

CryptoMondays RWA In NYC Featuring A Fireside Chat w/ XDC's Ritesh Kakkad
CryptoMondays NYC at Pubkey will focus on RWA featuring a fireside chat with Ritesh Kakkad, Co-Founder of XDC, a blockchain specifically developed to support trade finance and RWA tokenization. XDC currently trades at $1.5B market cap, placing it #60 on CoinMarketCap.
Ritesh will be joined by Jake Claver, the CEO of Digital Ascension Group, the fastest growing RIA in the U.S. The conversation will be moderated by CryptoMondays Founder Lou Kerner, and will focus on the explosive growth of on chain RWA in 2025, the impact of new regulations on RWA in the U.S., and the outlook for stablecoins post the GENIUS Act.
Thanks to XDC for sponsoring the event, including drinks and food for attendees.
Speaker Bios below:
Ritesh Kakkad, Co-Founder of XDC is a founder, investor and blockchain strategist. As a serial entrepreneur working on the ideation and development of a Cloud hosting and a web infrastructure company, Ritesh's work has been recognized by the likes of Microsoft and BBC. Over the past 20 years, Ritesh has accumulated extensive experience in the fields of Cloud Hosting, Cloud Setup and Internet-Infrastructure. Ritesh is now leveraging his experience at XDC Network in the areas of Blockchain and protocol setup.
Jake Claver is at the forefront of redefining how family offices engage with digital assets and structure long-term wealth strategies. As CEO of Digital Ascension Group, he advises elite clients through a sophisticated multi-family office model. He is also the founder of Digital Wealth Partners, a digital asset focused RIA and leads Syndicately, an SPV investment management platform designed to streamline private market deals. Jake's YouTube channel has 100,000 subscribers.
XDC Network is a blockchain specifically developed to support trade finance and RWA tokenization. A highly optimized, EVM-compatible Layer 1, XDC Network reaches consensus through a delegated proof-of-stake (dPoS) mechanism, which allows for a transaction time of mere seconds, near-zero gas fees, and a high number of transactions per second (TPS).