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.

Continue the experience on the 3rd Floor, where you’ll get an insider’s look at the Chainlink Platform with the team behind it.

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Nov 4
Nov 5
Side Events
9:51 AM
Break
1. Grand Central
2. Union Square
3. Penn Station
4. Fulton Street
Developer Workshop
8 AM
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
5:00 PM
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6:30 PM
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The Metropolitan Pavilion, Expo Hall
SmartCon Welcome Mixer

Kick off SmartCon and network with attendees over drinks and light bites. For SmartCon attendees only.

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10:00 AM
Trends That Will Define 2026
Bloccelerate VC, Grayscale, MN Capital & MN Fund, BlockSpaceForce, Clear Street
10:00 AM
Build on Solana
Solana Foundation, EntravelX, LYS Labs, Xitadel, Chainlink
10:00 AM
Launching Metal Tokens: From Offchain Vaults to Onchain Money
Tokenyze
10:07 AM
Practical 10k TPS L1 Blockchain Stack With Chainlink Oracle Integration
B-Harvest
10:14 AM
Applications Without Landlords
Multisynq
10:20 AM
Building Web3 Businesses That Last
21.co
10:21 AM
Break
10:25 AM
LlamaGuard NAV: Accelerating RWA Adoption in DeFi With Risk-Managed Oracles
LlamaRisk
10:27 AM
Collateral Mobility: Optimizing Liquidity With Intraday Onchain Solutions
Taurus, DTCC, Citi, Chainlink Labs
10:30 AM
Connecting the Dots: Interoperability in the Tokenized Economy
Chainlink Labs
10:30 AM
Fireside Chat with Jason Windawi of Jovay and Alex Zhang of Pharos
Jovay, Pharos, Chainlink Labs
10:40 AM
From Smart Contracts to Smart Capital
Metalayer, Capital One, Chainlink Labs
10:44 AM
Smart Contract Security 2025: Where Are Your Keys?
Cyfrin
10:44 AM
Money Market Funds in DeFi Applications
Spiko
10:45 AM
CRE Demo: AI-Powered Prediction Market Settlement
Google Cloud Platform, Chainlink Labs
10:51 AM
Break
10:57 AM
Break
11:00 AM
Break
11:00 AM
CRX by Cryptum: Powering Brazil’s Tokenization Journey to the Global Stage
Cryptum
11:00 AM
Break
11:07 AM
The TikTok-ification of Crypto: AI, Feeds, and Financial FOMO
LYS Labs
11:12 AM
Convergence in Motion: Where Crypto and Capital Markets Collide
eToro, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group, Robinhood, Token Relations
11:14 AM
Break
11:15 AM
Tokenized Markets: Infrastructure in Action
OpenZeppelin, Copper Technologies, Centrifuge and Anemoy, Media Luna
11:15 AM
The Future of Onchain Finance: Interoperability at Scale
Coinbase, Falcon Finance, Anchorage Digital, AvaCloud, Edge Capital
11:15 AM
Break
11:30 AM
An Economy of Agents: Rails and Guardrails
Ampli Technologies
11:37 AM
Merging Asset Management and Market Making: Using CRE for Onchain Fund Construction
QuantAMM
11:42 AM
Bringing Real World Assets Onchain
Kamino Finance, Kamino Finance, VanEck, Chainlink Labs
11:44 AM
Swan Chain x402: Powering AI Payments on the Superchain
Swan Chain
11:45 AM
Chainlink Rewards Season 1
World Liberty Financial, Space and Time, Brickken, Truf Network & Truflation, Chainlink
11:45 AM
Move for Solidity Devs
Move Industries
11:45 AM
Staying Safe Onchain: The Key to Mass Adoption
Olympix, Bitwise Asset Management, Google Cloud, Bermuda Monetary Authority, LF Decentralized Trust
11:51 AM
Lunch
11:57 AM
Arbitrum: Building the Layer 2 Future
Offchain Labs
12:08 PM
X Layer: The New Money Chain
OKX
12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM
Lunch
12:15 PM
Lunch
1:00 PM
What's Next for RWAs and Tokenization
Galaxy, DRW/Cumberland, Chainlink Labs
1:00 PM
Executive Perspectives: Architecting the Onchain Financial Systems
Ondo Finance, Tradable, Superstate , Balcony, VanEck
1:00 PM
Building Cross-Chain on EVMs
Chainlink Labs
1:00 PM
Onchain FX Markets
Mento Labs
1:00 PM
A New Institutional Standard: What TradFi Needs to Join the RWA and Stablecoin Economy
Stellar Development Foundation , Aptos, Token Relations
1:07 PM
7 Questions Institutions Should Ask Themselves About Ethereum
L2BEAT
1:14 PM
Revolutionizing Remittances: Unlocking Embedded Finance in the Cross-Border Economy
SukuPay
1:15 PM
Fireside Chat with Stani Kulechov of Aave Labs and Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink
Aave Labs, Chainlink, Altcoin Daily
1:20 PM
