kill. She serves on Boards of public and private companies and Wharton. She has been named top 50 women of web 3, Business Insider’s Women VC’s to watch, 2021 systematic leader in asset management, top 100 Women in Fintech, and top 50 global Blockchain thinkers. She is a producer and host of Business of BlockchAIn at Nasdaq on Bloomberg, Fox as well as a Forbes writer. She holds a business degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  She is the author of a best selling book on financial inclusion of women in web 3 https://www.amazon.com/WTF-Happening-Women-Tech-Founders/dp/1544502893

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Sal Ternullo has a deep professional  experience in financial services and web3 with more than 10 years working across leading traditional financial institutions, global consulting firms, as well as multiple years of experience operating an early stage web3 venture capital fund.  Throughout his career, Sal has built a reputation in the market defined by integrity, innovation and execution building a $20+ million Big 4 consulting business in the US market while driving standards formation through thought leadership with  a 2021 industry whitepaper that formed the basis of new legislation to enhance consumer protections which passed at the state level in Texas in 2023 and is now being considered at the Federal level in the House and Senate. 

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