OUR FIRST ROUND OF SPEAKERS

MEET OUR SPEAKERS

Bringing together the leading voices in crypto, TOKEN2049 provides attendees with the opportunity to learn from the most influential and established opinion leaders in the space.

Meet our latest speakers in 2025, and stay tuned for continuous updates on our growing lineup.

Michael Bucella

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Neoclassic Capital
Michael Bucella
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Neoclassic Capital
Bio
Sessions
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Max Resnick

Lead Economist
Anza
Max Resnick
Lead Economist
Anza
Bio
Sessions
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Justin Waldron

Founding Contributor
Open Game Protocol
Justin Waldron
Founding Contributor
Open Game Protocol
Bio
Sessions
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Viktor Fischer

Founder and CEO
RockawayX
Viktor Fischer
Founder and CEO
RockawayX
Bio
Sessions
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Samantha Yap

CEO
YAP Global
Samantha Yap
CEO
YAP Global
Bio
Sessions
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David Rhodus

Founder and CEO
Permissionless Labs / Pipe Network
David Rhodus
Founder and CEO
Permissionless Labs / Pipe Network
Bio
Sessions
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Eric Yip

Executive Director
Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong
Eric Yip
Executive Director
Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong
Bio
Sessions
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Orkun Mahir Kılıç

Co-Founder and CEO
Citrea
Orkun Mahir Kılıç
Co-Founder and CEO
Citrea
Bio
Sessions
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Bam Azizi

Co-Founder and CEO
Mesh
Bam Azizi
Co-Founder and CEO
Mesh
Bio
Sessions
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Stephane Gosselin

Co-Founder and CEO
OneBalance
Stephane Gosselin
Co-Founder and CEO
OneBalance
Bio
Sessions
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Rick Latona

CEO
WOW.AI
Rick Latona
CEO
WOW.AI
Bio
Sessions
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Henri Arslanian

Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Nine Blocks Capital Management
Henri Arslanian
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Nine Blocks Capital Management
Bio
Sessions
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Carney Mak

CSO
Tokenize Xchange
Carney Mak
CSO
Tokenize Xchange
Bio
Sessions
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Levan Bodzashvili

Board Member
Global Olive Corporation
Levan Bodzashvili
Board Member
Global Olive Corporation
Bio
Sessions
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Sevi Shehu

CSO
META EARTH
Sevi Shehu
CSO
META EARTH
Bio
Sessions
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Ella Zhang

Managing Partner
YZi Labs
Ella Zhang
Managing Partner
YZi Labs
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Sammi Li

Co-Founder and CEO
JuCoin
Sammi Li
Co-Founder and CEO
JuCoin
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Sergej Kunz

Co-Founder
1inch
Sergej Kunz
Co-Founder
1inch
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Reid Simon

Head of Institutional DeFi and Credit Solutions
Securitize
Reid Simon
Head of Institutional DeFi and Credit Solutions
Securitize
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Howard Wu

Founder
Aleo
Howard Wu
Founder
Aleo
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Navin Gupta

CEO
Crystal Intelligence
Navin Gupta
CEO
Crystal Intelligence
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Gracy Chen

CEO
Bitget
Gracy Chen
CEO
Bitget
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Tracy Jin

CEO
MEXC
Tracy Jin
CEO
MEXC
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Himanshu Tyagi

Co-Founder
Sentient
Himanshu Tyagi
Co-Founder
Sentient
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Jack Collier

CMO
io.net
Jack Collier
CMO
io.net
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Sergii Bulgakov

CCO
WhiteBIT
Sergii Bulgakov
CCO
WhiteBIT
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Arka Dhar

Chairman
ODYN NETWORK
Arka Dhar
Chairman
ODYN NETWORK
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu

Digital Operating Partner
KKR
Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
Digital Operating Partner
KKR
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Zon

Co-Founder
Initia
Zon
Co-Founder
Initia
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

Jim Cantrell

CEO
Phantom Space
Jim Cantrell
CEO
Phantom Space
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

George Bousis

Founder and CEO
Raise
George Bousis
Founder and CEO
Raise
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.

