Jon Allen is a GP at Magnus Ventures. He served in the military for 5 years as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, earning several medals including a Purple Heart. His passion for blockchain started in 2013 as an active Bitcoin trader and physical crypto (Casascius) collector. He then transferred to UC Berkeley, where he received a B.A. in ISF for Economics, Business, & Computer Science. Allen co-founded Blockchain at Berkeley, San Francisco Blockchain Week, and Dekrypt Capital.