Unofficial Solana Mini Summit at ETH Denver
Join us for the unofficial Solana Mini Summit at ETH Denver, brought to you by W3JOE, Hexaco Alpha, Hack VC, Halborn, Zero Gravity, Polymarket, and Sushi.
Agenda
08:30 - Panel 1: Consumer Crypto on Solana (Death of InfoFi, Memecoin Fizzle, Next Alpha?)
Stefano Bury, Head of the US, Virtuals Protocol
Dylan Bane, Research Analyst, Messari
Peter Tan, Founder & CEO, Nemesis
Danno Ferrin, Core Engineer, Tectonic
Blingoh, Co-Founder, Radarblock
09:00 - Panel 2: Bringing the Real-World Onchain on Solana (Tokenization, RWAs, Institutional Adoption, Stablecoins etc.)
Katie Wheeler, Partnerships, Ondo
Paula Pettit, VP Strategy & Growth, Range
Thorsten Jaeckel, Head of Product, 0x I Matcha
Ev, Head of Ops, Legion
Matt Ober, CTO/Co-Founder, Pinata
Danno Ferrin, Core Engineer, Tectonic
09:30 - Panel 3: DeFi Infrastructure IS the Product (What Teams are Building, Shortcomings, 2026 Expectations etc.)
Eric Ullrich, GTM, Nirvana Labs
Jason Romero, Head of BD, Eco
Mike Dressler, Head of Success, 0G Labs
Chunda McCain, Co-Founder, Paxos
Brandon Kramer, Product Marketing Lead, The Graph Foundation
Ran, Head of DeFi, Pharos
Mike Lodder, Core Engineer, Tectonic
Sponsors
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W3JOE: Caffeinate your Web3 talent or job search with W3JOE.
Sushi.com: Trade crypto effortlessly with SushiSwap, supporting over 30 chains and featuring a powerful aggregator for the best rates across DeFi.
Hack VC: Hack VC is a web3 venture capital firm. We partner on- and off-chain at the earliest stages with hackers building the future of the Internet.
Halborn: The industry-leading blockchain solutions firm for enterprise-grade digital assets and trusted by the top financial institutions and Web3 ecosystem leaders. World-class, end-to-end security, from smart contract auditing and pen testing to advisory services and beyond.
Zero Gravity (0G): Zero Gravity is the largest L1 for AI offering unparalleled infrastructure to power the next generation of decentralized AI applications. Building the first decentralized AI Operating System, unlike traditional closed AI systems, 0G empowers users with full autonomy, ensuring privacy, verifiability, and censorship resistance.