ℹ️ About the Event
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Join us for a side event at Token 2049 in 🇦🇪Dubai!
BTC Summit is a premier one-day event dedicated to the evolution of Bitcoin’s ecosystem. Focused on BTCfi, Bitcoin Layer 2 infrastructure, and Bitcoin-Secured Networks, this summit brings together industry leaders, developers, and investors shaping the next wave of Bitcoin adoption.
With rising demand for Bitcoin-native utility, the conversation is shifting from speculation to real-world applications.
Program
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Scaling BTCFi: Real Products for Real Demand
Steven Enamakel, Creator @ Zerolend
Rok Kopp, Co-Founder @ Ether.Fi
Loi Luu, Founder @ Optimex
Ben Ungvari, Chief Growth Officer @ Braavos
Jullian Duran, CEO & Co-Founder, @ Lever Labs, Inc.
Moderator: Bradley Laws, Head of Foundation @ Union
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote: BTCfi Unlocked: Activating Bitcoin Through Shared Security
Filipe Gonçalves, Lead Contributor @ InceptionLRT
11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote: BTCfi Unlocked: Activating Bitcoin Through Shared Security
Felix Lutsch, Head of Ecosystem @ Symbiotic
Ali Boukhalfa, Director, Head of MENA @ P2P
Laurent Bourquin, GP | Chief Investment Officer @ MEV Capital
Matt Marshall, Product Lead @ Lombard
Aidan Bristow, BD @ Gauntlet
Moderator: Maksym Repa, DeFi Lead @ Lombard
12:45 AM - 1:00 PM Keynote TBC
Laurent Bourquin, GP | Chief Investment Officer @ MEV Capital
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM LUNCH
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Scaling Bitcoin: The Future of L2 Ecosystems
Fisher Yu, Co-Founder @ Babylon
Dr. Redouane Elkamhi, Chief Economist @ GOAT
Jeff, Founder & CEO @ Merlin
Kyle Ellicott, Executive Director, Stacks Asia Foundation @ Stacks
Hillary Adler, Co-Founder & Chief Commercial Officer @ BOS
Moderator: Zhixi Zhang, Ecosystem Growth Lead @ BOB
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Keynote: A Snapshot of ZK Rollup Economics on Bitcoin
Dr. Redouane Elkamhi, Chief Economist @ GOAT
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Bitcoin Staking & Restaking
Nick Stoev, Founder @ Mellow
Mirko Schmiedl, Co-Founder @ Staking Rewards
Rostyslav Shvets, Co-Founder, @ Stroom
Luke Xie, CEO & Co-Founder @ Satlayer
Filipe Gonçalves, Lead Contributor @ InceptionLRT
Moderator: Piyush Maheshwari, Head of Ecosystem @ Bima
3:45 PM - 4:00 PM Keynote: Unlocking Bitcoin Liquidity to Yield Opportunities
Kaitai Chang, Co-Founder & COO @ Yala
4:00 PM - 4:45 PM Institutional Adoption of BTCfi
Aki Balogh, Co-Founder & CEO @ iBTC
Connor Milner, Business Development & Partnerships @ Re7 Capital
Laura K. Inamedinova, Principal @ Gate Ventures
Richard Green, Director of Ecosystem Success @ Rootstock
Timothy Tan, Head of Sales and Partnerships @ Cactus Custody
Moderator: Ben Lakoff, GP @ Bankless Ventures
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Keynote: tBTC: Bitcoin’s Onchain Future
Sap, Co-Founder @ tLabs, @ Threshold
5:00 PM - 5:15 PM Keynote: Brotocol: Pioneering Bitcoin’s Next Era
Naqib Noor, CSO @Alex, @ Brotocol
5:15 PM - 6:00 PM Unlocking Liquidity in BTCfi: Onboarding Users, dApps, & Funds
Thomas Chen, CEO @ Function
Siddarth Sridhar, Founder @ Bima
Soumyaranjan Ram, Head of BD @ Hemi
Mads Mathiesen, Research Partner @ Maven11
Petter Ikekhua, Sales Director @ Kiln
Petr Martynov, Head of Growth @ Morningstar
Speakers
📷 Our Past Events
supported by Symbiotic, EigenLayer, InceptionLRT, Frax Finance, Gauntlet, Ether.Fi, Staking Rewards, Satlayer, Solayer, BOB, Altlayer, Alluvial, Byzantine, Function, Bitlayer, Multipli, Mellow, Renzo, Chorus One, Hemi Network, FOMO Factor.
Restaking Unchained: Decentralization Unveiled
in partnership with Bybit Web3, InceptionLRT, Morningstar Ventures, Cypher Capital, P2P, MEV Capital.
Hash Clash: BTC vs. ETH Yields
supported by EigenLayer, YieldNest, ZeroLend, Mellow, Stakestone, Staking Rewards, Gauntlet, Loop, Lombard and InceptionLRT.
sponsored by Stakestone, Staking Rewards, Nodeinfra, InceptionLRT, Davos, P2P, Acre, Mezo.
sponsored by Ether.fi, Lido, InceptionLRT, Kelp DAO, SSV Network, Zerolend, Nektar , Swell, Lombard, YieldNest, Loop.
sponsored by BOB, Stroom, Acre, Mezo, Threshold network, Bitlayer, Lombard, Davos, pSTAKE Finance.
LRT Summer during Token2049 in Dubai
in partnership with GenesisLRT, InceptionLRT, Davos, Bedrock, EtherFi, Yieldnest.
Modular Blockchains during Token 2049
supported by BlockPi and RPCList.
The Stake:Restaking Loft during PBW
in partnership with P2P network, SSV network, Ankr Staking, Genesis LRT, and Inception LRT.
Supercharge DeFi with Restaking: Unlock LRTfi
during EthDam co-hosted by Ankr, GenesisLRT, InceptionLRT, Davos, StakingWatch, Tagus Labs, RPCList, Diva.
DeFi Cocktai during ETH Taipei 2024
supported by Tagus Labs, Genesis_LRT, InceptionLRT, Davos, Ankr, RPCList and StakingWatch.
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