Decentralized Finance
on Ethereum

The Ethereum Foundation's DeFi event at Devconnect. Covering Real-World Assets, DeFi Primitives, Institutional Adoption, and Innovation.

Featured Speakers

Our speakers include founders of the largest DeFi protocols and leaders of financial institutions.

Austin Adams

Austin Adams

Founder, Whetstone Research

Stani Kulechov

Stani Kulechov

Founder, Aave Labs

Danny Ryan

Danny Ryan

Co-founder and President, Etherealize

Merlin Egalite

Merlin Egalite

Co-founder, Morpho

DMH

DMH

COO, Fluid

Mike Silagadze

Mike Silagadze

Founder and CEO, EtherFi

Haonan Li

Haonan Li

Co-founder and CEO, Codex

Ben Rodriguez

Ben Rodriguez

Protocol Specialist, Coinbase

Rahul Goyal

Rahul Goyal

Head of Institutional Partnerships, Gauntlet

Marcin Kazmiercza

Marcin Kazmiercza

Co-Founder, RedStone and Credora

Benjamin S.P.

Benjamin S.P.

Founder, Cap

Nicolas Baum

Nicolas Baum

Senior Engineer, 0xProject

Nikita Ovchinnik

Nikita Ovchinnik

CEO, Barter

Kenneth Ng

Kenneth Ng

Co-Founder, Uniswap Foundation

Danning Sui

Danning Sui

Research Director, Pantera Capital

Oskar Thorén

Oskar Thorén

Lead Institutional Privacy Task Force, Ethereum Foundation

Austin Adams

Austin Adams

Founder, Whetstone Research

Stani Kulechov

Stani Kulechov

Founder, Aave Labs

Danny Ryan

Danny Ryan

Co-founder and President, Etherealize

Merlin Egalite

Merlin Egalite

Co-founder, Morpho

DMH

DMH

COO, Fluid

Mike Silagadze

Mike Silagadze

Founder and CEO, EtherFi

Haonan Li

Haonan Li

Co-founder and CEO, Codex

Ben Rodriguez

Ben Rodriguez

Protocol Specialist, Coinbase

Rahul Goyal

Rahul Goyal

Head of Institutional Partnerships, Gauntlet

Marcin Kazmiercza

Marcin Kazmiercza

Co-Founder, RedStone and Credora

Benjamin S.P.

Benjamin S.P.

Founder, Cap

Nicolas Baum

Nicolas Baum

Senior Engineer, 0xProject

Nikita Ovchinnik

Nikita Ovchinnik

CEO, Barter

Kenneth Ng

Kenneth Ng

Co-Founder, Uniswap Foundation

Danning Sui

Danning Sui

Research Director, Pantera Capital

Oskar Thorén

Oskar Thorén

Lead Institutional Privacy Task Force, Ethereum Foundation

Austin Adams

Austin Adams

Founder, Whetstone Research

Stani Kulechov

Stani Kulechov

Founder, Aave Labs

Danny Ryan

Danny Ryan

Co-founder and President, Etherealize

Merlin Egalite

Merlin Egalite

Co-founder, Morpho

DMH

DMH

COO, Fluid

Mike Silagadze

Mike Silagadze

Founder and CEO, EtherFi

Haonan Li

Haonan Li

Co-founder and CEO, Codex

Ben Rodriguez

Ben Rodriguez

Protocol Specialist, Coinbase

Rahul Goyal

Rahul Goyal

Head of Institutional Partnerships, Gauntlet

Marcin Kazmiercza

Marcin Kazmiercza

Co-Founder, RedStone and Credora

Benjamin S.P.

Benjamin S.P.

Founder, Cap

Nicolas Baum

Nicolas Baum

Senior Engineer, 0xProject

Nikita Ovchinnik

Nikita Ovchinnik

CEO, Barter

Kenneth Ng

Kenneth Ng

Co-Founder, Uniswap Foundation

Danning Sui

Danning Sui

Research Director, Pantera Capital

Oskar Thorén

Oskar Thorén

Lead Institutional Privacy Task Force, Ethereum Foundation

Event Schedule

10:00 AM - 10:30 AMOpening Keynote
DeFi-ing Institutions

Danny Ryan, Co-Founder and President at Etherealize

10:30 AM - 11:00 AMPanel
Stablecoins' Edge on TradFi

Haonan Li, Co-Founder and CEO at Codex

Benjamin S.P. Founder of Cap

Moderated by Ash Morgan, Enterprise Acceleration at Ethereum Foundation

11:00 AM - 11:30 AMFireside Chat
Fund Tokenization

Theo Golden, Investment Manager at Baillie Gifford

Moderated by Matthew Dawson, Enterprise Acceleration at Ethereum Foundation

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Coffee Break
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMPanel
The Evolution of On-Chain Credit Markets

Merlin Egalite, Co-Founder of Morpho

Rahul Goyal, Head of Institutional Partnerships at Gauntlet

Marcin Kazmiercza, Co-Founder of RedStone and Credora

Moderated by Ben Rodriguez, Protocol Specialist at Coinbase

12:30 PM - 1:00 PMPanel
Enhancing Liquidity through RFQs and AMMs

Nicolas Baum, Senior Engineer at 0xProject

Nikita Ovchinnik, CEO at Barter

Kenneth Ng, Co-Founder of Uniswap Foundation

Moderated by Danning Sui, Research Director at Pantera Capital

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Lunch
2:00 PM - 2:30 PMKeynote
Money for the Internet Era: Stablecoins & Tokenized Assets

Stani Kulechov, Founder of Aave Labs

2:30 PM - 3:00 PMTalk
Fluid DEX v2

DMH, COO at Fluid

3:00 PM - 3:30 PMTalk
Stablecoin Banking

Mike Silagadze, Founder and CEO at EtherFi

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
Coffee Break
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMTalk
Institutional Privacy on Ethereum

Oskar Thorén, Lead Institutional Privacy Task Force at Ethereum Foundation

4:30 PM - 5:00 PMClosing Keynote
Skeuomorphic Markets

Austin Adams, Founder of Whetstone Research

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