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.

  • Networking and Breakfast.

  • Opening Remarks from Joshua Frank, Co-Founder & CEO of The Tie

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Midday interlude with lunch available.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Light refreshments and networking.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Light refreshments and conversation.

  • 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

  • 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

  • Moderator: Felix Hartmann, Founder and Managing Partner, Hartmann Capital

    Jiani Chen, Partner, Protagonist

    Kavita Gupta, Founder, Delta Blockchain Fund

    Marc Weinstein, Partner, Mechanism Capital

  • Closing Remarks from Joshua Frank, Co-Founder & CEO of The Tie.