{"id":"ran-hammer","title":"Ran Hammer","content":"**Ran Hammer** is an Israeli entrepreneur and former corporate lawyer. He currently serves as Chief Business Officer at [Orbs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/orbs). [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​\n\n## Early Life and Education\n\nRan Hammer earned a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Haifa, attending from 2009 to 2013. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7) He served as a Legal Research Assistant and a Teaching Assistant at the University of Haifa, Faculty of Law. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​\n\n## Early Career\n\nBefore entering law, Hammer worked in sales, including roles at Hammer (a WCS software provider) and at Rikushet. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​\n\n## Legal Career\n\nRan Hammer worked as an associate at GKH Law Offices (Gross, Kleinhendler, Hodak, Halevy, Greenberg & Co.) in the Hi-Tech and Venture Capital Practice Group for approximately five years. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7) He represented private equity and venture capital funds, strategic and individual investors, and technology-based companies. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7) At GKH, he founded and led the blockchain, cryptocurrency, and digital coin practice and was described in sources as one of Israel's leading blockchain law practitioners. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​\n\n## Career at Orbs\n\nHammer joined [Orbs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/orbs) and held multiple roles over time, including Vice President of Business Development, General Counsel and Corporate Development, and General Counsel, before becoming Chief Business Officer. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​[\\[1\\]](#cite-id-0fQkX2Ve3jeg3CGw) In his current role, he oversees business development, marketing, community relations, and legal and compliance functions at [Orbs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/orbs). [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-MRnTlQ5trYruvHf7)​\n\n## Contributions to Crypto and Web3\n\nHammer has been a frequent interview subject on DeFi and regulatory topics. In an April 2024 interview with Bitcoin.com News, he argued that DeFi's future depends on liquidity aggregation, identifying market fragmentation as the primary obstacle preventing DeFi protocols from competing with centralized exchanges. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-f2sRsWOmSiHgMGxY) In two 2024–2025 interviews with HackerNoon, he discussed how regulatory ambiguity has created a \"chilling effect\" on capital entering DeFi, and described [Orbs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/orbs)' engagement in seminars and roundtable discussions with regulators in Israel, the United States, and the United Kingdom. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-3UvhYDduWeTqCZwq)​[\\[5\\]](#cite-id-EBwZmSq7tT8Q7RZc) Under his purview, [Orbs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/orbs) made a $600,000 investment in THENA, a decentralized exchange on [BNB Chain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/binance-smart-chain), and formed a validator-node collaboration with Animoca Japan. 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