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Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder

BitGo is the leading Bitcoin security platform and a pioneer of multi-sig technology. Based in Palo Alto, BitGo launched the first ever multi-signature Bitcoin wallet in 2013, and continues to create innovative security services on top of emerging industry standards. The company operates a security-as-a-service platform that powers the industry’s most secure, enterprise Bitcoin wallet with solutions for corporate treasury and key management.

Will O’Brien is an entrepreneur and investor in Silicon Valley, with expertise in blockchain, data and analytics, fintech, and gaming. Will is a seasoned technology executive with a proven track record of scaling organizations, managing corporate financings, and structuring strategic partnerships. He has been an executive operator for 2 Unicorns, and an investor in many other successful exits. Will is currently CEO and co-founder of NFT Oasis. Formed in March 2021, the NFT Oasis is a platform that fuels the decentralized creator economy — combining non-fungible tokens (NFTs), virtual reality (VR), and decentralized finance (DeFi) in an ecosystem to give artists more creative freedom, business control, and financial success. The company raised $4.4 million in July 2021. Will was CEO and co-founder of BitGo from 2013-2015 and was voted “CEO of the Year” in the Bitcoin industry in 2014. BitGo was recently acquired by Galaxy Digital for $1.2 billion. Prior to BitGo, O’Brien was SVP Corporate and Business Development for gaming giant Big Fish Games (2010-2013), which was acquired for $885 million by Churchill Downs and later sold to Aristocrat for $990 million. Will is an LP and advisor to Blockchain Capital, an angel investor in dozens of early stage companies, and a sought-after advisor to an elite group of startups and funds in Silicon Valley, Europe, and Korea. Will holds a B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard University and an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management. Will has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, AllThingsD, BusinessWeek, and various international press. He is a regular presenter at industry conferences and appeared on television and in film. Will has dual citizenship in the US and Ireland. Specialties: innovation, technology, corporate & business development, capital formation, restructuring, M&A, strategy, analytics, product marketing, PR, public speaking, hiring, and team building