Global Leaders
Speakers
SmartCon brings together the world’s leading voices in finance, Web3, and government to share firsthand insights on how blockchain and onchain technologies are transforming industries, institutions, and the global economy—sparking critical conversations that chart the course of an onchain future.


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


Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard


Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington


Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift


Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink


Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs


Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi


Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial


Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear


Mustafa Al Niama
Former Head of Americas Digital Assets, Goldman Sachs


Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X


Samuel Bisig
CTO, Boerse Stuttgart Digital Assets / BX Digital


Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One


Steven Goldfeder
CEO and Co-Founder, Offchain Labs


Lidia Kurt
CEO, BX Digital
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Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism


Justin Sun
Founder, TRON


Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs


Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree


Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association


David Carlucci
Managing Partner, Carlucci Consulting


Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi


Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
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Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co


Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs


Kevin Liu
Co-Founder, Metis and GOAT Network


Charles Adkins
CEO, Hedera Foundation


Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time


Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business


Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance


Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador


Sota Wantanabe
CEO, Startale Labs


Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets , WisdomTree


Paul-Adrien Hyppolite
CEO, Spiko


Demia Brener
Founder & CEO, OpenZeppelin


Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies


Luca Prosperi
CEO & Co-Founder, M0


Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance


Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings


Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder, CEO, RWA.xyz


Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations


Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, Vaneck


Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs


Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance


Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance


Philip Forte
Founder, Elixir
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Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity


Dror Gurevich
CEO, Velocity Career Labs


Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital


Alec Lovett
Head of Stablecoins, Coinbase


Ari Juels
Chief Scientist, Chainlink Labs


Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC


Michael del Castillo
Founder and CEO, Media Luna
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Nic Roberts-Huntley
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Finance


Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk


Cynthia Wu
COO, Matrixport


Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum


Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden
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Ashish Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Anq


Ryan Zega
Head of Structured Finance, Aptos


Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots


DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ


Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link


Andy C
Co-Founder, The Rollup


Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Operating Officer, Hedera


Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos


Eliezer Ndinga
Head of Strategy, 21.co
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Channi Greenwall
Founder & CEO, Olympix


Johnny Reinsch
Executive Director, Tokenized Asset Coalition


Dr. Axel U. J. Lode
Head of Decentralized Finance, Blocksize


Kevin Zhang
Contributor, DFX


Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs


Zayi Reyes
Head of Partner Marketing , Chainlink Labs


Kenneth Shek
Moca Network Lead, Animoca Brands
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NOV 4-5, 2025 | THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION