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Penn Blockchain Conference 2026

The highest-signal conference of the year, hosted by University of Pennsylvania's student-led Blockchain Club

March 27-28

Welcome to the 6th Penn Blockchain Conference

Our conference is the largest of its kind, seeking to bridge the gap between academia and industry in the pursuit of building and using decentralized systems.

We bring together the brightest minds and talents around the world and provide them with the infrastructure to grow and develop.

SPEAKERS

We are thrilled to have a world-class group of global thought leaders coming in person this year.
(More to be added based on rolling invitations)

Cynthia Lo Bessette

Head of Digital Asset Management | Fidelity

Phong Le

CEO | Strategy

Ben Slocum

Penn Endowment

Rohan Bhrvani

Partner | Coatue

Santiago

CEO | Inversion

Ben Forman

Managing Partner | Parafi

Alexander Good

Founder | Post Fiat

Maxime Bucaille

Draper Associates

Tom Schmidt

Partner | Dragonfly

Tian Zeng

CEO/CIO | Third Eye

Shayaan Khanna

Head of Crypto Flow | Mastercard

Rajiv Patel-O'Connor

Partner | Framework

Andrew Ciatto

Investor | Ribbit

Austin Federa

Co-founder | DoubleZero

Jonathan Han

CEO | Euler Finance

Federico Brokate

Global Head of Business Development | 21Shares

Will Nuelle

General Partner | Galaxy Ventures

Catrina Wang

General Partner | Portal Ventures

Franklin Bi

General Partner | Pantera

Evan Fisher

Managing Partner | Portal Ventures

Nikhil Raman

Investor | Union Square Ventures

David Choi

CEO | USDai

Thierry Adant

CIO | Newmarket Capital

Chaitanya Jain

Bitcoin Strategy Manager | Strategy

Vikram Singh

Ventures | Galaxy

Yuan Han Li

Partner | Blockchain Capital

Justin Ma

CEO | Vest Market

Chunda McCain

Co-founder | Paxos Labs

Adrian Wall

Managing Director | Digital Sovereignty Alliance

Winnie Wang

President | Penn Blockchain

Ellis Osborn

Co-Founder | Saturn

Sami Ahmed

Maxy | Ex Wharton Professor

Caleb Shack

Investor | Variant

Jono Lee

ParaFi

George Calle

Inversion Capital

Mads Pedersen

Founder | Factmachine

Corey Miller

Co-Founder | TBD.vote

Nick Preszler

Research | Melee Markets

Jonathan Shaffer

CEO | Fission

Ben Werkman

CIO | Strive

Alex Duckworth

Co-Founder | Port Financial

Dr. Bernhard Kronfellner

Partner | BCG

Seraphim

Special Situations  | Solana

Rishin Sharma

Head of AI | Solana Foundation

Brian Breslow

Investor | No Limit Holdings

Paget Stanco

Director of Institutional Sales | Gemini

Christine Fang

Head of Capital Formation |Third Eye

Timothy Khoury

Lightspeed Faction

Orest Gavriliak

Chief Legal Officer | 1inch

Andre Serrano

Head of Ecosystem | Stacks

Yuki Yuminaga

CEO | Tenbin

Sam Elfarra

Community Spokesperson | TRON DAO

AGENDA

The conference and hackathon is being hosted in the grand and historic Penn Museum. Harrison Auditorium will house the Main Stage, where the following panels will take place!

Day 1
Friday, Mar 27
10:00
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10:20
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Welcome to PBC26!

10:20
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11:00
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Yield in the Absence of Basis

11:00
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11:40
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Closed-door Alpha in Crypto Trading

11:40
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12:10
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[Fireside] Fidelity Digital Assets & Penn Endowment

12:10
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13:10
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Lunch Break

13:10
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13:40
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[Fireside] Crypto for Private Equity: The New Playbook

13:40
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14:20
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How are Enterprises Adopting Crypto, Finally

14:20
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15:00
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Keynote: Phong Le

15:00
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15:40
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Digital Credit and the Future of DATs

15:40
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16:20
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Researchathon Live Judging

16:20
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17:00
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Building in a New Interoperability Paradigm

Day 2
Saturday, Mar 28
10:00
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10:40
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Where's Bitcoin Going & What's Next

10:40
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11:20
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The Great Watershed: Where Should Crypto VCs Go From Here

11:20
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11:50
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Penn Founder Showcase

12:00
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13:00
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Lunch Break

13:00
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13:40
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Everything is Market

13:40
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14:20
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Scrutinizing the Thesis Behind Crypto as AI-Native Money

14:20
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15:00
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What Do Traders Want

15:00
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15:40
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Where Tokenization Actually Makes Sense

15:40
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16:20
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Hackathon Winners Announcement

OFFICE HOURS AGENDA

Want to go deeper? Following each panel, speakers will be available for informal conversation during a 30-minute Office Hours session in the Upper Baugh, located upstairs in the Penn Museum. This is a dedicated space to ask follow-up questions, continue conversations from the panel, or simply connect in a smaller setting."

CONTACT US

Catrina Wang
Alumni Advisor
X: @dotCuriousCat
Vikram Singh
Alumni Advisor
X: @vikramcantsingh
Ellis Osborn
Penn Blockchain President
X: @ellisp_osborn
Winnie Wang
Penn Blockchain President
X: @winniewngg
Guru Bazawada
Hackathon Chair
X: @guru_bazawada