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
Zachary Fallon
Global Co-Chair of the Digital Assets & Web3 Practice, Latham & Watkins
NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Chris Zuehlke
Partner/Global Co-Head, DRW/Cumberland
Chris Zuehlke is a Partner at DRW and serves as the Global Co-Head of Cumberland, leading a world-class team dedicated to providing deep liquidity to institutional-sized investors.

Chris is a proven leader in operational excellence and has been working at DRW for over two decades across various trading disciplines. He has extensive experience building trading operations from the ground up and is skilled in software development, trade research, automated and OTC trading, compliance, operations, market structure and regulation design. Chris also is regularly asked to participate in policy discussions around market structure and trading best practices.

Chris earned a BS in Mathematics and Computer Sciences with a focus on Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has also served as an Executive Committee member and Advisor for the FIA Principal Traders Group. He is currently a member of the CFTC's Global Markets Advisory Committee and its Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee.