DeFi Toronto – June Meetup (ONLINE)

Agenda:
1. DeFi news recap
2. DeFi meets Wall Street, Jason Qiao of Jasper Vault
3. Across + Intents: Why cross-chain intents are the ultimate interop system, James Morris of UMA's Across Protocol
4. Roundtable on 2-3 hot topics
5. Community annoucements

Speaker Bios:

Jason Qiao is the founder and CEO of Jasper Vault, a peer-to-pear interoperable options protocol with the mission to bring options to the 99% of DeFi users by building intuitive and simple products that meet institutional-level safety requirements. Jason started his entrepreneurial journey by founding one of the first institutionalized digital fund back in 2018. The hedge fund has more than 6 years of audit records to date. Jason spent 12 years on Wall Street at JP Morgan Asset Management as an executive director, a member of the Investment Committee, and Head of the Portfolio Construction and Quantitative Research Team. Jason holds a Master's Degree in Financial Mathematics from the University of Chicago.

James Morris, M.S., is a New York-based senior full-stack engineer at the Across Protocol with degrees in Computer Science, Economics, and Quantitative Finance.