Agenda

To be announced

As digital assets move from experimentation to large-scale integration, financial institutions are navigating very different stages of adoption. In this panel, leaders will share their perspectives on what maturity in digital asset adoption looks like.

Scott Lucas

Head of Markets Digital Assets, J.P. Morgan

Sam ten Cate

Managing Director & Head of Digital Strategy, State Street Investment Management

Raghuram Rajan

Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago’s Booth School

Institutional DeFi is shifting from pilots to production, with stablecoins, tokenized assets, and credit markets now gaining real traction. But one thing is clear: no single blockchain will meet all the needs of global finance. To scale, institutions need the ability to move money, collateral, and tokenized financial assets seamlessly across networks. This session brings together leading voices from across the DeFi ecosystem to explore how a multichain financial system is being built.

Robinson Burkey

Co-Founder, Wormhole

Stani Kulechov

Founder, Aave Labs

The Trump Administration has opened new opportunities for the crypto industry, creating a more constructive environment in Washington. Beyond pending legislation, this panel will explore the actions the federal government can take through through agency rulemakings and supervisory guidance, executive priorities, international coordination, and public-private pilots. With perspectives from Summer Mersinger (Blockchain Association), Ananya Kumar (Atlantic Council), and Linda Jeng (Digital Self Labs), we will consider how the industry should approach the U.S. government in this pro-crypto era, and what lessons can be drawn from global peers to shape priorities for 2025.

Summer Mersinger

Chief Executive Officer, Blockchain Association

Lauren Belive

Global Co-Head of Policy, Ripple

Jonathan Levin

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Chainalysis

Linda Jeng

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Digital Self Labs LLC

To be announced

Hear from chef, restaurateur and humanitarian, José Andrés in a keynote interview with Ripple Executive Chairman and Co-Founder, Chris Larsen at Ripple Swell and learn firsthand how innovation is reshaping global disaster relief and delivering impact at scale.

José Andrés

Chef, Restaurateur and Humanitarian

Chris Larsen

Executive Chairman of Ripple

Crypto going mainstream is no longer a question of “if” but “when” – and while more Americans are getting curious, many are still held back by confusion, skepticism, misinformation and mistrust. Ripple launched the National Cryptocurrency Association (NCA) to help Americans understand and use crypto with confidence. In this session, Ripple CLO and NCA President Stu Alderoty will share how the NCA is bridging the gap between crypto curiosity and confidence, highlighting real benefits for people and businesses. He’ll be joined by crypto holders showcasing how they’re using the technology – from tokenized real estate to everyday transactions.

Stuart Alderoty

Chief Legal Officer, Ripple

Chrissi Burrell

Consultant and Caregiver

Brandon Frans

Real Estate Investor

This panel brings together leaders to discuss the evolving landscape of crypto-related threats, the tools and strategies being deployed to detect and prevent them.

Simone Maini

Chief Executive Officer, Elliptic

Jeff Lunglhofer

Chief Information Security Officer, Coinbase

Campbell Harvey

Professor of Finance at the Fuqua School of Business, Duke University

To be announced

This panel brings together leading exchanges to discuss how they are integrating RLUSD, building trust with users, and navigating growth strategies across diverse regions.

Jason Lau

Chief Innovation Officer, OKX

Thomas Restout

Chief Executive Officer, B2C2

Jack McDonald

Senior Vice President, Stablecoins, Ripple

Kieth A. Grossman

President, Moonpay

Hear from Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple, as he discusses what's ahead for Ripple, key crypto trends for 2026 and why he’s doubling down on crypto infrastructure for financial utility.

Brad Garlinghouse

Chief Executive Officer, Ripple