Celebrating the Women of Web3
March is the month that highlights the contributions of women throughout history and their positive impact on society. The development of Web3 is no exception and what better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than to present you with some of the most prominent women in the space.
As the world becomes increasingly digital and decentralized, more and more women are making a name for themselves in Web3. From blockchain to cryptocurrencies, women are proving that the tech industry is not just for men.
Yi He
Yi He is best known as the co-founder of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Before Binance, Yi He gathered plenty of experience in product design, digital marketing, and branding while working as a marketer for several internet companies. She then went on to become the Chief Marketing Officer of OkCoin, a cryptocurrency exchange that she co-founded. A few years later she joined Changpeng Zhao in the Binance startup.
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Binance was founded in 2017 and has since grown to become one of the most popular platforms for buying, selling, and trading cryptocurrencies. In her role at Binance, Yi He oversees the global strategy and day-to-day operations of Binance Labs, a VC arm that focuses on early-stage investments, managing over $7.5 billion in total assets across hundreds of projects.
Yi He has been instrumental in the growth and success of the Binance crypto exchange making her one of the most accomplished entrepreneurs in Web3.
Dawn Song
Dawn Song is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of California at Berkeley and also the founder of Oasis Labs.
Song has dedicated considerable time to researching and developing security and privacy technologies, with a particular focus on software, networking, distributed systems, applied cryptography, blockchains, smart contracts, and machine learning.
She has been recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on security and privacy in computer systems and has received numerous awards for her research in this field. In 2018, Song founded the Oasis Network, a blockchain platform that aims to revolutionize how data is shared and controlled.
One of the unique features of Oasis Network is its focus on privacy. The platform uses a technique called “confidential computing” to allow users to keep their data private, even when it is being shared with others. According to Dawn Song, “privacy is absolutely missing and is absolutely essential”.
Lou Yu
KuCoin is one of the most popular crypto exchanges in the world. KuCoin Labs, KuCoin’s research and incubation arm, is headed by Lou Yu. KuCoin Labs identifies and supports various blockchain entrepreneurs, projects, and global communities, providing financing to grow the wider blockchain ecosystem.
In an interview last year, Yu revealed that KuCoin is launching a fund created specifically for Metaverse projects.
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Yu is also a big proponent of non-fungible tokens and firmly believes that the general public will soon discover the deep utility offered by this new technology.
Katie Haun
Once a federal prosecutor, Katie Haun has turned into one of the most popular crypto investors in the world. Haun has spent over a decade with the U.S. Department of Justice, investigating some of the most memorable chapters in crypto criminal history such as Silk Road, Mt. Gox, and BTC-e.
In 2017, she became a board member of Coinbase and a year later a general partner of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Serving as the co-chair of Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), it’s no coincidence that the investment company launched multiple crypto funds, bringing billions of capital into the crypto markets over the past few years.
Kati Haun has overwhelming support for crypto and thinks that regulation is inevitable. In September 2021, she co-authored a proposal for a stablecoin regulatory framework.
Elizabeth Stark
You’ve surely heard of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and there’s a high chance you’ve used it to move some Bitcoin. If there’s one person to thank, that’s Elizabeth Stark.
Elizabeth holds a law degree from Harvard and she is a strong advocate of open-source and decentralized protocols. As a former instructor at both Stanford and Yale, she taught her students about topics like peer-to-peer technology, privacy, open-source software, and internet memes.
She’s also the co-founder and CEO of Lightning Labs, the company behind the Lightning Network used to scale Bitcoin. At Lightning Labs, Elizabeth Stark is building a programmable financial layer for the internet with fast, scalable bitcoin transactions. Elizabeth is also an active contributor to the Bitcoin community, offering advice to tech startups.
Cathie Wood
The name Cathie Wood is familiar to anyone who has ever read any stock market or cryptocurrency news. Wood is one of the most famous investors in the world and her investment firm, Ark Invest, has been making some serious moves in crypto.
Cathie Wood isn’t just a big fan of crypto, she believes that Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other digital assets are here to stay for the long term.
“I know that the best way to lift people and countries out of poverty is to give them immutable property rights. And we believe that the third revolution is to bring digital property rights into this new world.”
Ark Invest has been acquiring more and more shares of Coinbase, the most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the United States. On more than one occasion, Wood has proven herself as a true believer in crypto, describing Bitcoin as the greatest form of defense against confiscation and the rising rates of inflation.
To a Brighter Web3
Despite the many challenges faced by women in the tech industry, there are those who have proven that women can thrive in the Web3 space. They have demonstrated that with hard work, determination, and a passion for technology, they can succeed in this rapidly evolving field.
Their work in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space is changing the way we think about privacy, finance, and the future of technology, and we can’t wait to see what they will do next.
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