Eduardo discovered crypto in 2017, pre-ICO boom/bust, and promptly went down the crypto rabbit hole. He experimented within DeFi and NFT summers, contributed to various DAOs and was part of the teams at two of them.  He began building crypto-native product in 2020. Eduardo is the regional leader for Crypto and Blockchain for Latin America and the Caribbean at Mastercard. He holds degrees in Global Finance from HKUST and NYU, as well as degrees in Economics from The Wharton School and International Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.