David Wachsman

CEO
Wachsman
David Wachsman
CEO
Wachsman
Bio
Sessions
No sessions yet.
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Bloomberg
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Chaos Labs
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Haun Ventures
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Nine Blocks Capital Management
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Securitize
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Inversion Capital
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Speaker
Santiago Roel Santos
Inversion Capital
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Founder and General Partner
Speaker
Sandeep Nailwal
Polygon
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Co-Founder
Speaker
Sam Kazemian
Frax
 | 
Founder and CEO
Speaker
Rob Hadick
Dragonfly
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General Partner
Speaker
Raoul Pal
Real Vision
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Co-Founder and CEO
Speaker
Richard Teng
Binance
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CEO
Speaker
Ran Neu-Ner
Crypto Banter
 | 
Founder and CEO
Speaker
Mike Horton
GEODNET
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Project Creator
Speaker
Mike Belshe
BitGo
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Co-Founder and CEO
Speaker
Luca Schnetzler
Pudgy Penguins
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CEO
Speaker
Nick van Eck
Agora
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CEO
Speaker
Kelvin Koh
Spartan Group
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Co-Founder and Partner
Speaker
Keone Hon
Monad
 | 
Co-Founder
Speaker
Mert Mumtaz
Helius
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CEO
Speaker
Justin Sun
TRON
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Founder
Speaker
Kain Warwick
Infinex
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Founder
Speaker
Jordi Alexander
Selini
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Founder
Speaker
Joe McCann
Asymmetric
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Speaker
Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Protocol
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Co-Founder
Speaker
Haseeb Qureshi
Dragonfly
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Managing Partner
Speaker
Guy Young
Ethena Labs
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CEO
Speaker
Emad Mostaque
Intelligent Internet
 | 
CEO
Speaker
Diogo Monica
Haun Ventures
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General Partner
Speaker
Cindy Leow
Drift Protocol
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Co-Founder
Speaker
Dan Morehead
Pantera Capital
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Founder and Managing Partner
Speaker
Arthur Hayes
Maelstrom
 | 
CIO
Speaker
Austin Federa
DoubleZero
 | 
Co-Founder
Speaker
Balaji Srinivasan
The Network State
 | 
Founder, Investor, and Author
Speaker
Arthur Breitman
Tezos
 | 
Co-Founder
Speaker
Armani Ferrante
Backpack
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CEO
Speaker
Ansem ​
Bullpen
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Co-Founder
Speaker
Alex Svanevik
Nansen
 | 
CEO
Speaker
Jim Cantrell
Phantom Space
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Irene Wu
Chaos Labs
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Advisor
Keynote
Zon
Initia
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Jason Kam
Folius Ventures
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Paul Faecks
Plasma
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Arka Dhar
ODYN NETWORK
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Chairman
Keynote
Christine Moy
Apollo
 | 
Partner
Keynote
Kartik Talwar
ETHGlobal
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
David Wachsman
Wachsman
 | 
CEO
Keynote
George Bousis
Raise
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Zoltan Pozsar
Ex Uno Plures
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Reid Simon
Securitize
 | 
Head of Institutional DeFi and Credit Solutions
Keynote
Sergii Bulgakov
WhiteBIT
 | 
CCO
Keynote
Ella Zhang
YZi Labs
 | 
Managing Partner
Keynote
David Rhodus
Permissionless Labs / Pipe Network
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Founder and CEO
Keynote
Zach Witkoff
World Liberty Financial
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Muneeb Ali
Stacks
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Scottie Pippen
Game 5 Ball
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Michael Bucella
Neoclassic Capital
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Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Keynote
Brett Tejpaul
Coinbase
 | 
Head of Institutional
Keynote
Raouf Ben-Har
Andalusia Labs
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Jack Collier
io.net
 | 
CMO
Keynote
Mustafa Al Bassam
Celestia Labs
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Himanshu Tyagi
Sentient
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Ogle ​
Glue
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Tracy Jin
MEXC
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Daniel Richard Murphy
CNBC
 | 
Anchor and Correspondent
Keynote
Misha Putiatin
Symbiotic
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
KKR
 | 
Digital Operating Partner
Keynote
Navin Gupta
Crystal Intelligence
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Gracy Chen
Bitget
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Howard Wu
Aleo
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Sergej Kunz
