Ivan is a financial technology entrepreneur, investor, and early adopter of digital assets. He is Co-Founder & CEO of MoonPay. He is also Founder & General Partner at HODL, a venture capital fund and company builder.
The news media cycle focuses too much just on the price movement. I don’t think enough is being talked about in terms of the technology. As we move forward, people will begin to understand the inefficiencies with the existing legacy system [of fiat currency]: it can take days and there’s a really expensive reconciliation process on both sides, whereas with the blockchain, you have this intermediate layer which is a source of truth and everyone can see.