Since 2015, Consensus has been the world’s largest, most diverse gathering of the cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3 communities produced by award-winning crypto media outlet CoinDesk. The Consensus flagship event now heads to Toronto setting the stage for the most important conversation in crypto and Web3.
From hard-hitting conversations with visionary speakers to hands-on workshops aimed at solving industry challenges, developers, investors, founders, brands, policymakers and more will walk away with the tools and insights needed to continue laying the foundation of a more decentralized future.
It is called “Consensus” for a reason. This event is the primary forum where the industry comes together to discuss the most pivotal matters of the day, highlight the biggest successes and debate the most critical conversations.
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09:30 - 09:45 – Welcome Remarks – Michael Lau, Sara Stratoberdha
09:45 - 10:20 – Can We Call it an Asset Class Yet? – Andy Baehr, Anthony Scaramucci, Jonathan Steinberg, Pascal St-Jean, James Seyffart
10:20 - 10:50 – Tokenize Everything: Why RWAs Are Finally Here – Nathan Allman, Carlos Domingo, Robert Leshner, Tracy Wang
10:50 - 11:10 – The Future of Regulation: A Conversation with Adrienne Harris – Adrienne Harris, Cheyenne Ligon
11:05 - 11:55 – Stablecoins: Shaping the Future of Payments – Nadine Chakar, Kyle Hauptman, Jelena Djuric, Ian Allison
11:10 - 11:30 – Crypto Crime – Jonathan Levin, Cheyenne Ligon
11:10 - 11:40 – How Canada Can Lead Again – Jean Amiouny, Jelena Djuric, Lucas Matheson, Alex Tapscott
11:40 - 12:05 – The Next Stage of Evolution for NFTs/Memecoins – Nom BONK, Waabam, Roham Gharegozlou, Sam Ewen
12:15 - 12:30 – Introducing Identic AI – World Premier – Don Tapscott
01:10 - 01:40 – Fireside Chat with Raine Maida – Raine Maida, Michael Lau
01:40 - 02:15 – Bitcoin Unleashed – Muneeb Ali, Clayton Menzel, Seamus Rocca, James Van Straten
02:30 - 03:00 – The OG’s Talk Macro – Dan Morehead, Dan Tapiero, Eleanor Terrett
03:00 - 03:20 – Welcome to the Fourth Generation – Charles Hoskinson
03:25 - 03:45 – The Frontier: Game Economies as a Preview of What’s to Come – Hilmar Pétursson, Jay Hamilton
04:05 - 04:30 – Crypto Founders in DC – Nathan McCauley, Sergey Nazarov, Cody Carbone
04:30 - 05:00 – Fireside: Bo Hines – Robert Hines, Jesse Hamilton
09:45 - 10:00 – The New Era of Stablecoins – Mark Greenberg, Jack McDonald
10:00 - 10:30 – For Better or for Worse: How (If?) Institutional Investors Are Investing in Crypto – Steven D’Mello, Manoj Vasudevan, John D’Agostino
10:30 - 11:00 – TradFi Meets DeFi – Marc Boiron, Eric Chen, Nicholas Roberts-Huntley, Amanda Tuminelli
11:00 - 11:30 – Are Crypto and Credit the Match Made in Heaven? – Martin Green, Adam Guren, Sidney Powell, Adam Sporn, Jill Malandrino
11:30 - 11:50 – Moving Value Cheaper than Text – Ali Abou Daya
