If you didn't manage to get a ticket to the conference, never fear!
You can follow along on our livestream: Track 1, Track 2, workshops.
Please note that this schedule is subject to changes up until the conference.
CZ, Binance Justin Sun, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO & Founder of TRON Nikita Inshakov, Everscale Tief (Jeffrey Tiefenthaler), Solar Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Aleksander Leonard Larsen, Co-Founder & COO at Axie Infinity Panelist Abhishek Anand, Business Head at IndiGG Panelist Miles Anthony, Decentral Games Moderator Matt Zahab, Cryptonews Panelist Clayton Roche, Community Lead at UMA Panelist Jaynti Kanani, Founder at Polygon Panelist Matthew Graham, CEO at Sino Global Capital Panelist Melody He, Co-Founder at Spartan Group Moderator Andy Cavanaugh, DeFi Slate Panelist Varun Vruddhula, CEO at Hashflow Panelist Nikita Inshakov, CEO at Hyperflex Studio Panelist Captain ApolloX Panelist Leonard, Co-Founder of PearDAO If you were around in the early days of decentralized finance, then you might remember what it was like to use the very first wave of decentralized exchanges. Slow, clunky, unintuitive and downright frustrating. These are some of the first adjectives that come to mind when describing most of these platforms. But things have come a long way in recent years, and decentralized exchanges are beginning to rapidly encroach on both the utility and usability of centralized platforms — which still remain the dominant way for cryptocurrency users to trade today. The panel delves into the history of DEXes and what they are up to today. Moderator Andrew Hayward, Decrypt Panelist Travis Wu, CEO at Highstreet Panelist Aaron Koh, Head of Marketing at Klaytn Panelist Tief (Jeffrey Tiefenthaler), Senior Brand Ambassador at Solar The term "metaverse" is used so often in the crypto space now, you'd almost forget that it's still a new concept. What exactly is the metaverse? How are crypto projects using this concept to expand their offerings and connect with their users? How is the world reacting to the onset of a metaverse-centered life? Host Davier Mu, CMC Speaker Raman Shalupau, CryptoJobsList Moderator Jacob Oliver, Cryptobriefing Panelist Rooter 0x, Founder at Solend Panelist Brad Harrison, CEO at Venus Protocol Panelist Jennifer Senhaji, Growth at Maker In the last three months of 2021, VCs invested over $10.5 billion in crypto and blockchain startups. That is no small amount of money. In this panel, some of the top VC firms in the crypto space will go over what they look for when investing in DeFi and what they’ve noticed has changed in crypto investment over the past few years. Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Michael Saylor, MicroStrategy Moderator Steven Erhlich, Forbes Panelist Kyle Samani, Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital Panelist Augustus Ilag, Sequoia Capital Panelist Romit Mehta, Lightspeed Venture Partners Moderator Brian McGleenon, Yahoo! Finance Panelist Amitej Gajjala, CEO & Co-Founder at StaderLabs Panelist Torab Torabi, Head of Partnerships & BD at Marinade Finance Panelist Kelvin Lam, Project Lead at Athos Finance & Linear Finance In the face of limitations surrounding both self staking and exchange staking, liquid staking comes as an innovative alternative to sidestep risks associated with illiquidity, complexity and centralization. Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Danny Chong, Co-Founder at Tranchess Panelist Hisham Khan, CEO/ Founder at Aldrin Panelist Marcus Aurelius, Core Contributor at KlimaDAO Panelist Tycho Onash, TrustMachines (Stacks) DeFi took the world by storm two years ago with the launch of Yearn.Finance. Now, we are already onto the next thing — DeFi 2.0. While not an easy concept to grasp right away, this panel discussion will delve into what DeFi 2.0 looks like right now, the newest innovations in liquidity mining, and how DAOs factor into the DeFi 2.0 landscape. Moderator Sam Yap, YAP Global Panelist Alvin Kan, Director of Business Operations at BNB Chain Panelist Jay Kurahashi Sofue, VP of Marketing at Ava Labs Panelist Ryan Watt, CEO at Polygon Studios Play-to-earn gaming and the metaverse often go hand-in-hand — and both are some of the largest growing industries in the crypto space right now. In this panel, we will discuss the current amount of investments into P2E and the metaverse, where these investments come from, and how people expect to see these industries grow. Lucas Outomuro, IntoTheBlock Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Ahmed Al-Balaghi, CEO at Biconomy Panelist Jan Liphardt, Founder & Chief Technologist at Boba Network, Boba Panelist Leo Chen, VP of