Aleksei Antonov is an internationally recognized investor, public speaker, and author with years of experience in blockchain technology and cryptocurrency trading. He started by founding the first blockchain-oriented educational foundation in Russia, after which he created Suicide Ventures fund that invested in 40 different ICOs and managed several successful ICO projects. Aleksei is now the Chief Investment Officer at Algalon Capital, a quant hedge fund and research provider operating in the US, the Cayman Islands, and Moscow.

He is also an advisor at Paytomat and, in the past, has co-founded SONM, a decentralized fog computing platform, and founded the Blockchain-technology Development Assistance Foundation. Aleksei is a graduate of mathematics and cybersecurity and has played professional poker, making his perspective unique in the field. He has developed several profitable portfolio management strategies and authored a book on blockchain technology, cryptocurrency investing, and ICOs.

A notable speaker, he has spoken at various international conferences and universities. Aleksei has attended some of the most prestigious gatherings in the industry, including the TechCrunch Disrupt Q&A session, the ANON Summit, the TEAMZ Blockchain Summit in Tokyo, and the Blockchain Summit in Austria, where he delivered speeches on blockchain technology, ICOs, and the new age of investment.