11:50 - 12:20 – Explosion of Yield-Bearing Stablecoins – Sam Broner, Matt Kunke, Ben Reynolds, Joseph Saldana, Zack Seward
12:20 - 12:50 – Bringing Securities Onchain – Michael Higgins, Ryan Rugg, Avtar Sehra, Ian Allison
01:35 - 01:55 – Institutional Adoption: Public or Private – Ethan Buchman, Keerthi Mougdal, Howard Wu, Henri Arslanian
01:55 - 02:25 – Is Wall Street Ready for Institutional DeFi? – Arun Krishnakumar, Blue Macellari, David Micley, Aoyon Ashraf
02:25 - 02:50 – The Next Evolution of RWAs – Raja Chakravorti, Mark Greenberg, Oli Harris, Brad Harrison, Andy Baehr
02:50 - 03:15 – Privacy is Normal – Matthew Green, Josh Swihart
03:15 - 03:30 – Fireside: Grayscale – David LaValle, Helene Braun
03:30 - 04:00 – Is it Time to Retire the Debate about Crypto Self-Custody? – Danish Ajmeri, Vardan Khachatryan, Aoyon Ashraf
04:00 - 04:15 – Fireside: Securitize – Michael Sonnenshein, Itai Elizur
04:15 - 04:30 – Fireside: Canary Capital – Steven McClurg, Andy Baehr
04:30 - 05:00 – The Shifting Crypto Litigation Landscape – Craig Salm, Matthew Solomon, Ryan VanGrack, Yesha Yadav, Lisa Pinheiro
10:15 - 10:35 – U.S. Crypto Policy – Marta Belcher, Katherine Dowling, Kevin Wysocki, Nikhilesh De
11:10 - 11:30 – Canada: Advancing the Digital Frontier – Andrei Poliakov, Brianna Sims, Koleya Karringten
11:55 - 12:15 – The End of the Prosecution of Software Developers? – Brian Klein, Nikhilesh De
01:00 - 01:20 – DePIN's Next Chapter – Bill Lakeland, Molly Mackinlay, Robin Wingardh, Benjamin Schiller
01:40 - 02:00 – DePIN’s First Use Case: Telecom – Neil Chatterjee, Andrew El’Lithy, Frank Mong, Justin Rosenberg
02:25 - 02:45 – Beyond the Hype: What’s Next for DePIN? – Ehsan Shariati, Yevgeny Khessin, Vinayak Kurup, Scott Foo
02:55 - 03:15 – The Tokenization Revolution – Michael Bucella, Thomas Cowan
03:20 - 03:40 – Kula and the Future of Tokenisation – Micah Yeackley, Samuel Chen
04:25 - 04:45 – Building the Tokenized Economy – Scott Foo, Josh Schwartz, Annelise Osborne
04:25 - 04:45 – Redefining Ownership in the Crypto Era – (no speakers listed)
10:00 - 11:00 – Crypto Regulation Lawyer Roundtable – David Adlerstein, Ivo Entchev, Michelle Gitlitz, Kayvan Sadeghi, Connor Spelliscy
03:30 - 04:15 – Navigating the Ever-Shifting Regulatory & Enforcement Landscape – Jessi Brooks, Leighton Dellinger, Jane Khodarkovsy, Ladan Stewart, Tuongvy Le
10:00 - 10:20 – Protocol Village: Metis – Natalia Ameline
10:20 - 10:45 – The App Layer – Peter Kieltyka
10:45 - 10:55 – Keynote: Kavita Gupta – Kavita Gupta
10:55 - 11:40 – Protocol Village: Movement Labs – (team)
11:40 - 12:00 – Bitcoin DeFi: The Ethereum Killer – Lancen LaChance
12:00 - 12:45 – Protocol Village: Chainlink – Sergey Nazarov, Nathan Allman
01:30 - 01:45 – Uranium on-chain – Arthur Breitman
02:15 - 02:35 – Unlocking the Future of AI & Web3 with Hedera – Ty Smith
03:40 - 04:25 – Protocol Village: Aptos – David Wolinsky
04:30 - 04:45 – Polkadot Beyond the Noise – Dave Sedacca
