2025 Schedule

SmartCon Agenda

Hear from leaders at Swift, JPMorgan, Mastercard, Aave, Optimism, and more as they unpack real-world tokenization, cross-chain interoperability, onchain data, compliance, identity, and emerging use cases.

Keynotes from Chainlink Co-Founder, Sergey Nazarov, and product leaders will anchor a dynamic lineup of panels, fireside chats, and more — plus exclusive networking and community events.

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Nov 4
Nov 5
10:00 AM
Tokenizing Towers and Transformers: A New Wave for Telecom Infrastructure
Pairpoint by Vodafone
Banking & Capital Markets
10:00 AM
Bridging Forex Markets With FX Price Feeds
DFX
Lightning
10:05 AM
Next-Gen Asset Management: Reinventing Infrastructure for the Onchain Economy
Wellington, State Street, WisdomTree, Invesco, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
10:07 AM
Stake.link (SDL): Building the First On-Chain LST Index
LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Lightning
10:14 AM
India's Digital Leapfrog: How Stablecoins and Tokenization Will Power the Next Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy
Anq
Lightning
10:15 AM
Keynote by Juan Carlos Reyes of the Government of El Salvador
Government of El Salvador
10:21 AM
Break
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10:30 AM
Composability in Action: AMM, Lending, Oracles
Balancer Labs
Lightning
10:35 AM
Fireside Chat with Carlos Domingo of Securitize
Securitize
Web3
10:37 AM
DualMint: The Boring Yield Layer
DualMint
Lightning
10:44 AM
How Ethereum's 10-Year Roadmap Impacts Billions in DeFi Today
Lendvest
Lightning
10:50 AM
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10:50 AM
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10:51 AM
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11:00 AM
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11:00 AM
The Future of Onchain Rewards: Where Staking Meets DeFi
Blockdaemon
Lightning
11:00 AM
Break
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11:05 AM
The Future of Unified Ledgers
Euroclear, DTCC, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
11:05 AM
How to Create a Stablecoin
11:07 AM
The Future of Global Finance
Zoth
Lightning
11:14 AM
Becoming the Shopify of RWA Tokenization
OpenEden
Lightning
11:15 AM
Shaping U.S. Blockchain Policy
The Digital Chamber, Crypto Council for Innovation, Blockchain Association, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
11:15 AM
Data Confidentiality on Transparent Ledgers
21X, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital, Aeonic Digital, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
11:21 AM
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11:30 AM
Keynote by Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé of Swift
Swift
Banking & Capital Markets
11:30 AM
The Future of On-Chain Intelligence
bitsCrunch
Lightning
11:30 AM
Launch Your Token in Seconds With Chainlink CCIP
XSwap
Lightning
11:37 AM
Mint Once, Sell Anywhere: Cross‑Chain Liquidity for NFTs
NFT Bridges
Lightning
11:40 AM
Lighting Up Onchain Finance With Traditional Payment Rails
Swift, Partior
Banking & Capital Markets
11:44 AM
Building the Golden Thread: On- and Off-Chain Credibility
Real World Asset Federation
Lightning
11:45 AM
How Stablecoins Unlock a New Era for Payments
Polygon Labs, The Network Firm, f(x) Protocol, Dune
Banking & Capital Markets
12:05 PM
Keynote by Chris Perry of Broadridge Financial Solutions
Broadridge Financial Solutions
Banking & Capital Markets
12:05 PM
Lunch
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12:15 PM
Lunch
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12:15 PM
Lunch
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12:15 PM
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12:15 PM
Lunch
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1:00 PM
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1:00 PM
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1:00 PM
Keynote by Nate Holiday of MakeInfinite Labs
MakeInfinite Labs
Web3
1:00 PM
Break
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1:15 PM
Keynote by Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink
Chainlink
Convergence
2:00 PM
Product Keynote
Convergence
