Shima Capital’s founder Yida Gao teaches crypto finance courses at MIT
Gao succeeds former lecturer, SEC chairman Gary Genslerfor the second year
SAN FRANCISCO, 31 March 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Founder of Shima Capital Yida Gao goes back to his MIT roots, this time to begin his second year as assistant professor at the prestigious institution Massachusetts Institute of Technologywhere he teaches 15,492 Crypto Finance. Mr. Gao took over the task in 2022 when he replaced the previous lecturer, Gary Genslerwho moved into his new role as chairman of the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
In his first year as a lecturer at MIT, Yida Gao was known to invite special guests to join and speak to his class. Such guests included Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterinchairman of Animoca Brands Yat Siu, investor and entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano aka Pomp, and Celsius founder Alex Mashinskyamong others.
For year two, planned guest speakers include BitMEX co-founder Arthur HayesSEC Commissioner Horses Peirceand many more founders and leaders from top Web3 projects like Ripple.
Yida Gaowho is also the Managing General Partner of Shima Capital, has a long history of success in crypto finance, most recently with regard to running its 200 million dollars web3 venture capital fund. In addition to his students at MITYida imparts similar wisdom daily among Shima’s portfolio companies, of which there are nearly 200.
The course description for 15,492 Crypto Finance says: “Explores the markets for cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin. Begins with the basics and economics crypto assets’ underlying blockchain technology and then turns to the trading and markets of cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other tokens and crypto derivatives. Students gain an understanding and comparison with traditional financing of the market structure, participants, regulation and dynamics in this relatively new and volatile asset class.“
For more about Yida Gao and Shima Capital visit www.yidagao.com and www.shima.capital.
About Yida Gao
Yida Gao (Forbes 30 Under 30) is the founder and managing general partner in the early phase crypto investment company Shima Capital. Yida previously ran Struck Capital, an industry-agnostic early-stage venture fund, and also DDC (Divergence Digital Currency), a multi-strategy crypto fund. Previously, Yida served as a technology investor at New Enterprise Associates, a $25 billion+ venture capital fund, and as an M&A investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from MIT with degrees in mathematics and computer science and dropped out of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business to pursue crypto investing full-time in 2017. He teaches 15,492: Crypto Economics course at MIT.
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