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Finance, Reimagined

From digital assets to payments to tokenized funds, the future of finance starts in New York.

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The future of markets is shaped by those bold enough to build it.

Global Leaders

Featured Speakers

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Thomas Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift
Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear
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Program Themes

From Crypto to Capitol Hill

SmartCon brings governments, financial institutions, and leading Web3 projects together to discuss the blockchain technologies transforming markets, public services, and the global economy. The conference will enable leaders across capital markets, government, and Web3 to define how global markets move onchain, shape the next evolution of Web3, and discuss how onchain technology can strengthen trust, transparency, and efficiency in government systems.

Capital Markets

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Future of Asset Management

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Onchain/Offchain Payments

03

Regulated Stablecoins and Digital Money

04

Collateral Mobility

05

Modernizing Market Infrastructure

06

Compliance and Privacy

Web3

01

DEFI

BTCFi
Liquid Staking
Derivative

02

Blockchains

Research
Governance
Regional Trends

03

Privacy

Zero-Knowledge Proofs

04

Technologies

Interoperability
Layer 2s
Programmable Money
AI and Blockchain

Government

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U.S. Digital Asset Landscape

02

Tokenized Assets

03

Identity and Proof of Reserve

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Finance is On

What is SmartCon?

SmartCon is the premier conference for leaders across finance, Web3, and government to explore the convergence of traditional finance and the onchain world. It’s where the most important updates in the blockchain industry are shared and where the future of the global financial system comes into view.

Where Capital Never Sleeps

A convergence of blockchain, finance, and policy in the epicenter of global markets.

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What Momentum Looks Like

1,800+

Attendees from finance and government

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Sponsors demoing their solutions

200+

Speakers presenting on Web3 and blockchain

395k+

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Where Worlds Converge.

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Alec Lovett
Head of Stablecoins, Coinbase
Alec Lovett is the Head of Stablecoins at Coinbase, where he leads efforts to accelerate stablecoin adoption across both consumer and institutional markets. His focus is on unlocking the full potential of stablecoins as programmable, accessible, and yield-bearing assets that can transform global payments and modern financial infrastructure. A frequent speaker on the future of digital money, Alec's expertise includes how stablecoins can fundamentally reshape payments, money movement, and financial services more broadly. Before joining Coinbase, he helped build and scale digital financial platforms at Stripe, Podium, and Paxios!
Steven Goldfeder
CEO and Co-Founder, Offchain Labs
Steven Goldfeder is the CEO and co-founder of Offchain Labs, the company building Arbitrum. Steven received his doctorate from Princeton University and is a published author of multiple research papers on computer science, cryptography, blockchain technologies, smart contracts, and more. Steven co-founded Offchain Labs in 2018.
Sota Wantanabe
CEO, Startale Labs
Sota Watanabe is the founder of Astar Network, CEO of Startale Labs, and Director of Sony's blockchain initiative, Soneium. He was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia for his work in enterprise tech. A leading voice in Japan’s Web3 ecosystem, he also serves on the board of the Japan Blockchain Association.
Elena Sinelnikova
Co-founder, Metis
Elena Sinelnikova is the co-founder of Metis, a next-generation Ethereum Layer 2 dual-chain system focused on the human-aligned AI. She also co-founded CryptoChicks, a global nonprofit that empowers women through blockchain and AI education. A long-time advocate for regenerative Web3 ecosystems, Elena is leading the movement toward ethical, community-driven AI infrastructure.
Haseeb Qureshi
Managing Partner, Dragonfly
Haseeb is Managing Partner at Dragonfly, a multibillion dollar leading crypto VC firm, and is a longtime technology-focused crypto investor. Haseeb was previously a General Partner at Metastable Capital (now acquired by Dragonfly). Prior, Haseeb founded a stablecoin startup, was a blockchain engineer at Earn.com (acquired by Coinbase), an anti-fraud engineer at Airbnb, and was previously a top 10 globally ranked professional poker player. He has taught a class on web3 Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley and is widely followed for his technical expertise in crypto.
Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder, CEO, RWA.xyz
Adam is the co-founder and CEO at RWA.xyz. He previously worked at Microsoft.
Ryan Zega
Head of Structured Finance, Aptos
Ryan Zega is the Head of Structured Finance at Aptos Labs, a leading institutional-grade Layer 1 blockchain. Prior to this, he was the Senior Director of Capital Markets and Business Development at tZERO, a global leading liquidity platform for private securities and digital assets. Previously, Ryan held various acquisition, asset management, and debt origination roles at institutional commercial real estate companies including Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PGRE), Normandy Real Estate Partners, and PGIM Real Estate.
Tom Menner
CTO, SBI Digital Markets
Tom is the Chief Technology Officer for SBI Digital Markets in Singapore, where he heads up the IT strategy, development, cybersecurity and operations. SBI Digital Markets focuses on digital assets, financial products, custody and digitized operations for regional and global capital markets. Prior to joining SBI DM he was the Head of Asia Pacific for IntellectEU, a technology services provider for blockchain, confidential computing, and artificial intelligence. He was also the Director of Solution Architecture in Asia Pacific for R3, a blockchain and digital assets platform company; and he had a lengthy 20+ year career at IBM as a Global Solution Architect.

Tom is originally from New York City, but he has also lived in Los Angeles and in Tokyo, and he is now on his second stint living in Singapore.
Kate Laurence
CEO, Founder & General Partner, Bloccelerate VC
Kate Laurence is the CEO, Founder & General Partner of Bloccelerate VC, a Web3 focused venture fund investing in category-defining blockchain companies. Since 2018, Kate grew the firm from $1M AUM to $85M+ today.

As the leader of the $100M Bloccelerate fund, Laurence drives its strategy and investment decisions, fueled by a passion for promoting self-sovereignty in money, assets, and data. Before establishing Bloccelerate, she spent nearly a decade as an investment director at Gartner (NYSE: IT), the world’s largest technology research firm, where she advised top Silicon Valley investors like A16Z, Sequoia, and KKR on enterprise technology investments.

A Harvard University graduate, Laurence is frequently featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, Geekwire, and at the World Economic Forum in Davos. She is also a member of the Milken Young Leaders Circle (YLC).
Kim Hochfeld
Global Head of Cash and Digital , State Street Investment Management
Kim Hochfeld, Senior Managing Director, is the Global Head of Cash, Digital and Securities Lending for State Street Investment Management. Kim has responsibility for the design and execution of the firm’s Digital Strategy, as well as the distribution of the firm’s institutional liquidity solutions. She co-chairs the Talent and Learning Council, is a member of the Executive Management Group, the EMEA Executive Committee, and State Street’s senior leadership team.

Prior to her current role, Kim was Head of Liquidity Distribution for EMEA and Asia at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Kim has been involved in the money market fund industry since 2005 and has held several senior-level sales and leadership roles at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Blackrock and Merrill Lynch Investment Managers. Prior to this, Kim worked at Bank of America, Bank One, and JP Morgan in London, Geneva and Brussels.

Kim has served two terms as elected Chair of the Board of the Institutional Money Market Fund Association (IMMFA), the industry trade body based in London, and is now serving a third term as a Board member.

Kim holds an MSc from the London School of Economics & Political Science and a BA from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.