OUR 2026 SPEAKERS
Bringing together the leading voices in crypto, TOKEN2049 provides attendees with the opportunity to learn from the most influential and established opinion leaders in the space.
Meet our current lineup of speakers, and stay tuned for further announcements.
Pavel Durov
Telegram
CEO
Shayne Coplan
Polymarket
Founder and CEO
Balaji Srinivasan
The Network State
Founder, Investor, and Author
Paolo Ardoino
Tether
CEO
Arthur Hayes
Maelstrom
CIO
Richard Teng
Binance
Co-CEO
Jeremy Allaire
Circle
Co-Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Stani Kulechov
Aave Labs
Founder
Robert Mitchnick
BlackRock
Global Head of Digital Assets
Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Protocol
Co-Founder
Hunter Horsley
Bitwise Asset Management
Co-Founder and CEO
Justin Sun
TRON
Founder
Guy Young
Ethena
Founder
Keone Hon
Monad Foundation
Co-Founder and GM
Lily Liu
Solana Foundation
President
Ryan Zarick
LayerZero
Co-Founder and CTO
Spencer Applebaum
Multicoin Capital
Partner
Rob Hadick
Dragonfly
General Partner
Carlos Domingo
Securitize
Co-founder and CEO
Mert Mumtaz
Helius
CEO
John Wang
Kalshi
Head of Crypto
Deepa Raja Carbon
Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority
Managing Director and Vice Chair
Tarun Chitra
Gauntlet
Co-Founder and CEO
Santiago Roel Santos
Inversion
Founder and CEO
Joseph Chalom
SharpLink
CEO
Benjamin Jones
Optimism
Co-Founder
Josh Swihart
Zcash
CEO
Jordi Alexander
Selini
CEO
Eli Ben Sasson
StarkWare Industries
Co-Founder and CEO
Diogo Monica
Haun Ventures / Anchorage
General Partner / Co-Founder and Executive Chairman
Sandeep Nailwal
Polygon
Founder
Shuyao Kong
MegaETH
Co-Founder
Kain Warwick
Infinex / Synthetix
Founder
Kostas Chalkias
Mysten Labs
Co-Founder and Chief Cryptographer
Haider Rafique
OKX
Managing Partner and CMO
Fredrik Haga
Dune
CEO
Zach Witkoff
World Liberty Financial
CEO
Shiliang Tang
Monarq Asset Management
CEO
Zaheer Ebtikar
Joshua Lim
FalconX
Global Head of Markets
May Zabaneh
PayPal
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Marc Bhargava
General Catalyst
Managing Director
Alex Blania
Tools for Humanity
Co-Founder and CEO
Alex Svanevik
Nansen
CEO
Nick van Eck
Agora
Co-Founder and CEO
Kartik Talwar
ETHGlobal
Co-Founder
Avi Felman
Radhan Road
Partner
Kelvin Koh
Spartan Group
Co-Founder and Partner
Armani Ferrante
Backpack
Founder
Tristan Thompson
NBA
Champion
Akshat Vaidya
Maelstrom
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Seraphim Czecker
Jason Kam
Folius Ventures
Founder
Bill Barhydt
Abra
CEO
Andy C
The Rollup
Co-Founder
Ran Neu-ner
Crypto Banter
Co-Founder
Mazen ElJundi
Revolut
Global Business Head of Investments
Eric Turner
Messari
CEO
Kevin Follonier
When Shift Happens
Host
Arthur Breitman
Tezos
Co-Founder
Viktor Fischer
RockawayX
CEO
Mike Horton
GEODNET
Project Creator
Charles Cascarilla
Paxos
Co-Founder and CEO
Johann Eid
Chainlink Labs
CBO
Alexander Pack
Hack VC
Managing Partner
AND MANY MORE
SPEAKER APPLICATION
JOIN CRYPTO'S LARGEST STAGE. Apply now.
Demand for speaking roles is very high, as we receive a significant volume of inbound requests in addition to our outbound efforts. To maximise your chances: submit early, be interesting and be relevant.
Send us an email, detailing your preferred speaking role, general topics you could cover, and some information about yourself.
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balaji srinivasan
the network state
