StakePoint NYC at Solana Accelerate
Exclusive Invitation — StakePoint NYC at Solana Accelerate & Digital Asset Week
Hosted by Marinade Finance
Date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Time: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location: Upon Registration Approval
Attire: Business Casual Attire
StakePoint NYC is an invite-only, high-impact thought leadership forum convening top digital asset allocators, institutional executives, and Solana ecosystem decision-makers during Solana Accelerate and Digital Asset Week.
Join the discussion defining the future of institutional staking and Solana’s next phase of growth—where capital allocation meets protocol innovation.
StakePoint NYC Programming
12:00 PM - Doors Open
12:30 PM - Opening Remarks
12:40 PM - State of Solana
Michael Repetny, CEO - Marinade
Dan Albert, Executive Director - Solana Foundation
1:05 PM - Data Insights
Hadley Stern, CCO - Marinade
Jim Myers, Co-Founder & CTO - Flipside
1:30 PM - Validator’s Edge
Nicky Scannella, Business Development - Marinade
Tomas Eminger, Head of Infratucture - RockawayX
Matt Wahl, Validation Cloud
1:50 PM - Break
2:00 PM - Institutions Are Here
Nick Ducoff, Head of Institutional Growth - Solana Foundation
Lily Liu, President - Solana Foundation
2:25 PM - Regulatory Fireside
Hadley Stern, CCO - Marinade
Dax Hansen, Partner - Perkins Coie
Alison Mangiero, Head of Staking Policy - Crypto Council for Innovation
2:50 PM - ETFs from Past to Future
Scott Gralnick, Head of Growth - Marinade
Micheal Sonnenshein, COO - Securitize
3:10 PM - Marinade Select
Michael Repetny, CEO - Marinade
Hadley Stern, CCO - Marinade
3:25 PM - Native Staking ETFs Panel
Moderator: James Seyffart, Bloomberg Intelligence
Panelists:
Stephen Scott, BitGo
Drew Hill, Chief Legal Officer - Canary Capital
Andres Valencia, Executive Vice President - 21Shares
Pascal St-John , CEO - 3iQ
Patrick Bush, Sr. Digital Assets Investment Research Analyst - VanEck
3:55 PM - Closing Remarks
Strictly invite-only. Capacity is limited and subject to approval.