Bio

David Shin is an Entrepreneur and an ex-Banker who has been involved in several startups around the world. He is also an active community builder who has helped set up non profit organisations in Asia to ensure proper engagement with local/regional entities and officials as it relates to crypto currencies and blockchain technology. As a Banker, David most recently worked for TD Bank as their Asia Head of Global Equity Derivatives and Repo Sales. David was the key crypto expert at TD, working with senior management to develop the bank’s strategy on digital assets. David also wrote the draft response to the Canadian Regulators on behalf of TD Bank as to how crypto currencies should be regulated in Canada. After leaving the banking industry in July 2019, David joined Bitcoin.com as the Head of their new exchange. In 2020, as an Advisor to the Tezos Foundation, he decided to join full time as the Head of TZ APAC, an adoption entity supported by the Tezos Foundation. He left Tezos in 2021 to head Klaytn's global adoption efforts at Kakao. His focus was to build adoption and utility of the Klaytn blockchain across developer, retail and enterprise groups. David joined Immutable X in December 2023, a web3 startup focused on gaming and NFTs. He will be their new head of business development for both Asia and EMEA regions. David is a go to guy for a lot of the financial institutions that seek advice and consultation on crypto and blockchain related projects. He has provided guidance to some of the global central banks on the benefits of digital currencies. David is considered to be an early adopter of digital currencies which has led him to appear on regional and global media outlets like CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, NY Times, Swiss TV and the Economist.