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.

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
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 Woddford
Founder & CEO, zerohash
Ben Forman
Founder & Managing Partner, ParaFi Capital

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NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Ankur Prasad is SVP, Head of Bank Product at Capital One. He was most recently head of product for consumer martech and messaging products and systems, which Capital One uses to engage with customers through billions of messages per week. Before joining Capital One, Ankur spent five years at Meta helping build the Business Messaging platform—powering conversations between people and businesses on WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram. Prior to that, he spent over a decade developing and enhancing products at leading tech companies, including Microsoft and Amazon. He has a passion for creating and scaling new businesses, building high-impact teams, and shaping intuitive and compelling customer experiences.