Austin - May 30th, 2024
AGENDA
Hear from key stakeholders at both leading institutions and top blockchain projects.
Thought Leadership Talks
Executives from across the spectrum of institutional crypto will unpack the pressing narratives and themes for institutions.
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Networking and Breakfast.
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Opening Remarks from Joshua Frank, Co-Founder & CEO of The Tie
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Moderator: Christian Ogden Davies, Global Head of Distribution and Innovation, Relm Insurance
Omar Azhar, Head of Business Development, Matter Labs
Marshall Beard, COO, Gemini
Jon Cambras, Head of Emerging Technology Research, Vanguard
Colin Cunningham, Head of Tokenization & Alliances, Chainlink Labs
Chris Zuehlke, Global Head / Partner, Cumberland / DRW
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Moderator: Young Cho, Founder & CEO, Blockhouse Digital
Justin Chuh, Head of Trading, Polychain Capital
Cosmo Jiang, Portfolio Manager, Pantera Capital
Ayesha Kiani, Chief Operating Officer, MNNC Group
Thomas Mattimore, CEO, Reserve Protocol
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Moderator: Casey Caruso, Founder & Managing Partner, Topology Ventures
Shayne Higdon, Co-Founder and CEO, The HBAR Foundation
David Kroger, Senior Vice President, StoneX Digital
Mark Mi, Head of VC Relations/BD Director, Near Foundation
David Micley, Managing Director of Business Development, Wintermute
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Midday interlude with lunch available.
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Moderator: Jennifer Murphy, CEO & Founder, Runa Digital Assets
Justin Barlow, Head of Business Development and Investments, SEI Foundation
Vijay Chetty, CEO, Eclipse Labs
Simon Letort, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Digital Asset
Kevin McCordic, Ecosystem Growth Lead, Marketing Lead, Monad
Rob Viglione, CEO / Co-Founder, Horizen Labs / Horizen
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Moderator: Sylvia To, Head of Token Partnerships & Research, Bullish
Austin Federa, Head of Strategy, Solana Foundation
Siddharth Singhal, Head of BD, Trilitech
Clara Tsao, Founding Officer, Filecoin Foundation
Nick van Eck, CEO and Co-Founder, Agora
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Moderator: Craig Salm, Chief Legal Officer, Grayscale
Chrissy Hill, Chief Operating Officer (Interim) & Chief Legal Officer, Parity Technologies
Bill Hughes, Senior Counsel & Director of Global Regulatory Matters, Consensys Software Inc.
Lee A. Schneider, General Counsel, Ava Labs, Inc.
Kristin Smith, CEO, Blockchain Association
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Light refreshments and networking.
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Moderator: Kumar Dandapani, Managing Partner, Cadenza
Omar Kanji, Partner, Dragonfly
Chris King, BD & Ventures Lead, Flow Traders
David Nage, Portfolio Manager, Venture, Arca
Stuti Pandey, Partner, Kraken Ventures
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Moderator: Josh Barkhordar, Head of US Sales, FalconX
Caroline Butler, Global Head of Digital Assets, BNY Mellon
Christopher Perkins, President & Member of CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee, Coinfund
Thomas Sullivan, Managing Director – Head of Digital Asset Business Development, Société Générale
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Light refreshments and conversation.
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Moderator: Nauman Sheikh, Head of Protocol Treasury Management and Derivatives Trading, Wave Digital Assets
Matt Ballensweig, Managing Director, BitGo
Hanson Birringer, Head of OTC Sales, Flowdesk
Kevin de Patoul, Co-Founder and CEO, Keyrock
Chris Schneider, Chief Product Officer, Kemet Trading
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Moderator: Mas Nakachi, Managing Director, Corporate Development & Principal Investments, XBTO
Kyle Ellicott, Investor Relations / Advising Partner, Stacks / Bitcoin Frontier Fund
Leeor Groen, Managing Director, The Spartan Group
Nick Hansen, CEO, Luxor Technology
Bhavin Vaid, Co-Founder, Halo Capital
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Moderator: Felix Hartmann, Founder and Managing Partner, Hartmann Capital
Jiani Chen, Partner, Protagonist
Kavita Gupta, Founder, Delta Blockchain Fund
Marc Weinstein, Partner, Mechanism Capital
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Closing Remarks from Joshua Frank, Co-Founder & CEO of The Tie.