Fireside Chat with Corey Caplan of World Liberty Financial
World Liberty Financial, Chainlink
1:21 PM
Break
1:30 PM
Unlocking the Trillion Opportunity: Onchain Fund Operations for Tokenized Assets
Chainlink Labs
1:30 PM
An Optimist’s Guide to the Institutional Onchain Speedrun
Optimism
1:35 PM
Why RWAs Are Broken
Move Industries
1:40 PM
SOL Season: Why Institutions Are Choosing Solana
Galaxy, State Street Investment Management, CME Group, Solana Foundation
1:44 PM
A Paradigm Shift in Web3 Infrastructure
Matrixed.Link
1:45 PM
Props: Using Oracles for Machine-Learning Security
Chainlink Labs, Chainlink Labs
1:45 PM
Beyond Public vs. Private Chains: Real-Time Incorruptible Finance
Matter Labs
1:51 PM
Break
1:52 PM
Introducing Amp: Enterprise-Grade Onchain Data: Real-Time, Verifiable, Compliant, and Secure
Edge & Node
2:00 PM
The Index of Everything: A New Global Benchmark for Digital Assets at the Convergence of Regulation and DeFi
Cryptex Finance
2:00 PM
Orchestration Doesn’t Need to Be Your Problem: How CRE Is Bringing Financial Institutions Onchain
Chainlink Labs
2:00 PM
The Chainlink Stack: The Developer's Edge
Move Industries, Cyfrin, Tenderly, thirdweb, Chainlink Labs
2:00 PM
How to Create a Stablecoin
Chainlink Labs
2:05 PM
'Crypto in America' Podcast Taping
Crypto in America, Crypto In America, Aave Labs, Token Relations
2:14 PM
Australian Story: From Securing Chainlink Oracles to Securing Networks
Pier Two
2:15 PM
The New Market Primitives
Ondo Finance, Chainlink Labs
2:21 PM
Lightning Talk by Vlad Novakovski of Lighter
Lighter
2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Break
2:30 PM
Compliance Is How You Win Onchain
Chainlink Labs
2:30 PM
Building the Cross-Chain Economy: Lido Meets CCIP
Lido
2:37 PM
Break
2:44 PM
Fix the Financing Game: Why We Need Debt, Onchain
Xitadel
2:45 PM
Fireside Chat with Sergey Nazarov of Chainlink and Austin Arnold of Altcoin Daily
Chainlink, Altcoin Daily
2:45 PM
Finance Rewrites Itself: A Conversation with Coinbase Institutional
Coinbase, Chainlink Labs
2:45 PM
Stablecoins and the Evolving Financial Stack
Mento Labs, OpenEden, Avant, Tokenized Asset Coalition
2:50 PM
Break
2:51 PM
Break
3:00 PM
Advancing the State of the Art in Oracle Consensus
Chainlink Labs
3:00 PM
Cross-Chain Interoperability on Solana
Chainlink Labs
3:05 PM
Folks Finance: Cross-Chain Lending Powered by CCIP
Folks Finance
3:10 PM
TradFi x Crypto: Building Winning Products in a Converging World
Pointsville , Maple Finance, Spiko, Chainlink
3:12 PM
Brickken: Building the Future of Tokenization With Chainlink
Brickken
3:14 PM
Master's Class on State Price and Market Depth
Blocksize
3:15 PM
From Weeks to Minutes: Building With Chainlink CRE
Swapper Finance, Concero, Instruxi, Llama Risk, Chainlink
3:20 PM
Powering the Next Generation of Onchain Yield
Katana, GSR, Chainlink Labs
3:21 PM
Roadmap 2026 Highlights by Xavier Liew of Solv
Solv
3:30 PM
Chainlink Confidential Compute
Chainlink Labs
3:40 PM
Building the Rails for Institutional Tokenization
Consensys, Chainlink
3:44 PM
Presentation by Reid Simon of Figure
Figure
3:45 PM
Auctions Are All You Need
Flashbots
3:45 PM
Indexes Go Onchain: A Conversation with S&P and Dinari
S&P Dow Jones Indices, Dinari, Chainlink
3:50 PM
Developer Speedrun
Chainlink Labs, Chainlink Labs
3:53 PM
Cap Stablecoin Mechanism Design
Cap
4:00 PM
Tokenization on Legal Rails: Revolution or Evolution?
Fireblocks, Bluprynt, Latham & Watkins, Ava Labs, Chainlink Labs
4:00 PM
Keys No One Holds: Chainlink DKG & Decentralized Secrets Management
Chainlink Labs
4:00 PM
How CRE Connects TradFi, DeFi, and Tokenized Assets
Banco Inter, Hadron by Tether | Pointsville, Bridgetower Capital, Kiln, Chainlink Labs
4:00 PM
Building for DeFi Summer 2.0
LFJ, Avantgarde Finance, Aptos, Fortune
4:14 PM
Lightning Talk by Hannah Yang of Terplayer
TerpLayer
4:25 PM
Bermuda's Leadership in Digital Finance Adoption & Regulation
Government of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda / Penrose Partners
1. Grand Central
2. Union Square
3. Penn Station
4. Fulton Street
Developer Workshop
8 AM
9 AM
10 AM
11 AM
12 PM
1 PM
2 PM
3 PM
4 PM
5 PM
6 PM
5:30 PM
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6:30 PM
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The Metropolitan Pavilion, Expo Hall
SmartCon Farewell Mixer