2:30 PM
Presentation by Edward Woodford of Zerohash
zerohash
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2:30 PM
Preserving the Blockchain Ethos
Etherealize, Compound Foundation, Grayscale
2:37 PM
When Bitcoin Meets Wall Street: The Next Chapter
Metis and GOAT Network
2:45 PM
Break
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2:45 PM
Fireside Chat with David Mills of the Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Board
Fireside Chat
3:00 PM
Bridging Worlds: How Standards Enable Seamless Connectivity in the Digital Asset Economy
GBBC, Swift, GLEIF
Web3
3:00 PM
Ecommerce and Digital Assets: 24/7 Cross-Border Convergence and Infrastructure Evolution
Moody's Ratings, Citi, PayPal
Banking & Capital Markets
3:00 PM
Node Operator Compliance: Set the Standard
NorthWest Nodes
Lightning
3:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Dan Doney of DTCC and Derek Meyer of The Graph
DTCC, The Graph Foundation, The Graph Foundation
3:00 PM
Build Your First Workflow With CRE
3:07 PM
RWAs and the Path to Scaling Onchain Liquidity
RAAC
3:15 PM
The State of Web3 AI Agents in 2025 — and Beyond
Maiga.ai
Lightning
3:22 PM
The Payments That Compound
XTreamly
Lightning
3:29 PM
Modern Blockchain Tech Stack for Mass Adoption Readiness
B-Harvest
Lightning
3:30 PM
Automating Compliance for Complex Transactions
Mysten Labs, APEX Group & Tokeny, PayPal
Web3
3:30 PM
Onchain Equities and More: Why Tokenization Is Finally Clicking
TRON DAO, Hedera, 21.co
3:36 PM
Break
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3:45 PM
Break
Web3
3:45 PM
The State of Market Making on Solana
RPS AI
Lightning
3:52 PM
The Future Is AI-Native
Voyager
Lightning
3:59 PM
How Decentralization Solves AI's Biggest Bottleneck: Energy
Akash Network
Lightning
4:00 PM
Modernizing Corporate Actions 2.0
Euroclear, DTCC, Chainlink Labs
Web3
4:00 PM
DvP in Practice: From PoC to Production
Kinexys by JPMorgan, WisdomTree
Web3
4:00 PM
Presentation by Felix Bengtsson of Planet IX
Planet Ix
Convergence
4:06 PM
Break
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4:07 PM
Presentation by Christian Pusateri of Mind Network
Mind Network
4:15 PM
Mavrik: Digital Asset Intelligence for Payments and Capital Markets
Validation Cloud
Lightning
4:22 PM
Paying People to Power Smarter AI
PublicAI
Lightning
4:29 PM
On-Chain Proof of Reserves
The Network Firm
Lightning
4:30 PM
Break
Web3
4:30 PM
Break
Banking & Capital Markets
4:30 PM
CRE Demo With AWS
AWS
4:36 PM
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Break
4:45 PM
Lightning Talk by Dror Gurevich of Velocity Career Labs
Velocity Career Labs
Lightning
9:30 AM
Welcome to SmartCon 2025
Chainlink Labs, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
9:30 AM
The Blockworks Thesis: How Chainlink Lays the Infrastructure for Tokenized Finance
Blockworks, Chainlink Labs
Lightning
9:40 AM
Welcome to Union Square
Banking & Capital Markets
9:44 AM
Regulation Meets Tokenization: Coding Compliance Into Finance
Brickken
Lightning
9:45 AM
From Hype to Rails: A Decade of Digital Assets
State Street, Chainlink
Banking & Capital Markets
9:45 AM
The Data Continuum: Interoperability Now, AI Tomorrow
FTSE Russell, an LSEG business, Tradeweb, Deutsche Börse Group, Digital Asset, Chainlink Labs
Banking & Capital Markets
9:45 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
Soundboard
9:51 AM
Break
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1. Grand Central
2. Union Square
3. Penn Station
4. Fulton Street
Developer Workshop
10 AM
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
9:37 AM
Thinking in Invariants
Contract Level
Lightning
9:44 AM
The Future of Web3 Infrastructure
Simply Staking
Lightning
9:45 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
9:50 AM
The Staple of Stablecoins: Navigating the Future of Digital Value
AllUnity , APEX Group, S&P Global, Fiserv, Chainlink Labs
Web3
9:51 AM
Break
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Grand Central
Union Square
Penn Station
Fulton Street
Developer Workshop
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
Fulton St
4:14 PM
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10 Thoughts on Community
Insights on building community from someone who's been doing it for 20 years.
