Kenzi Wang is an entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of Symbolic Capital and core contributor at Beacon accelerator. He previously served as Vice President and General Manager at Huobi Global and founded NEA backed Traction. Kenzi has invested out of multiple VC funds, previously served as a partner at Borderless Capital.

Luca Prosperi is Co-Founder and CEO of M0. With a 20-year career dedicated to building, advising, researching, and investing in financial intermediaries, Luca Prosperi has been at the forefront of transformative change in the financial sector. Before founding M0, his journey has seen him contribute to the evolution of some of the most impactful DeFi protocols, including his previous role in Lending Oversight at MakerDAO, advising investors operating in the space, and publishing his research at Dirt Roads.

Michael Lewellen is a technology strategist and software architect with 14+ years in cryptocurrency and blockchain. He is Head of Solutions Engineering at Turnkey, helping teams build secure onchain applications. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and contributed to protocols like Arbitrum and Compound. Lewellen is also active in policy and education, serving with Coin Center, the Texas Blockchain Council, and the University of Texas at Dallas, with a focus on security, governance, and crypto policy.

Min Teo is the Managing Partner and Co-founder at Ethereal Ventures, a leading crypto venture firm founded by Min and Joseph Lubin. Ethereal has 40+ portfolio companies globally, including Aleo, Element Finance, Aztec Protocol, and SpruceID. Prior to Ethereal, Min led venture investments at ConsenSys, previously built a fintech company in the UK and started her career in private equity.

Ms. Nopnuanparn Pavasant currently serves as Assistant Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thailand, where she leads the strategic direction of financial innovation and Digital Technology. She is responsible for overseeing the Digital Asset Policy Department, Digital Asset Supervision Department and the Capital Market Infrastructure Center. Since joining the SEC in May 2005, Ms. Pavasant has played a pivotal role in modernizing Thailand’s capital market regulatory framework. She was instrumental in the sixth amendment to the Securities and Exchange Act B.E. 2535 (1992), enacted in 2019, which laid the foundation for the development of FinTech in Thailand. She also contributed to the promulgation of the Emergency Decree on Digital Asset Businesses B.E. 2561 (2018), the key legislation governing digital asset fundraising and business operations in the country. Ms. Pavasant holds LL.M. degrees from Chulalongkorn University and the University of Cambridge, and a Doctor of Legal Science (SJD) from the University of Hong Kong. As Thai Barrister-at-Law since 2003, she previously practiced law at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal & Tax Consultants (Thailand) Ltd. Her distinguished career reflects a deep commitment to fostering innovation while upholding market integrity and investor protection.

Nassim Eddequiouaq is co-founder and CEO of Bastion, a pioneer in regulated stablecoin infrastructure and NYDFS-certified provider. Bastion is the stablecoin issuance platform for financial institutions and enterprises. Prior to founding Bastion, Nass was the Chief Information Security Officer at a16z digital assets and held senior management roles across Security and Infrastructure at Facebook, Anchorage, Docker, and Apple. He received a M.S. in Computer Science from Ecole d’Ingénieurs en Informatique. (or replace with preferred)

Nico Pei is the co-founder of Supernova, an on-chain rates exchange building markets for interest rates and FX. Previously, Nico built Logs, a stablecoin payments infrastructure platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), focused on seamless crypto commerce and cross-border payments. Nico has also worked across DeFi and crypto investing at Blockchain Capital and Bain Capital Crypto and began a career in fixed income trading at Goldman Sachs. Nico’s work focuses on building institutional-grade financial infrastructure and bringing predictable capital markets on-chain.

Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos is the Founder & CEO of Metrika, a SaaS platform powering real-time, dynamic risk management for digital assets, blockchain networks, and tokenized financial products. Metrika works with leading financial institutions, asset managers, and rating agencies to operationalize risk frameworks through a comprehensive library of Key Risk Indicators (KRIs) spanning financial and non-financial risks. Nikos has served on the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Technology Advisory Committee, contributing to policy discussions on DeFi, blockchain risk, and AI-enabled compliance. Prior to Metrika, he was a Principal at Cartesian, advising global telecom and technology companies on strategy, regulation, and market structure. He holds an MSc in EECS and an MBA from MIT, and a BSc in EECS with honors from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA).

Omer Goldberg is the founder and CEO of Chaos Labs. Through Chaos AI, Omer's team is turning complex market data into clear, actionable intelligence for traders, builders, and institutions operating in the most demanding financial environments. A technical founder who bootstrapped Chaos Labs before raising outside capital, Omer combines the engineering rigour he gained from leading teams at Instagram and Facebook with a deep technical understanding of financial markets.

Reid Cuming is the CEO & Co-founder of Ground and Co-founder of Superstate. Previously, Reid served as the COO of Superstate, pioneering tokenized securities enabled for DeFi, and as VP & GM of Compound Treasury, the first DeFi company to receive an S&P credit rating. He has also held roles at fintech companies Block, Stripe, and Chime.

Sean (Xiang) Ren is CEO and co-founder of Sahara AI (fka Quest Labs) a company pioneering a decentralized AI network that empowers individuals and businesses to freely and securely deploy autonomous, personalized AI.

Sébastien Borget is the Co-founder of **The Sandbox,** a virtual platform where players can create, play, own, govern and monetize their experiences using NFTs & SAND, the main utility token of the platform. He is also the Ambassador of **SANDchain**, a zk-powered blockchain built by the SANDchain Foundation to serve as a financial backbone of the creator economy. Through his work with both **The Sandbox** and **SANDchain**, Sébastien champions the mission of empowering creators worldwide, helping them own their assets, monetize their creativity, and build communities on-chain. Beyond these roles, Sébastien serves as the President of the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020, a non-profit organization comprising 600 key members within the industry. His contributions to the crypto and blockchain space have garnered significant recognition, including being ranked #4 on CoinTelegraph's Top 100 Most Influential People in Crypto for 2022: https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain/sebastien-borget The Sandbox extends beyond the gaming realm, earning recognition in TIME100's prestigious list of Top 100 Most Influential Companies in 2022: https://time.com/collection/time100-companies-2022/6159401/the-sandbox/ Furthermore, Sébastien has been acknowledged by Forbes, where he was honored as one of the OC Top 100 Creators for 2024 in the Gaming category: https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/15/forbes-open-campus-animoca-brands-celebrate-success-of-oc100--web3-education/?sh=34f296a23b9b