04:45 - 05:00 – Own or be Owned – Michael Toutonghi
10:30 - 11:45 – LGBTQ+ Allies Welcome Brunch & Reception
12:00 - 01:15 – Women are Her3 – Fem T3ch @ Consensus
01:30 - 02:45 – BLACK ON BLOCKCHAIN: The Vibe Check
03:00 - 04:15 – BTC Meetup Hosted by Colin Harper
05:00 - 06:00 – Consensus Networking Drinks
07:00 - 09:00 – Opening Night Reception with Nolcha Shows, Alt 5 Sigma, SWIVUL
9:35 AM – What the New Canadian Government Needs to Do to Lead in Crypto – Lucas Matheson
9:55 AM – Fireside: Animoca Brands – Yat Siu, Michael Lau
10:35 AM – Bitcoin in the Big Picture – Ben Gagnon, Matt Hougan, Tom Lee, Eleanor Terrett
11:00 AM – Keynote: Kevin O'Leary
11:10 AM – Crypto’s Next Chapter: Kevin O’Leary & Dean Skurka’s Inside Take – Kevin O'Leary, Dean Skurka, Tom Farley
11:35 AM – Fireside: Coinbase – Paul Grewal, Nikhilesh De
12:00 PM – Keynote: Decentral Inc. – Anthony Di Iorio, Christine Lee
1:15 PM – American Bitcoin – Asher Genoot, Eric Trump, Colin Harper
1:35 PM – Are Stablecoins Really the Future of Global Payments? – Jose Fernandez da Ponte, Anthony Soohoo, MacKenzie Sigalos
2:25 PM – Crypto Hacks and the Industry Response – Kumanan Ramanathan, Ari Redbord, Oren Wortman, Cheyenne Ligon
3:00 PM – The Future of Consumer Applications on Ethereum – Mike Silagadze
3:15 PM – Keynote: Vechain – Sunny Lu
3:30 PM – The Next Financial Superpowers – Michael Shaulov
3:50 PM – Fireside: Avalanche – John Wu, Michael Lau
4:30 PM – A Conversation with Dave Portnoy – Dave Portnoy, Tom Farley
4:10 PM – Fireside: Rumble – Chris Pavlovski, Jacquelyn Melinek
10:15 AM – Playing for the Future – Theodore Agranat, Sascha Mojtahedi, Minh Do, Jeff Wilser
10:40 AM – Changing the World, One Block at a Time – Andrew Berkowitz, Melyn McKay, Suzanne Pelletier, Marc Sepulveda, Leah Callon-Butler
11:40 AM – Deepdive with Enron – Connor Gaydos, Jacquelyn Melinek
12:05 PM – From Niche to Mainstream – Sebastian Benkert, Keith Grossman
12:30 PM – CMO Fireside: Kraken to the Moon – Mayur Gupta, Sam Ewen
1:45 PM – Blockchain Enabled – Scott Keeney, Frank Mong, Ahmed Nimale, Jennifer Sanasie
2:45 PM – The Artrepreneur – Erick Calderon, Mitchell Chan, Benjamin Gross, Sam Ewen
3:15 PM – Block to the Future with DeLorean Labs
3:35 PM – How to Build a Viral Web3 App – Dom Kwok, Phil Kwok
4:00 PM – Is Culture the Gateway to Web3? – Gareb Shamus
10:00 AM – Bitcoin Mining Data Presentation – Kaan Farahani
10:30 AM – Maximizing Blockspace Bitcoin Mining Revenue – Spencer Yang, Ben Harper, James Van Straten
11:20 AM – Mining on the Fringe – Ian Descoteaux, Mario Gutierrez, Phillip Ng, Colin Harper
11:50 AM – The Future of Cooling Solutions – Scot Johnson, Collin Kelly, Nishant Sharma
1:15 PM – Bitcoin Mining in the Age of Trump – Frank Holmes, Kevin Zhang, William Foxley
1:45 PM – Bitcoin Mining Capital Markets – Christian Lopez, Rachel Silverstein, Colin Harper
2:45 PM – Inside American Bitcoin – Michael Ho, Matt Prusak, William Foxley
