Merkle Meet 2026 Miami Hosted by Duane Morris
Join Merkle Science in Miami during Consensus 2026 for a full day of panels, workshops, and networking at the offices of Duane Morris LLP.
Bringing together leaders from across crypto, compliance, legal, and payments, the event will focus on the stablecoin, compliance, and regulatory issues defining the market in 2026. While the full agenda and speaker lineup are still being finalized, attendees can expect substantive conversations, practical insight, lunch and networking breaks throughout the day, and happy hour drinks to close.
Agenda
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Managing Crypto Threats in 2026
Amy Kalnoki (Co-Founder, Bitwave.io), Kevin/John (Nardello & Co), Ilya Brovin (Chief Growth Officer, Sumsub), Hans Behrens (CTO, Plasma)
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
Use AI as Data Scientist for Blockchain Analytics
Justus
12:00 PM – 12:45 PM
Stablecoins Fintech Adoption: AI, Compliance, Custody & Payment
Ronald (Movantis), Rajah (Stellar), Guillermo Hellmund (FelixPago), Alvaro, Josh (Utila)
12:45 PM – 1:30 PM
Stablecoins as Payment Rails: Rebuilding Global Payments
Katina Messinis (Sales, Stable), Dustin Palmer (BSA Officer, Anchorage Digital), Simon Baksys (CBO, LayerZero Foundation), Rodri Fernandez Touza (Co-Founder, Crossmint), Adam Bialy (CEO, Fiat Republic)
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
Crypto Market Global Regulation Reform
Purvi Maniar (CLO, Laser Digital), Nicola White (VP Crypto Institutional, Robinhood), Faustine Fleuret (Morpho)
2:45 PM – 3:30 PM
Building Trust for Institutional Adoption of Stablecoins
Peter Glyman (CEO, Coinbax), Max Howenstine (VP Head of Product, zerohash), Chuk Okpalugo (Former Paxos), Patrick Murck (CEO, Surus), Roshan Robert (CEO, OKX US)
3:45 PM – 4:30 PM
Stablecoins, Payments & Trust: What Comes After Regulatory Clarity
Bentzi Rabi (CEO, Utila), Manuel Beaudroit (CEO, Belo), Rami Shahatit (CEO, Portal), Jeff Rundlet (VP, Cryptio), Denney Kwok (CPO, Mento Labs), Damien Ekechukwu (Ecosystem Director, zerohash)
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM
Crypto Crime Case Study & Threat Detection Demos
Stacy Whittaker, Alvaro (ex-Europol), Sarah Hicks
5:15 PM – 6:00 PM
The Global Regulatory Battleground: How Jurisdictions Are Competing
Catalina Ortega Osorio (CCO, El Dorado), Gino Ercolino (CCO US, B2C2), Faustine Fleuret (Head of Policy, Morpho), Pierre Alain Krohn (CEO, Bitcoin Suisse), Seth Hertlein (Global Head of Policy, Ledger), Ambre Soubiran (CEO, Kaiko)