Julian Jacobson

President & Co-Founder
ZK Ladder

Julian Jacobson Co-founded ZK Ladder in 2021, a Web3 Venture Studio and DAO Incubator focused on building web3 utility and sustainability. Julian also co-founded Fundamental Interactions in 2011 where he has served as President for 11 years. Fundamental Interactions is a leading provider of trading infrastructure systems widely deployed worldwide by leading cryptocurrency exchanges, securities exchanges, ATS systems. Julian was an early pioneer of digital assets integration into regulated trading infrastructure for both retail and institutional uses. He has integrated his expertise with regulated centralized operators with innovation in a purely decentralized web3 context.

ABSTRACT

Web3 - Bringing Utility and Sustainability to Web3 for Impact in Art and Philanthropy.

Having built regulated crypto currency exchanges and custody platforms, and having built open decentralized systems for years, Julian articulates a studied view of Web3, its merits obstacles and critical path to utility impact and legitimacy.