BASS SBC 2026

​BASS is the in person focal point for Stanford's Blockchain Ecosystem, inviting the industry's foremost thought leaders at the intersection of AI, Finance, and Blockchain, as well as up and coming founders from the Stanford Ecosystem.

Confirmed speakers to date include:

• ​Keone Hon, CoFounder & CEO, Monad

• ​Illia Polosuhkin, Cofounder & CEO, Near

• ​Davide Crapis, Head of AI, Ethereum Foundation

• ​Alexander Long, Founder & CEO, Pluralis

• ​Ben Fielding, Cofounder & CEO, Gensyn

• ​Matt White, GM of AI, Linux Foundation

• ​Jake Brukhman, Founder & CEO, Coinfund

• ​Vibe Norby, Chief Product Officer, Solana

• ​Tony Pecore, Head of Investments, Franklin Templeton

• ​Michael Rihani, Head of Crypto, Nubank

• ​Max Segall, COO, Privy

• ​Holly Atkinson, Chief Product and Technology Officer, 1inch

• ​Bruno Faviero, Head of Protocol & Institutional Sales, Kraken

• ​Jonathan King, Principal, Coinbase Ventures

• ​Ari Juels, Professor Computer Science, Cornell Tech & Chief Scientist, Chainlink

• ​Darrell Duffie, Professor of Finance, Stanford

• ​Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor Management Science & Engineering, Stanford

• ​Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner, Dragonfly

• ​Paul Veradittakit, Managing Partner, Pantera

• ​Avichal Garg, Managing Partner, Electric Capital

• ​Nemil Dalal, Crypto Partner, Y Combinator

• ​Mehow Pospieszalski, Founder & CEO, American Fortress

​and more coming!