1inch
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Jake Brukhman
CoinFund
 | 
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner
Keynote
Sammi Li
JuCoin
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Christian Angermayer
Apeiron Investments
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Sevi Shehu
META EARTH
 | 
CSO
Keynote
Zaheer Ebtikar
Split Capital
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Levan Bodzashvili
Global Olive Corporation
 | 
Board Member
Keynote
Akshat Vaidya
Maelstrom
 | 
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Keynote
Carney Mak
Tokenize Xchange
 | 
CSO
Keynote
Ben Zhou
Bybit
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Yu Hu
Kaito
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Zooko Wilcox
Zcash
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Mike Silagadze
ether.fi
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Giovanni Vicioso
CME Group
 | 
Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products
Keynote
Fisher Yu
Babylon
 | 
CTO
Keynote
Lily Liu
Solana Foundation
 | 
President
Keynote
Henri Arslanian
Nine Blocks Capital Management
 | 
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Keynote
Stephane Gosselin
OneBalance
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Alex Gluchowski
Matter Labs / ZKsync
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Logan Jastremski
Frictionless Capital
 | 
Managing Partner
Keynote
Rick Latona
WOW.AI
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Orkun Mahir Kılıç
Citrea
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Bam Azizi
Mesh
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Robert Mitchnick
BlackRock
 | 
Head of Digital Assets
Keynote
Avery Ching
Aptos Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Thomas Short
Kamino Finance
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Roham Gharegozlou
Dapper Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Samantha Yap
YAP Global
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Rifad Mahasneh
OKX
 | 
CEO, MENA
Keynote
Matthew Graham
Ryze Labs
 | 
Founding Partner
Keynote
Max Resnick
Anza
 | 
Lead Economist
Keynote
Lasse Clausen
1kx
 | 
Founding Partner
Keynote
Gaurav Sharma
io.net
 | 
CTO
Keynote
Justin Waldron
Open Game Protocol
 | 
Founding Contributor
Keynote
Evgeny Gaevoy
Wintermute
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Haider Rafique
OKX
 | 
CMO
Keynote
Eric Yip
Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong
 | 
Executive Director
Keynote
Darius Sit
QCP
 | 
Founder and CIO
Keynote
Dan Greer
Defi App
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Carlos Pereira
BITKRAFT
 | 
GP
Keynote
Mathew Mcdermott
Goldman Sachs
 | 
Global Head of Digital Assets
Keynote
Sheldon Xia
BitMart
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Alex Kruger
Asgard
 | 
Founder
Keynote
Matthew White
Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Robbie Ferguson
Immutable
 | 
Co-Founder and President
Keynote
Antonio Juliano
dYdX Trading
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Mario Nawfal
IBC Group
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Teresa Goody Guillen
BakerHostetler
 | 
Partner
Keynote
Dyma Budorin
Hacken
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Theodore Agranat
Gunzilla Games
 | 
Director of Web3
Keynote
Nitesh Nath
DFlow
 | 
CEO
Keynote
David Marcus
Lightspark
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Keynote
Andrei Grachev
DWF Labs
 | 
Managing Partner
Keynote
Eric Balchunas
Bloomberg
 | 
Senior ETF Analyst
Keynote
Adeniyi Abiodun
Mysten Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CPO
Keynote
Rushi Manche
Movement Labs
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Sreeram Kannan
Eigen Labs
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Alexander Pack
Hack VC
 | 
Managing Partner
Keynote
Paolo Ardoino
Tether
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Jan van Eck
VanEck
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Jeremy Allaire
Circle
 | 
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Keynote
Abhay Kumar
Helium
 | 
Protocol Lead
Keynote
Viktor Fischer
RockawayX
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Yat Siu
Animoca Brands
 | 
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Keynote
Tarun Chitra
Gauntlet
 | 
Founder and CEO
Keynote
Shuyao Kong
MegaETH
 | 
Co-Founder
Keynote
Shiti Rastogi Manghani
FSL / STEPN
 | 
CEO
Keynote
Shiliang Tang
Arbelos Markets
 | 
President
Keynote
Jim Cantrell
Phantom Space
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Irene Wu
Chaos Labs
 | 
Advisor
Panelist
Zon
Initia
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Jason Kam
Folius Ventures
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Paul Faecks
Plasma
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Arka Dhar
ODYN NETWORK
 | 
Chairman
Panelist
Christine Moy
Apollo
 | 
Partner
Panelist
Kartik Talwar
ETHGlobal
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
David Wachsman
Wachsman
 | 
CEO
Panelist
George Bousis
Raise
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Zoltan Pozsar
Ex Uno Plures
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Reid Simon
Securitize
 | 
Head of Institutional DeFi and Credit Solutions
Panelist
Sergii Bulgakov
WhiteBIT
 | 
CCO
Panelist
Ella Zhang
YZi Labs
 | 
Managing Partner
Panelist
David Rhodus
Permissionless Labs / Pipe Network
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Zach Witkoff
World Liberty Financial
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Muneeb Ali
Stacks
