Money Never Sleeps – Welcome to Full Stack PayFi Live from LEAP East 2026
Banking hours are over. Money never sleeps.
Join us for the definitive LEAP East side event on the future of payments — where the builders, allocators, and institutions shaping the next generation of finance converge in one room.
We're assembling the Full Stack PayFi: from regulated digital assets to real-world application, from institutional liquidity to SME payments.
Hosted by Hex Trust, Falcon X and Elephants Inc. and supported by Aura and Vector Capital, this is the conversation everyone will be having — or should be.
Confirmed Speakers
FalconX – Benjamin Stani
Elephants Inc. – SME Payments Platform
Hex Trust – Convert to Pay and Regulated Payment API
What We'll Cover:
24/7 settlement — the end of banking hours
Institutional liquidity and prime brokerage at scale — how FalconX powers 24/7 markets
Tokenized finance and RWA integration — including HSBC's pioneering work on digital assets and tokenization
SME PayFi — cross-border payments, FX, stablecoin wallets with Elephants Inc.
Stablecoin-native credit and real-world yield
Consumer adoption — crypto cards and embedded finance
TradFi/DeFi convergence — where the rails meet
Format
6:00 – 7:00 PM — Welcome reception: drinks & networking
7:00 – 7:05 PM — Welcome by Hex Trust
7:05 – 7:25 PM — Fireside Chat: "The Great Convergence: TradFi Meets Digital Assets"
7:25 – 7:45 PM — Panel: "The Institutional Liquidity Engine: How 24/7 Markets Actually Work" with Benjamin Stani (FalconX), Elephants Inc., and Hex Trust
7:45 – 8:00 PM — Open Q&A
8:00 – 9:00 PM — Closing networking with food & drinks
Who Should Attend
This strictly curated gathering convenes senior leaders and decision-makers accelerating Asia's digital asset ecosystem:
Digital Asset & Alternative Fund Managers
Institutional Investors & Family Offices
Liquidity Providers & Professional Trading Counterparties
Venture Capital & Private Equity Partners
Strategic Ecosystem Architects & Founders
A sophisticated setting for high-conviction conversations — panoramic harbour views, open bar, and the peers building the next chapter of global finance.
Invitation-only. Register with your corporate email to begin the review process.
Why This Event
LEAP East is bringing the world's largest technology investors to Hong Kong. On July 9, we're bringing the most important PayFi builders to Hex Trust HQ. This isn't a review — it's a catalyst.
Space is limited to 100 guests. Register now.
SPEAKER BIOS
Benjamin Stani – FalconX Benjamin represents FalconX, the leading institutional digital asset prime brokerage providing deep liquidity, financing, and 24/7 settlement to the world's top institutions. FalconX powers billions in trading volume and is the liquidity engine behind the "money never sleeps" reality.
Elephants Inc. – SME Payments Platform Elephants Inc. is built for modern businesses that need to run their money, not just process payments. One system for receiving payments, managing spend, issuing cards, moving money globally, and operating across multiple currencies and stablecoins — with real-time visibility and AI-powered workflows. A smarter alternative to the fragmented financial stacks most businesses still rely on, starting in Southeast Asia and expanding beyond.
Gabriele Bandi – Hex Trust Convert to Pay Gabriele represents Hex Trust, Asia's leading regulated digital asset full-service provider. Before entering digital assets, he spent years architecting cash management and payments solutions across APAC — leading end-to-end proposals spanning liquidity management, cross-border payments, receivables, and connectivity for institutional clients at Citi. That institutional payments DNA is now applied to the next generation of financial infrastructure, where Hex Trust's regulated markets, settlement, and API payment solutions are rewriting how institutions move and manage money.
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About Hex Trust
Established in 2018, Hex Trust offers regulated institutional digital asset Markets Services, Custody, and Payment Solutions to builders, investors and service providers. Get access to our comprehensive, secure and regulated suite of services built on our fully integrated infrastructure.
For more information, visit hextrust.com or follow Hex Trust on LinkedIn, X and Telegram.
About FalconX
FalconX is a leading digital asset prime brokerage for the world’s top institutions. We provide comprehensive access to global digital asset liquidity and a full range of trading services. Our 24/7 dedicated team for account, operational and trading needs enables investors to navigate markets around the clock.
FalconX is backed by investors including Accel, Adams Street Partners, Altimeter Capital, American Express Ventures, B Capital, GIC, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Thoma Bravo, Tiger Global Management and Wellington Management. FalconX has offices in Silicon Valley, New York, London, Hong Kong, Bengaluru, Singapore and Valletta. For more information visit falconx.io or follow FalconX on X and LinkedIn.
About Elephants Inc.
Elephants Inc. is a payments platform built to help modern businesses run their money, not just process payments.
We help companies receive payments, manage spend, issue cards, move money globally, and operate across multiple currencies and stablecoins from one system, with real-time visibility and AI-powered workflows built for how businesses actually operate today.
We’re not a bank. We’re building a smarter alternative to the fragmented financial stacks most businesses still rely on, starting in Southeast Asia and expanding beyond.
About Vector Capital
Vector Capital is a Hong Kong-based strategic advisory and bridge-building platform at the intersection of GBA deep tech, global capital markets, and the structural shifts reshaping wealth in Asia. We advise family offices, founders, allocators, and digital asset firms on cross-border strategy, market entry, capital formation, and coalition building. Through The Great Convergence newsletter and The Grand Gateway salon series, Vector Capital convenes the conversations that move capital.
About Crypto Drinks
Crypto Drinks is Hong Kong's longest-running, largest, and most legendary IRL Web3 community. For over six years, we have brought together founders, builders, allocators, and curious newcomers for the city's most consistent and high-signal crypto gathering. Crypto Drinks is not a pitch fest. It is a community — and the community is the infrastructure.
About Aura by Hex Trust
Aura is a premium digital wealth platform designed for investors who want more from their digital assets. It provides seamless access to exceptional investment solutions and expert advisory — combining institutional-grade capability with a highly personal, relationship-led experience. By transforming complex digital asset opportunities into a simple and secure journey, Aura bridges the gap between sophisticated market access and trusted, curated wealth planning.
For more information, please visit hextrust.com/aura.