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Brian Crain

Investor

Investment Committee at Frachtis

Portugal

About

Brian Fabian Crain is CEO of Chorus One and President at the Interchain Foundation, and hosts the crypto podcast Epicenter. He founded the Blockchain Meetup Berlin community in 2014 and helped build Chorus One into a widely used staking provider. He also serves on the board of the Urbit Foundation.

Invests in

Crypto & Web3

Experience

  1. Bitwise Asset ManagementAdvisorcurrent2026 — present
  2. FrachtisInvestorcurrent2024 — present
  3. EpicenterCo-Founder and Co-Hostcurrent2013 — presentBerlin Area, Germany
  4. Chorus OneCo-Founder & CEO2018 — 2026Zug, Switzerland
  5. Urbit FoundationBoard Member2023 — 2025
  6. Interchain FoundationPresident of Foundation Council2023 — 2024Zug, Switzerland
  7. Interchain FoundationVice-President of Foundation Council2021 — 2023Zug, Switzerland
  8. Interchain FoundationMember of Foundation Council2020 — 2021Zug, Switzerland
  9. TendermintChief Operating Officer2017 — 2018Berlin Area, Germany
  10. Blockchain Meetup BerlinFounder & Organizer2013 — 2018Berlin Area, Germany
  11. Monax (formerly Eris Industries)Head of Business Development2015 — 2016Berlin Metropolitan Area
  12. Quantified Self BerlinOrganizer2013 — 2016
  13. apeary GmbHCo-Founder2010 — 2011Berlin/London
  14. AmeropaCommodities Trading2008Basel Area, Switzerland
  15. HSBC SecuritiesDebt Capital Markets - Summer Analyst2006Greater New York City Area

Education

  1. University of ChicagoA.B. (Honors), Economics2004 — 2007
  2. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)MSc, Economics and Philosophy2008 — 2009
  3. UCLMSc (Distinction), Cognitive and Decision Sciences2011 — 2013
  4. Columbia University / Peking UniversityChinese2005

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Economics81Start-ups88Blockchain22Statistics38Research36Bitcoin24Business Development27Business Strategy27Behavior Change14Podcasting12Content Development7
+12 moreCognitive ScienceRPersuasive TechnologyGame TheoryStrategyProgrammingBehavioral EconomicsWeb DevelopmentUser Experience DesignHuman Computer InteractionBehavioral FinancePython

Languages Chinese · English · French · German · Spanish

  • Computing for Data AnalysisCoursera
  • Human-Computer InteractionCoursera

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