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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.

Johnny Reinsch
Executive Director, Tokenized Asset Coalition
Lou Kerner
Founder, CryptoMondays
Fiona Ma
Protocol Strategy Lead, Falcon Finance
Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Andrew McFarlane
CTO, Validation Cloud
Dr. Axel U. J. Lode
Head of Decentralized Finance, Blocksize
Kevin Zhang
Contributor, DFX
Zubin Pratap
DevRel Engineering Manager, Chainlink Labs
Kenneth Shek
Moca Network Lead, Animoca Brands
Frank Seibold
Global Head Banking & Cap Markets Sales, Chainlink Labs
Zayi Reyes
Head of Partner Marketing, Chainlink Labs
Jake Denny
Chief Commercial Officer, Pier Two
Sam Elfarra
Community Spokesperson, TRON DAO
Michaël van de Poppe
Founder & CIO, MN Capital & MN Fund
Aaron Arnold
Host/Founder, Altcoin Daily
Austin Arnold
Founder, Altcoin Daily

More SmartCon speakers announced soon…

NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

Where Worlds Converge.

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Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
Fernando Vázquez is President, Capital Markets, Chainlink. He is an open-source software industry veteran with over twenty years’ experience across technology innovation and governance, capital markets, and digital assets. He serves on the boards of regulated financial institutions and foundations globally and is a member of the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s International Technology Advisory Panel. Prior to joining Chainlink Labs, Fernando was CEO of SBI Digital Asset Holdings, part of the TSE-listed financial conglomerate SBI Group.

Fernando’s early career began in academia, where he first became deeply involved in the budding Linux community. This led him to the corporate world with a number of roles at the NTT Group, eventually becoming a founding member and technical director of NTT’s Open Source Software Center, where he built a team that made major contributions to open source projects that underpin modern cloud and Internet services.