Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street (DC Edition)
Solana Summit: Washington x Wall Street is a gathering of policymakers, investors, and builders. Hear from regulators and industry leaders on the direction of blockchain policy. Discuss Solana's infrastructure, competitive position, and institutional use cases. Connect with allocators, policymakers, and builders across decentralized finance.
Program Schedule
12:00 PM — Doors Open
12:30 PM — Fireside Chat: Rep. Tom Emmer
1:00 PM — Wall Street Onchain: Digital Assets at Scale
This session maps the real-world pathway from policy framework to institutional deployment, with panelists from wealth management, infrastructure, and active institutional capital exploring what it takes to operationalize digital asset adoption at scale.
Jim Ferraioli, Head of Crypto Research, Charles Schwab
German Soto Sanchez, Chief Product and Digital Assets Officer, Broadridge
Katherine Molnar, Chief Investment Officer, Fairfax County Police Officers Retirement System
Jeff Park, Partner, ParaFi Capital
1:25 PM — Inside the White House's Crypto Strategy
Patrick Witt, who's leading the White House's crypto policy efforts, sits down with Crypto in America for the latest on the Administration's efforts to advance crypto policy.
Patrick Witt, Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets
Eleanor Terrett, Cohost, Crypto in America
Jacquelyn Melinek, Cohost, Crypto in America
1:55 PM — Crypto Outlook: Regulatory Clarity and Market Momentum
Two industry leaders with frontline visibility into where crypto adoption is accelerating, map the opportunities reshaping digital assets this fall and over the next twelve months. They'll discuss the latest on Clarity, how regulatory clarity unlocks deployment, and emerging use cases that reshape what's possible.
Summer Mersinger, CEO, Blockchain Association
Ji Kim, CEO, Crypto Council for Innovation
Kate Ackley, Senior Reporter, Bloomberg Government
2:15 PM — Updates from the House Financial Services Committee
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI)
Colin McLaren, Head of Government Relations, Solana Policy Institute
2:40 PM — Networking Break
2:55 PM — Crypto Tax and the Capitol Hill Outlook
This session brings together the crypto tax experts to map where the law is heading, what you need to know about compliance right now, and how the next year of tax rulings, both from courts and Capitol Hill, will directly reshape your business model.
Alison Mangiero, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of U.S. Policy, Crypto Council for Innovation
Jason Somensatto, Director of Policy, Coin Center
Catherine Leffert, Reporter, Punchbowl News
3:15 PM — Building Resilience: Security Coordination and Better Policy
Crypto's long-term viability depends on excellent cybersecurity for builders and users alike. This panel examines how security researchers, incident response teams, and protocol developers are consolidating fragmented expertise into shared frameworks and operational standards, then bringing that knowledge into policymaking conversations.
Jonathan Claudius, CEO, Asymmetric Research
Michael Coates, Chief Information Security Officer, Solana Foundation
Robert Chen, Founder and CEO of OtterSec
Amanda Tuminelli, CEO and Chief Legal Officer, DeFi Education Fund
3:35 PM — Fireside Chat: Inside the CFTC’s Crypto Innovation Advisory Committee
Mike Passalacqua, leading the CFTC's Innovation Advisory Committee, sits down to discuss what's happening at the agency, where the regulatory momentum is heading, and what builders and institutional investors should expect as crypto markets mature.
Michael Passalacqua, Senior Advisor to Chairman Selig and CFTC’s Innovation Task Force
Patrick Wilson, General Counsel, Solana Policy Institute
3:55 PM — Self-Custody at Scale: The Institutional Trading Stack on Solana
Institutional traders and asset managers increasingly need onchain execution alternatives that offer both institutional-grade tooling and self-custody. This panel examines how Solana's ecosystem is assembling that infrastructure: from non-custodial wallet-and-exchange platforms, to routing optimization, to deep liquidity venues, to the MEV infrastructure that makes fast execution reliable.
Ethan Chan, CEO, Allium
Chris Montagano, Chief Legal Officer & Head of Corporate Development, Orca
Mark Wetjen, President, Backpack US
Georgia Quinn, General Counsel, Forward Industries
4:20 PM — Networking Break
4:35 PM — The Final Mile: Sen. Cynthia Lummis on the Legislative Path To Crypto Clarity
Sen. Cynthia Lummis on the Clarity Act, consumer protections, developer safeguards, and blockchain's role in American financial innovation and leadership.
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY)
Miller Whitehouse-Levine, CEO, Solana Policy Institute
5:00 PM — Closing Keynote: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins
5:30 PM — Reception