The Team Behind Token Relations
Jacquelyn Melinek is the co-founder and CEO of Token Relations.
She previously led crypto coverage at TechCrunch as a senior crypto reporter and was the host of an award-nominated podcast, Chain Reaction. Prior to that, Jacquelyn was a crypto reporter for Blockworks where she focused on covering DeFi, DAOs and crypto VC funding. She also reported on energy markets for S&P Global Platts and Bloomberg News.
Jacquelyn's articles are published in over 100 global news outlets and she's been a featured guest on CNBC Worldwide Exchange, CBS News Prime Time and Yahoo Finance Live for her crypto coverage and analysis.
She can be reached at jacquelyn@token-relations.com or on X @jacqmelinek.
Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano is an entrepreneur and technology investor.
He runs his family office which makes private investments, along with owning majority stakes in a number of operating businesses.
Additionally, Pomp hosts popular conversations on "The Pomp Podcast," which has been downloaded more than 50 million times. Pomp also writes a letter that is read by more than 250,000 investors each morning.
Pomp's interests lie at the intersection of finance, technology, entrepreneurship, and economics, which he tweets about extensively to his more than 1.6 million followers.
Gabriel Marino-Ribotsky, also known as Namsan, is a research analyst and communications lead at Token Relations.
Namsan has been part of the founding team for multiple gaming-centric startups.
He is passionate about cultivating and nurturing vibrant communities, and is dedicated to creating the most exceptional experiences for them, ensuring that every interaction is meaningful and leaves a lasting positive impact.
Shailesh Shenoy is the lead software engineer at Token Relations.
He has his masters in information systems from Northeastern University.
While there, he was a part of the NEU Blockchain organization and his team also won multiple prizes at the ETHBoston hackathon in 2024.
Before getting his masters, he worked at Fidelity as part of its crypto focused startup Fidelity Labs.