​🏛️ Capital Summit Denver
— Allocator-First Forum During ETHDenver Week

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Capital Summit Denver is an institution-focused, allocator-first summit that brings together Web2 capital allocators (PE, hedge funds, family offices) with a curated set of crypto funds, founders, and operators—centered on one goal: making digital assets investable through clear structures, durable cash flows, and credible paths to liquidity.

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Built in the same spirit as Capital Summit Hong Kong, the Denver edition is designed for decision-grade dialogue: thesis-driven keynotes, high-signal panels, and private allocator conversations that translate into real diligence frameworks.

​🎯 Who It’s For

• ​Capital allocators exploring crypto as an asset class (or expanding exposure)

• ​Investment teams looking for structured, comparable theses and manager-quality insights

• ​Founders/operators building institutional rails across payments, stablecoins, RWA, DeFi, privacy, and AI
  
  

​🧭 Core Themes in Denver

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​12:00–12:30 — Check-in

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​12:30–12:50 — Crypto M&A

​“Beyond Tokens: The Shift to Ownership & Exits”

• ​Maelstorm — Venture Capital Analyst: Kushagra Aryal

• ​Spartan Group — Executive Director: Yan Ma

• ​Bitmart — CEO: Nenter Chow

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​12:55–1:15 — VC Roundtable

​“What We’re NOT Investing In (Anymore) — and Why”

• ​Maelstorm — Venture Capital Analyst: Kushagra Aryal

• ​EVG — VP USA: Devin Ardalan

• ​Big Brain Holdings — Investor: Derrick

• ​Superscript — Principal: Pranav Pandya

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​1:20–1:40 — Stablecoin

​“From Custody to Commerce: Stablecoins as Agentic Fuel”

• ​EVG — VP US: Devin Ardalan

• ​Alumni Venture — Principal: Bryan Liu

• ​CAP — CTO: Weso

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​1:45–2:05 — Payments

​“Stablecoin Settlement Goes Mainstream: Rails + UX Unlock Merchant & B2B Adoption”

• ​Tria — Co-founder: Parth Bhalla

• ​Mastercard — SVP Digital Assets & Blockchain: Christian Rau

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​2:10–2:30 — DeFi Panel

​“Agentic Alpha vs. Passive Staking — The Yield Optimization Revolution”

• ​IOSG — Principal: Joey Shin

• ​Theoriq — COO: Pei Chen

• ​Etherfi — CEO: Rob Kopp

• ​Superform —Co-Founder,Vikram Arun

• ​Haiku — Chief Scientist: Tom

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​2:30–2:50 — Privacy

​“The Infrastructure Layer Debate: L1, L2, or Privacy-as-a-Service?”

• ​Fhenix — Founder: Guy

• ​Aleo — CEO: Ko

• ​Miden — Co-Founder: Bobbin Threadbare

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​2:50–3:10 — RWA

​“RWA Gold Rush: Who Owns the On-Chain Value Chain?”

• ​Pharos Network — CSO: David

• ​Centrifuge — CEO: Bhaji Illuminati

• ​Superscript — Principal: Pranav Pandya

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​3:15–3:35 — AI Panel

​“Scaling Verifiable Intelligence — The 100M Agent Future”

• ​APL — Founder: Ming-Chang Chiu

• ​Ambient — Founder & CEO: Travis Godwin Good

• ​Gensyn — Co-founder & CEO: Ben Fielding

• ​Nexus — CEO: Daniel Marin

• ​SuperNet — Co-founder & CEO: Juan Bruce

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​3:40–4:00 — MEV

​“The 100ms Finality Barrier — Can we build a sub-second cross-chain future?”

• ​Optimum — Co-Founder & CEO: Muriel Médard

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🤝 About the Co-Host


Pharos Network is the fastest EVM-compatible Layer 1 designed to unify Web2 and Web3 assets and liquidity. bridging over $50 trillion in RWA, TradFi, and cross-chain capital into a modular, on-chain economy at internet scale. It powers real-time, real-world applications through deep-parallel layer architecture. Backed by Hack VC, Faction VC.
X: https://x.com/pharos_network


🤝 About the Sponsor

Theoriq is a decentralized AI protocol that redefines the DeFi ecosystem through AI agent technology. In its architecture, countless agents collaborate autonomously on-chain to carry out financial decision-making—delivering fully decentralized liquidity optimization, risk management, and automated yield generation.
X: https://x.com/TheoriqAI


🤝 About the partners

​​​ 071 Labs is inspired by the first Satoshi of Bitcoin, reflecting our mission to support visionary projects from their earliest stages. With deep expertise and a strong network across Asia—especially Korea—we provide hands-on support and tailored go-to-market strategies for the next generation of blockchain innovators.
x: https://x.com/071_labs
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​​​ GeniusPR is an award winning PR and Media company specialising strategic communication for over 350+ projects including Bitmart, Nillion, Kaia, io.net and more. They are also the founders of The Reporter's Roundtable, the only podcast dedicated towards Crypto Journalists.
x: https://x.com/geniusprhq