Leah Wald is an accomplished entrepreneur with deep expertise in alternative asset management and disruptive technologies. As Co-Founder and CEO of Valkyrie Investments, she led the firm to over $1.3 billion in AUM through cryptocurrency trusts, hedge funds, and ETFs. Valkyrie’s advisory business was acquired by CoinShares, and its private trust division by Abra Capital in 2024. Previously, Leah spearheaded multi-billion-dollar investment strategies at Vital Financial and served as a Partner at Lucid Investment Strategies leading the launch of their Bitcoin investment strategy in 2017. Ms. Wald was a contributing writer for Forbes and co-authored the book Hyperwave Theory: The Rogue Waves of Financial Markets.