Monika Proffitt is a member of the Grit Daily Leadership Network and an internationally recognized speaker, advisor, and serial entrepreneur, as well as the author of the book Blockchain 101. She is the host of the podcast The Proffitt Show and serves as a resource for Inc. Magazine, Forbes, Nikkei, Vogue, Venturebeat, Hackernoon, GritDaily and others. She teaches Blockchain at CUNY, and has spoken on the topic at MIT, Princeton, Notre Dame, and others throughout the US and Europe. She lives in New York City.