3:45 PM – Evolving Treasury Strategies – Drew Armstrong, Jeff Lucas, Aoyon Ashraf
3:45 PM – The Future of Mining in Canada and the USA – Alex Brammer, Aaron Foster
4:15 PM – AI/HPC Strategies for Bitcoin Miners – Craig Tavares, Sam Tabar, Colin Harper
4:45 PM – Innovations in ASIC Manufacturing – Earl Mai, Nishant Sharma
10:00 AM – Fireside: Government of Bermuda – David Burt, John Darsie
10:15 AM – U.S. Crypto Policy – Marta Belcher, Katherine Dowling, Kevin Wysocki, Nikhilesh De
10:15 AM – Redefining Money in the Digital Age – Cactus Raazi, Pegah Soltani, Raagulan Pathy
10:55 AM – Stablecoins: The Backbone of Digital Finance – Ash Pampati, Fernando Martinez, Henri Arslanian, Joanna Wasick
11:40 AM – Is There Room for a Non-USD Stablecoin? – Evan Auyang, Steph Choo
12:45 PM – The Next Gen of Crypto Trading – Michael Ashby, Phil Sham
1:25 PM – Navigating the Future of Crypto Markets – Alfonse Mandese, Ambre Soubiran
1:50 PM – Trading Unchained – Brandon Comer
2:10 PM – Cloud-Powered Crypto – Andrew Smith, Toby Winterflood
2:45 PM – What Clarity is Needed for Institutional Staking? – Brian Crain, Konstantin Richter, Evan Thomas
3:05 PM – Made in Canada: Staking ETFs – Pascal St-Jean, Lorien Gabel, Helene Braun
3:25 PM – Assessing Risks with LSTs & LRTs – Laszlo Szabo
4:10 PM – Solving the Staking Liquidity Puzzle – Josh Deems, Mara Schmiedt
10:10 AM – PitchFest Semi-finals Session 1 – Rob Hadick, Rumi Morales, Kartik Talwar
12:00 PM – PitchFest Semi-finals Session 2 – Jake Brukhman, Keli Callaghan, Mickey Graham
1:40 PM – PitchFest Semi-finals Session 3 – Patrick Chang
2:35 PM – BitGo’s Compliance Playbook – Shana Vu, David Chachanko, Jay Grollman
3:30 PM – PitchFest Semi-finals Session 4 – Leah Callon-Butler, Sunny Parikh, AJ Scaramucci
4:45 PM – PitchFest Semi-finals Session 5 – Melody He, Alpen Sheth, Michael Zajko
7:30 AM – TRM Running Club Meetup
10:30 AM – Ethereum Meetup
12:00 PM – Decentralized AI Meetup
3:00 PM – Canada & U.S. Meetup
4:30 PM – Jobs & Hiring MeetUp
9:30 AM - David Goyer on How AI + Web3 Unlocks Creativity – David Goyer, Jason Zhao, Jeff Wilser
9:50 AM - Keynote: Juan Benet – Juan Benet
10:00 AM - The Quest for Yield: From Staking to Lending – Can Sun, Lorien Gabel, Alessio Quaglini, Andy Baehr
10:30 AM - Fireside: Tron – Justin Sun, Cody Carbone
10:45 AM - The World Computer's Memory – Muriel Médard
11:00 AM - Rebuilding the Internet for High-Performance Blockchains – Austin Federa
11:10 AM - How Canada Can Lead Again – Jean Amiouny, Jelena Djuric, Lucas Matheson, Alex Tapscott
11:40 AM - The Next Stage of Evolution for NFTs/Memecoins – Nom BONK, Waabam, Roham Gharegozlou, Sam Ewen
12:05 PM - Fireside: Cycles – Ethan Buchman, Benjamin Schiller
12:25 PM - Expanding Crypto Access in a Global Market – Johann Kerbrat, MacKenzie Sigalos
1:50 PM - The Future of Ethereum – Paul Brody, Josh Stark
2:30 PM - EasyA Consensus Hackathon Finals
2:45 PM - CoinDesk PitchFest Finals – Anthony Di Iorio, David Pakman
