On November 12th, 2025, The Tie hosted our 3rd annual The Bridge conference in New York City. This event gathered more than a thousand executives from leading traditional institutions and digital asset firms, focusing on the intersection of digital assets and institutional finance. The Bridge was designed to foster engaging and dynamic discussions of both Blockchain and Finance through expert panels, presentations, and private meetings between tokens and institutions. Hosted at Convene Brookfield Place, The Bridge provided an exclusive and private atmosphere for institutions that encouraged open and candid participation.
250+
Institutions
1,000+
Attendees
100+
Speakers
TradFi Institutions
Banks, Asset Managers, Hedge Funds, Proprietary Trading Firms, VCs, Private Equity Firms, Allocators, Web 2 Enterprises
Crypto Native Institutions
Hedge Funds, VCs, Asset Managers, Market Makers, Exchanges, OTC Desks, Prime Brokers
Tokens
L1s, L2s, DeFi Projects, Pre-TGE Projects, RWAs, and other Issuers
Speakers
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Yuval
Rooz
DIGITAL ASSET
Co-Founder & CEO
Hester
Peirce
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Commissioner
Samara
Cohen
BlackRock
Global Head of Market Development
Christine
Moy
Apollo
Partner, Head of Digital Assets, Data & AI Strategy
Jan
Van Eck
VanEck
CEO
Andrew
Durgee
REPUBLIC
Co-CEO
Keone
Hon
Monad Foundation
Co-Founder & CEO
Brett
Tejpaul
Coinbase Institutional
Co-CEO
Andrew
Czupek
NORTHERN TRUST
Americas Head of Digital Asset Innovation & Advocacy
Minh
Do
ANIMOCA BRANDS
COO
Scott
Lawin
Pantera Capital
President
Agenda
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2025 Agenda
November 12, 2025
Institutional Stage
Doors Open & Breakfast Sponsored by Haruko
8:15 am
Opening Remarks
8:55 - 9:00 am
Event-Driven Macro in a Digital Asset World
9:00 -9:30 am
Lessons from the Last Cycle: What Survives the Shakeout?
9:30 - 10:00 am
Tokenization Reality Check: Separating Use Cases from Marketing
10:00 - 10:30 am
The Valuation Problem: How Do You Price a Protocol?
10:30 - 11:00 am
DATs vs. ETFs: Competing Gateways for Institutional Capital
11:00 - 11:30 am
Fireside Chat with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
11:30-12:00 PM
Exit Liquidity in Crypto: IPOs, Tokens, or Bust?
12:00 -12:30 pm
Building Moats: How Altcoin DATs Differentiate Beyond Access
12:30 - 1:00 PM
Lunch sponsored by Cantina
12:00-1:30 pm
The Next Wave of Crypto Unicorns: Where Do They Come From?
1:00 - 1:30 PM
Beyond Spot and Futures: What Products Do Institutions Really Want?
1:30-2:00 PM
The Evolution of Institutional Adoption: Defining the Next Era of Finance
2:00 - 2:30 pm
The Future of Stablecoins: Infrastructure vs. Profit Generator
2:30-3:00 PM
Decentralization Is Dead: Do Institutions Even Care?
3:00-3:30 PM
Interoperability or Fragmentation: The Tokenization Challenge
3:30-4:00 PM
Passive Flows, Active Impact: Do ETFs and DATs Distort Crypto Markets?
4:00-4:30 PM
The Beta Problem: Are Crypto Hedge Funds Just Levered Index Trackers?
4:30-5:00 PM
Behavioral Alpha: The Power of Narratives in Crypto
5:00 - 5:30 PM
Happy Hour Reception Sponsored by Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
(on-site)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Official The Bridge Afterparty Sponsored by Canton
(Off-site at Nebula, near Bryant Park)
9:00 pm - 1:00 am
Innovator Stage
Doors Open & Breakfast Sponsored by Haruko
8:15 am
Opening Remarks
8:55 - 9:00 am
The Institutional Bridge to DeFi: How Funds Engage with Yield, Governance, and Risk On-chain
9:00 -9:30 am
Where Finance Flows: The Era of 24/7 Capital (Presented by Canton)
9:30 - 10:00 am
The Next Frontier of Crypto is Entertainment (Presented by Magic Eden)
10:00 - 10:30 am
Unlocking Blockchain's Full Potential: Privacy, Fairness, Freedom (Presented by Midnight)
10:30 - 11:00 am
Unlocking Bitcoin DATs: How Layer-2s Empower Yield & Utility (Presented by Stacks)
11:00 - 11:30 am
From ETFs to DTFs: The Evolution of Crypto Index Investing (Presented by Reserve)
11:30 am - 12:00 PM
Lunch sponsored by Cantina
12:00-1:30 pm
MON: The First Token Sale on Coinbase (Presented by Monad)
1:00 - 1:30 PM
From Collateral to Capital: Scaling RWAs On-Chain (Presented by Function)
1:30 - 2:00 PM
The Future of AI is Decentralized (Sponsored by 0G)
2:00 - 2:30 PM
Real World Assets: Use Cases With Everyday Impact (Presented by VeChain)
2:30 - 3:00 PM
Privacy Gap in Stablecoin Payments (Presented by Aleo)
3:00 - 3:30 PM
The Missing Privacy Layer: Enabling Compliant Confidentiality on Public DeFi Rails (Presented by zkVerify)
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Blockchain's Next Industry: The Big One (Presented by Tezos)
4:00 - 4:30 PM
Redefining Yield and Risk in Institutional Crypto Through Secure Rails (Presented by BitcoinOS)
4:30 - 5:00 PM
Happy Hour Reception Sponsored by Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
(on-site)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Official The Bridge Afterparty Sponsored by Canton
(Off-site at Nebula, near Bryant Park)
9:00 pm - 1:00 am
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Fantastic event - I’d venture to say best I’ve been to in a long time
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Rob Strebel
Head Of Relationship Management
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DRW / Cumberland
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The conference was exactly the right size, and the attendees were fantastic. I was flattered to be part of it
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David Nuelle
Head of Digital Assets
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Geneva Trading
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One of the top events of the year for the intersection of digital assets and institutional finance
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Zach Peterson
Ecosystem & Alliances PMO Lead, Blockchain
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Deloitte
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The entire event far exceeded my expectations on all levels… it was the highlight of my month”
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John Avery
VP, Digital Assets, Tokenization, Alternative Investments
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FIS
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Seriously the highest quality conference I’ve ever been to
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Max Maximo
Investor
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Vaneck
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Hands down the best institutional conference of the year
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David Micley
Managing Director, Americas
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Wintermute
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