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


Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal


Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial


Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear


Tom Menner
CTO, SBI Digital Markets


Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X


Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion / BX Digital


Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One


Justin Sun
Founder, TRON


Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion / BX Digital


David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone


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


Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin


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


Kim Hochfeld
Global Head of Cash and Digital , State Street Investment Management


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
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Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co


Hong Kim
CoFounder & CTO, Bitwise Asset Management


Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink


Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance


Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus


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


Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador


Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America


Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host, Crypto In America


Sota Wantanabe
CEO, Startale Labs


Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets , WisdomTree


Paul-Adrien Hyppolite
CEO, Spiko


Cody Carbone
CEO, The Digital Chamber


Demian Brener
Founder & CEO, OpenZeppelin


Vivek Raman
CEO, Etherealize


Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies


Michaël van de Poppe
Founder & CIO, MN Capital & MN Fund


Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink


Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations


Luca Prosperi
CEO & Co-Founder, M0


Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance


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


Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs


Adam Lawrence
Co-Founder, CEO, RWA.xyz


Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance


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


Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation


Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital


Philip Forte
Founder, Elixir


Sergio Mello
Head of Stablecoins, Anchorage Digital


Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy


Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
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Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity


Dror Gurevich
CEO, Velocity Career Labs


Ari Juels
Chief Scientist, Chainlink Labs


Michael del Castillo
Founder and CEO, Media Luna


Cynthia Wu
COO, Matrixport
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Nic Roberts-Huntley
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Finance


Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk


Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum


Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden


Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots
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Ashish Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Anq


Adam Levi
Co-Founder, Backed Finanace


Ryan Zega
Head of Structured Finance, Aptos


DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ


Jonny Huxtable
CEO and Founder, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
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Channi Greenwall
Founder & CEO, Olympix


Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link


Peter Van Mourik
Co-founder, Chainlayer


Kate Laurence
CEO, Founder & General Partner, Bloccelerate VC


Matthew Felice Pace
CEO, Simply Staking


Andy C
Co-Founder, The Rollup


Lorenz Breidenbach
Head of Research, Chainlink Labs


Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Operating Officer, Hedera


Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos


Yuga Cohler
Head of Wallets, Coinbase


Fiona Ma
Protocol Strategy Lead, Falcon Finance


Eliezer Ndinga
Head of Strategy, 21.co


Johannes Göttsch
Head of Strategy & Business Development, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)


Austin Arnold
Founder, Altcoin Daily


Aaron Arnold
Host/Founder, Altcoin Daily
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Isaac Zarb
Co-Founder and CTO, Simply Staking
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NOV 4-5, 2025 | THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION