Eddy has been a pioneer investor in blockchain technology since 2013. As Co-founder and CEO of Coinsilium, Eddy has led investments in 20 blockchain companies and advised more than 20 Initial Coin Offerings that have raised over US$500m.

Following 9 years as a private equity fund manager in Greater China, Eddy co-founded the world’s first global incubator of blockchain startups and, in May 2014, was named among the ‘Top 3 Most Influential Investors’ at the Blockchain Awards. 

Eddy has completed the Financial Engineering Executive Programme from Stanford University for financial executives in Hong Kong, as well as the Algorithmic Trading Programme from Oxford University.

Malcolm is Non-Executive Chairman and Co-founder of Coinsilium. A multi-disciplined entrepreneur with a wide-ranging career spanning over 40 years, Malcolm has hands-on business experience in the technology, mobile communications, insurance and travel industries. 

He has been in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry since 2014.

Malcolm was also co-founder of MiningMaven, a well-established natural resources focused investor communications brand which he co-founded in 2009. 

Wayne has over 20 years of experience working in the financial services sector in Gibraltar. Having worked in the Trust and Corporate Services sector previously, Wayne joined Fiduciary Group in 2014 and was appointed as a director in 2017. During this time, he established and led the firm’s blockchain and cryptocurrency practice, providing trust, company secretarial and directorship services to businesses operating in the digital asset sector.

Wayne is currently Head of Compliance at Ephelia Gibraltar Limited, supporting the firm’s regulatory licensing initiatives and the development of its compliance, anti-money laundering and governance framework. Prior to joining Ephelia, Wayne was Director and Head of Compliance at Bitso Gibraltar, part of one of Latin America’s leading crypto-powered financial services groups.

Ben is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and holds a bachelors degree in physics from Imperial College London. Ben has over 15 years of experience across a range of sectors, having acted as CFO of Challenger Energy Group plc until late 2021 and more recently consulting to a number of public companies as CFO of Silvertree Partners LLP. Ben brings extensive experience in financial reporting, corporate finance, M&A activity and stakeholder management to the company, having spent much of his time in the cyclically volatile oil & gas space. Ben has been responsible for corporate acquisition financial due diligence and finance function integration, cost tracking for offshore exploration wells, public equity fundraising, structured finance arrangements and both internal and external financial reporting functions. Ben is based in the Isle of Man and has worked across a number of jurisdictions, including the UK, USA, Australia and the Carribean.

James Van Straten brings extensive experience in cryptocurrency market analysis, with a focus on Bitcoin and its interplay with macroeconomic factors. As a senior analyst at CoinDesk, James has developed a reputation for in-depth market insights and on-chain analytics, regularly monitoring Bitcoin flows to understand its integration into the financial system.

His prior role as a research analyst at Saidler & Co., a Swiss hedge fund, allowed him to refine his expertise in crypto market dynamics. James’s strategic perspective aims to help Coinsilium build a robust and adaptable cryptocurrency treasury strategy to align with the evolving market landscape.