Digital Assets Week USA | 185 Greenwich St, New York, NY 10007, USA

About Digital Assets Week USA

Digital Assets Week USA 2025 is a premier event focusing on the institutional adoption of digital assets. Organized by Juliet Media, this four-day conference brings together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators to discuss the evolving landscape of digital finance.

The event will cover a range of topics, including tokenization of assets, regulatory developments, and the integration of blockchain technology into traditional financial systems. Attendees will gain insights into the latest trends and strategies shaping the future of digital assets.

With a comprehensive agenda featuring keynote speeches, panel discussions, and networking opportunities, Digital Assets Week USA 2025 offers a platform for professionals to engage with peers and explore new business opportunities in the digital asset space.

Speakers

Nathan Brownback

Of Counsel, Financial Markets at Jones Day Jones Day

David Wieloszynski

Venture Capitalist at Plug and Play Ventures Plug and Play Tech Center

William Peckham

Head of Digital Assets at WisdomTree WisdomTree Asset Management

Gautam Midha

Head of Growth at Silence Laboratories Silence Laboratories

Ryan Rugg

Global Head of Digital Assets, Treasury and Trade Solutions at Citi Citi

Sergey Nazarov

Co-Founder at Chainlink Chainlink

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Brian Rabbitt

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Alexander Wilson

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Thomas Sullivan

Managing Director – Head of Digital Asset Business Development at Societe Generale Societe Generale

Kurt Fields

Director at Emerging Technology Advisory; US Blockchain Lead at PwC PwC

Charles-Antoine Michallet

Director at SGCIB Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking - SGCIB

Miren Aparicio

Head of Digital Advisory at BNP Paribas BNP Paribas

Cynthia Jackson

Vice President, Enterprise Innovation, Digital Assets & Blockchain Practice at US Bank US Bank

Malik Faizullah

Head of Blockchain Technology at Moody’s Ratings Moody’s Ratings

Sagun Garg

Global Innovation Director - Technology & Engineering at Julius Baer Julius Baer

Chelsea Lo

Senior Vice President, Digital Assets Business Development at Citi Citi

Dan Phillips

Head of Product - Distributed Ledger Technology for Markets at J.P. Morgan Chase & Co J.P. Morgan Asset Management

T. Prasanth Mathew

Global Head of Fintech at Platform and Digital Economy, US head of Technology - Cash Management at Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank

Rajeev Bamra

Global Head of Strategy, Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings Moody's Ratings

Jasmine Jia

Digital Asset Strategist at Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments

Lauren Stephanian

General Partner at Pantera Capital Pantera Capital

Richard Radnay

Head of Enterprise Technology, Risk & Governance at MUFG Investor Services MUFG Investor Services

Brian Rabbitt

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Wee Kee Toh

Global Head of Business Architecture for Digital Payments at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan

Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos

Founder and CEO at Metrika Metrika

Nathan Brownback

Of Counsel at Jones Day Jones Day

Rohan Ranadive

Head of Risk Management at WisdomTree Digital Assets WisdomTree Digital Assets

Jack Fletcher

DC Government Relations & Policy at R3 r3.

David E. Aron

Counsel at Jones Day Jones Day

Madeleine Boys

Head of Programmes and Innovation at Global Digital Finance Global Digital Finance

Edward Budd

Founder and CEO at Adhara Adhara

Guido Stroemer

CEO at HQLAx HQLAx

Bryony Widdup

Partner - Corporate and Finance at Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells

Connor Dougherty

Investor at Valinor Group Valinor

James M. McCarthy

Principal at Jameson Capital Jameson Capital

Elizabeth Yenko

Vice President - Innovation at New York Life Ventures New York Life Ventures

Joseph Silverberg

Treasurer at Deutsche Bank Securities | Head of Capital Management & Stress Testing, Americas at Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank

