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October 27, 2026 - TWO STAGES
2026 Agenda
Mainstage 1
Mainstage 2
Mainstage 1
Sponsored by LMAX Group
8:30 am
Doors Open, Breakfast, Networking
9:25 am
–
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:30 am
–
10:00 am
If Crypto Is So Efficient, Why Are There So Many Middlemen?
Reed Werbitt
Flowdesk
U.S CEO and Global CRO
Kathleen Wrynn
Invesco
Global Head of Digital Assets
Eric Rose
StoneX Digital
Global Head
Hassan Bassiri
FalconX
Head of Trading Strategy
10:00 am
–
10:30 am
Public Blockchains vs. Wall Street Rails: Where Does $10 Trillion Actually Settle?
Sonali Theisen
Bank of America
Global Head of Digital Assets Platform, FICC E-Trading and Markets Strategic Investments
Devin Errico
Volt Capital
Head of Infrastructure & Trading
Alex Gluchowski
Matter Labs
Co-Founder & CEO
Ryan Trinkle
Obsidian Systems
Founder
10:30 am
–
11:00 am
Did Crypto Reinvent Gambling or Reinvent Markets?
Rok Kopp
ether.fi
Co-Founder
Genna Garver
Troutman Pepper Locke
Partner
Karan Sharma
Liberty City Ventures
Managing Director
Jeremy Wallis
Gate Ventures
Partner
11:00 am
–
11:30 am
Does the Future Dollar Live in a Bank Account or a Wallet?
Parth Gargava
BBH
Head of Digital Asset Strategy | Managing Director
Moderator
Austin Campbell
Aleo
Charles Michallet
Societe Generale
Director Digital Assets
Sam ten Cate
State Street Investment Management
Managing Director
Pete Najarian
Raptor Digital
Managing Partner
11:30 am
–
12:00 pm
Are Tokenized Assets Better Investments, or Just Better Infrastructure?
Steven McClurg
Canary Capital
CEO & Founder
Moderator
Joseph Chalom
Sharplink
CEO
Bhaji Illuminati
Centrifuge Labs
CEO
William Peck
WisdomTree
Head of Digital Assets
Thomas Sy
New York Life Investment Management
Head of Multi-Asset & Digital Asset Solutions
12:00 pm
–
12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
–
1:00 pm
Can Crypto Succeed without Consumers?
Mike Dudas
6th Man Ventures
Managing Partner
Blue Macellari
T. Rowe Price
Head of Digital Assets Strategy
Thomas Bailey
Road Capital
Founding General Partner
1:00 pm
–
1:30 pm
Where Does Crypto Actually Fit in the AI Stack?
Louisa Bai
Mysten Labs / Sui
Head of Stablecoins & Payments
Moderator
Johnny Garcia
VeChain Foundation
Head of Institutional Growth
Sarah Schroeder
Coinbase Asset Management
Co-CIO
Philip Suraez
NEAR Foundation
Head of Finance
Christian Crowley
a16z crypto
Partner, GTM
1:30 pm
–
2:00 pm
Is Wall Street Adopting Crypto or Absorbing It?
Paul Yablon
Room40 Capital
Founder and CIO
Moderator
Deborah Querub
Citi
Head of Digital Assets, Citi Wealth
Matthew Hougan
Bitwise Asset Management
Chief Investment Officer
Scott Lawin
Pantera Capital
President
Dennis Lee
NYSE
Head of Digital Issuance
2:00 pm
–
2:30 pm
Would You Rather Own the Token or the Equity?
Randy Little
50T Funds
Partner
Christian Lopez
Cohen & Company Capital Markets
Managing Director, Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets
Brett Tejpaul
Coinbase
Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional
Jordi Visser
Visser-Labs, LLC
Founder
2:30 pm
–
3:00 pm
If Institutions Only Want Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets, What Happens to Crypto?
Michael Ashe
Galaxy Digital
Chief Strategy Officer
Moderator
Ivan Miskovic
Quantum
CEO & Co-Founder
Vanessa Grellet
Arche Capital
Managing Partner
Raghav Chopra
Tephra Digital
Managing Partner
Pascal St-Jean
Coincheck Group
Executive Chairman and CEO
3:00 pm
–
3:30 pm
Who Wins the Stablecoin Race: Banks, Fintechs or Crypto Natives?
Lara Lyberg
Citizens
SVP, Digital Asset Platform and Product Lead
Moderator
Jean-Marc Stenger
Societe Generale Forge
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Homer
The Venture Dept.
General Partner
Frederick Pye
Stablecorp
Vice Chairman and Founder
Chris Knight
LMAX Group
Managing Director LMAX Digital
3:30 pm
–
4:00 pm
Can Decentralized Networks Actually Beat Centralized Companies at Anything?
