Fifth Annual BCVC Founder Summit 2026

​We are excited to invite you to join us for the 5th Annual BCVC Founder Summit! It's an invite-only event for 100 founders, executive, and policymakers, built around debates rather than panels and held under Chatham House rules.

​We will host the annual gathering on Friday, November 6th, 2026, returning once again to the Harvard Club of NYC.

​This year's theme is "The Era of Superintelligence." As AI systems become more capable, the question for founders is shifting: what happens when software can act, transact, and create value on our behalf? What role will crypto and tokenization play in the future of superintelligence?

​We would love for you to join us again for a day of high-impact, high-signal conversations about our industry.

​Proceeds from this event will go to a charity that will be chosen live by event attendees.

​Founders: share your input and insights here: this will help drive the day's speakers, panels, and other content: https://bcvc.typeform.com/survey2026

​2026 Confirmed Speakers:

• ​SPECIAL GUEST: Manolis Kellis, World-Renowned MIT Professor, Computational Biology & Superintelligence (as featured on the Lex Fridman Podcast: #373 – Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI; Kellis Lab at MIT)

• ​Steve Gregory, CEO, Binance.US

• ​Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital

• ​Robert Leshner, Co-founder & CEO, Superstate

• ​Brian Quintenz, Board Member, Kalshi

• ​Dan Berkovitz, Vice Chairman, External and Regulatory Affairs, Millennium

• ​Sean Neville, Co-Founder & CEO, Catena Labs; Board Member, Circle (CRCL)

• ​Amy Oldenburg, Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Morgan Stanley

• ​Cynthia Lo Bessette, Head of Digital Asset Management, Fidelity Investments

• ​Chris Giancarlo, Senior Strategic Advisor, Patomak Global Partners (13th Chairman of the CFTC)

• ​Colleen Sullivan, Co-Head of Venture, Brevan Howard Digital

• ​Rob Hadick, General Partner, Dragonfly

• ​Maggie Hsu, Partner, a16z crypto (Go-To-Market)

• ​Gurpreet Oberoi, Head of Institutional, Kraken

• ​Nicole Valentine, Senior Director, FinTech, Milken Institute

• ​Omid Malekan, Professor, Columbia Business School

• ​Xavier Segura, General Partner, Morgan Creek Digital

• ​Jess Cheng, Partner, Sidley Austin

• ​Sunayna Tuteja, Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System

• ​Sishir Varghese, Co-founder & CEO, The Grid

• ​Spencer Spinnell, SVP, Global Payments & Enterprise Partnerships, Circle

• ​Bobby Jan, Principal and Portfolio Manager, Bessemer Trust

• ​Taylor Lindman, Chief Counsel, Crypto Task Force, SEC

• ​Noah Solowiejczyk, Partner, Fenwick

• ​Harry Grieve, Co-founder & CTO, Gensyn

• ​Rebecca Rettig, COO & CLO, Jito Labs

• ​Chris Brodersen, Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets, EisnerAmper

• ​Summer Mersinger, Former CFTC Commissioner, CFTC

• ​Sidney Powell, CEO & Co-Founder, Maple Finance

• ​Mallesh Pai, Chief Economist, Tempo Labs

• ​Scott Lee, Deputy Director & Senior Counsel of Digital Finance, Institute of International Finance (IIF)

​Last year's event included an incredible lineup of founders, business leaders, regulators, and visionaries, including:

​- Stephen Miran, Federal Reserve Governor
- Phong Le, CEO of Microstrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR)
- Paul Atkins, SEC Chair (Special Guest for the CEO Roundtable)
- Chris Giancarlo, 13th Chairman of CFTC
- Michael Shaulov, CEO & Cofounder of Fireblocks
- Michael Loeb, Co-founder of Priceline.com ( Loeb.nyc)
- Teddy Fusaro, President of Bitwise
- Sergey Nazarov, CEO & Founder of Chainlink
- Robert Leshner, Superstate
- Cynthia Lo Bassett, Head of Digital Assets at Fidelity
- Sandeep Nailwal, Co-founder of Polygon Labs
- Sreeram Kannan, Founder of Eigenlayer
- Will Peck, Head of Digital Assets at Wisdom Tree
- Anton Katz, Founder of Talos
- Kathleen Wrynn, Head of Digital Assets at Invesco
- Luca Netz, Founder of Pudgy Penguins
- Laurie Katz, Chief Revenue Officer at Figure Markets
- Ben Fielding, Gensyn AI
- Coleen Sullivan, Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital
- Rebecca Rettig, Chief Legal Officer of Jito
- Howard Wu, Founder of Provable (Aleo)
- Erica Khalili, Cofounder & Chief Legal Risk Officer of Lead Bank
- Azeem Khan, Co-founder of Miden
- David Namdar, CEO of CEA Industries (Nasdaq: BNC)
- James Zhang, CEO of Sol Markets (Solana DATCO)
- Suzanne Dannheim, COO at Inversion
- Marcos Veremis, Partner at Accolade
- Nicole Valentine, Senior Director, FinTech at Milken Institute
- Jonathan Levin, CEO & Co-Founder of Chainalysis

​Invite-Only Roundtable — EisnerAmper

​A Founder's Guide to Agentic Finance: Can Your AI Agent Be Your CFO?
Partner: EisnerAmper

​This roundtable is invite only. During registration, check the box if you want to be considered. Expressing interest / being considered does not guarantee acceptance.

​Looking forward to gathering this incredible group once again.

​Summit night entertainment — Friday, November 6: We're hosting multi-instrumentalist and producer COULOU. Summit guests are invited to join. 2nd Annual Founder of The Year Winner will be announced!

​2026 Sponsors

​Gold — Fenwick & West

​Silver — Eisner Amper; Sidley Austin; Open World

​Bronze — SVB First Citizens Bank