Mira Witzig Borja

Director at Citi Strategic Ventures Citi

Nick Cherney

Head of Innovation at Janus Henderson Investors Janus Henderson Investors

Atsi Sheth

Chief Credit Officer at Moody’s Ratings Moody’s Ratings

Katrina Paglia

Chief Legal Officer at Pantera Capital Pantera Capital

Joanie Xie

Managing Director - Head of North America at Ripple Ripple

Sanjay Vatsa

Regional Head - Americas at Apex Group Apex

Ami Ben-David

Founder & CEO at Ownera Ownera

Simon Barnby

CMO at Archax Archax

Stephan Dreyer

Managing Director at ANNA/DTIF anna

Daniel Coheur

Co-Founder & CCO at Tokeny Tokeny

John Salmon

Partner at Hogan Lovells Hogan Lovells

Max Heinzle

CEO and Founder at 21X AG 21X

Lior Lamesh

Co-Founder and CEO at GK8 by Galaxy Galaxy

Henry Zhang

CEO & Founder at DigiFT DigiFT

Simon Keefe

Managing Director, Head of Digital Solutions at Calastone Calastone

Aaron Kaplan

Founder and Co-CEO at Prometheum Inc. Prometheum

Lawrence Wintermeyer

Executive Co-Chair at Global Digital Finance Global Digital Finance

Natasha Benson

COO at Ownera Ownera

Ayishah Ma

Vice President at Arta Global Markets (a subsidiary of ARTA TechFin Corporation Limited) ARTA TechFin

Fabian Astic

Managing Director, Global Head of Digital Economy at Moody's Ratings Moody's Ratings

Michael Barrell

Founder & CEO at Juliet Media & Digital Assets Week Juliet Media

Elise Soucie Watts

Executive Director, Policy & Regulation - Board Member at GDF Global Digital Finance

Rory Callagy

Associate Managing Director, Global Head of Funds & Asset Management at Moody’s Ratings Moody’s Ratings

Matthew Le Merle

Managing Partner at Blockchain Coinvestors Blockchain Coinvestors

Alon Goren

Founding Partner at Draper Goren Blockchain DRAPER GOREN BLOCKCHAIN

Denis Dounaev

Product Owner at Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF) Digital Token Identifier Foundation (DTIF)

Leeor Groen

Managing Director at The Spartan Group The Spartan Group

Ryan Lovell

Director Of Banking and Capital Markets at ChainLink Labs Chainlink Labs

Sal Ternullo

Managing Partner and Board Member at A100X A100x Ventures

Ken Chapman

Head of US at XDC Network XDC Network

Timothy Curry

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Ben Hoxie

Associate at OM Venture Capital OM Venture Capital

Stephanie R. Breslow

Partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP

Vincent Gusdorf, CFA

Associate Managing Director, Digital Finance and AI Analytics at Moody's Ratings Moody's Ratings

Laura Pruitt

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Nick Christian

Head of FinTech at Silicon Valley Bank Silicon Valley Bank

Lamine Brahimi

Co-founder and Managing Partner at Taurus SA Taurus SA

Roger Bayston

Executive Vice President, Head of Digital Assets at Franklin Templeton Franklin Templeton

Tanisha Kohli

Senior Vice President – Data Operations at Moody’s Ratings Moody’s Ratings

Peter Hughes

Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Apex Group APEX GROUP

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Rob Behnke

Founder, Executive Chairman at Halborn Halborn

Abradat Kamalpour

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Chris Egan

Vice President, Securities Services – Digital Asset Product Manager at J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan

Caroline Butler

CEO of Digital Assets at BNY Mellon BNY Mellon

Ryan Marcante

Head of Strategic Asset Allocation at SEI SEI

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Dan Doney

Managing Director, Chief Technology Officer at DTCC Digital Assets Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)

