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The future of money is being reinvented. In the same way the internet reinvented the definition of human connection—for good or for ill—the frontier of digital currency will rewrite how we perceive and transact value.

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 Guiding Principles

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  • Conduct research with neutrality and rigor.
     

  • Center people in the base-layer decisions shaping digital currency.
     

  • Empower technologists to reduce bias.
     

  • Enable policymakers to mitigate systemic risks.
     

  • Give people greater agency over their money, data, time, and attention.

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Leadership

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Shira Frank

Director

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For 20 years, Shira has worked at the intersection of money and power. Initially,  through philanthropy she worked to redirect resources to those most in need. Later, as Deputy Director for J Street, she partnered with the Obama Administration to transform US policy in the Middle East and pave a pathway for the Iran Nuclear Agreement. After decades nudging existing financial and political systems, she saw in emerging technologies a way to fundamentally re-architect these systems. Digital currency has the potential to redefine both money and power. Just as easily, it could reinforce the flaws of our existing systems. In response Shira formed the research lab Maiden in 2017 to make money good, by bringing people into the formative technology and policy decisions essential to the design of future financial protocols.

Board Members & Advisors

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Board Members & Advisors

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Katie Johnson

Advisor

Senior User Experience Researcher, Google

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Karl T. Muth

Advisor

J.D., M.B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Strategy and Entrepreneurship, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business

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Sumedha Deshmukh

Board Member

Ph.D. Candidate
University of Cambridge; Formerly World Economic Forum Blockchain and Digital Assets

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Dayana Meza

Board Member

Associate Investigator, Chainalysis

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Althea Pieters

Board Member

Head of US Regulatory Policy, Credit Suisse, Former Board of Governors Federal Reserve System

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