We are on the verge of fundamental geopolitical shifts, and there are two countries – Israel and India – and two technologies – Crypto and AI – which will have a outsized impact on this era of new digital/physical sovereignty.

Are stablecoins financial innovation, regulatory arbitrage built on shaky foundations, or the dystopian nightmare that is CBDCs?

A no-holds-barred critique of Ethereum's evolution from cypherpunk dream to corporate bureaucracy. Industry veterans dissect how consensus-seeking culture, architectural overengineering, L2 cannibalization, developer insularity, and glacial execution have impacted Ethereum's promise and market position.

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Security and custody experts will dissect the Bybit security incident, exploring systemic vulnerabilities, countermeasures that could have prevented it, and the future of institutional-grade security infrastructure for digital assets.

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Three of Israel’s top founders — Eli Ben-Sasson (StarkWare), Idan Ofrat (Fireblocks), and Yoni Assia (eToro)—share their unfiltered insights on building billion-dollar companies at the intersection of cryptography, finance, and blockchain technology.

Veteran builders will share unfiltered insights from the front lines of web3 development and go to market, revealing the unexpected challenges, brick walls they've met along the way, and practical solutions that have defined them as succesfull founders

Industry veterans Matt Kumell, Lou Kerner, and Adam Benayoun examine the striking parallels between previous technological cycles and the current web3 landscape, offering crucial historical lessons for builders and investors navigating today's market cycles.

Staking 2.0 is the next evolution of staking, empowering validators to enhance security and functionality for any application, driving Ethereum’s competitiveness and decentralization.

A look at CoFHE, Fhenix’s co-processor, and how the FHE coprocessor addresses the transparency challenges on blockchains.

Crypto's evolution from counterculture to mainstream and the economic implications of systems not based on debt or monetary printing. Alternative units of account challenging traditional value measurements, geopolitical consequences of competing reserve assets, and predictions of crypto's evolutionary trajectory in a changing world order.

Industry leaders explore Dubai's emergence as the crucial gateway connecting Western innovation with Eastern capital and markets, reshaping global crypto flows and creating unprecedented opportunities for strategic positioning.

The will examine the emerging regulatory landscape for crypto and AI technologies, contrasting global approaches with Israel's unique position as a tech innovation hub caught between US, EU, and regional regulatory frameworks.

VCs: What is it good for? With fair launches and other direct funding paths for crypto statups, the crypto world is asking: do we still need VCs? Beyond the capital, what value do VCs actually bring to the table in 2025?

A tactical discussion with industry veterans who've successfully navigated token launches. Market makers, founders, and legal experts share practical strategies for executing a successful token generation event (TGE) while avoiding the financial and regulatory pitfalls that can sink projects.

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Marketing veterans pull no punches in this unfiltered discussion about web3 marketing practices, exposing the effective strategies, dubious tactics, and why web2 marketers need unthink most of what they know — from genuine community building to manufactured hype.

Leading Bitcoin developers and ecosystem builders explore the revival of Bitcoin as an application platform, examining how recent technical innovations like Taproot, Lightning, Ordinals, BRC-20, and maybe OP_CAT and are creating entirely new possibilities for Bitcoin.

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Five early-stage Web3 startups will take over the stage to pitch in front of top VCs, investors, and industry leaders. Selected startups will receive mentorship, pitch preparation, and the opportunity to engage in a live Q&A session with key investors.

DeFi is rapidly transitioning to a multichain ecosystem, with many leading projects now integrated across major L1 and L2 chains. However, this shift introduces significant challenges for developers, such as RPC solutions, smart contracts deployments, wallet management, gas estimations, and more. In this talk we'll dive into the technical challenges of navigating the multichain landscape and explore various solutions to streamline development and improve cross-chain functionality.

This talk covers the evolution of account abstraction to the current state of ERC-4337 to the Ethereum Foundation’s upcoming plan for native account abstraction. The discussion highlights key technical challenges, like ensuring censorship resistance, while outlining future directions like native account abstraction on Layer 1 and Layer 2s.

The solver landscape is evolving quickly, and it’s hard for companies to keep track of the key players and mechanics. Understanding these dynamics is crucial for any business looking to integrate DeFi solutions or expand support for their product/token.

This session bridges the gap between traditional web development and blockchain development, focusing specifically on the mental models and paradigm shifts required for web2 developers to become effective web3 engineers. Rather than a basic syntax tutorial, this talk dives into the fundamental differences in architecture, security considerations, and execution environments that make smart contract development a unique discipline.

In the fast-paced world of crypto, effective marketing is the key to standing out. This workshop will explore the best practices for crypto marketing, why it’s crucial for project success, and how to leverage tools like newswires such as Chainwire.org to maximize visibility. Whether you're launching a new project or scaling an existing one, this talk will provide actionable insights to enhance your marketing strategy in the blockchain space.

Leading cryptographers and researchers explore the transformative frontier technologies reshaping privacy, security, and computation—examining how ZK proofs, FHE, MPC, ZKTLS, and TEEs are converging to create entirely new application paradigms.