On November 12th, 2025, The Tie will host our 3rd annual The Bridge conference in New York City. This event will gather 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 will be 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 will provide an exclusive and private atmosphere for institutions that encourages 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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Grace
Chao
Citi
North America Lead, Markets Digital Assets
Rajeev
Bamra
Moody's Ratings
Global Head of Strategy, Digital Economy
Vir
Anand
Kronos Research
Business Development and Partnerships
Michael
Ashby
AlgoQuant
CEO
Raja
Chakravorti
Stellar Development Foundation
Chief Business Officer
Melvin
Deng
QCP
CEO
John
D'Agostino
Coinbase Institutional
Head of Strategy
Sui
Chung
CFBenchmarks
CEO
Christian
Davies
RELM INSURANCE
Global Head of Distribution and Innovation
Alex
Devnew
ROAD CAPITAL
Partner and Chief Operating Officer
Scott
Gralnick
Marinade
Head of Institutional Growth (Americas) for Marinade Labs
Ben
Forman
PARAFI CAPITAL
Founder & Managing Partner
Joshua
Hecht
Intrinsic Capital
Managing Partner
Johnny
Garcia
VeChain Foundation
Head of Institutional Growth
John
Kikko
Hedera Foundation
Director of BD, Financial Markets
Sachin
Jaitly
Morgan Creek Digital
General Partner
Jan-Philip
Grabs
Areta
Founding Partner
Matthew
Hougan
Bitwise Asset Management
Chief Investment Officer
A. Kristina
Littman
Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP
Partner
Ilya
Khazen
LMAX Group
Director, Institutional Sales
Colin
Jones
Outerlands Capital
Founder & CIO
Randy
Little
50T Funds
Partner
Logan
Jastremski
Frictionless Capital
Managing Partner
Blue
Macellari
T. ROWE PRICE
Head of Digital Assets Strategy
Charles
Michallet
Societe Generale
US Head of Digital Assets
Lior
Lamesh
GK8 BY GALAXY
CEO
Paul
McCaffery
KBW - A Stifel Company
Co-Head of Digital Assets
Jaime
Leverton
RESERVEONE
CEO
William
Peck
WISDOMTREE
Head of Digital Assets
Jeff
Park
ProCap BTC
CIO
David
Markley
XSY
COO
Andrew
Moss
JEFFERIES LLC
Head of Digital Assets Research
Arnav
Pagidyala
Bankless Ventures
Partner
Jorgen
Ouaknine
Euroclear
Global Head of Innovation and Digital Assets
Jean-Marie
Mognetti
CoinShares
CEO
Griffin
Peer
Reserve
Head of Business Development
Uma
Roy
Succinct
Co-Founder and CEO
Brian
Rudick
UPEXI, INC.
Chief Strategy Officer
David
Sedacca
POLKADOT CAPITAL GROUP - Parity Technologies
Lead and Director of Finance at Parity Technologies
Eric
Rose
STONEX DIGITAL
Head of Digital Asset Execution
Maxime
Seiler
STS DIGITAL
Co-Founder & CEO
Danny
Sursock
Archetype
Partner
Thomas
Sullivan
DTCC Digital Assets
Managing Director
Matt
Shapiro
MULTICOIN CAPITAL
Partner
Mitchell
Ulman
Numeus
Partner, Chief Operating Officer
Matt
Zhang
Hivemind Capital Partners
Founder and Managing Partner
Benjamin
Tsai
WAVE DIGITAL ASSETS
Co-Founder & President
Chris
Zuehlke
DRW / Cumberland
Partner / Global Head
Shiliang
Tang
MONARQ ASSET MANAGEMENT
Managing Partner and CEO
Max
Williams
Runa Digital Assets
Co-Founder, President
Kathleen
Wrynn
Invesco
Global Head of Digital Assets
Travis
Scher
North Island Ventures
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Michael
Winnike
DTCC
Managing Director, Clearing & Securities Services (CSS) Strategy and Market Solutions
Charley
Cooper
Ava Labs
Chief Operating Officer
Christophe de la
Celle
Selini Capital
Chief Commercial Officer
Rob
Hadick
Dragonfly
General Partner
Roger
Zhang
IntChains Group
Head of US
Mike
Giampapa
Galaxy Ventures
Partner
Richard
Shorten
Silvermine Capital Advisors
Founder and General Partner
Jascha
Samadi
Greenfield Capital
Founding Partner
Adam
Schlegel
Maelstrom
Partner
Pascal
St-Jean
3iq
President & CEO
Matt
Szenics
ME Foundation
Director
Robert
Valdes-Rodriguez
Keyrock
Chief Commercial Officer
Fahmi
Syed
Midnight Foundation
President
Joris
Delanoue
Fairmint
CEO & Co-Founder
Robert
Viglione
Horizen Labs & zkVerify
CEO & Founder
Rena
Shah
Stacks Endowment
COO
Ryan
Zega
Aptos Labs
Head of Structured Finance
Howard
Wu
Aleo
Co-Founder & CEO
Thomas
Cowan
Galaxy
Head of Tokenization
Joshua
Rosenthal
Polychain Capital
General Partner
Jordan
Knecht
GlobalStake
Global Head of Institutional Strategies & Partnerships
Muneeb
Ali
Stacks
Founder
Thomas
Chen
Function
CEO
Avi
Felman
Radhan Road
Partner
Cactus
Raazi
B2C2
CEO, Americas
Maria
Shen
Electric Capital
General Partner
Quynh
Ho
GSR
Head of Venture Investments
Guy
Hirsch
Kraken
VP & Global Managing Director
Astin
Lau
BitGo
Ecosystem BD
Johan
Lundberg
TG3
CEO
Graham
Ferguson
Securitize
Head of Ecosystem
Justin
Cohen
JP Morgan
Managing Director - Head of EDG & SI Product Development
Ric
Golubov
Franklin Templeton Digital Assets
VP - Digital Assets Partnerships
Elizabeth
Napolitano
CNBC
Markets Reporter
Nicolas
Cary
Blockchain.com
Co-Founder and Chairman
Sacha
Ghebali
The Tie
Chief Strategy Officer
Rayhaneh
Sharif-Askary
Grayscale
Managing Director, Head of Product and Research
Sal
Ternullo
SVRN
CEO
Evan
Feng
CoinFund
Partner & Director of Research
Purvi
Maniar
Laser Digital
Chief Legal Officer
Ivy
Kang
Plume Network
Head of Capital Markets
Christian
Crowley
a16z crypto
Partner, GTM
Keone
Hon
Monad Foundation
Co-Founder & CEO
Mark
Wendland
Tharimmune
CEO
Elan
Nahari
BitcoinOS
Co-Founder and Head of Institutional Adoption
Brett
Tejpaul
Coinbase
Co-CEO
Yuval
Rooz
DIGITAL ASSET
Co-Founder & CEO
Hester
Peirce
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Commissioner
Agenda
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2025 Agenda
November 12, 2025
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
From Collateral to Capital: Scaling RWAs On-Chain (Presented by Function)
1:30 - 2:00 PM
Presentation by Monad
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
Presentation 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
Presentation by 0G
5:00 - 5:30 pm
Happy Hour Reception Sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher
(on-site)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Official The Bridge After Party Sponsored by Canton
(Off-site at Nebula, near Bryant Park)
9:00 pm - 1:00 am
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
Happy Hour Reception Sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher
(on-site)
5:30 - 7:00 pm
Official The Bridge After Party 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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