Connecting Institutions with Innovators

February 18th, 2026 @ ETH Denver, CO

On Wednesday, February 18th, 2026, The Tie will host our Innovate event, InnovateDenver. Innovate is an event series presented by The Tie at crypto’s major conferences, where investors and builders come together to engage in discussions that strengthen the industry’s momentum and increase interest in digital assets. The event series features three key pillars: networking with top-tier industry professionals, expert-led panels, and opportunities for 1:1 meetings with blockchain innovators. InnovateDenver was the first of these invitation-only events at ETH Denver 2024.

Past Speakers

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Cosmo
Jiang
PANTERA
General Partner
Joshua
Lim
FALCONX
Global Co-Head of Markets
Matt
Horne
FIDELITY DIGITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
Head of Digital Asset Strategists
Jerald
David
ARCA LABS
President
Eunice
Giarta
MONAD FOUNDATION
Co-Founder and General Manager
Olivier
Mammet
GEMINI
Head of US OTC Trading
Rena
Shah
TRUST MACHINES / GRANITE
COO

Past Agenda

2025 Agenda

2025 Agenda

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Main Stage

Opening Remarks
9:25 - 9:30 am
Crypto Narratives: What Stays, What Goes, and What’s Next 
9:30 - 10:00 am
Surging Digital Asset M&A and What it Means for Venture Investing
10:00 - 10:30 am
Will Stablecoin Growth Be The  Biggest Driver for Global Digital Asset Adoption?
10:30 -11:00 am
Is Gaming a Major Use Case
Of Crypto or Just Another Narrative?
11:00 -11:30 am
The Rise of Liquid Venture and What It Means for Digital Assets
11:30 -12:00 Pm
You Get a Chain, You Get A Chain, You Get a Chain
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Lunch
12:30-1:00 pm
Permissioned vs. Permissionless: How Enterprises Will Move On-Chain
1:00 - 1:30 PM
While Adoption has Lagged, TradFi Needs DeFi 
1:30-2:00 PM
Beyond ETFs, Opportunities for Institutional Investment in Digital Assets
2:00 - 2:30 pm
Generating Alpha On-Chain
2:30-3:00 PM
How AI is Shaping The Next Wave of Crypto Innovation?
3:00-3:30 PM
Bridging TradFi and DeFi for the Tokenized Future (Presented by RWA Summit)
3:30-4:00 PM
Stablecoin & RWAs: Yield Wars (Presented by RWA Summit)
4:00-4:30 PM

Upstairs Stage

Opening Remarks
9:25-9:30 AM
Real-World Asset Roundtable (Presented by Centrifuge)
9:30 - 10:00 am
Break
10:30 - 11:00 am
Digital Asset in the Macro Landscape (Presented by Fidelity)
11:00 - 11:30 am
Advisor Considerations for Implementing Digital Assets in Portfolios (Presented by Fidelity)
11:30 am - 12:00 PM
Break
12:00 - 12:30 PM
Whale Tales (Presented by The Tie)
12:30 - 4:30 PM

Location

Tom’s Watch Bar – Coors Field
1601 19th St Unit 100,
Denver, CO 80202