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.

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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Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
As Head of Digital Assets for FTSE Russell’s Index Investing Group, Kristen is charged with developing its growing this new index segment in alignment with global institutional investor needs. Since 2019 Kristen has been responsible for the partnership with Digital Asset Research (DAR), the London Stock Exchange’s digital asset subject matter expert and pricing provider bringing institutional-grade digital asset data and indices to market.

Kristen joined FTSE Russell in March 2008 to work with Asset Managers that offer Exchange Traded Products, eventually leading the Americas ETP team to partner with clients on the design of alternative and cap weighted indices across asset classes. For example, Kristen has led development of the JP Morgan Diversified Factor Index Series, FTSE Invesco Dynamic Factor Index Series and all FTSE Russell’s full range of digital asset indices, including the most recent launch of the FTSE Grayscale Crypto Sector Index Series.

With more than 20 years of experience in the financial industry, Kristen started her career at Barclays Global Investors (now BlackRock).