George Samman

George is a blockchain and cryptocurrency investor and advisor to global financial institutions, startups and law firms.

George is the co-founder of Geora.io and has been a consultant and advisor to startups such as handle.fi, Meter, Fantom, Lightstreams, and Hedera. He also writes a blog on blockchain technology and use cases at sammantics.com including a report he co-authored on DAOs which can be downloaded here.

He was the lead author of “The State of Stablecoins 2019: Hype vs. Reality in the Race for Stable, Global, Digital Money” Download here. He also co-authored seminal reports on blockchain architecture with KPMG:https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmg/pdf/2016/06/kpmg-blockchain-consensus-mechanism.pdf  and with Gilbert & Tobin: https://www.gtlaw.com.au/blockchain-and-shared-ledgers-new-age-consortium as well as working with Brian Kelly Capital Management, a NYC cryptocurrency hedge fund. 

George also co-founded BTC.sx, now magnr, a bitcoin trading platform in 2013. He is also a former Wall Street Senior Portfolio Manager and Market Strategist as well as a technical analyst. George holds the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) designation.