Bobby Cho
Global Head of Trading - Crytpo, Cumberland
Bobby Cho is the global head of trading at Cumberland, a DRW company, one of the largest principal trading firms in cryptocurrency space specializing in liquidity providing. Previously, Bobby was director of trading at itBit Trust Company where he was responsible for their crypto asset trading and custody business. Prior to his role at itBit, Bobby was vice president of trading and a municipal securities principal at Genesis Global Trading, a Digital Currency Group company (f/k/a SecondMarket), where he assisted in the creation of one of the first cryptocurrency broker-dealers. Bobby is also a mentor to Plug and Play, a Sunnyvale based global innovation platform. He is a graduate of Villanova University.
Gabor Gurbacs
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, VanEck
Gabor Gurbacs is the Director of Digital Asset Strategy at VanEck, a $50B+ investment firm and pioneer in early access investment vehicles. Gabor is responsible for managing VanEck's digital asset initiatives, including investment, technology, and regulatory matters. Built first industry standard digital asset indices, architected and filed for first futures-based bitcoin ETF. Gabor has pioneered and lead digital asset investing and market structure discussions with U.S. and global regulators (such as SEC, CFTC and various EU regulators such as BaFin). Prior to joining VanEck, held several finance research positions at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard College, and Williams College. Gabor holds a BA in Mathematics, German, and Sociology from Williams College. A George Soros Scholar, 2011-2014; Edgar Bronfman Fellow, 2012. In his free time, Gabor likes to solve discrete mathematics problems, plays StarCraft competitively and is an ardent fan of Pittsburgh Pirates Baseball.