Aryan Sheikhalian
CMT Digital
Investor & Head of Research
Moderator
Austin Federa
DoubleZero
Co-Founder
Steven Venino
Strobe Ventures
General Partner
George Varghese
0G.ai
Head of Investments
4:00 pm
–
4:30 pm
Can a Protocol Be Successful While Its Token Fails?
William Herkelrath
Algorand
Chief Executive Officer
Francis Zhan
Tribe Capital
Investor
Utkarsh Ahuja
Moon Pursuit Capital
Founder & Managing Partner
4:30 pm
–
5:00 pm
Are Institutions Ready for Markets That Never Close?
Rajeev Sambyal
BNY
Managing Director, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure
Charley Cooper
Ava Labs
Chief Operating Officer
John Zecca
Nasdaq
EVP, Global Chief Legal, Risk and Regulatory Officer
Thomas Sullivan
DTCC Digital Assets
Managing Director
5:00 pm
–
7:00 pm
Happy Hour Reception sponsored by Algorand
Mainstage 2
Sponsored by Willkie
8:30 am
Doors Open, Breakfast, Networking
9:25 am
–
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:30 am
–
10:00 am
True or False: Most token holders would have been better off if protocols had issued equity instead.
Kevin March
JPEG Trading
Co-Founder
Matt Zhang
Hivemind Capital Partners
Founder and Managing Partner
Michael Zajko
Lattice
Co-Founder
10:00 am
–
10:30 am
What Actually Drives Crypto Today: Liquidity, ETFs, the Dollar, or Fundamentals?
Ryan Silva, CFA
ParaFi Capital
Head of Trading
Moderator
Mike De Melo
RAAC
Chief Strategy Officer
Thomas Uhm
Qube Research & Technologies
Quant Research Director
Matthew Sigel
VanEck
Head of Digital Assets Research
Jim Ferraioli
Charles Schwab - Schwab Center for Financial Research
Head of Crypto Research
10:30 am
–
11:00 am
Will AI Agents Become Crypto’s Biggest Users?
Kate Laurence
Bloccelerate VC
CEO
Moderator
Sal Ternullo
SVRN
CEO
Sebastian Blum
Greenfield Capital
Founding Partner
Sachin Jaitly
Morgan Creek Digital
General Partner
11:00 am
–
11:30 am
What Macro Regime Is Actually Best for Crypto?
Kari Larsen
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Partner and Co-Chair of the Willkie Digital Works Practice
Moderator
Chris Kuiper
Fidelity Digital Assets
Vice President of Research
Melvin Deng
QCP
CEO
CK Zheng
ZX Squared Capital
Co-Founder & CIO
John Vincent
Wakem Capital Mgmt.
CEO
11:30 am
–
12:00 pm
Presentation by Stacks
12:00 pm
–
1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
–
1:30 pm
Tokenization and Stablecoins are Here, Will the Blockchains Accrue Any Value?
Nadine Teychenne
Citibank
Global Head of Tokenized Securities and Crypto Assets
Haley Huang
YZi Labs
Investment Director
Manoj Vasudevan
KAUST Investment Management Company
Director & Senior Portfolio Manager
Alice Li
Foresight Ventures / Bitget
Partner / Head of RWA
1:30 pm
–
2:00 pm
Can Crypto Hedge Funds Still Beat Bitcoin?
Avi Felman
Radhan Road
Partner
Moderator
David Grider
Finality Capital
Partner & Head of Liquid Investments
Thejas Nalval
Parataxis Capital
CIO
Michael Hall
Nickel Digital
Chief Investment Officer
2:00 pm
–
2:30 pm
Everyone Wants a Stablecoin. Who Actually Needs One?
Nisa Amoils
A100x
Managing Partner
Moderator
Matt Walsh
Castle Island Ventures
Founding Partner
Marius Barnett
Karatage
Co-Founder
Patrick Elyas
Pharsalus Capital
President, Partner
2:30 pm
–
3:00 pm
It's 2026, Do We Know How to Value Tokens Yet?
Max Williams
Runa Digital Assets
President & Portfolio Manager
Moderator
Andrew Moss
Jefferies LLC
Head of Digital Assets Research
Leigh Drogen
Starkiller Capital
GP and CIO
Nicola White
Robinhood
Vice President, Institutional Crypto, General Manager, Bitstamp
Evan Fisher
Portal Ventures
Managing Partner
3:00 pm
–
3:30 pm
Is Crypto Venture Capital Still a Good Business?
Marcos Veremis
Accolade Partners
Partner
Marc de Kloe
Theta Capital Management
Managing Partner
Danish Chaudhry
Paper Ventures
General Partner | Co-Founder
Michael Steinberg
Reciprocal Ventures
Managing Partner
5:00 pm
–
7:00 pm
Happy Hour Reception sponsored by Algorand
Mainstage 1
Sponsored by LMAX Group
8:30 am
Doors Open, Breakfast, Networking
9:25 am
–
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:30 am
–
10:00 am
If Crypto Is So Efficient, Why Are There So Many Middlemen?
