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US Innovation in Crypto Conference (by Cornell Blockchain)

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On April 25th in New York City, explore "A New Era of U.S. Innovation in Crypto" at the 2025 Cornell Blockchain Conference. Taking place at Cornell Tech, New York City’s home-grown engine of new technologies and applied science, expect a highlight gathering of hundreds of leaders and attendees from Web3, Wall Street, Washington, and academia.

Here's the agenda:

2025 US Innovation in Crypto_Cornell Tech_Agenda and Speakers vApr.pdf
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Announced Speakers include:

Vasant Prabhu, Former Vice Chair & CFO, Visa

Cynthia Lo Bessette, Head of Digital Asset Management, Fidelity Investments

Keith A. Grossman, President of Enterprise, MoonPay

Rich Widmann, Head of Strategy Web 3, Google

Michael Shaulov, CEO, Fireblocks

Nadine Chakar, Global Head of Digital Assets, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Michael Sonnenshein, COO, Securitize

Emin Gun Sirer, Founder & CEO, Ava Labs

Neil DeSilva, Former CFO, PayPal Crypto and EIR, IC3

Natalie Golub, Head of UXR on Base, Coinbase

Walter Hessert, Head of Strategy, Paxos

Larry Wade, Global Head of Compliance, PayPal BCDC

Andrew Siegel, General Counsel and CCO, Galaxy

Puneet Singvhi, Founder & Former Global Head, Citi Digital Assets

Alexandra Scheibe, Partner, Steptoe

Adrian Wall, Managing Director, Digital Sovereignity Alliance

Anjan Vinod, Principal, ParaFi Capital

Ari Juels, Co-Director, The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3)

Leigh Gallagher, Senior Managing Director, Teneo

Ken Coghill, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services

John Wu, President, Ava Labs

Channi Greenwall, Founder & CEO, Olympix

Adam Israel, Co-Founder & COO, Mesh

TuongVy Le, Advisor, Anchorage Digital

Lincoln Murr, AI Product Lead, CDP, Coinbase

Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Managing Director and Head of Product & Research, Grayscale


Panels include:

The Future of Finance and the New Technologies of Money

Winning the Stablecoin Race

The Next Chapter of Payments

Responsible Innovation

Building the Bridge between Web2 to Web3

Navigating Legal Sea Change in Crypto

Managing Crypto Risk in an Era of Growth

Crypto x AI: Wen Near-Term Victories?

Gaining an Edge in Crypto Research

DeFi: Today and Tomorrow

IC3/Cornell Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day


Cornell Blockchain is proud to offer ticket pricing consistent with its mission to democratize Web3 awareness and to catalyze real-world use cases of blockchain technology. Student Tickets are $10.00 and Early Bird Tickets are $50.00 (Early Bird now extended until April 21st).

Please note: you'll be asked to submit your Title, Organization and Work Email Address after ticket purchase. This information will help us confirm Early Bird and Student ticketing. Thank you.

Location
Cornell Tech
2 W Loop Rd, New York, NY 10044, USA