Speaker(s):
Lou Kerner
Founder, CryptoMondays
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Grand Central
4:00 PM
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4:15 PM
A New Institutional Standard: What TradFi Needs to Join the RWA and Stablecoin Economy
Join us for this conversation with Aptos Labs Chief Business Officer Solomon Tesfaye.
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Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
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Fulton St
11:30 AM
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11:37 AM
An Economy of Agents: Rails and Guardrails
Join us for this presentation by Patrick Delaney, CEO of Ampli Technologies.
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Patrick Delaney
CEO, Ampli Technologies
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Fulton St
2:14 PM
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2:21 PM
Australian Story: From Securing Chainlink Oracles to Securing Networks
Join us for this presentation by Jake Denny, chief commercial officer of Pier Two.
Speaker(s):
Jake Denny
Chief Commercial Officer, Pier Two
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Grand Central
3:30 PM
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4:00 PM
Automating Compliance for Complex Transactions
Complex financial transactions demand rigorous compliance checks across identity, policy, and data feeds. As assets and settlement increasingly move on-chain, how can compliance workflows span identity verification, policy enforcement, and real-time data validation — without sacrificing decentralization or auditability? Join our panel of experts to explore how automation can seamlessly embed regulatory controls into every stage of the transaction lifecycle.
Speaker(s):
Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Daniel Coheur
Global Head of Digital Assets and Fund Distribution, APEX Group & Tokeny
Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, PayPal
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Fulton St
11:14 AM
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11:21 AM
Becoming the Shopify of RWA Tokenization
Join us for this presentation by Jeremy Ng, founder and CEO of OpenEden Group.
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Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden
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Developer Workshop
9:45 AM
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10:30 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
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9:45 AM
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10:50 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
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Rob Stupay
Remix, Soundboard
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Fulton St
11:14 AM
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11:21 AM
Boosting the Chainlink Ecosystem With AIX Tokens on Base
Join us for this presentation by Felix Bengtsson, founder of Planet Ix.
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Felix Bengtsson
Founder, Planet Ix
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Fulton St
10:51 AM
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10:51 AM
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Union Square
11:00 AM
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4:06 PM
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11:27 AM
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Penn Station
3:12 PM
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3:20 PM
Brickken: Building the Future of Tokenization With Chainlink
Edwin Mata, CEO and Co-Founder of Brickken, will present how Brickken’s platform enables the compliant tokenization and on-chain management of funds and real-world assets. In this live demo, he will showcase how Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Proof of Reserves (PoR) powers secure, seamless, and interoperable fund operations across multiple blockchains. The session will demonstrate how institutions can leverage Brickken to tokenize, distribute, and manage assets at scale.
Speaker(s):
Edwin Mata
CEO & CoFounder, Brickken
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Fulton St
10:00 AM
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10:07 AM
Bridging Forex Markets With FX Price Feeds
Join us for this presentation by Kevin Zhang, contributor at DFX.
Speaker(s):
Kevin Zhang
Contributor, DFX
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Grand Central
3:00 PM
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3:30 PM
Bridging Worlds: How Standards Enable Seamless Connectivity in the Digital Asset Economy
In an increasingly fragmented landscape of blockchains, permissioned ledgers, and legacy financial systems, open standards are the glue that binds disparate networks into a coherent digital‐asset economy. This expert panel explores how industry consensus on “what and how” drives innovation, reduces integration friction, and unlocks new use cases.