3:15 PM - Finding Alpha in the Age of Agents – Carson Farmer, David Minarsch, Saad Naja, Rahul Patel, Leah Callon-Butler
4:20 PM - Winner Announcement PitchFest + Hackathon
4:30 PM - A Conversation with Dave Portnoy – Dave Portnoy, Tom Farley
10:10 AM - Welcome Remarks – Jeff Wilser
10:20 AM - From Memecoin Mania to Real Results – Leemon Baird, Humayun Sheikh, Matt Wright
10:50 AM - Data is the New Oil – Anna Kazlauskas
11:05 AM - AI+Blockchain Infra – David Fields, Michael Heinrich, Eric Winer, Chi Zhang
11:35 AM - Wow AI Summit CEO Fireside – Rick Latona
11:55 AM - Meet Your Super Intelligent Personal Assistant – Ben Wu
12:10 PM - Is Web3 Losing the AI Race? – Ben Fielding, Jesus Rodriguez, Clara Tsao, Jeff Wilser
12:30 PM - Froth vs. Function: The VC Perspective – Jake Brukhman, Steven Waterhouse, Lia Müller Peña
1:45 PM - Davids vs. Goliath – Mark Rydon, Jing Sun, Benjamin Schiller
2:10 PM - Flip AI Anxiety to Advantage – Misha da Vinci
2:30 PM - How to Scale Decentralized AI – Juan Benet, Lisa Loud
3:00 PM - Why Closed AI is Already Cooked – David Johnston
3:45 PM - How AI Agents and Humanoid Robots Will Reshape Society – Shaw Walters
4:05 PM - Hot DeFAI Summer – Lia Müller Peña, Matt Lockyer, Griffin Dunaif
4:35 PM - The (Blockchain-Powered) Brain-Computer Interface – Trent McConaghy
10:15 AM - Fireside: Government of Bermuda – David Burt, John Darsie
10:35 AM - Navigating On-chain Liquidity – Chris Chung, Simon Jones, Ian Allison
10:55 AM - On the Rise of BTCfi – Jaz Gulati, Sunny Ray, Lukasz Wicher, James Van Straten
1:00 PM - Canada Hub Exploration (2h)
2:45 PM - What Clarity is Needed for Institutional Staking? – Brian Crain, Konstantin Richter, Evan Thomas
3:05 PM - Canadian Staking ETFs – Pascal St-Jean, Lorien Gabel, Helene Braun
3:25 PM - Assessing Risks with LSTs & LRTs – Laszlo Szabo
4:10 PM - Solving the Staking Liquidity Puzzle for ETFs – Josh Deems, Mara Schmiedt
10:05 AM - Startup Spotlight 1
10:10 AM - Startup Spotlight: Quidax
10:40 AM - VC Panel – Samantha Bohbot, Charlie Morris, Catrina Wang
11:15 AM - Startup Spotlight: Kite AI
11:20 AM - Startup Spotlight: 0g.ai – Michael Heinrich
11:35 AM - Keynote: CoinFund – David Pakman
12:00 PM - VC Panel – Alpen Sheth, Patrick Chang, Melody He
12:35 PM - Startup Spotlight 7
12:40 PM - Startup Spotlight 8
12:45 PM - Startup Spotlight: PIN AI – Ben Wu
12:50 PM - Startup Spotlight: Sahara – Jesse Guild
2:00 PM - Vitalik: An Ethereum Story Screening + Q&A – Zach Ingrasci
11:00 AM - Research Symposium (2h)
1:00 PM - Canada Hub Exploration (continues)
4:45 PM - Innovations in ASIC Manufacturing – Earl Mai, Nishant Sharma
12:00 PM - DeFi Meetup: From Bear Market to Builder Era
3:00 PM - Canada & U.S. Meetup
4:30 PM - Jobs & Hiring MeetUp – The Talent Exchange
Other Events
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM – Consensus Closing Party by DeLorean Labs × Otherlife × Rug Radio – Steam Whistle Brewery