Speakers
The industry leaders building the infrastructure, markets, and policy framework driving the next era of institutional digital assets.

Justin Sun
Founder
TRON

Jeff Yan
Founder & CEO
Hyperliquid Labs

Arjun Sethi
Co-CEO
Kraken & Payward

Cynthia Lo Bessette
Head of Digital Asset Management
Fidelity Investments

Richard Teng
Co-CEO
Binance

Liz Martin
Co-CEO
Coinbase Institutional

Mike Belshe
Co-Founder & CEO
BitGo

Johann Kerbrat
SVP & GM of Crypto
Robinhood

David Hui
Deputy CEO
DBS Digital Exchange

Amy Oldenburg
Head of Digital Asset Strategy
Morgan Stanley

Nikhil Sharma
Director, Digital Assets
BlackRock

Kathleen Wrynn
Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Assets
Invesco

Kefei Lin
Director, SBI Onchain
SBI Holdings

Avalon Ingram
Digital Asset Business Lead
SWIFT

Henry Zhang
Founder & CEO
DigiFT

Hunter Horsley
CEO & Co-Founder
Bitwise Asset Management

Roland Chai
EVP, Digital Liquidity Networks
Nasdaq

Seth Ginns
CIO
Franklin Crypto

Eric Saraniecki
Co-Founder & Head of Network Strategy
Digital Asset

Hui Yi HO
Chief Strategy Officer
Global Fintech Institute

Guy Young
Founder & CEO
Ethena

Armani Ferrante
Founder & CEO
Backpack

Catrina Wang
General Partner
Portal Ventures

Vladimir Novakovski
Founder & CEO
Lighter

David Schamis
CEO
Hyperliquid Strategies

Kyle Samani
Chairman
Forward Industries

Sam MacPherson
CEO & Co-Founder
Phoenix Labs

Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance
PayPal

Chris Knight
Managing Director
LMAX Digital

Patrick Yeo
Head of Digital Assets Trading, Global Financial Markets
DBS Bank

Dan Tapiero
Founder & CEO
50T

Mark Attard
Head of Digital Assets
Citi

Brian Smith
President
Jito Foundation

Santiago Roel Santos
Inversion

Zach Pandl
Head of Research
Grayscale Investments

Rob Hadick
General Partner
Dragonfly Capital

Melvin Deng
CEO
QCP

James Aitchison
Founder & CIO
Caerus Global

Arthur Cheong
Founder, CEO & CIO
DeFiance Capital

Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
President
Jupiter

Casper Johansen
Co-Founder & Partner
The Spartan Group

Tarun Chitra
Co-Founder & CEO
Gauntlet

Theo Golden
Head of Tokenized Product, International
Broadridge

Evan Auyang
Group President
Animoca Brands

Rajiv Patel-O'Connor
General Partner
Framework Ventures

Lu Yin
Head of APAC
Solana Foundation

Ran Neuner
Founder
Crypto Banter

Thomas Chen
Chief Business Officer
BNB Chain

Nikita Fadeev
Partner & Head of Fasanara Digital
Fasanara Capital

Jake Chervinsky
CEO
Hyperliquid Policy Center

Fabiana Negrin Ochoa
Breaking News Editor
Wall Street Journal

Ryan Kim
Founding Partner
Hashed

Keone Hon
Co-Founder & GM
Monad Foundation

Heslin Kim
Co-founder & Chief Business Officer
Zenith Network

Josh Lim
Global Head of Markets
FalconX

Abdul Rafay Gadit
Co-Founder
ZIG Finance

Arnaud Simeray
VP of Institutions
Dune

John Nahas
Chief Business Officer
Ava Labs

Charles Jansen
Head of DeFi Transformation
S&P Global Ratings

John Cahill
Head of APAC
Galaxy Digital

Ness
Co-Founder & CEO
HyperLend

Logan Jastremski
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Frictionless Capital

Andy Cavanaugh
Co-Founder
The Rollup

Robbie Klages
Co-Founder
The Rollup

Sam Ruskin
Investment Associate
Reciprocal Ventures

Arush Sehgal
Head of Digital Assets
Alpaca

Essi Lagevardi
Co-Founder & CEO
Turtle Club

Sébastien Derivaux
Chef & Co-Founder
Steakhouse Financial

Nicolas Vanhoutteghem
President & Founding Partner
Forteus

Ken Ng
Head of Ecosystem
Uniswap Labs

Andy Kangpan
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
Metalayer

Connor Milner
CEO
Hare

Smac
Partner
Compound

Samar Sen
Head of International Markets
Talos

Austin Reid
CCO & CSO
FalconX

Alain Kunz
Global Head of Defi & Head of BD, EMEA
GSR

Alexander Cutler
CEO
Dromos Labs

Bart Smith
CEO
AVAT

Cheryl Chan
Head of Strategy & Growth
Kamino

Damian Chen
VP of Growth
Starknet Foundation

Joshua Cheong
Head of Product & BD
Mantle

Wassie Lawyer
General Counsel
Jupiter

Michael Ippolito
Co-Founder
Blockworks

Bennett Holloway
Head of Events
Blockworks

Silvio Busonero
Senior Protocol Strategist
Blockworks

Felix Jauvin
Head of Content
Blockworks

Anastasiia Zbandut
Protocol Strategist
Blockworks

Shaunda Devens
Research Analyst
Blockworks

David Rodriguez
Head of Commercial
Blockworks

Kunal Doshi
Research Analyst
Blockworks

Brandon Slack
Enterprise Partnerships
Blockworks
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