Close out SmartCon and network with attendees over drinks and light bites. For SmartCon attendees only.

Sponsored by
9:00 PM
–
12:00 AM
SmartCon After Dark

The official closing party for all SmartCon attendees.

*This event production uses lighting effects, including strobe and moving lights, that may affect individuals with certain medical conditions, such as epilepsy or photosensitivity. By entering this event, you acknowledge and accept these risks.

Sponsored by
November 3
8:00 AM
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10:30 AM
Chainlink Run Club with Blockchain NYC

Part of Chainlink's Community Day

Sponsored by
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NYBW
12:00 PM
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3:00 PM
Chainlink Hotpot Social with HotpotDAO and Dolomite

Part of Chainlink's Community Day

Sponsored by
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NYBW
4:00 PM
GLEIF Hackathon 2025
Sponsored by
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NYBW
6:30 PM
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9:30 PM
The Security Speakeasy: Presented by Blockaid
Event Details
NYBW
7:00 PM
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10:00 PM
Chainlink SmartCon Kickoff Party

Part of Chainlink's Community Day

Sponsored by
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NYBW
November 4
3:00 PM
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6:00 PM
RoboCon @Chainlink SmartCon + Happy Hour
Event Details
NYBW
4:30 PM
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6:30 PM
Liquidity Lounge with Cryptex Finance and Chapman and Cutler
Event Details
NYBW
5:00 PM
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6:30 PM
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The Metropolitan Pavilion, Expo Hall
SmartCon Welcome Mixer

Kick off SmartCon and network with attendees over drinks and light bites. For SmartCon attendees only.

Sponsored by
SmartCon
6:00 PM
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9:00 PM
BitAngels Pitch Competition and Fireside Chat during Chainlink SmartCon
Event Details
NYBW
6:00 PM
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9:00 PM
Code, Capital & Community NYC Fall Mixer with Rayo Capital, Stand With Crypto and Friends
Event Details
NYBW
November 5
5:30 PM
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6:30 PM
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The Metropolitan Pavilion, Expo Hall
SmartCon Farewell Mixer

Close out SmartCon and network with attendees over drinks and light bites. For SmartCon attendees only.

