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
G. Daniel (Dan) Doney
Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer, DTCC Digital Assets, DTCC
Nadine Chakar
Global Head of Digital Assets, DTCC
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
David Mills
Senior Associate Director, Federal Reserve Board
E. David Burt
Premier of Bermuda, Government of Bermuda
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear
Charles Jansen
Managing Director, Head of DeFi Transformation, S&P Global
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
Jack Pouderoyen
Director, Digital Asset Strategy, Swift
Laurens Schepens
Lead UBS Tokenize, UBS
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Chris Bruner
Chief Product Officer, Tradeweb
Andrew McCormick
Head of eToro US, eToro
Larry Wade
Global Head of Compliance and Regulatory Relations for Crypto, PayPal
Alireza Dorfard
Managing Director - Head of Market Data + Services, Deutsche Börse Group
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO, Crypto Finance | Deutsche Börse Group
Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Donna Milrod
Chief Product Officer, State Street
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
Nathan Allman
Chief Executive Officer, Ondo Finance
Carlos Domingo
Co-founder & CEO, Securitize
David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone
Kelly Mathieson
Chief Business Development Officer, Digital Asset
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Rodrigo Coelho
CEO, Edge & Node
Alex Cordover
Chief Executive Officer, Tradable
Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin
Ed Budd
Chief Product Officer, Partior
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
Cory Pugh
CEO, Bridgetower Capital
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
Andrew Moss
Head of Digital Asset Research , Jefferies
Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
Kevin Liu
Co-Founder, Metis and GOAT Network
Charles Adkins
CEO, Hedera Foundation
Aaron Schnarch
Founder and Executive Director, Compound Foundation
Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time
Hong Kim
CoFounder & CTO, Bitwise Asset Management
Kathleen Wrynn
Global Head of Digital Assets, Invesco
Laszlo Szabo
CEO & Co-Founder, Kiln
Mitchell Demeter
CEO, Sonic Labs
Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary
Managing Director, Head of Product & Research, Grayscale
Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America
Angie Walker
Global Head of Commercialisation, APEX Digital, APEX Group
Daniel Coheur
Global Head of Digital Assets and Fund Distribution, APEX Group & Tokeny
Christoph Schneider
Head of IT, GLEIF
Paul-Adrien Hyppolite
CEO, Spiko
Cody Carbone
CEO, The Digital Chamber
Demian Brener
Founder & CEO, OpenZeppelin
Vivek Raman
CEO, Etherealize
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies
Michaël van de Poppe
Founder & CIO, MN Capital & MN Fund
Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host, Crypto In America
Martin Quensel
Co-founder of both, Centrifuge and Anemoy
Andy Bohutsky
Founder/CEO, Concero
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
Bruno Grossi
Head of Digital Assets, Banco Inter
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance
Jason Lau
Chief Innovation Officer, OKX
Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings
Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, Vaneck
Jakov Buratovic
Master of DeFi, Lido
Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs
Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance
Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Philip Forte
Founder, Elixir
Sam ten Cate
MD - Head of Digital Strategy, State Street Investment Management
Sergio Mello
Head of Stablecoins, Anchorage Digital
Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity
Torab Torabi
CEO, Move Industries

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Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings
Rajeev Bamra serves as the global Head of Strategy for Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings, based in New York.

A seasoned executive and thought leader, he plays a pivotal role in shaping the intersection of traditional finance and evolving digital economy within the rating agency. In his current position, Rajeev leads the Digital Economy Strategy and Operations Group, driving key decisions at Executive and Senior Leadership levels, and ensuring Moody's readiness for the digitalization of the global economy.

Rajeev serves as a significant catalyst in embedding the concept of digitalization, encompassing digital finance, digital currencies, decentralized technologies, AI, Quantum, innovative product design and emerging digital risks like Cybersecurity, into the fabric of Moody's ecosystem.

His visionary leadership extracts the maximum potential from the evolving digital economy, steering the innovation agenda and operational planning for the organization.

As a recognized thought leader, Rajeev has authored research papers and thought leadership documents on digital economy infrastructure development, leveraging transformative technologies such as blockchain and AI across various sectors.
Actively representing Moody's at events, panels, webinars, and podcasts, Rajeev helps optimize stakeholder relations to underscore Moody's commitment to digital finance and innovation. His visionary leadership and strategic acumen continue to propel Moody's into the forefront of the evolving digital economy.