Joe Melnik

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Joseph Chalom

Managing Director at BlackRock BlackRock

Evan Auyang

Group President at Animoca Brands Animoca Brands

Grace Chao

North America Lead, Markets Digital Asset at Citi Citi

Ryan Freeman

Director - North America at Ripple Ripple

Mike Reed

SVP - Head of Digital Assets Partnerships at Franklin Templeton Franklin Templeton

Jeremy Cleveland

Partner at Jones Day Jones Day

Max Stein

Director, Digital Assets at Blackrock BlackRock

Jian (Jay) Hu

Managing Director, Head of Americas Corporate Structured Finance at Moody’s Ratings Moody’s Ratings

Agenda

08:00 AM - Registration and Refreshments

09:15 AM - 09:25 AM - Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks - Fabian Astic, Michael Barrell

09:25 AM - 09:45 AM - Keynote

09:45 AM - 10:15 AM - Why Will 2025 be the Year of Exponential Growth in the Commercial Exploitation of Asset Digitization? - Peter Hughes, Max Heinzle, Caroline Butler, Ami Ben-David, Daniel Coheur

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM - Fireside - Navigating the Digital Finance Landscape - Roger Bayston, Vincent Gusdorf, Lawrence Wintermeyer

10:35 AM - 10:55 AM - Will the New Digital Asset Ecosystem Replicate TradFi Business Models? - John Salmon, Joseph Silverberg, Lior Lamesh, Rajeev Bamra, William Peck

11:05 AM - 11:25 AM - Collateral Mobility: The Key to Unlocking Real-Time Liquidity - Jian (Jay) Hu, Laura Pruitt, Natasha Benson, Charles-Antoine Michallet

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM - Fireside Chat - BlackRock's Adoption of Digital Assets - Joseph Chalom, Abradat Kamalpour

11:55 AM - 12:15 PM - Catalyst Pitches

12:15 PM - 01:30 PM - Networking Lunch Break

01:30 PM - 01:40 PM - Chairperson’s Remarks - Elise Soucie Watts

01:40 PM - 02:00 PM - Fireside - Apex Group - Peter Hughes, Daniel Coheur

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - The Buy-Side Puzzle: How to Drive Liquidity and Engagement - Ryan Marcante, Henry Zhang, Sagun Garg, Ryan Lovell, Ryan Rugg

02:30 PM - 02:50 PM - Fireside - Ownera - Daniel Doney, Ami Ben-David

03:00 PM - 03:20 PM - Bridging Tokenized Assets and Money: Are We Unlocking the Full Potential? - Maxwell Stein, Hitesh Bajaj, Dan Phillips, Sanjeev Birari, Daniel Coheur

03:30 PM - 03:50 PM - Fireside Chat - Launching and Scaling Digital Assets Services in the US - Cynthia A Jackson, Lamine Brahimi

03:50 PM - 04:10 PM - Transforming Post-Trade Workflows: Digital as the Ultimate Prize - Aaron Kaplan, Thomas Sullivan, Sanjay Vatsa, Daniel Coheur

04:20 PM - 04:40 PM - Fireside - Zoniqx - Sanjeev Birari

04:40 PM - 05:00 PM - Becoming Institutionally Enabled for Digital Assets: In-house Development or Commercial Partnerships? - Simon Keefe, Nick Cherney, Cynthia A Jackson, Ken Chapman, Simon Barnby

05:10 PM - 05:15 PM - Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

05:15 PM - 06:00 PM - Networking Drinks Reception

08:00 AM - Registration and Refreshments

09:15 AM - 09:20 AM - Chairperson’s Welcome Remarks - Fabian Astic

09:20 AM - 09:30 AM - Keynote - Credit Risk in Digital Economy: Rethinking Fundamentals for Digital Markets - Atsi Sheth

09:30 AM - 09:40 AM - Keynote

09:40 AM - 10:00 AM - Fireside - 21X - Max Heinzle

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Innovating Through Regulation: The Commercial Path to Compliance - Katrina Paglia, Stephan Dreyer, Abradat Kamalpour

