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Ben Sheppard

Ben Sheppard is the CEO and co-founder of Silta Finance, a company that connects infrastructure projects with DeFi lending. Ben has spent the last five years in the blockchain industry, first as head of partnerships at Streamr, a decentralized real-time data network, and then as the managing director of TX – Tomorrow Explored, a Web 3.0 consulting company. Ben has also been a transaction advisor to governments, private companies and the World Bank.

February 2022

How DeFi can kickstart a sustainable post-pandemic economy

Decentralized finance has not yet done much real-world good, writes Ben Sheppard. But putting it to work on small infrastructure projects can do just that.