Merkle Mini Meet New York 2026 - Hosted by Duane Morris
Join Merkle Science for an afternoon of focused discussion on the market, compliance, and infrastructure dynamics shaping digital assets in 2026—followed by drinks and high-signal networking.
The program opens with welcome remarks before moving into a panel on whether privacy is becoming a new driver of institutional crypto adoption. From there, the conversation shifts to the 2026 outlook for crypto, with a focus on institutional growth, compliance expectations, and the evolving operating landscape for market participants.
Following a networking break, the program continues with a presentation on the MetaMask Card featuring speakers from MetaMask and Mastercard, alongside a Merkle Science product demo highlighting practical risk intelligence and investigative workflows.
We’ll close with a panel on what is still needed for mainstream stablecoin adoption, covering trust, transparency, payments infrastructure, regulatory alignment, and the controls required for broader institutional participation.
Agenda
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Privacy in Crypto: A New Driver of Institutional Adoption?
Koh — Aleo
Sid Gandhi — Payy
Jacob McCrum — Canton Network
Itai Turbahn — Fireblocks
Fahmi Syed — Midnight
Moderator: Devin Ardalan — EVG
2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Stablecoin Monitoring Metrics
2:50 PM – 3:25 PM
Crypto 2026 Outlook: Institutional Growth and the Compliance Landscape
Rajeev Bomra — Moody’s
Jesse Guglielmo — Hashfire
Rob Krugman — Broadridge
Mriganka Pattnaik — Merkle Science
Moderator: Mauro Wolfe — Partner, Duane Morris
3:25 PM – 3:35 PM
Networking Break
3:35 PM – 4:00 PM
Presentation: MetaMask Card + Mastercard + Merkle Science Product Demo
Daniel Lynch — MetaMask
Mukul Tripathi — Mastercard
Justus Delp — Merkle Science
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
What’s Needed for Mainstream Stablecoin Adoption
Mark Daly — zerohash
Jay Pollak — VerifiedX
Nick Gersh — Paxos
Joseph Silvia — Duane Morris
Moderator: Justin Friedman — Stablecon
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Drinks & Networking
What to expect
Short, substantive sessions with minimal fluff
Practitioners and operators across privacy, compliance, payments, and digital asset infrastructure
A structured afternoon program followed by drinks and networking