Join Merkle Mini Meet 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
- Tom D’Eletto — Arculus
- Sid Gandhi — Payy
- Jacob McCrum — Canton Network
- Itai Turbahn — Fireblocks
- Fahmi Syed — Midnight
- Moderator: Devin A. — 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
- Mauro Wolfe — Partner, Duane Morris
- Rajeev Bomra — Moody’s
- Jesse Guglielmo — Hashfire
- Rob Krugman — Broadridge
- Mriganka Pattnaik — Merkle Science
- Moderator: Daniel Galeon — Robinhood
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 — Verified
- Nick Gersh — Paxos
- Tarun Chitra — Gauntlet
- Chris Lalan — 1Money
- 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
🗓 Monday, March 23, 2026
🕔 Time: 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM EDT
📍 Duane Morris LLP
22 Vanderbilt, 335 Madison Ave 23rd Floor · New York, NY
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