Crypto and Digital Assets Summit 2023 | FT Live | 8 May 2023 | Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge, 45 Prescot St, London E1 8GP, UK

Key market players, including regulators, policy makers, senior banking executives, DeFi leaders and pioneers, institutional investors and hedge funds, will share their insights on the market and consider ways to build resilience in the face of volatility.

2023 Speakers

Andrew Griffith
Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister, UK Government

Hester Peirce
Commissioner, US Securities and Exchange Commission

Levan Davitashvili
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Georgia

Frederik Gregaard
CEO, Cardano Foundation

Eun Young Choi
Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team (NCET), U.S. Department of Justice

Gilbert Verdian
CEO and Founder, Quant

José Manuel Campa
Chairperson, European Banking Authority

Sandra Lee
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Financial Stability Oversight Council, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Mathew McDermott
Global Head of Digital Assets, Goldman Sachs

Miller Whitehouse-Levine
CEO, DeFi Education Fund

Sarah Pritchard
Executive Director of Supervision, Policy and Competition – Markets, Financial Conduct Authority

Greg Beard
Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-Chairman, Stronghold Digital Mining

Tom Mutton
Director, Central Bank Digital Currency, Bank of England

Lisa Cameron MP
MP and Chair, Crypto and Digital Assets All Party Parliamentary Group, UK Parliament

Arnab Sen
CEO and co-founder, GFO-X

Renato Gomes
Deputy-Governor, Licensing and Resolution, Central Bank of Brazil

Sendi Young
Managing Director, Europe, Ripple

Stephen Diehl
Crypto Sceptic, Software Engineer and Author of 'Popping the Crypto Bubble', Center for Emerging Tech Policy

David Mercer
Chief Executive Officer, LMAX Group

Yasmeen Al-Sharaf
Director of the FinTech and Innovation Unit, Central Bank of Bahrain

Mahesh Ramanujam
Chief Executive Officer, Rubix

Peter Golder
Head of Group Digital Assets, London Stock Exchange Group

Kristin Smith
CEO, Blockchain Association

John O'Neill
Global Head of Digital Assets Strategy, HSBC

Sabih Behzad
Head of Digital Assets and Currencies Transformation, Deutsche Bank

Genevieve Leveille
CEO and Principal Founder, AgriLedger

Aidan Larkin
Founder & CEO, Asset Reality and Associate Fellow, RUSI for Cryptocurrency and Asset Recovery

Dirk Lueth
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Uplandme, Inc.

Dr. Heike Winter
Head of Section, Digitalisation in Payments, Deutsche Bundesbank

Johan Gerber
Executive Vice President Security and Cyber Innovation, Mastercard

Edward Cooper
Crypto Lead, Revolut

Ruth Wandhöfer
Chief Curiosity Officer - Author, Speaker, Adviser & Educator

Sheraz Ahmed
Executive Director, Crypto Valley Association

Morgan McKenney
CEO, Provenance Blockchain Foundation

Eric Saraniecki
Co-Founder and Head of Strategic Initiatives, Digital Asset

Samir Tabar
CEO, Bit Digital

Sheila Warren
Chief Executive Officer, Crypto Council for Innovation

Ola Atose
CEO and Founder, KoinKoin

Robert Kopitsch
Secretary General, Blockchain for Europe

Surabhi Nimkar
Managing Partner, GreenHouse Capital

Andrew Gould
Detective Chief Superintendent, National Cybercrime Programme Lead and Interpol Global Cybercrime Expert, National Police Chiefs' Council

Ian Taylor
Board Advisor, Crypto UK and Head of Crypto & Digital Assets, KPMG

Alisa DiCaprio
Chief Economist, r3

Vincent Gusdorf
Senior Vice President, DeFi and Digital Assets, Moody's Investors Service

Sebastian Fahey
EVP, Managing Director, EMEA and Executive Lead, Metaverse, Sotheby's

Emma Joyce
CEO, GBBC Digital Finance

Matteo Dante Peruccio
President International, Wave Digital Assets

Fred Thiel
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Marathon Digital Holdings

Teana Baker-Taylor
Non-Executive Director, CryptoUK and VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy, EU/UK, Circle

Bart Stephens
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Blockchain Capital

Michael Safai
Co-founder and Managing Partner, Dexterity Capital

Rebecca Rettig
Chief Policy Officer, Polygon Labs

Chi Nnadi
CEO, Mara

Jeff Ren
Partner, OKX Ventures

Eva Gustavsson
Head of Public Affairs, Copper.co

Sean McElroy
Associate, Fenwick & West LLP

Fernando Carvalho
Founder & CEO, QR Capital

Staci Warden
CEO, Algorand Foundation

Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck

Anthony Clark-Jones
Portfolio Manager, IB Strategic Ventures, UBS Investment Bank

Lindsey Argalas
Chief Operating Officer, TaxBit

Roy Ben-Hur
Managing Director, Risk and Financial Advisory, Deloitte

Saro McKenna
CEO and Co-Founder, Dacoco GmbH (Alien Worlds) and Co-Founder, Open Metaverse Alliance for Web3 (OMA3)

Raja Al Mazrouei
Board Member of the MENA and Central Asia Advisory Board and Board Member, Zand

Robby Yung
CEO of Investments, Animoca Brands

Jon Fink Isaksen
Head of Policy, EMEA, Uniswap Labs

Nicole Dyskant
Founder Partner, Dyskant Advogados

Charles Canonne
Financial Attaché, Delegation of the European Union to the United Kingdom

Tony McLaughlin
Emerging Payments and Business Development, Citi

Donna Redel
Professor of Blockchain-Digital Assets and Angel Investor

Alek Kloda
Co-CIO, Founding Partner, Nickel Digital Asset Management

Carole House
Executive in Residence, Terranet Ventures

David Forst
Partner, Fenwick & West LLP

CJ Reim
Managing Partner, Amity Ventures

MODERATORS:

Scott Chipolina
Digital Assets Correspondent, Financial Times

Nikou Asgari
Digital Markets Correspondent, Financial Times

Phillip Stafford
FT Trading Room Editor, Financial Times

Stefania Palma
US legal/enforcement correspondent, Financial Times

Katie Martin
Markets Editor, Financial Times

Joshua Oliver
Reporter, Financial Times

Joy Macknight
Editor, The Banker

Javier Espinoza
Private Capital Correspondent, Financial Times

John Everington
Middle East & Africa Editor, The Banker

Liz Lumley
Deputy Editor, The Banker

Tim Bradshaw
Global Technology Correspondent, Financial Times

Anita Hawser
Europe Editor, The Banker

Barbara Pianese
Latin America Editor, The Banker

Claer Barrett
Consumer Editor, Financial Times

2023 Sponsors and Partners

STRATEGIC PARTNERS:
• Rubix
• Binance

LEAD SPONSORS:
• Bit Digital
• Digital Asset
• Galaxy
• GFO-X
• KoinKoin
• LMAX Group
• Mastercard
• OKX
• TaxBit
• Quant

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Copper.co
• Core DAO
• Deloitte
• FENWICK
• Marathon Digital Holdings
• Moody’s
• Ripple

EXHIBITORS:
• Abacus
• CMS

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• Blockchain Association
• Blockchain for Europe
• Crypto Mondays
• Crypto Valley
• Crypto UK
• GDF - GBBC Digital Finance
• Fund Fire
• NFT Plazas
• The Realization Group