Beyond Blockchain

Daniel Barankin is the founding Chief Executive Officer of 6ix. 6ix is a financial technology company on a mission to unlock social mobility on a global scale by empowering anyone, from anywhere, to invest in anything. In pursuit of that mission, from Jul 01, 2020, to date, 6ix.com powered 300+ virtual investment summits, attracting 65,000 registrations and 21,000 attendances from a community of more than 100,000 investors. Daniel launched 6ix on Canada Day 2016 while studying philosophy, politics, anthropology, and other courses, at the University of Toronto, Trinity College.

Mr Lasky’s career spans 30 years as a production, management and marketing executive, which includes extensive experience in finance and operations to creative direction. Having begun his post college career as a Media Buyer at BD Advertising, he soon relocated to Los Angeles, and in 1995 launched his very own production company called Pikesville Pictures, which produced a multitude of Commercials, infomercials documentaries, shorts and feature films. During this time there were multiple accolades and awards including being a three-time winner of the prestigious NIMA award for Best Infomercial Production, Best Infomercial Script & Best Direct Response Show. Having Produced some of the most successful infomercials in history, his productions grossed well over $1 Billion in sales. More recently, Mr. Lasky caught the entrepreneurial bug and was the founder or a senior partner in several startups including a tech company called Peer to Peer Network and a Real Estate referral service called Agent Corner. For these ventures his duties included fund raising, running operations and having oversight of all marketing activities. Mr. Lasky has a proven track record of creating strong working relationships with potential partners and investors that lead to successful fundraising efforts, and successfully managing finance, accounting, and mergers and acquisitions efforts. He also has expertise conceptualizing, developing, producing, and directing a variety of productions, from full-length feature films to commercials and infomercials. He’s particularly proficient in creating value in productions, showcasing high-quality projects for low to medium budgets. Mr. Lasky has a B.S.M degree with concentrations in both Marketing and Finance from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business and attended post graduate Film Studies at USC Film School.

Michael Gord was one of the first advocates for digital assets in Canada and built the first university communities for blockchains in Canada. He is also the COO of Metaverse Group Ltd.