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Taariq Lewis is the CEO and founder of VolumeFi, a cross-chain product lab that is debuting their cross-chain messaging layer, Paloma (palomachain.com). He was also the co-founder of Sommelier Protocol with Zaki Manian and Jack Zampolin and led product management and product marketing for Sommelier. He is a serial entrepreneur who has also founded several successful fintech and blockchain products - Promise, Aquila, and SericaPay. Taariq also helped bring Bitcoin and blockchain engineering to a global audience with numerous educational events.
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