Vinay Gupta is the CEO and founder of Mattereum, focused on bringing physical assets onto the blockchain. Mattereum creates a digital identity layer for real-world objects, enabling new fractional ownership, governance, and trading models using blockchain technology. Vinay has been deeply involved in blockchain for over a decade, playing a central role as the release coordinator for Ethereum's launch in 2015 - the pioneering platform introducing smart contracts and dApps. Prior, he served as a strategic architect at ConsenSys.