Global Leaders

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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.

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

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NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
Solomon Tesfaye is the Chief Business Officer at Aptos Labs, a leading institutional-grade Layer 1 blockchain. Prior to this, Solomon was the Head of Capital Markets and Business Development at tZERO, global leading liquidity platform for private securities and digital assets.

Previously, he was an investment banker at Citi where he focused on M&A, IPOs and private placements within Diversified Industrial coverage, he has worked as a seed-stage venture capital investor at Kapor Capital, held various operation leadership roles, and was co-founder of a web-based platform. Solomon attended Johnson School of Management at Cornell University for his MBA, is a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow and eLab Incubator & Accelerator Fellow.