Speaker(s):
Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
Jack Pouderoyen
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, Swift
Christoph Schneider
Head of IT, GLEIF
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3:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Build Your First Workflow With CRE
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Penn Station
10:00 AM
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Build on Solana
This group of technologists will unpack the benefits of building on Solana.
Speaker(s):
Jacob Creech
Head of Developer Relations, Solana Foundation
Andra Nicolau
Co-Founder, LYS Labs
Ryot Seo
Co-founder, Xitadel
Mathias Lundoe Nielsen
Founder & CEO, EntravelX
Moderator:
Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
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1:00 PM
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Building Cross-Chain Apps on EVMs
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Grand Central
10:20 AM
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Building Web3 Businesses That Last
Markets reward hype in the short term, but discipline compounds. In this keynote, Ophelia Branca Snyder shares how 21Shares grew into a multi-billion-dollar platform and how BlockSensai is redefining data intelligence in crypto — proving that long-term value and diligent risk management, not hype, is the real signal.
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Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co
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Union Square
4:00 PM
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Building for DeFi Summer 2.0
Five years after the original DeFi Summer, many lessons have been learned. This group of multi-chain builders will explore the products and infrastructure poised to kick off DeFi's next era of explosive growth.
Speaker(s):
Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance
Emilio Rivero Coello
Product, Payments Lead, Aptos
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Fulton St
11:44 AM
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Building the Golden Thread: On- and Off-Chain Credibility
Join us for this presentation by Matthew Harrowing, co-founder of the Real World Asset Federation.
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Mathew Harrowing
Co-Founder, Real World Asset Federation
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Grand Central
1:45 PM
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Building the World's Trust Network: The ZK Revolution for Enterprises
This keynote explores the ways ZKsync and Prividiums are redefining trust in global finance by combining the transparency of public blockchains with the privacy and control of enterprise systems. Alex Gluchowski, the founder and CEO of Matter Labs, will explain how ZK cryptography enables secure interoperability, efficient settlement, and compliance-ready scalability — unlocking the foundation for a $100T tokenized asset economy.
Speaker(s):
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
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4:30 PM
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CRE Demo With AWS
Speaker(s):
Simon Goldberg
Web3/Blockchain Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
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Fulton St
11:00 AM
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CRX by Cryptum: Powering Brazil’s Tokenization Journey to the Global Stage
Join us for this presentation by Andre Salem, co-founder and CEO of Cryptum.
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Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum
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Union Square
11:45 AM
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Chainlink Build Deep Dive
Discover how Chainlink Build projects are delivering novel solutions to usher in a new phase of Web3.
Speaker(s):
Edwin Mata
CEO & CoFounder, Brickken
Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time
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Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
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Grand Central
10:27 AM
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Collateral Mobility: Optimizing Liquidity With Intraday Onchain Solutions
In today’s fast-moving markets, idle collateral is a missed opportunity. This expert panel dives into how intra-day onchain tooling is unlocking dynamic collateral mobility — enabling institutions, market makers, and DeFi participants to optimize liquidity in real time.
Speaker(s):
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Nadine Chakar
Global Head of Digital Assets, DTCC
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Fulton St
10:30 AM
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Composability in Action: AMM, Lending, Oracles
Join us for this presentation by Marcus Hardt Filho, CEO of Balancer Labs.
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Marcus Hardt Filho
CEO, Balancer Labs
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Grand Central
10:57 AM
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Convergence in Motion: Where Crypto and Capital Markets Collide
The convergence of crypto and traditional finance isn’t a theory, it’s a transformation already in progress. Across capital markets, asset issuance, payments, and settlement, blockchain infrastructure is now powering real-world financial activity. This panel spotlights the builders and institutions delivering that transformation today. Join leaders bringing these developments to life as they unpack the most compelling use cases. This isn’t about what might happen, it's about what's already being built and deployed. Whether you’re a DeFi founder navigating TradFi adoption, an institutional investor eyeing tokenized markets, or a crypto enthusiast wondering what this all means, this conversation will ground you in the tangible value being unlocked right now.