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Scottie Pippen
Game 5 Ball
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Michael Bucella
Neoclassic Capital
 | 
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Panelist
Brett Tejpaul
Coinbase
 | 
Head of Institutional
Panelist
Raouf Ben-Har
Andalusia Labs
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Jack Collier
io.net
 | 
CMO
Panelist
Mustafa Al Bassam
Celestia Labs
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Himanshu Tyagi
Sentient
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Ogle ​
Glue
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Tracy Jin
MEXC
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Daniel Richard Murphy
CNBC
 | 
Anchor and Correspondent
Panelist
Misha Putiatin
Symbiotic
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
KKR
 | 
Digital Operating Partner
Panelist
Navin Gupta
Crystal Intelligence
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Gracy Chen
Bitget
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Howard Wu
Aleo
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Sergej Kunz
1inch
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Jake Brukhman
CoinFund
 | 
Founder, CEO, and Managing Partner
Panelist
Sammi Li
JuCoin
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Christian Angermayer
Apeiron Investments
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Sevi Shehu
META EARTH
 | 
CSO
Panelist
Zaheer Ebtikar
Split Capital
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Levan Bodzashvili
Global Olive Corporation
 | 
Board Member
Panelist
Akshat Vaidya
Maelstrom
 | 
Managing Partner and Co-Founder
Panelist
Carney Mak
Tokenize Xchange
 | 
CSO
Panelist
Ben Zhou
Bybit
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Yu Hu
Kaito
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Zooko Wilcox
Zcash
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Mike Silagadze
ether.fi
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Giovanni Vicioso
CME Group
 | 
Global Head of Cryptocurrency Products
Panelist
Fisher Yu
Babylon
 | 
CTO
Panelist
Lily Liu
Solana Foundation
 | 
President
Panelist
Henri Arslanian
Nine Blocks Capital Management
 | 
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Panelist
Stephane Gosselin
OneBalance
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Alex Gluchowski
Matter Labs / ZKsync
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Logan Jastremski
Frictionless Capital
 | 
Managing Partner
Panelist
Rick Latona
WOW.AI
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Orkun Mahir Kılıç
Citrea
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Bam Azizi
Mesh
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Robert Mitchnick
BlackRock
 | 
Head of Digital Assets
Panelist
Avery Ching
Aptos Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Thomas Short
Kamino Finance
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Roham Gharegozlou
Dapper Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Samantha Yap
YAP Global
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Rifad Mahasneh
OKX
 | 
CEO, MENA
Panelist
Matthew Graham
Ryze Labs
 | 
Founding Partner
Panelist
Max Resnick
Anza
 | 
Lead Economist
Panelist
Lasse Clausen
1kx
 | 
Founding Partner
Panelist
Gaurav Sharma
io.net
 | 
CTO
Panelist
Justin Waldron
Open Game Protocol
 | 
Founding Contributor
Panelist
Evgeny Gaevoy
Wintermute
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Haider Rafique
OKX
 | 
CMO
Panelist
Eric Yip
Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong
 | 
Executive Director
Panelist
Darius Sit
QCP
 | 
Founder and CIO
Panelist
Dan Greer
Defi App
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Carlos Pereira
BITKRAFT
 | 
GP
Panelist
Mathew Mcdermott
Goldman Sachs
 | 
Global Head of Digital Assets
Panelist
Sheldon Xia
BitMart
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Alex Kruger
Asgard
 | 
Founder
Panelist
Matthew White
Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Robbie Ferguson
Immutable
 | 
Co-Founder and President
Panelist
Antonio Juliano
dYdX Trading
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Mario Nawfal
IBC Group
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Teresa Goody Guillen
BakerHostetler
 | 
Partner
Panelist
Dyma Budorin
Hacken
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Theodore Agranat
Gunzilla Games
 | 
Director of Web3
Panelist
Nitesh Nath
DFlow
 | 
CEO
Panelist
David Marcus
Lightspark
 | 
Co-Founder and CEO
Panelist
Andrei Grachev
DWF Labs
 | 
Managing Partner
Panelist
Eric Balchunas
Bloomberg
 | 
Senior ETF Analyst
Panelist
Adeniyi Abiodun
Mysten Labs
 | 
Co-Founder and CPO
Panelist
Rushi Manche
Movement Labs
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Sreeram Kannan
Eigen Labs
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Alexander Pack
Hack VC
 | 
Managing Partner
Panelist
Paolo Ardoino
Tether
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Jan van Eck
VanEck
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Jeremy Allaire
Circle
 | 
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Panelist
Abhay Kumar
Helium
 | 
Protocol Lead
Panelist
Viktor Fischer
RockawayX
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Yat Siu
Animoca Brands
 | 
Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Panelist
Tarun Chitra
Gauntlet
 | 
Founder and CEO
Panelist
Shuyao Kong
MegaETH
 | 
Co-Founder
Panelist
Shiti Rastogi Manghani
FSL / STEPN
 | 
CEO
Panelist
Shiliang Tang
Arbelos Markets
 | 
President
Panelist

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