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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.

Thomas Zschach
Chief Innovation Officer, Swift
Chris Perry
President, Broadridge Financial Solutions
Nelli Zaltsman
Head of Platform Settlement Solutions, Kinexys by JPMorgan
Bryan Steil
Congressman, House of Representatives
Jonathan Ehrenfeld Solé
Head of Strategy, Swift
Raj Dhamodharan
Executive Vice President, Blockchain and Digital Currencies, Mastercard
Mark Garabedian
Director of Digital Assets and Tokenization, Wellington
Stephanie Lheureux
Head of Digital Assets Competence Center, Euroclear
Stacy Rosenthal
Head of Payments Platforms, PayPal
Tom Menner
CTO, SBI Digital Markets
Sergey Nazarov
Co-founder, Chainlink
Stani Kulechov
Founder, Aave Labs
Aviad Stein
Global Head of Digital Asset Solutions, Broadridge Financial
Max Heinzle
Founder & CEO, 21X
Samuel Bisig
CTO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
Ankur Prasad
SVP, Head of Bank Product, Capital One
Ed Felten
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs
🎥Justin Sun
Founder, TRON
Lidia Kurt
CEO, Seturion (designated) / BX Digital
David Palmer
CPO, Pairpoint by Vodafone
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Thomas Short
Co-Founder, Kamino Finance
Ben Jones
Co-Founder, Optimism
Ryan Rugg
Head of Digital Assets Citi's Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi
Patrick Collins
CEO, Cyfrin
Ed Budd
Chief Product Officer, Partior
Nate Holiday
CEO, MakeInfinite Labs
Will Peck
Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
Summer Mersinger
CEO, Blockchain Association
David Carlucci
Managing Partner, Carlucci Consulting
Will Artingstall
Head of Digital Asset Payments and E-commerce Services, Citi
Jorgen Ouaknine
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets, Euroclear
Kim Hochfeld
Global Head of Cash and Digital , State Street Investment Management
Alex Gluchowski
CEO / Founder, Matter Labs
Kevin Liu
Co-Founder, Metis and GOAT Network
Charles Adkins
CEO, Hedera Foundation
Aaron Schnarch
Founder and Executive Director, Compound Foundation
Scott Dykstra
CTO and Co-Founder, Space and Time
Ophelia Snyder
CoFounder, 21.co
Hong Kim
CoFounder & CTO, Bitwise Asset Management
Laszlo Szabo
CEO & Co-Founder, Kiln
Johann Eid
CBO, Chainlink
Joe Sticco
Co-Founder, Cryptex Finance
Lamine Brahimi
Co-Founder, Taurus
Kristen Mierzwa Barrie
Head of Digital Assets, FTSE Russell, an LSEG business
Juan Carlos Reyes
President of CNAD, Government of El Salvador
Gerald Gallagher
Host, Crypto in America
Eleanor Terrett
Journalist, Host, Crypto In America
Sota Wantanabe
CEO, Startale Labs
Maredith Hannon
Head of Business Development, Digital Assets , WisdomTree
Paul-Adrien Hyppolite
CEO, Spiko
Cody Carbone
CEO, The Digital Chamber
Demian Brener
Founder & CEO, OpenZeppelin
Vivek Raman
CEO, Etherealize
Amar Kuchinad
CEO, Copper Technologies
Michaël van de Poppe
Founder & CIO, MN Capital & MN Fund
Martin Quensel
Co-founder of both, Centrifuge and Anemoy
Andy Bohutsky
Founder/CEO, Concero
Fernando Vazquez
President, Capital Markets, Chainlink
Jacquelyn Melinek
Founder, CEO, Token Relations
Luca Prosperi
CEO & Co-Founder, M0
Michael Bentley
Co-founder and CEO, Euler Finance
Rajeev Bamra
Head of Strategy, Digital Economy , Moody's Ratings
Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Frances Edwards
Chief Operating Officer, Avantgarde Finance
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, Vaneck
Markus Franke
Founder & CEO, Mento Labs
Joe Flanagan
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Maple, Maple Finance
Nick Ducoff
Head of Institutional Growth, Solana Foundation
Vanessa Fernandes Da Silva
Advisor / Partner, Aeonic Digital
Philip Forte
Founder, Elixir
Sergio Mello
Head of Stablecoins, Anchorage Digital
Thomas Cowan
Head of Tokenization, Galaxy
Sandra Ro
CEO, GBBC
Alexander Höptner
CEO, AllUnity
Dror Gurevich
CEO, Velocity Career Labs
Ari Juels
Chief Scientist, Chainlink Labs
Michael del Castillo
Founder and CEO, Media Luna
Cynthia Wu
COO, Matrixport
Nic Roberts-Huntley
CEO & Co-Founder, Blueprint Finance
Wormhole Oracle
Founder, LlamaRisk
Andre Salem
Co-founder & CEO, Cryptum
Jeremy Ng
Founder & CEO, OpenEden
Shea Ketsdever
Product Lead, Flashbots
Ashish Khandelwal
Founder & CEO, Anq
Adam Levi
Co-Founder, Backed Finanace
DavideFi
General Manager, LFJ
Jonny Huxtable
CEO and Founder, LinkPool and stake.link (SDL)
Channi Greenwall
Founder & CEO, Olympix
Kubilay Ozcelik
CEO, Matrixed.Link
Peter Van Mourik
Co-founder, Chainlayer
Kate Laurence
CEO, Founder & General Partner, Bloccelerate VC
Matthew Felice Pace
CEO, Simply Staking
Andy C
Co-Founder, The Rollup
Lorenz Breidenbach
Head of Research, Chainlink Labs
Shyam Nagarajan
Chief Operating Officer, Hedera
Solomon Tesfaye
Chief Business Officer, Aptos
Yuga Cohler
Head of Wallets, Coinbase
Fiona Ma
Protocol Strategy Lead, Falcon Finance
Eliezer Ndinga
Head of Strategy, 21.co

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NOV 4-5, 2025  |  THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION

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Mustafa Al Niama
Head of Capital Markets, Mysten Labs
Mustafa Al Niama is a visionary leader and strategist in the digital assets space with over 15 years of experience at the forefront of financial innovation. Most recently serving as the Americas Head of Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, Mustafa led transformative blockchain initiatives and steered multi-billion-dollar tokenization efforts in collaboration with some of the largest institutional players in the U.S. financial ecosystem. His work on tokenized money market funds, municipal bonds, and crypto-linked product development has redefined operational efficiency, collateral utility, and institutional adoption of blockchain.

An advocate for thoughtful regulation, Mustafa has been a key voice in policy development through his work with trade groups like SIFMA, FIA, and the CFTC’s Global Markets Advisory Committee. He has authored proprietary collateral mobility white papers and engaged deeply in regulatory dialogue around stablecoins and digital market infrastructure.

Beyond his executive leadership at Goldman Sachs, Mustafa brings technical expertise in computer science, a Fulbright Scholar pedigree, and advisory experience with the Digital Dollar Project and DTCC’s digital initiatives. His passion lies in building the connective tissue between traditional finance and the decentralized future—delivering impactful insights on how institutions can thrive amid digital transformation. He holds FINRA series 7, 63, 9, and 10 licenses and attended Columbia Business School to study Venture Capital and Private Equity.

Mustafa is an avid LGBTQ+ advocate, having served on ERG steering committees at both American Express and Goldman Sachs. He’s married and live with his partner in New York with their beloved 7 years old dog.

Mustafa is a sought-after speaker known for bridging policy, technology, and strategy to make digital assets accessible and actionable for leaders navigating this rapidly evolving landscape.