You visited Empire DAO in June 2022! It's our second month in operation, and we're unveiling all sorts of new features and improvements for the building. This month's art is the OG Empire Logo designed by Mary Goonerate.

This CryptoMondays NYC will feature a 30 minute fireside chat with Camila Russo, Founder of The Defiant. Camila Russo is one of the most prolific and dedicated cryptocurrency journalists, speaking frequently at industry events and appearing on major media outlets. She is the founder of crypto content platform The Defiant, and was a Bloomberg News reporter for eight years covering emerging markets, European stocks and digital assets from Buenos Aires, Madrid and New York City. She also worked at Chile’s largest national newspaper, El Mercurio and was awarded first place for online journalism by Brazil’s exchange operator BM&F Bovespa at the start of her career. She has a Master of Science degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and a bachelor’s degree from Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Follow Camila on twitter: https://twitter.com/CamiRusso Learn more about The Defiant: https://thedefiant.io Please note our location is now: The Hugh, 602 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Special announcement: We’ve started our first global partnership with ZenGo! Get $10 cash back in Bitcoin for a purchase of $200 by applying the code ZENX0B4G. Click here to get your ZenGo wallet.

This CryptoMondays NYC will feature a 30 minute fireside chat with Bethany Patterson, Head of Strategic Alliances at Electric Coin Company (ECC). Today, billions of people in the world do not have access to a fair and open currency or supporting financial services. In 2016, ECC launched Zcash — a privacy-protecting, digital currency built on vanguard science. ECC built Zcash to provide everyone access to a fair and open currency. ECC supports Zcash through research and development, engineering, partnerships, and regulatory efforts. Bethany is an accomplished partnerships leader with the proven ability to develop and scale strategic alliances cross-functionally while exceeding revenue, retention, and growth targets. Her experience includes building long-lasting technology partnerships within media, adtech, fintech, and financial services. Follow Bethany on twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/bethinbrooklyn Learn more about ECC: https://electriccoin.co Please note our location is now: The Hugh, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022. Created by: Abby / @ABTRAXX

This CryptoMondays NYC will feature a 30 minute fireside chat with Luke Truitt and Mary Gooneratne, Co-Founders of Bridgesplit. Bridgesplit is the first non-fungible token (NFT) financialization platform built on the Solana blockchain. By bridging NFTs and DeFi, Bridgesplit creates capital efficiency in the NFT ecosystem, ushering in new capital, users, and utility to NFTs across verticals like art, gaming, and real-world assets. The core product enables NFT fractionalization, pooling, index funds, financial derivatives, and NFT-collateralized lending markets.

****Show your Perks To Receive Perks from Participating Bars**** This CryptoMondays NYC will feature a 30 minute fireside chat with Christian Narvaez, Founding Member of Web3 Familia. Web3 Familia is a DAO whose mission it is to onboard 1M Latinos onto Web3. Follow Christian on twitter: https://twitter.com/NarvaezChris Learn more about Web3 Familia: https://www.web3familia.com As always, there will be lots of time before and after for networking with others as passionate about crypto (and/or NFTs) as you are!

David Gan, Founder & General Partner of OP Crypto This CryptoMondays NYC will feature a 30 minute fireside chat with David Gan, Founder & General Partner of OP Crypto, a venture capital fund that invests in the most promising blockchain entrepreneurs. David is one of the only former tier-1 centralized exchange executives to launch a crypto venture capital fund, with native ties to both the western and eastern markets. Prior to founding OP Crypto, he worked at top traditional firms including Qiming Venture Partners (Tier 1 $6bn AUM VC in China) and Morgan Stanley China (Investment Banking Division-M&A). He was recognized for the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia award in 2019. In addition, he served as a senior executive for three years at Huobi Global where he managed Huobi’s principal investment strategy. During his time at Huobi, David played a key role in accelerating top tier blockchain projects including Polkadot, Algorand, Difinity, and Casper Labs. In 2021, he founded OP Crypto to invest in projects that it believes will help shape the future of corporate governance and transfer power from centralized entities to content creators in the upcoming Web 3.0 ecosystem. With over $25M in inaugural fund backed by Huobi Ventures, Galaxy Digital’s Vision Hill FoF Platform, Digital Currency Group, Mirana Ventures (Bybit), and The Brooker Group, OP Crypto aims to support entrepreneurs seeking to build global products in the blockchain space. David’s experience uniquely positions OP Crypto to provide best-in-class portfolio support, go-to-market strategy, and developer relations. Since launch, the fund has built a portfolio of star projects including Merit Circle, Aurory, and Metamundo.

CRYPTO MONDAYS NYC 1.31.22 Weekly MEET-UP CRYPTO We are excited to announce our next Crypto Mondays Host: TJ Stone with Special Guest Joon LEE Topic: A truly revolutionary personal computer compressed into a portable keyboard made from recycled plastics. The AbacusBasic computer under $100. Their mission is to close the digital divide.