Reed Werbitt
Flowdesk
U.S CEO and Global CRO
Kathleen Wrynn
Invesco
Global Head of Digital Assets
Eric Rose
StoneX Digital
Global Head
Hassan Bassiri
FalconX
Head of Trading Strategy
10:00 am
–
10:30 am
Public Blockchains vs. Wall Street Rails: Where Does $10 Trillion Actually Settle?
Sonali Theisen
Bank of America
Global Head of Digital Assets Platform, FICC E-Trading and Markets Strategic Investments
Devin Errico
Volt Capital
Head of Infrastructure & Trading
Alex Gluchowski
Matter Labs
Co-Founder & CEO
Ryan Trinkle
Obsidian Systems
Founder
10:30 am
–
11:00 am
Did Crypto Reinvent Gambling or Reinvent Markets?
Rok Kopp
ether.fi
Co-Founder
Genna Garver
Troutman Pepper Locke
Partner
Karan Sharma
Liberty City Ventures
Managing Director
Jeremy Wallis
Gate Ventures
Partner
11:00 am
–
11:30 am
Does the Future Dollar Live in a Bank Account or a Wallet?
Parth Gargava
BBH
Head of Digital Asset Strategy | Managing Director
Moderator
Austin Campbell
Aleo
Charles Michallet
Societe Generale
Director Digital Assets
Sam ten Cate
State Street Investment Management
Managing Director
Pete Najarian
Raptor Digital
Managing Partner
11:30 am
–
12:00 pm
Are Tokenized Assets Better Investments, or Just Better Infrastructure?
Steven McClurg
Canary Capital
CEO & Founder
Moderator
Joseph Chalom
Sharplink
CEO
Bhaji Illuminati
Centrifuge Labs
CEO
William Peck
WisdomTree
Head of Digital Assets
Thomas Sy
New York Life Investment Management
Head of Multi-Asset & Digital Asset Solutions
12:00 pm
–
12:30 pm
Lunch
12:30 pm
–
1:00 pm
Can Crypto Succeed without Consumers?
Mike Dudas
6th Man Ventures
Managing Partner
Blue Macellari
T. Rowe Price
Head of Digital Assets Strategy
Thomas Bailey
Road Capital
Founding General Partner
1:00 pm
–
1:30 pm
Where Does Crypto Actually Fit in the AI Stack?
Louisa Bai
Mysten Labs / Sui
Head of Stablecoins & Payments
Moderator
Johnny Garcia
VeChain Foundation
Head of Institutional Growth
Sarah Schroeder
Coinbase Asset Management
Co-CIO
Philip Suraez
NEAR Foundation
Head of Finance
Christian Crowley
a16z crypto
Partner, GTM
1:30 pm
–
2:00 pm
Is Wall Street Adopting Crypto or Absorbing It?
Paul Yablon
Room40 Capital
Founder and CIO
Moderator
Deborah Querub
Citi
Head of Digital Assets, Citi Wealth
Matthew Hougan
Bitwise Asset Management
Chief Investment Officer
Scott Lawin
Pantera Capital
President
Dennis Lee
NYSE
Head of Digital Issuance
2:00 pm
–
2:30 pm
Would You Rather Own the Token or the Equity?
Randy Little
50T Funds
Partner
Christian Lopez
Cohen & Company Capital Markets
Managing Director, Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets
Brett Tejpaul
Coinbase
Co-CEO of Coinbase Institutional
Jordi Visser
Visser-Labs, LLC
Founder
2:30 pm
–
3:00 pm
If Institutions Only Want Bitcoin, Stablecoins and Tokenized Assets, What Happens to Crypto?
Michael Ashe
Galaxy Digital
Chief Strategy Officer
Moderator
Ivan Miskovic
Quantum
CEO & Co-Founder
Vanessa Grellet
Arche Capital
Managing Partner
Raghav Chopra
Tephra Digital
Managing Partner
Pascal St-Jean
Coincheck Group
Executive Chairman and CEO
3:00 pm
–
3:30 pm
Who Wins the Stablecoin Race: Banks, Fintechs or Crypto Natives?
Lara Lyberg
Citizens
SVP, Digital Asset Platform and Product Lead
Moderator
Jean-Marc Stenger
Societe Generale Forge
Chief Executive Officer
Matthew Homer
The Venture Dept.
General Partner
Frederick Pye
Stablecorp
Vice Chairman and Founder
Chris Knight
LMAX Group
Managing Director LMAX Digital
3:30 pm
–
4:00 pm
Can Decentralized Networks Actually Beat Centralized Companies at Anything?
