Chico State Alumni Association

Wildcat Connect Webinar | Current State of Crypto

 Crypto Currency

Webinar Recording

Description: It’s time for the narrative on web3 to change. With the aftermath of the collapse of FTX and the contagion throughout the crypto industry; it’s time to shift our focus to web3 technology and the broader uses cases. We will talk about what happened recently in the crypto markets and where the industry is headed the next few years. 

Moderator: Dr. Arash Negahban, Chair, Information Systems, Finance, and Accounting Department; Director, Center for Enterprise Systems and Informatics Research (CESIR); Associate Professor, Information Systems

Panelist: Matt Ober (Business Administration, '07)

Matt OberMatt Ober received his bachelor's degree in business administration with an option in finance and minors in international business and international relations from Chico State in 2007. As a student on campus he was a member of the fraternity Delta Chi, and the Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC). Ober is currently a partner with Social Leverage and the managing director and chief data scientist at Third Point LLC. His focus is on leveraging data and technology to enhance the fundamental investment processes across equity, credit, and venture capital investments. Before joining Third Point, Ober spent more than five years at WorldQuant LLC where he was the head of data strategy. Prior to WorldQuant LLC, he worked at Bloomberg on the analytics team. Ober is a Chartered Alternative Investment Association (CAIA) holder.