Episode 81

Flori Marquez on Bridging the Worlds of Traditional Finance & Crypto

Today Flori Marquez joins us to discuss how BlockFi is bridging the worlds of traditional finance and crypto.

Flori is the Co-Founder and VP of Operations of BlockFi, a crypto-financial services company she founded in 2017 with Zac Prince. Flori has spent her career managing alternative lending products, where she helped build, scale and optimize a $125M portfolio for Bond Street (acquired by Goldman Sachs). As Head of Portfolio Management, Flori managed all operations from point of origination through to default and litigation. Prior to Bond Street, Flori helped develop and maintain institutional partnerships at Oak Hill Advisors, a $30B fixed income asset manager. Flori graduated from Cornell University majoring in pre-law with a minor in Economics, and is the proud mom of the crypto corgi.

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