Galia Benartzi cofounded a cryptocurrency conversion company Bancor in 2017.
Bancor last year raised $153 million through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
Bancor has processed a billion and a half of conversions across 120 Ethereum-based currencies to date.
This year Bancor was rocked by a $13.5 million hack which motivated Benartzi to forge the Crypto Defenders Alliance.
Benartzi previously exited two tech startups, selling Mytopia to gaming giant 888 for $48 million dollars and Particle Code to Appcelerator.
Before Bancor Benartzi ran many local cryptocurrency pilots. One saw 40,000 mothers trade $24 million in "hearts" for services and goods.
Benartzi has an MA in International Economics and has also served as an EIR at Trinity Ventures and a venture partner at Founders Fund.