Scaling DeFi: Buenos Aires Edition
Join kpk, Safe, Hypernative, Gnosis, Balancer, and more for the first edition of the Scaling DeFi event series.
The Buenos Aires edition brings together leading protocols, investors, and treasury managers for a day of high-signal conversations on scaling decentralised finance.
From asset management and product creation to non-custodial infrastructure and institutional adoption, this boutique side event explores how DeFi evolves into a sustainable, secure, and scalable financial ecosystem.
Held at the Campo Argentino de Polo, an emblematic Buenos Aires venue rooted in Argentine culture, the event combines strategic panels and talks with an authentic culinary experience — including a welcome breakfast, an Argentine asado, and informal drinks to close the day.
Audience: Protocol founders - Treasury and risk leads - Ecosystem partners - Investors
Catering: Welcome breakfast, Argentine asado, and premium local wines
Language: English (with Spanish-speaking presence)
Dress code: Smart casual
Hosted by kpk, the leading non-custodial asset manager providing the infrastructure to secure, manage, and grow onchain assets to develop the largest liquidity network in crypto.
Programme — Scaling DeFi (Buenos Aires Edition)
10:00 – 10:15
Opening talk — Welcome to the Scaling DeFi day
Marcelo Ruiz de Olano (kpk)
A short introduction to frame the day’s conversations around decentralised finance, infrastructure, governance, and institutional adoption.
10:15 – 11:00
Panel — Bespoke Treasury Management: The Challenges and What’s Ahead
Moderated by Luís Machado (Cow Swap)
Speakers:
• Martín Galoppo (kpk)
• Devin Walsh (Uniswap Foundation)
• BraveNewDeFi (Nexus Mutual)
• Alex Netto (ENS)
11:00 – 11:45
Panel — The Fast-Growing Layer of DeFi: Curation
Moderated by Patrick Scott (DeFiLlama)
Speakers:
• Ruca Sousa Marques (kpk)
• Tomasz Stańczak (Ethereum Foundation)
• Declan Fox (Linea)
• Mikael Lazarev (Gearbox)
11:45 – 12:00
Partner Spotlight — Safe x Hypernative
• Rahul Rumalla (Safe)
• Marshall Lipman (Hypernative)
12:00 – 12:45
Panel — The Risk Management Infrastructure Around Non-Custodial Asset Management
Moderated by Emilie Raffo (ChainSecurity)
Speakers:
• Santiago Gonzalez Zerbo (kpk)
• Rahul Rumalla (Safe)
• Marshall Lipman (Hypernative)
• Augustin Kapps (Dialectic)
12:45 – 13:30
DevConflict — Adoption vs Ownership: Can We Have Both?
Moderated by Friederike Ernst (Gnosis)
Speakers:
• Zachary Williamson (Aztec)
• DC Builder (World Foundation)
A special edition of DevConflict hosted live at Scaling DeFi — bringing their signature debate format to Buenos Aires for the first time.
13:30 – 16:00
Argentine Asado & Networking
An informal closing with Argentine asado, wine, and open networking across teams and communities.