Aryan Sheikhalian
CMT Digital
Investor & Head of Research
Moderator
Austin Federa
DoubleZero
Co-Founder
Steven Venino
Strobe Ventures
General Partner
George Varghese
0G.ai
Head of Investments
4:00 pm
–
4:30 pm
Can a Protocol Be Successful While Its Token Fails?
William Herkelrath
Algorand
Chief Executive Officer
Francis Zhan
Tribe Capital
Investor
Utkarsh Ahuja
Moon Pursuit Capital
Founder & Managing Partner
4:30 pm
–
5:00 pm
Are Institutions Ready for Markets That Never Close?
Rajeev Sambyal
BNY
Managing Director, Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure
Charley Cooper
Ava Labs
Chief Operating Officer
John Zecca
Nasdaq
EVP, Global Chief Legal, Risk and Regulatory Officer
Thomas Sullivan
DTCC Digital Assets
Managing Director
5:00 pm
–
7:00 pm
Happy Hour Reception sponsored by Algorand
Mainstage 2
Sponsored by Willkie
8:30 am
Doors Open, Breakfast, Networking
9:25 am
–
9:30 am
Opening Remarks
9:30 am
–
10:00 am
True or False: Most token holders would have been better off if protocols had issued equity instead.
Kevin March
JPEG Trading
Co-Founder
Matt Zhang
Hivemind Capital Partners
Founder and Managing Partner
Michael Zajko
Lattice
Co-Founder
10:00 am
–
10:30 am
What Actually Drives Crypto Today: Liquidity, ETFs, the Dollar, or Fundamentals?
Ryan Silva, CFA
ParaFi Capital
Head of Trading
Moderator
Mike De Melo
RAAC
Chief Strategy Officer
Thomas Uhm
Qube Research & Technologies
Quant Research Director
Matthew Sigel
VanEck
Head of Digital Assets Research
Jim Ferraioli
Charles Schwab - Schwab Center for Financial Research
Head of Crypto Research
10:30 am
–
11:00 am
Will AI Agents Become Crypto’s Biggest Users?
Kate Laurence
Bloccelerate VC
CEO
Moderator
Sal Ternullo
SVRN
CEO
Sebastian Blum
Greenfield Capital
Founding Partner
Sachin Jaitly
Morgan Creek Digital
General Partner
11:00 am
–
11:30 am
What Macro Regime Is Actually Best for Crypto?
Kari Larsen
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Partner and Co-Chair of the Willkie Digital Works Practice
Moderator
Chris Kuiper
Fidelity Digital Assets
Vice President of Research
Melvin Deng
QCP
CEO
CK Zheng
ZX Squared Capital
Co-Founder & CIO
John Vincent
Wakem Capital Mgmt.
CEO
11:30 am
–
12:00 pm
Presentation by Stacks
12:00 pm
–
1:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
–
1:30 pm
Tokenization and Stablecoins are Here, Will the Blockchains Accrue Any Value?
Nadine Teychenne
Citibank
Global Head of Tokenized Securities and Crypto Assets
Haley Huang
YZi Labs
Investment Director
Manoj Vasudevan
KAUST Investment Management Company
Director & Senior Portfolio Manager
Alice Li
Foresight Ventures / Bitget
Partner / Head of RWA
1:30 pm
–
2:00 pm
Can Crypto Hedge Funds Still Beat Bitcoin?
Avi Felman
Radhan Road
Partner
Moderator
David Grider
Finality Capital
Partner & Head of Liquid Investments
Thejas Nalval
Parataxis Capital
CIO
Michael Hall
Nickel Digital
Chief Investment Officer
2:00 pm
–
2:30 pm
Everyone Wants a Stablecoin. Who Actually Needs One?
Nisa Amoils
A100x
Managing Partner
Moderator
Matt Walsh
Castle Island Ventures
Founding Partner
Marius Barnett
Karatage
Co-Founder
Patrick Elyas
Pharsalus Capital
President, Partner
2:30 pm
–
3:00 pm
It's 2026, Do We Know How to Value Tokens Yet?
Max Williams
Runa Digital Assets
President & Portfolio Manager
Moderator
Andrew Moss
Jefferies LLC
Head of Digital Assets Research
Leigh Drogen
Starkiller Capital
GP and CIO
Nicola White
Robinhood
Vice President, Institutional Crypto, General Manager, Bitstamp
Evan Fisher
Portal Ventures
Managing Partner
3:00 pm
–
3:30 pm
Is Crypto Venture Capital Still a Good Business?
Marcos Veremis
Accolade Partners
Partner
Marc de Kloe
Theta Capital Management
Managing Partner
Danish Chaudhry
Paper Ventures
General Partner | Co-Founder
Michael Steinberg
Reciprocal Ventures
Managing Partner
5:00 pm
–
7:00 pm
Happy Hour Reception sponsored by Algorand