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.

Sean Chung
Blockchain Partnerships, APAC Lead, Chainlink Labs
Shaz Jaleel
Head of MENA - BD, Chainlink Labs

More SmartCon speakers announced soon…

NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

Where Worlds Converge.

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.