Engineering at Harmony Protocol, Harmony Blockchains are clearly at the heart of cryptocurrency development. In our current, mulit-chain world, some believe that we are already far behind a one-chain vision. But what is the purpose of multiple blockchains? How can we take advantage of concurrent technologies? In this panel, we will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of the current state of blockchain development, scalabity and interoperability. Moderator Zack Seward, Coindesk Panelist Nikita Ovchinnik, CBDO at 1inch Panelist Yenwen Feng, Co-Founder at Perpetual Protocol Panelist Milan Patel, Head of BD at Orca Decentralized exchanges have already become the norm in crypto. As people are more cautious about keeping their money on centralized exchanges, and as more decentralized exchanges are coming up with ways to give even more ownership back to their users, DEXes will always be a big topic of conversation. In this panel discussion, we will explore the issue of governance tokens in DEXes, their usability, their benefits over more traditional exchanges and what is in store for some of the largest DEXes in 2022. Moderator Orian Tal, MarketAcross Panelist Sebastien Borget, COO & Co-Founder of The Sandbox Panelist Quantum Wilder, CMO at Wilder World Panelist Kieren Warwick, Co-Founder at Illuvium The metaverse was the buzzword of the past few months, but it’s no longer quite a buzzword anymore — things are actually being built in the metaverse, projects have launched, and economies are being built and running in these meta worlds. But how exactly can you make the most of participation in a metaverse economy? Some of the top metaverse studios and projects will discuss how they see the role of virtual economies in the metaverse shaking out, and what they hope to grow in the rest of 2022. Weso Beefy Moderator Dan Roberts, Decrypt Dan Held, Kraken Moderator Pete Rizzo, Bitcoin Magazine Samson Mow, Jan3 Justin Sun, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Grenada to the WTO & Founder of TRON Shiti Rastogi Manghani, STEPN Dave Shin, Klaytn Moderator Elizabeth Bopp, Cryptonews Panelist Wilson Wei, Co-founder & CEO at CyberConnect Panelist George Harrap, Co-Founder at Step Finance Data is so important (and not just at CoinMarketCap) — good data tells traders when to trade, it tells journalists how to cover a space, and it lets protocols and smart contracts work in a fundamental way. In this panel, we will go over the importance of data and its functions in NFTs and the growing Web3 world MagicEden Moderator Molly Jane, CMC Rush, CMC Eowyn Chen, Trust Wallet Moderator Dan Roberts, Decrypt Panelist Ty Blackard, Co-Founder/ Director of Biz Dev, NFTY Labs Panelist William Quigley, CEO and Co-founder, Wax Panelist Shiti Rastogi Manghani, CMO at STEPN Panelist Spencer Yang, CEO, Gomu NFTs are no longer just digital art — they are being used for a range of uses, from concert tickets to proof of ownership of various types of items. In this panel, we discuss what other ways NFTs can help us in our lives beyond digital art. Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Samsul Karim, Business & Ecosystem Development at BNB Chain Panelist Luigi D'Onorio DeMeo, Head of DeFi at Ava Labs Panelist Michael Kong, CEO at Fantom Foundation Panelist Dani Osorio, Partner, MetaWeb/NEAR Protocol Jacob Blish, Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Lido Moderator Molly Jane, CMC Panelist Leon Lee, Founder and CEO at Only1 Panelist Zach Burks, CEO of Mintable Panelist Cami Russo, Editor of The Defiant and Author & Executive Producer of The Infinite Machine Panelist Luca Schnetzler, CEO of Pudgy Penguins Moderator Kate Irwin, Decrypt Panelist Paul Caslin, Founder HELLO Panelist Neeraj Roy, Co-Founder at Hefty Entertainment Panelist Noah Gaynor, Co-Founder and CEO at Parcel Moderator John Ricker, Cointelegraph Panelist Ravindra Kumar, Founder and CEO Frontier (DeFi) Panelist Eowyn Chen, CEO at Trustwallet Panelist Luke Mulks, VP Business Operations at Brave/BAT Wallets are a key part of the Web3 world — as adoption becomes more global, different types of protocols have been working on solving different types of uses cases to bring in more users. In this panel, we will focus on what wallets developments look like in the Web3 space. Jamil Dhanani, Stacks Molly Jane, CMC Moderator Molly Jane, CMC Moderator Olivia Capozzalo, OKX Panelist Andre Vanyi-Robin, CEO at Plastiks Panelist Raphaël Haupt, Founder at Toucan Protocol Panelist Shiti Rastogi Manghani, CMO at Stepn The issue of cryptocurrency and its environmental impact can be a loud one — and it's an issue that is not going away. In this panel, we will dissect the current impact of crypto protocol and NFTs on the environment, what can be done to make crypto as ecologically friendly as possible and what to expect from the environmentally minded crypto crowd in the coming years. Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Marko Baricevic, the Cosmos SDK Product Lead Panelist Terry Wilkinson, Head of Ecosystem Development at Klaytn Panelist Denko Mancheski, CEO at Reef Panelist Mustafa Al-Bassam, CEO at Celestia The blockchain space is constantly growing as new layer 1 applications are being launched across all networks. In this panel, our speakers will break down their own experiences building with layer 1 blockchain protocols and the problems and solutions that they have found along the way. Moderator Bailey Reutzel, Influencer Panelist Roniel Rumburg, Co-Founder and CEO Audius Panelist Clement Lesaege, Founder at Proof of Humanity Panelist Nathan VDH, Ecosystem Lead at Snapshot Moderator Connor Sephton, CMC Panelist Michael Gord, CEO of GDA & Everscale Foundation member Panelist Eric Chen, CEO and Co-Founder at Injective Labs Panelist Dave Uhryniak, Director of Blockchain Strategy at TRON DAOSchedule
Thursday, May 26, 2022
The State of Crypto: CZ
A Word From Our Sponsor: TronDAO
A Word From Our Sponsor: Everscale
A Word From Our Sponsor: Solar
Around the World With Play-to-Earn
Play-to-earn games have traditionally been most popular in Southeast Asia and other developing parts of the world. Is this still true? In this panel, we will discuss the birth of the P2E industry, where most of its players began and where they are now. How has P2E transformed since the launch of some of its most famous games, like Axie Infinity and Yield Guild Games?Next Big Thing to Keep Our Eyes On: DeFi Dissected
DeFi is a huge space — predicting what will be the “next big thing” is basically an entire job on its own. In this panel, we have assembled some of the top crypto thinkers to give their perspective on what they are most looking out for in 2022.The Evolution of DEXes
Welcome to the Metaverse
How to Get Hired in Crypto: “The Work-to-Earn Paradigm”
Lending in DeFi
A Fireside Chat With Michael Saylor
Who's Funding DeFi?
Liquid Staking: Explained
In this panel, we will discuss the current status of liquid staking in the industry and what role it can play in the future.Beyond DeFi 1.0
Who Is Funding the Metaverse?
How to Extract On-Chain Data for Research: IntoTheBlock
A Multi-Blockchain World
Current Trends in DEXes
Virtual Economies in the Metaverse
Are You the Yield? With Beefy Finance
A Fireside Chat With Dan Held
A Fireside Chat With Samson Mow
Friday, May 27, 2022
A Keynote From Justin Sun
A Word From Our Sponsor: STEPN
A Word From Our Sponsor: Klaytn
Data, NFTs and Web3 — How the Three Intersect
Learn Solana NFTs With Magic Eden
A Keynote From CMC's CEO: Rush
A Word From Our Sponsor: Trust Wallet
Beyond Art: NFTs With Utility
Driving Mainstream Blockchain Adoption
How to Stake Your Assets: With Lido Finance
NFTs and the Creator Economy
The NFT space has often brought up issues and questions in the creator community — how do creators make the most of creating digital art? Are there any drawbacks to working with NFTs? In this panel, we discuss how creators interact with the NFT space and what they hope to see change in the future.Entertainment Enters the Metaverse
It’s 2022, and we’re already holding concerts in the metaverse — this would have been unthinkable even just two years ago. How else has the entertainment industry entered the metaverse? In this panel, we will discuss how film, TV and the music industry has taken advantage of the ways the metaverse allows performers to expand their audience and more.Wallets and Web3
Stacking Sats — How to be a Stacks Power User
A Fireside Chat With Paolo Ardoino
Paolo Ardoino, CTO, BitfinexCrypto and the Environment: A Problem to Solve?
Building on L1s
NFTs in 2022: Explained
NFTs are never going out of style. While they only became truly mainstream in the past year, NFTs have been developing in the crypto space for years. While before, NFTs were seen as purely digital forms of art, NFTs now are taking more forms than ever before — concert tickets, other forms of ownership, and more. In this panel, we will discuss with some of the biggest thinkers in the NFT space today where they see the future of NFTs going in 2022.Keys of Crypto Adoption
Even though cryptocurrency is much more visible than it was a few years ago, it's still not completely "mainstream." What's left preventing crypto from reaching widespread adoption? What progress has already been made? In this panel, we will discuss how the crypto space has matured and what is left in its path towards a wider global reach.