Brian Lio

Brian is the founder and CEO of Smith + Crown, the world’s leading blockchain research organization with a focus on cryptoeconomics, asset intelligence and industry analysis. As an entrepreneur with a consistent record of leading diverse teams to quickly take projects from vision to successful execution within a wide array of cultures and environments, Brian is relentlessly passionate about creating the impossible, regardless of the format, context, team or challenge. Smith + Crown’s work is wide-ranging and includes independent research, advocacy and education for non-profits, institutions and governments, and bespoke advisory work around cryptoeconomics, incentive design and blockchain strategy with clients ranging from fortune 100s to decentralized protocols. Additionally Smith + Crown's intelligence platform (sci.smithandcrown.com) provides comprehensive research and asset analysis across the breadth of the industry. Brian is also the founder of the Bright Iron Group, a design, strategy and user experience consultancy in New York City. He serves as an advisor to the Oregon Enterprise Venture Blockchain Studio and the Social Alpha Foundation, the Chief Research Advisor to the Digital Chamber of Commerce’s Token Alliance, and is a Fellow at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.