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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

Chatham House Rule

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)

Ben Forman

Managing Partner | Parafi

Santiago

CEO | Inversion

Robert Leshner

Founder | Superstate

Tom Schmidt

Partner | Dragonfly

Federico Brokate

Global Head of Business Development | 21Shares

Austin Federa

Co-founder | DoubleZero

Catrina Wang

General Partner | Portal Ventures

Casey Caruso

Managing Partner | Topology Ventures

Rohan Bhrvani

Partner | Coatue

Andrew Ciatto

Ribbit

Franklin Bi

General Partner | Pantera

Evan Fisher

Managing Partner | Portal Ventures

Nikhil Raman

Investor | Union Square Ventures

Vikram Singh

Ventures | Galaxy

Yuan Han Li

Partner | Blockchain Capital

David Choi

CEO | USDai

Alexander Good

Founder | Post Fiat

Justin Ma

CEO | Vest Market

Dan Chen

CFO | Gemini

Chunda McCain

Co-founder | Paxos Labs

Adrian Wall

Managing Director | Digital Sovereignty Alliance

Alana Levin

Investment Partner | Variant Fund

Winnie Wang

President | Penn Blockchain

Ellis Osborn

Saturn | Penn Blockchain President

Omnia

Kinetiq

Sami Ahmed

Maxy | Ex Wharton Professor

Kyle

Defiance Capital

Yuki Yuminaga

Chief Emotional Support Officer | Tenbin

Sam Elfarra

Ecosystem Development | TRON DAO

AGENDA

The conference and hackathon is being hosted in the grand and historic Penn Museum.

Day 1
Friday, Mar 27
10:00
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10:20
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Intro

10:20
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11:00
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The Intersection of Crypto and Traditional Finance

11:00
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11:40
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[TBA]

11:40
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12:10
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Private Equity & Growth Investing in Crypto

12:10
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13:00
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Break

13:00
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13:40
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How to Win the Crypto Payments Race

13:40
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14:00
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[TBA]

14:00
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14:40
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[TBA]

14:40
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15:20
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What Do Traders Want?

15:20
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16:00
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[TBA]

16:00
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16:40
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[TBA]

Day 2
Saturday, Mar 28
10:00
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10:40
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Crypto's Role in Advancing Frontier Tech

10:40
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11:10
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Penn Founder Showcase

11:10
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11:50
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Is “Crypto for AI” a Solution in Search of a Problem?

12:00
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13:00
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Break

13:00
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13:40
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[TBA]

13:40
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14:20
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How to Design a Token That Doesn’t Die

14:20
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15:00
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Prediction Market: How Much Bigger Can They Get?

15:00
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15:40
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The Next Alpha in Real World Tokenization

15:40
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16:20
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[TBA]

16:20
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17:00
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How Real is the Quantum Threat?

OFFICE HOURS AGENDA

"Coming soon! We're excited to pilot speaker and industry office hours for you to connect with exciting speakers face to face as well as other important opinion leaders attending Penn Blockchain Conference."

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