Sponsored by
SmartCon
5:00 PM
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9:00 PM
RWAFi.RAW: Builders & RWA Rooftop Meetup – NYC Edition
Event Details
NYBW
6:00 PM
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8:30 PM
Cold, Hard Yield: On Tap at Pubkey
Event Details
NYBW
6:30 PM
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8:30 PM
The Lion Does Not Concern Itself (October Edition): Founders Dinner hosted by Avalanche
Event Details
NYBW
9:00 PM
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12:00 AM
SmartCon After Dark

The official closing party for all SmartCon attendees.

*This event production uses lighting effects, including strobe and moving lights, that may affect individuals with certain medical conditions, such as epilepsy or photosensitivity. By entering this event, you acknowledge and accept these risks.

Sponsored by
SmartCon
November 6
4:30 PM
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7:30 PM
Chainlink x Sei x Monaco: NYC Happy Hour
Event Details
NYBW
Penn Station Stage
2:05 PM
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2:30 PM
'Crypto in America' Podcast Taping
Join the "Crypto in America" podcast as they interview Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Labs.
Speaker(s):
Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America
Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host, Crypto In America
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
1:07 PM
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1:14 PM
7 Questions Institutions Should Ask Themselves About Ethereum
Join us for a presentation by Krzysztof Urbański, governance and partnerships lead at L2BEAT.
Speaker(s):
Krzysztof Urbański
Governance & Partnerships Lead, L2BEAT
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Grand Central Stage
1:00 PM
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1:15 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.
Speaker(s):
Raja Chakravorti
Chief Business Officer, Stellar Development Foundation
Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
Moderator:
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
1:44 PM
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1:51 PM
A Paradigm Shift in Web3 Infrastructure
Join us for this presentation by Kubilay Ozcelik, co‑founder and CEO of Matrixed.Link.
Speaker(s):
Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
3:00 PM
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3:14 PM
Advancing the State of the Art in Oracle Consensus
Join us for this presentation by Kostis Karantias, research engineer at Chainlink Labs.
Speaker(s):
Kostis Karantias
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
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.
Speaker(s):
Patrick Delaney
CEO, Ampli Technologies
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Union Square Stage
1:30 PM
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1:45 PM
An Optimist’s Guide to the Institutional Onchain Speedrun
Join us for this presentation by Ben Jones, co-founder of Optimism and one of the earliest contributors to Ethereum R&D.
Speaker(s):
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
10:14 AM
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10:21 AM
Applications Without Landlords
Join us for this presentation by James Wright, CEO of Multisynq.
Speaker(s):
James Wright
CEO, Multisynq
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Grand Central Stage
11:57 AM
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12:08 PM
Arbitrum: Building the Layer 2 Future
Join us for this presentation by Ed Felten, co-founder and chief scientist at Offchain Labs, the team behind Arbitrum.
Speaker(s):
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Union Square Stage
3:45 PM
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4:00 PM
Auctions Are All You Need
Join us for this presentation by Shea Ketsdever, product lead at Flashbots.
Speaker(s):
Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
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
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Grand Central Stage
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 onchain, 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
Ryan Louvar
Chief Legal Officer and Head of Business and Legal Affairs, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, PayPal
Moderator:
Andrew Moss
Head of Digital Asset Research , Jefferies