Speaker(s):
Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
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Cross-Chain Interoperability on Non-EVMs
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11:15 AM
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Data Confidentiality on Transparent Ledgers
Public blockchains offer unparalleled transparency and resilience — but regulated institutions must still satisfy stringent security, confidentiality, and data-protection mandates. In this session, we’ll explore how enterprises can architect public-chain solutions that uphold the highest levels of privacy and security, while maintaining auditability and compliance.
Speaker(s):
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
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Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
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3:50 PM
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Developer Speedrun
Speaker(s):
Harry Papacharissiou
Head of Developer Relations, Chainlink Labs
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Fulton St
10:37 AM
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DualMint: The Boring Yield Layer
Join us for this presentation by Bill Lee, co-founder and CEO of DualMint.
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Bill Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, DualMint
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Grand Central
4:00 PM
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DvP in Practice: From PoC to Production
Atomic settlement — where asset delivery and payment occur simultaneously — is the bedrock of trust in both traditional finance and digital markets. Join our panel for a deep dive into how real-world Delivery-vs-Payment (DvP) is being architected, deployed, and scaled across tokenized securities, institutional asset management, and blockchain-native marketplaces.
Speaker(s):
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
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Union Square
3:00 PM
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Ecommerce and Digital Assets: 24/7 Cross-Border Convergence and Infrastructure Evolution
As digital commerce transcends time zones and borders, merchants, banks, and rating agencies must rethink payments, risk, and asset models for a truly global, always-on economy. In this forward-looking panel, senior leaders will explore how e-commerce platforms and financial institutions are converging around digital assets — from tokenized bonds to programmable payments — to deliver seamless, 24/7 cross-border value transfer at scale.
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Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
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Union Square
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Executive Perspectives: Architecting the Onchain Financial System
As the worlds of traditional finance and DeFi converge, a new onchain financial system is emerging, one powered by tokenization platforms that are redefining how assets, from credit and funds to equities and real estate, are issued, traded, and managed. In this session, leaders from Circle, Ondo Finance, Superstate and Tradable share executive perspectives on how tokenization is reshaping capital markets, the unique value their platforms bring to institutions, and how Chainlink’s infrastructure is enabling this transformation.
Speaker(s):
Alex Cordover
Chief Executive Officer, Tradable
Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
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Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, Vaneck
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Penn Station
2:45 PM
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3:05 PM
Finance Rewrites Itself: A Conversation with Coinbase Institutional
Finance isn’t just innovating, it’s undergoing an infrastructure rewrite. In this conversation, Coinbase Institutional and Chainlink Labs explore how the rails of custody, liquidity, and settlement are being rebuilt as services that operate at software speed. A contrarian look at how “crypto-as-a-service” is quietly turning financial plumbing into strategy.
Speaker(s):
Brian Foster
Global Head - ETFs | Crypto-as-a-Service | Government, Coinbase
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Grand Central
10:35 AM
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10:50 AM
Fireside Chat with Carlos Domingo of Securitize
Join us for this conversation with Carlos Domingo, CEO of Securitize.
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Carlos Domingo
Co-founder & CEO, Securitize
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Penn Station
3:00 PM
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3:14 PM
Fireside Chat with Dan Doney of DTCC and Derek Meyer of The Graph
Just us for this conversation between DTCC's Dan Doney and The Graph's Derek Meyer.
Speaker(s):
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Derek Meyer
Technical Advisor, The Graph Foundation
Moderator:
Andrew Clews
Enterprise Strategy & Governance Lead, The Graph Foundation
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Penn Station
2:45 PM
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3:00 PM
Fireside Chat with David Mills of the Federal Reserve Board
Join us for this conversation with David Mills, a senior associate director at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
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David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
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Grand Central
9:15 AM
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9:30 AM
Fireside Chat with Justin Sun of TRON
Join us for this conversation with Justin Sun, founder of TRON.
