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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

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NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Ben Sherwin
General Counsel, Chainlink Labs
Ben Sherwin has been General Counsel at Chainlink Labs since shortly after mainnet launch in 2019. He served as GC at blockchain and FinTech companies after leaving Bank of America's equity capital markets desk in 2012 and, prior to that, ran equity capital markets legal at Merrill Lynch, where he sat on several SIFMA committees and served on the FINRA Corporate Financing Committee. He was trained at Sidley and holds a JD from Boston College Law School, an MA in War Studies from King's College London, and a BA in History from Yale University.