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
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.
Speaker(s):
Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Grand Central Stage
4:25 PM
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4:40 PM
Bermuda's Leadership in Digital Finance Adoption & Regulation
Bermuda’s Digital Asset Business Act 2018 has proven to be a cornerstone of digital asset‬ regulation globally which has provided regulatory clarity and licenses to industry leaders like‬ Circle, Coinbase, and Kraken, among others. Join the Hon. E. David Burt, Premier of Bermuda‬ to reflect on his journey in leading digital finance adoption and regulation in Bermuda and what‬ lies ahead for the innovative island jurisdiction with DeFi, digital identity and new onchain‬‭ government services on the horizon.
Speaker(s):
E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda
Moderator:
Kerem Kolcuglu
Digital Finance Advisor / Managing Partner, Government of Bermuda / Penrose Partners
Watch Recording
Grand Central Stage
1:45 PM
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1:52 PM
Beyond Public vs. Private Chains: Real-Time Incorruptible Finance
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
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Penn Station Stage
4:37 PM
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5:00 PM
Beyond the Code: The People Powering the Chainlink Ecosystem
Chainlink Community Volunteers and Developer Experts educate builders and newcomers alike in cities and countries around the world. Learn about how to foster vibrant communities in today's Web3 landscape.
Speaker(s):
Eman Herawy
Founder, Arabs in Blockchain
Amy Hang
Chainlink Advocate, Chainlink Community Volunteer
Jordan Kull
Chainlink Community Advocate, Chainlink Community Volunteer
Darby Martinez
Developer Expert (Chainlink), Darbease
Moderator:
Jimmy Haight
Head of Community, Chainlink Labs
Watch Recording
Developer Workshop
9:45 AM
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10:45 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
In this session you'll get a deep understanding on blockchain fundamentals and how smart contracts work, together with how Chainlink's industry-standard decentralized oracle platform enables smart contracts to securely interact with real-world data and compute, external APIs, and offchain systems so you can build decentralized applications (dApps) that are truly interactive with the real world.
Speaker(s):
Solange Gueiros
DevRel Education Manager, Chainlink Labs
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Developer Workshop
9:45 AM
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11:00 AM
Blockchain and Chainlink Platform Fundamentals
In this session you'll get a deep understanding on blockchain fundamentals and how smart contracts work, together with how Chainlink's industry-standard decentralized oracle platform enables smart contracts to securely interact with real-world data and compute, external APIs, and offchain systems so you can build decentralized applications (dApps) that are truly interactive with the real world.
Speaker(s):
Rob Stupay
Remix, Soundboard
Solange Gueiros
DevRel Education Manager, Chainlink Labs
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Penn Station Stage
3:14 PM
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3:21 PM
Boosting the Chainlink Ecosystem With AIX Tokens on Base
Join us for this presentation by Felix Bengtsson, founder of Planet Ix.
Speaker(s):
Felix Bengtsson
Founder, Planet Ix
Moderator:
Watch Recording
Fulton Street Stage
10:51 AM
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11:00 AM
Break
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Fulton Street Stage
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
10:51 AM
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11:00 AM
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Union Square Stage
11:00 AM
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11:15 AM
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Grand Central Stage
2:55 PM
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3:05 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
2:51 PM
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3:00 PM
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Visit the Link Luncheonette, sponsored by Polygon — for some fun surprise-and-delight treats! (Available all day)