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Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
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Grand Central
11:42 AM
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11:57 AM
Fireside Chat with Marius Ciubotariu and Thomas Short of Kamino Finance
Just us for this conversation with the co-founders of Solana DeFi project Kamino Finance.
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Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
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Grand Central
2:15 PM
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2:28 PM
Fireside Chat with Nathan Allman of Ondo Finance
Just us for this conversation with Nathan Allman, CEO of Ondo Finance.
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Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
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Grand Central
4:30 PM
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5:00 PM
Fireside Chat with Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink and Austin Arnold of Altcoin Daily
Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov and Altcoin Daily's Austin Arnold
Speaker(s):
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Moderator:
Austin Arnold
Founder, Altcoin Daily
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Grand Central
1:20 PM
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1:35 PM
Fireside Chat with Stani Kulechov of Aave Labs and Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink
Just us for this conversation between Aave's Stani Kulechov and Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov.
Speaker(s):
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
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Grand Central
1:35 PM
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1:45 PM
Fireside Chat with Torab Torabi of Move Industries
Join us for this conversation with Move Industries' Torab Torabi.
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Torab Torabi
CEO, Move Industries
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Penn Station
3:45 PM
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4:00 PM
Fireside chat with Hon. E. David Burt, Premier of Bemuda
Join us for a fireside chat with Hon. E. David Burt, Premier of Bemuda, moderated by Kerem Kolcuglu, Digital Finance Advisor / Managing Partner, of Penrose Partners
Speaker(s):
E. David Burt
Premier of Bemuda, Government of Bermuda
Moderator:
Kerem Kolcuglu
Digital Finance Advisor / Managing Partner, Government of Bermuda / Penrose Partners
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Penn Station
3:05 PM
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3:12 PM
Folks Finance: Cross-Chain Lending Powered by CCIP
Join us for this presentation by Benedetto Biondi, CEO of Folks Finance.
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Benedetto Biondi
CEO, Folks Finance
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Grand Central
9:45 AM
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10:05 AM
From Hype to Rails: A Decade of Digital Assets
In this candid fireside chat, we'll look back on ten years that transformed crypto from experiments into market infrastructure. Join our experts as they unpack what actually endured — custody, stablecoins, tokenization, and onchain data — and what didn’t. What lessons did we learn in the past decade and what will the next bring?
Speaker(s):
Donna Milrod
Chief Product Officer, State Street
Moderator:
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
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Union Square
3:15 PM
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3:45 PM
From Weeks to Minutes: Building With Chainlink CRE
Web3 innovators share how the Chainlink Runtime Environment is transforming the way they build — turning weeks of integration work into minutes and unlocking new possibilities for DeFi, tokenized assets, interoperability, and more.
Speaker(s):
Andy Bohutsky
Founder/CEO, Concero
Arthur
CTO, Swapper Finance
Austin Przybysz
Co-founder and Chief Builder, Instruxi
Zeki Ulu
Technical Lead, Llama Risk
Moderator:
Ash Nathan
Strategic Initiatives Lead, Chainlink
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Grand Central
2:50 PM
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3:15 PM
How CRE Connects TradFi, DeFi, and Tokenized Assets
With the Chainlink Runtime Environment, institutions and DeFi apps can integrate with existing systems, access real-time data, ensure compliance and privacy, interoperate across blockchains, and deploy solutions to connect tokenized assets and payments to global liquidity.
Speaker(s):
Laszlo Szabo
CEO & Co-Founder, Kiln
Cory Pugh
CEO, Bridgetower Capital
Moderator:
Aakar Shroff
VP of Product, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square
9:35 AM
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10:00 AM
How Chainlink Node Operators Power the Network
Chainlink node operators are the entities that secure every decentralized oracle running on the Chainlink Network. From data, computation, and cross-chain services, hear from this group of top-tier node operators about what it takes to seamlessly power the onchain economy.