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM - Fireside - Ripple - Joanie Xie

10:50 AM - 11:20 AM - Tokenization of Private Markets: Reducing Barriers and Improving Access and Onboarding - Rory Callagy, Stephanie R. Breslow, Ayishah Ma, Ryan Freeman, Denis Dounaev

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM - Fireside - Unlocking Liquidity on Exchanges: The Promise of Tokenized Money Funds as Collateral - Mike Reed, Simon Barnby

11:40 AM - 12:10 PM - Beyond Safe Storage: How Custody is Powering Liquidity & Institutional Trading - Chris Egan, Rob Behnke, Grace Chao, Leeor Groen

12:10 PM - 12:30 PM - Fireside Chat - Stellar Development Foundation

12:30 PM - 01:30 PM - Networking Lunch Break

01:30 PM - 01:45 PM - Chairperson’s Opening Remarks -

01:45 PM - 02:05 PM - Fireside Chat - Chainlink Labs

02:05 PM - 02:10 PM - Introduction to Roundtables, Main Stage

02:10 PM - 03:10 PM - Roundtable 1: Digital Economy - AI, Digital Assets, and the Evolving Technology Risks - Richard Radnay, Jasmine Jia, T. Prasanth Mathew, Malik Faizullah, Cynthia A Jackson, Thomas Sullivan

02:10 PM - 03:10 PM - Roundtable 2: The Impact of US Regulatory Changes on Institutional Digital Markets - David E. Aron, Brian Rabbitt, Elise Soucie Watts, Nathan S. Brownback, Laura Pruitt, Alexander J. Wilson, Abradat Kamalpour

02:10 PM - 03:10 PM - Roundtable 3: Unlocking the Future of Collateral: Tokenisation, Eligibility, and Market-Wide Mobility - Edward Budd, Daniel Doney, Roger Bayston, Chelsea Lo, Tim Curry, Ami Ben-David

02:10 PM - 03:10 PM - Roundtable 4: Tokenisation of Private Markets - Bryony Widdup

03:20 PM - 03:30 PM - Pitch-Back 1: Moody’s Ratings - Malik Faizullah

03:35 PM - 03:45 PM - Pitch-Back 2: Jones Day - Abradat Kamalpour

03:45 PM - 03:55 PM - Pitch-Back 3: Ownera - Ami Ben-David

03:55 PM - 04:05 PM - Pitch-Back 4: Hogan Lovells - Bryony Widdup

04:05 PM - 04:10 PM - Chairs Closing Comments

04:10 PM - 06:00 PM - Networking Drinks Reception

06:00 PM - Close of Conference

Palo Alto

08:30 AM - Registration and Refreshments

09:10 AM - 09:15 AM - Welcome and Opening Remarks - Abradat Kamalpour, Michael Barrell

09:15 AM - 09:30 AM - Chairperson’s Introduction

09:30 AM - 09:50 AM - Opening Fireside Chat - Evan Auyang

09:50 AM - 10:20 AM - Investing in Companies Transforming TradFi with Tokenization: When Will There Be a ROI, and How Big is the Opportunity? - Tanisha Kohli, Nick Christian, Sal Ternullo, Lauren Stephanian, Abradat Kamalpour

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM - Networking Morning Break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Outside of Pure Crypto – The Biggest Investment Opportunities for the Next 12 Months - Ben Hoxie, Timothy Curry, Matthew Le Merle, Sanjay Vatsa

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Investment in Digital Asset Infrastructure – Strategic or Inflection Point? - Jeremy Cleveland, Sagun Garg, Joe Melnik, Alon Goren, Mira Witzig Borja

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM - Networking Lunch Break

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - Pitch Session: The Most Bankable Blockchain Companies

02:30 PM - 02:50 PM - Closing Fireside -

02:50 PM - 04:00 PM - Networking Drinks Reception

04:00 PM - Close of Event