Swing by the Chainlink Hub for an exclusive book signing with Ari Juels, author of The Oracle and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs.
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Union Square Stage
2:30 PM
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2:45 PM
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Swing by the Chainlink Hub for an exclusive book signing with Ari Juels, author of The Oracle and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs.
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Fulton Street Stage
1:51 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
10:21 AM
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10:30 AM
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Developer Workshop
2:50 PM
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3:00 PM
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Developer Workshop
12:15 PM
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3:05 PM
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Penn Station Stage
2:30 PM
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2:45 PM
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Swing by the Chainlink Hub for an exclusive book signing with Ari Juels, author of The Oracle and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs.
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Fulton Street Stage
11:14 AM
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Fulton Street Stage
9:51 AM
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10:00 AM
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Penn Station Stage
11:00 AM
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11:15 AM
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Fulton Street Stage
1:21 PM
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1:30 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
3:36 PM
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Union Square Stage
1:00 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
10:21 AM
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10:37 AM
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Fulton Street Stage
11:21 AM
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Penn Station Stage
11:00 AM
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11:15 AM
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Fulton Street Stage
9:51 AM
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10:00 AM
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Grand Central Stage
10:57 AM
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11:12 AM
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Grand Central Stage
2:37 PM
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2:45 PM
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Swing by the Chainlink Hub for an exclusive book signing with Ari Juels, author of The Oracle and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs.
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11:00 AM
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Grand Central Stage
10:35 AM
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10:50 AM
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Penn Station Stage
1:00 PM
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2:30 PM
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Fulton Street Stage
4:07 PM
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4:15 PM
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11:15 AM
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11:45 AM
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Union Square Stage
11:00 AM
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11:15 AM
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Fulton Street Stage
3:15 PM
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3:22 PM
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Union Square Stage
8:00 AM
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9:40 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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The Developer Lounge, sponsored by Aptos, is open all day on the 3rd floor.
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Grand Central Stage
8:00 AM
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9:15 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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Penn Station Stage
8:00 AM
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9:40 AM
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Grand Central Stage
8:00 AM
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9:35 AM
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Union Square Stage
8:00 AM
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9:30 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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Penn Station Stage
8:00 AM
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9:25 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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Fulton Street Stage
8:00 AM
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9:25 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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Fulton Street Stage
8:00 AM
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9:25 AM
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Developer Workshop
8:00 AM
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9:45 AM
Breakfast & Registration
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Developer Workshop
8:00 AM
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9:45 AM
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Penn Station Stage
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 onchain 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 & Co-Founder, Brickken
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Fulton Street Stage
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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Penn Station Stage
2:30 PM
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2:37 PM
Bridging TradFi and DeFi to Create AllFi
Learn how zerohash bridges TradFi and DeFi to create AllFi — a unified financial ecosystem where value moves seamlessly, compliantly, and at the speed of ideas. Plus a live demo of how zerohash is simplifying access to crypto for 3 billion users.
Speaker(s):
Edward Woodford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
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Grand Central Stage
3:05 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, remians compliant, and unlocks new use cases.
Speaker(s):
Jack Pouderoyen
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, Swift
Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
Christoph Schneider
Head of IT, GLEIF
Moderator:
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
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Grand Central Stage
11:42 AM
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11:57 AM
Bringing Real World Assets Onchain
Join us for this conversation with the co-founders of Solana DeFi project Kamino Finance and Matthew Sigel, head of digital assets research at VanEck.
Speaker(s):
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck
Moderator:
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
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Developer Workshop
3:05 PM
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4:05 PM
Build Your First Workflow With CRE
Speaker(s):
Richard Gottleber
DevRel Content Manager, Chainlink Labs
