Jillian Friedman is the chief operating officer of Symbiotic, a universal staking protocol backed by Paradigm, Pantera and Coinbase Ventures. She launched her career by founding a crypto-focused law firm in 2014 and served as the COO and chief financial officer of Ether Capital, where she launched the first staked Ether ETF. Jillian also led digital asset strategy at the National Bank of Canada.
While other countries move toward integrating crypto into their financial systems, Canada is lagging, costing the country capital, talent and competitiveness. Canada’s direction on digital asset innovation remains uncertain.