Speaker(s):
Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link
Zale Reeves
Founder, NorthWest Nodes
Peter Van Mourik
Co-founder, Chainlayer
Matthew Felice Pace
CEO, Simply Staking
Moderator:
Jonny Huxtable
CEO and Founder, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
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Fulton St
3:59 PM
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4:06 PM
How Decentralization Solves AI's Biggest Bottleneck: Energy
Join us for this presentation by Greg Osuri, CEO of Overclock Labs, the primary developer of Akash.
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Greg Osuri
CEO of Overclock Labs & Founder, Akash Network
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Fulton St
10:44 AM
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10:51 AM
How Ethereum's 10-Year Roadmap Impacts Billions in DeFi Today
Join us for this presentation by Joshua Gottlieb, CEO and founder of Lendvest.
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Joshua Gottlieb
CEO & Founder, Lendvest
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Penn Station
11:45 AM
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12:15 PM
How Stablecoins Unlock a New Era for Payments
Stablecoins hit an inflection point in 2025, going from a degen-friendly trading instrument to a major force in B2B payments. This panel of builders will discuss the rapid ascent of stablecoins, new use cases that they unlock, and how they're reshaping the future of payments.
Speaker(s):
Sam Fagin
Director, Payments, Polygon Labs
Clayton Lowery
Co-Founder & CSO, The Network Firm
Tao Wang
Core Contributor, f(x) Protocol
Moderator:
Arnaud Simeray
VP of Growth, Dune
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Developer Workshop
11:05 AM
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12:15 PM
How to Create a Stablecoin
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Developer Workshop
10:30 AM
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11:30 AM
How to Create a Stablecoin
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Fulton St
10:14 AM
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10:21 AM
India's Digital Leapfrog: How Stablecoins and Tokenization Will Power the Next Trillion-Dollar Digital Economy
Join us for this presentation by Ashish Khandelwal, co-founder and CEO of ANQ.
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Ashish Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Anq
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Union Square
4:30 PM
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5:00 PM
Institutional Adoption of DeFi
TradFi capital is rushing onchain — but blockers still remain. These crypto-native builders will discuss emerging trends and the recent sea change in institutional attitudes.
Speaker(s):
Nic Roberts-Huntley
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Finance
Omar Azhar
VP of Business Development, Matter Labs
Serena Leung
Head of RWA Tokenization, Polygon Labs
Mike de Melo
Head of Finance & Strategy, RAAC
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Grand Central
1:52 PM
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2:00 PM
Introducing Amp: Enterprise-Grade Onchain Data: Real-Time, Verifiable, Compliant, and Secure
Join us for this presentation by Rodrigo Coelho, CEO of Edge & Node, the core developer of The Graph.
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Rodrigo Coelho
CEO, Edge & Node
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Union Square
1:30 PM
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1:45 PM
Keynote by Ben Jones of Optimism
Join us for this presentation by Ben Jones, co-founder of Optimism and one of the earliest contributors to Ethereum R&D.
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Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
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Grand Central
12:05 PM
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12:15 PM
Keynote by Chris Perry of Broadridge Financial Solutions
Join us for this presentation by Chris Perry, president of Broadridge Financial Solutions.
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Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
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Grand Central
11:57 AM
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12:08 PM
Keynote by Ed Felten of Offchain Labs
Join us for this presentation by Ed Felten, co-founder and chief scientist at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum.
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Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
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Grand Central
2:00 PM
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2:15 PM
Keynote by Joe Sticco of Cryptex Finance
Join us for this presentation by Joe Sticco, co-founder of Cryptex Finance.
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Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance
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Grand Central
9:30 AM
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9:50 AM
Keynote by Johann Eid of Chainlink Labs
Join us for this presentation by Johann Eid, chief business officer of Chainlink Labs.
Speaker(s):
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
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Grand Central
11:30 AM
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11:40 AM
Keynote by Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé of Swift
Join us for this presentation by Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé, head of strategy at Swift.
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Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
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