Moderator:
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Penn Station Stage
10:00 AM
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10:30 AM
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
Mathias Lundoe Nielsen
Founder & CEO, EntravelX
Andra Nicolau
Co-Founder, LYS Labs
Ryot Seo
Co-Founder, Xitadel
Moderator:
Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
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Developer Workshop
1:00 PM
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2:00 PM
Building Cross-Chain on EVMs
Understand how you can use Chainlink CCIP and CCT to create natively cross-chain decentralized applications.
Speaker(s):
Richard Gottleber
DevRel Content Manager, Chainlink Labs
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Grand Central Stage
10:20 AM
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10:27 AM
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.
Speaker(s):
Ophelia Snyder
Co-Founder, 21.co
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Union Square Stage
4:00 PM
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4:30 PM
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):
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance
Emilio Rivero Coello
Product, Payments Lead, Aptos
Moderator:
Ben Weiss
Crypto Reporter, Fortune
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Grand Central Stage
2:30 PM
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2:37 PM
Building the Cross-Chain Economy: Lido Meets CCIP
Join us for a presentation by Jakov Buratović, master of DeFi at Lido.
Speaker(s):
Jakov Buratovic
Master of DeFi, Lido
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Grand Central Stage
4:00 PM
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4:30 PM
Building the Global Interoperability Layer for Tokenized Finance
As financial institutions and blockchain ecosystems accelerate toward a tokenized future, one challenge stands at the center of progress: interoperability. This panel brings together leading experts from the world’s largest financial market infrastructure and asset management organizations to discuss what it takes to build the compliant, global interoperability layer that will power tokenized finance.
Speaker(s):
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Chuck Mounts
Managing Director, S&P Global
Laurens Schepens
Lead UBS Tokenize, UBS
Moderator:
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
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Fulton Street Stage
11:44 AM
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11:51 AM
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.
Speaker(s):
Mathew Harrowing
Co-Founder, Instruxi
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Grand Central Stage
3:40 PM
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4:00 PM
Building the Rails for Institutional Tokenization
Join us for this conversation between Chainlink's Sergey Nazarov and Joe Lubin — co-founder of Ethereum, founder and CEO of Consensys, and chairman of SharpLink. The two pioneering builders will discuss the blockchain industry's next chapter.
Speaker(s):
Joseph Lubin
Founder & CEO, Consensys
Moderator:
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
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Developer Workshop
10:45 AM
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11:15 AM
CRE Demo: AI-Powered Prediction Market Settlement
Use CRE + Google Vertex AI + smart contracts to resolve onchain prediction markets that involve subjective or judgment-based outcomes.
Speaker(s):
Mirabel Tukiman
Google Cloud Platform
Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs
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Fulton Street Stage
11:00 AM
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11:07 AM
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.
Speaker(s):
Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum
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Fulton Street Stage
3:53 PM
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4:00 PM
Cap Stablecoin Mechanism Design
Presentation by Benjamin Peillad, Founder of Cap Labs. Cap is a stablecoin protocol that provides credible financial guarantees. Leveraging the power of smart contracts, private credit, and surety bond markets, Cap innovates on the legacy credit system to provide transparent, scalable and safe yield for users.
Speaker(s):
Benjamin S.P.
Founder, Cap
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Fulton Street Stage
3:30 PM
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3:44 PM
Chainlink Confidential Compute
Join us for this presentation by Gregory Neven, research engineer at Chainlink Labs.
Speaker(s):
Gregory Neven
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square Stage
11:45 AM
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12:15 PM
Chainlink Rewards Season 1
Discover how Chainlink Build projects are delivering novel solutions to usher in a new phase of Web3.
Speaker(s):
Corey Caplan
CTO of World Liberty Financial, World Liberty Financial
Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time
Edwin Mata
CEO & Co-Founder, Brickken
Jarryd Pretorius
Chief Technology Officer, Truf Network & Truflation
Moderator:
Roman Tirone
Head of Build, Senior Manager, Chainlink
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Grand Central Stage
10:27 AM
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10:57 AM
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):
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Nadine Chakar
Global Head of Digital Assets, DTCC
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Moderator:
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
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Fulton Street Stage
2:30 PM
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2:44 PM
Compliance Is How You Win Onchain
Compliance is no longer a barrier — it’s a competitive advantage. The first movers who embed compliance directly into their onchain products will unlock global liquidity, faster onboarding, and cross-chain interoperability. This session introduces Chainlink’s Automated Compliance Engine (ACE) — the standard framework that enables financial institutions to launch and operate regulated digital assets with built-in identity, policy, and reporting controls across blockchains.
Speaker(s):
Kostiantyn Dmitriiev
Principal Product Manager, Compliance, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square Stage
9:45 AM
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10:00 AM
Connecting Trusted Data to the Onchain Economy: Bridging Ratings, Risk, and Decentralized Infrastructure
As capital markets and decentralized finance increasingly converge, the ability to exchange trusted data seamlessly across onchain and offchain environments is becoming mission-critical. In this fireside chat, we’ll explore how blockchain technology can help connect the rigor and reliability of traditional financial data—like credit ratings and risk analytics—with the programmability and transparency of DeFi systems.
Speaker(s):
Chuck Mounts
Managing Director, S&P Global
Moderator:
Kylie Poole
Head of UK Sales & Partnerships, Chainlink Labs
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Fulton Street Stage
10:30 AM
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10:44 AM
Connecting the Dots: Interoperability in the Tokenized Economy
