​The Digital Frontier Summit will feature curated conversations on the most important trends in the crypto industry, including stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, agentic payments, wallets and crypto UX, venture investing, and institutional playbooks in 2026.

​Join forward-looking and substantive conversations with the operators and investors shaping the next phase of crypto, featuring leaders from Circle, Bitwise, Anchorage Digital, Framework Ventures, OKX, and more.

​Co-hosted by Berkeley Center for Digital Assets, Blockchain @ Berkeley, and Berkeley Haas Blockchain & Crypto Interest Group

​Agenda

​9:00 AM: Check-in, Coffee & Networking

​9:25 AM: Welcome Remarks

​Larry Wang — Co-President, Haas Blockchain Club
James Takami — Co-President, Haas Blockchain Club

​9:30 AM: Stablecoins: The New Global Payments Stack

​Ken Zhang — Head of Stablecoin & Fintech, Crossmint
Eric Nemeth — Vice President, OpenTrade
Michael Curry — CEO & Founder, Spendcodes
Sam Liu — Senior Director of Product Management, OKX

​10:00 AM: Tokenizing the Real World: The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

​Sina Nader — Head of Network Growth, Canton Network (Pending)
Charlie Liu — General Manager - Americas, OSL
Eddie Fu — Technical Growth Lead, Anchain.ai

​10:30 AM: Break & Networking

​11:00 AM: Programmable Dollars: Building the Financial Infrastructure of the Internet

​Gagan Mac — VP of Product, Head of Developer Products, Circle

​11:30 AM: AI Agents and Crypto Rails: Building the Machine Economy

​Stefano Bury — Head of US, Virtual Protocol
Pranav Maheshwari — Director of Integrity, Edge & Node
Lomesh Dutta — Head of Business & Growth, Caffeine AI
Chi Zhang — Co-founder and CEO, Kite

​12:15 PM – 1:00 PM: Catered Lunch & Networking

​1:00 PM: Funding the Frontier: Backing the Next Generation of Crypto Founders

​Parker Edwards — Partner, Framework Ventures
Carl Jiang — Head of Ventures, Anchorage Digital Ventures
Alan Leong — Founder & Managing Partner, Hesperian Ventures
Abhay Mavalankar — SVP, Strategy & Investment, MoonPay

​1:30 PM: The Institutional Crypto Playbook: Markets, Macro, and Capital Flows

​David Lawant — Head of Research, Anchorage Digital
Matt Hougan — Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise
Emmanuel Vallod — Head of Venture & Research, Hivemind Capital

​2:00 PM: Break & Networking

​2:15 PM: Crypto UX: Wallets, Infra, and Adoption

​Joe Wadcan — Head of Corporate Development, Phantom
Adam Zion — Head of Product, Dynamic (Fireblocks)

​2:45 PM: Regulatory Landscape Update

​Mitzi Chang - PartnerCo-Chair, Digital Currency & Blockchain, Fintech, Goodwin

​3:15 PM: Closing Remarks

​3:30 PM: Optional Happy Hour @ Freehouse

​We’ll walk across campus (about 15 minutes) to Freehouse (2700 Bancroft Way) to continue the networking and conversation!

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​B@B Hackathon: In Berkeley on Saturday 3/15? Blockchain @ Berkeley is hosting a hackathon ($20k+ in prizes) sponsored Liquid, Ripple, Polymarket, Prime Intellect, Anthropic, and more: