Gregory Di Prisco is the Head of Business Development at the Maker Foundation, the organization facilitating the development of MakerDAO. MakerDAO governs the Maker Protocol and Dai, the world’s first decentralized, collateral-backed stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain. Dai mitigates volatility through an autonomous system of smart contracts called the Maker Protocol, and through decentralized community governance. In addition to working at the Foundation, Greg is a managing partner at an Investment Partnership specializing in early-stage blockchain projects and distributed software. In 2016, along with other partners, Greg founded the first and only ETF in registration with the SEC to track the price of the cryptocurrency Ether. Prior to working in the blockchain space, Greg was a Futures Trader at Axiom Markets LLC, trading a variety of commodity and financial derivatives. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Villanova University.