Opening Remarks & Keynote

• Conference welcome & opening remarks

• Keynote presentation: Investment Strategies for Blockchain & Crypto

Speaker:

Alison Davis, Managing Partner & Chairman, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Matthew Le Merle, Managing Partner & CEO, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Mitch Mechigian, Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, London

Investment Strategies for Early Stage Blockchain startups in EMEA

• Investment thesis in EMEA

• Investment themes for 2025

Speakers:

Lasse Clausen, Founding Partner, 1kx, Berlin

Jascha Samadi, Co-Founder and Partner, Greenfield Capital, Berlin

Richard Muirhead, Founding Partner, Fabric, London

Blockchain TRaction in EMEA - Real Case examples

• Problems to solve

• Blockchain based payments & stablecoin adoption

• End user benefits

Speakers:

Chris Maurice, CEO, Yellowcard, Africa

Oliver Tonkin, Co-Founder and Group CEO, BCB Group, United Kingdom

Tokenization and the transformation of traditional financial products

• What is Tokenization

• How the Innovation is being Applied in Asset Management

• Investment Strategies

Speakers:

Mitch Mechigian, Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, London

Graham Rodham, CEO, Archax, London

Next Generation Real World Asset Tokens

• What are Real World Assets (RWA)

• Upgrading US banking infrastructure

• Tokenized oil and the future of energy markets

Speakers:

Matthew Le Merle, CEO & Managing Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors

Greg Kidd, Founder, Hard Yaka, San Francisco

Don Putnam, Founder, FlameCo, San Francisco

JP Thieriot, Founder, FlameCo, Miami

Fireside Chat with Bart Stephens

• Blockchain venture themes

• Venture approach & strategies

Speakers:

Alison Davis, Managing Partner & Chairman, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Bart Stephens, Co-Founder, Blockchain Capital, San Francisco

Blockchain and Washington DC

• Blockchain & US Politics

• US competitiveness in digital finance

Speakers:

Matthew Le Merle, CEO & Managing Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Ron Hammond, Senior Director of Government Relations & Institutional Engagement, Blockchain Association

Investment Strategies for Early Stage Blockchain Startups in the United States

• US Blockchain venture themes in 2025

• Considerations for equity vs tokens

Speakers:

Matthew Le Merle, CEO & Managing Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Matt Walsh, Partner, Castle Island, Boston

Nic Carter, Partner, Castle Island, Boston

How leading US Wealth Advisors, RIAs and MFOS are gaining exposure

• Public market crypto access

• Crypto ETFs and future developments

• Wealth manager crypto aspirations

Speakers:

Topher Nelson, Head of Digital Asset Research, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Matthew Hougan, CIO, Bitwise, San Francisco

Reasons why it makes sense to invest in blockchain venture and not just buy bitcoin

• The argument for blockchain venture

• Venture vs direct crypto

• Considerations for venture investing

Speakers:

Matthew Le Merle, CEO & Managing Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Sam Harrison, Managing Partner, Lightspeed Faction, Los Angeles

Blockchain meets Artificial Intelligence - Real Case Examples

• The interscetion of Blockchain & AI

• Decentralized compute & the future of AI agents

Speakers:

Joy (Yixuan) Cai, Head of Asia, Blockchain Coinvestors, Hong Kong, China

Albert Zhang, Founder, Compute Labs, Hong Kong, China

Nikolay Filichkin, Chief Business Officer, Compute Labs, Hong Kong, China

Investment Strategies for Early Stage Blockchain Startups in Asia

• Asian blockchain venture landscape & themes

• Rapid rise of web3 AI tokens

• Best practices & pitfalls investing cross-border

Speakers:

Matthew Le Merle, CEO & Managing Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco

Nicole Zhang, Partner, LIF Global, Singapore

Xiao Xiao, Partner, Hashkey Capital, Hong Kong & Singapore

Next Generation Protocols and Platforms - Real Case Examples

• Galxe & the future of Web3 loyalty

• Loyalty, digital identity & on-chain credentials

Speakers:

Klark Xia, Partner, Blockchain Coinvestors, San Francisco & Asia

Charles Wayn, Co-Founder, Galxe, Hong Kong