Speakers

Michael Chobanian

KUNA

The founder of the first Bitcoin agency in Eastern Europe and the CIS countries. He has more than 7 years of experience in managing Telecommunications/Internet Providers. Professionally studies Blockchain ecosystems since 2011.

In March, 2014 Mr. Chobanian founded KUNA Bitcoin Agency and non-government organization Bitcoin Foundation Ukraine (BFU). September, 2014 - the first Bitcoin Embassy in the CIS countries was opened and through successful ICO (December, 2015) the first public Ukrainian exchange of crypto assets KUNA.io was launched. In December, 2017, with community of like-minded professionals, Mr. Chobanian created and headed the Blockchain Association of Ukraine (ABU). In January, 2018 at the World Economic Forum in Davos he introduced the concept of Blockchain HUB (cross-border network of professional spaces for solving the urgent problems of the Fourth Industrial Revolution). The opening of the Blockchain HUB in Kyiv took place in March, 2018.

Founder of the charity foundation for the development of social innovation CryptoRus.

EMBA Graduate: London Business School, Hong Kong University, Columbia University; Bachelor of Economics: City, University of London.