The future of finance won’t live on one chain. As tokenization accelerates, liquidity and assets are spreading across a growing number of public and private blockchains. This talk explores how Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) enables institutions to connect these fragmented markets securely and compliantly—powering cross-chain fund settlements and delivery-versus-payment flows. Discover how interoperability is unlocking the next phase of the tokenized economy.
Speaker(s):
Danielle Tamasi
Product Manager, CCIP, Chainlink Labs
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Grand Central Stage
11:12 AM
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11:42 AM
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):
Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Nicola White
VP of Crypto Institutions, Robinhood
Moderator:
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
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Grand Central Stage
12:55 PM
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1:10 PM
Creatives: The Next Wave of Onchain Growth
Join us for this presentation by Nate Holiday, CEO of MakeInfinite Labs and co-founder of Space and Time.
Speaker(s):
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
Moderator:
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Developer Workshop
3:00 PM
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3:50 PM
Cross-Chain Interoperability on Solana
Learn how to do cross-chain transactions between Solana and EVM chains like Ethereum using Chainlink CCIP.
Speaker(s):
Dave Isbitski
Chief DevRel Engineer, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square Stage
11:15 AM
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12:00 PM
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):
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Mike Foy
Chief Financial Officer, AMINA Bank
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Eric Saraniecki
Head of Network Strategy, Digital Asset | Canton
Moderator:
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
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Fulton Street Stage
2:37 PM
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2:45 PM
DeFi on Hyperliquid
Andy Boyan, Ph.D., aka andyhyfi, formerly of Chainlink Labs, leads growth at HypurrFi, a rapidly growing lending protocol on Hyperliquid EVM. This talk will give an overview of why Hyperliquid matters, why it's different, and the magic behind the rapid organic growth on HypurrFi and beyond. Yes, he'll tell you where the yield comes from.
Speaker(s):
Andy Boyan
Head of Growth, HypurrFi
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Developer Workshop
4:05 PM
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4:35 PM
Demo: Integrating AWS With Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) Workflows
An exploratory demo covering a Chainlink Runtime Environment (CRE) workflow that bridges AWS cloud infrastructure with smart contracts. You will learn how to bridge asset price and proof of reserves data from an Amazon API Gateway + Lambda + DynamoDB backend, calculate collateralization ratios, validate thresholds, and write aggregated data onchain. This CRE workflow leverages AWS serverless architecture for reliable, scalable offchain data storage and delivery.
Speaker(s):
Simon Goldberg
Web3/Blockchain Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
Ricky Vuong
Account Manager, Amazon Web Services
Moderator:
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Developer Workshop
3:50 PM
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4:50 PM
Developer Speedrun
We’re bringing back our famous Developer Speedrunning Competition, where four brave builders get on stage and compete against each other doing a handful of Solidity coding challenges.
Speaker(s):
Harry Papacharissiou
Head of Developer Relations, Chainlink Labs
Richard Gottleber
DevRel Content Manager, Chainlink Labs
Moderator:
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Fulton Street Stage
10:37 AM
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10:44 AM
DualMint: The Boring Yield Layer
Join us for this presentation by Bill Lee, co-founder and CEO of DualMint.
Speaker(s):
Bill Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, DualMint
Moderator:
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Grand Central Stage
4:30 PM
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5:00 PM
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):
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion / BX Digital
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Moderator:
Colin Cunningham
Head of Tokenized Asset Sales, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square Stage
3:00 PM
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3:45 PM
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.
Speaker(s):
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Rajeev Bamra
Global Head of Digital Economy Strategy, Moody's Ratings
Christian Pellegrino
Partner, Head of Digital Assets, Alpha FMC
Moderator:
William Reilly
Head of Strategic Initiatives, Chainlink Labs
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Union Square Stage
1:00 PM
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1:30 PM
Executive Perspectives: Architecting the Onchain Financial Systems
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):
Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
Alex Cordover
Chief Executive Officer, Tradable
Jim Hiltner
Co-Founder, Head of Business Development, Superstate
Dan Silverman
Co-CEO, Balcony
Moderator:
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck
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Penn Station Stage
2:45 PM
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3:00 PM
Expanding the Bittensor Ecosystem to Base
Join us for a fireside chat with Luca Cura, Head of AI / DePIN, at Base and Mike Grantis, Co-Founder & CEO, at General TAO Ventures
Speaker(s):
Luca Curan
Head of AI / DePIN, Base, Coinbase
Mike Grantis
Co-Founder & CEO, General TAO Ventures
Moderator:
Luke Lim
Head of CCIP GTM, Chainlink
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Penn Station Stage
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
Moderator:
Colin Cunningham
Head of Tokenized Asset Sales, Chainlink Labs
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Penn Station Stage
1:20 PM
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1:40 PM
Fireside Chat with Corey Caplan of World Liberty Financial
Join us for a conversation between World Liberty Financial's Corey Caplan and Chainlink's Johann Eid.
Speaker(s):
Corey Caplan
CTO of World Liberty Financial, World Liberty Financial
Moderator:
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
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Penn Station Stage
3:00 PM
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3:14 PM
Fireside Chat with Dan Doney of DTCC and Derek Meyer of The Graph
Join 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 Stage
4:00 PM
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4:14 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.
Speaker(s):
David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
Moderator:
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Watch Recording
Penn Station Stage
10:30 AM
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10:44 AM
Fireside Chat with Jason Windawi of Jovay and Alex Zhang of Pharos
Join us for this conversation between Jovay's Jason Windawi and Pharos CEO Alex Zhang.
Speaker(s):
Jason Windawi
Senior Solutions Architect, Jovay
Alex Zhang
Co-Founder, Pharos
Moderator:
Sean Chung
Blockchain Partnerships, APAC Lead, Chainlink Labs
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