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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.

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
Isaac Zarb
Co-Founder and CTO, Simply Staking
Hyung Lee
CEO, B-Harvest
Serena Leung
Head of RWA Tokenization, Polygon Labs
Zale Reeves
Founder, NorthWest Nodes
Clayton Lowery
Co-Founder & CSO, The Network Firm
Johnny Reinsch
Executive Director, Tokenized Asset Coalition
Lou Kerner
Founder, CryptoMondays
Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Andrew McFarlane
CTO, Validation Cloud
Sam Fagin
Director, Payments, Polygon Labs
Robbie Morris
Founder, Contract Level
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
Ryan Lovell
Director of Capital Markets, Chainlink Labs
Gregory Neven
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Kostis Karantias
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Edward Woodford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
Ben Forman
Founder & Managing Partner, ParaFi Capital
Spencer Yang
Managing Partner, BlockSpaceForce
Demetrios Skalkotos
Chief DeFi and Protocols Officer, Blockdaemon
Omar Azhar
VP of Business Development, Matter Labs
Arthur
CTO, Swapper Finance
Luke Leasure
Senior Research Analyst, Blockworks
Jimmy Haight
Head of Community, Chainlink Labs
Jakob Palmstierna
President, GSR
Gabor Gurbacs
CEO, Hadron
Austin Przybysz
Co-founder and Chief Builder, Instruxi
Rhett Shipp
CEO, Avant
Torab Torabi
CEO, Move Industries
Emilio Rivero Coello
Product, Payments Lead, Aptos
Daniel Coheur
Global Head of Digital Assets and Fund Distribution, APEX Group & Tokeny
Edwin Mata
CEO & CoFounder, Brickken
James Wright
CEO, Multisynq
Greg Osuri
CEO of Overclock Labs & Founder of Akash Network, Akash Network
Rich King
cofounder, RPS AI
Sogol Malek
Founder CEO , XTreamly
Angie Walker
Global Head of Commercialisation, APEX Digital, APEX Group
Noah Buxton
CEO, The Network Firm
Philipp Schindler
Research Engineer, Chainlink Labs
Bill Lee
Co-Founder & CEO, DualMint
Ilan Klein
Founder, NFT Bridges
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets, WisdomTree

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NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
Raj Dhamodharan is the executive vice president for blockchain and digital assets at Mastercard. As the company continues to bring relevant payments solutions and programs to the blockchain and digital assets ecosystem, Raj is responsible for managing Mastercard’s strategy, products, and partnerships in the space.  

Raj and his dynamic, global team work closely with crypto-native players, traditional financial institutions, and governments alike to advance Mastercard’s blockchain strategy, innovate consumer choice in payments, and instill a foundation of trust in crypto and digital assets. Raj is focused on bringing the best of what Mastercard’s technology has to offer to the digital assets ecosystem, proving new use cases for blockchain and crypto technology, and enabling safety and security for the ever-changing landscape.  

Raj joined Mastercard in 2010 and has held several roles at the company, including managing Mastercard’s relationships with global digital partners, developing and commercializing new payments innovations and standards – including digital wallets and Click to Pay – and leading Mastercard’s digital payment products and Labs group in Asia Pacific.   

Raj has deep expertise in payments and previously held executive positions at Visa, in addition to co-founding Think Business Networks, a telecom software company in Silicon Valley that built products for multinational organizations across the world. He also holds several patents in the field of loyalty marketing, advertising, and payments.  

Raj graduated from Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India with a BS in Computer Technology. He holds MBA degrees from Columbia Business School, and Haas Business School, University of California, Berkeley.