On October 27, 2026, The Tie will host the fourth annual The Bridge conference in New York City. The Bridge convenes senior executives from leading traditional institutions and digital asset firms to examine the continued convergence of institutional finance and digital assets.
The Bridge is designed to facilitate substantive, high-level discussion through expert panels, formal presentations, and structured private meetings between token issuers and institutional participants. Hosted at Convene Brookfield Place in a private, invitation-only setting, The Bridge provides a trusted forum that supports thoughtful dialogue, strategic engagement, and informed perspectives on blockchain and financial markets.
Speakers include:
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- Nisa Amolis, Managing Partner, A100x
- Sebastian Blum, Founding Partner, Greenfield Capital
- Joseph Chalom, CEO, Sharplink
- Danish Chaudhry, General Partner & Co-Founder, Paper Ventures
- Raghav Chopra, Managing Partner, Tephra Digital
- Christian Crowley, Partner, GTM, a16z crypto
- Marc de Kloe, Managing Partner, Theta Capital Management
- Mike De Melo, Chief Strategy Officer, RAAC
- Melvin Deng, CEO, QCP
- Leigh Drogen, GP and CIO, Starkiller Capital
- Mike Dudas, Managing Partner, 6th Man Ventures
- Jim Ferraioli, Head of Crypto Research, Charles Schwab
- Evan Fisher, Managing Partner, Portal Ventures
- Johnny Garcia, Head of Institutional Growth, VeChain Foundation
- Genna Garver, Partner, Troutman Pepper Locke
- Vanessa Grellet, Managing Partner, Arche Capital
- David Grider, Partner & Head of Liquid Investments, Finality Capital
- Michael Hall, Chief Investment Officer, Nickel Digital
- William Herkelrath, CEO, Algorand
- Matthew Homer, General Partner, The Venture Dept.
- Matthew Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise Asset Management
- Haley Huang, Investment Director, YZi Labs
- Bhaji Illuminati, CEO & Co-Founder, Centrifuge Labs
- Rok Kopp, Co-Founder, ether.fi
- Chris Kuiper, Vice President of Research, Fidelity Digital Assets
- Kate Laurence, CEO, Bloccelerate VC
- Scott Lawin, President, Pantera Capital
- Dennis Lee, Head of Digital Issuance, NYSE
- Alice Li, Partner / Head of RWA, Foresight Ventures / Bitget
- Randy Little, Partner, 50T Funds
- Christian Lopez, Managing Director, Head of Blockchain and Digital Assets, Cohen & Company Capital Markets
- Blue Macellari, Head of Digital Assets Strategy, T. Rowe Price
- Charles Michallet, US Head of Digital Assets, Societe Generale
- Ivan Miskovic, CEO & Co-Founder, Quantum
- Andrew Moss, Head of Digital Assets Research, Jefferies LLC
- Pete Najarian, Managing Partner, Raptor Digital
- Thejas Nalval, CIO, Parataxis Capital
- Alex Pack, Founder & Managing Partner, Hack VC
- William Peck, Head of Digital Assets, WisdomTree
- Frederick Pye, Vice Chairman and Founder, Stablecorp
- Deborah Querub, Head of Digital Assets, Citi Wealth, Citi
- Matthew Sigel, Head of Digital Assets Research, VanEck
- Jean-Marc Stenger, CEO, Societe Generale Forge
- Pascal St-Jean, President & CEO, 3iQ
- Thomas Sy, Head of Multi-Asset & Digital Asset Solutions, New York Life Investment Management
- Hoolie Tejwani, Head of Coinbase Ventures, Coinbase Ventures
- Sam ten Cate, Managing Director, State Street Investment Management
- Sal Ternullo, CEO, SVRN
- Nadine Teychenne, Global Head of Tokenized Securities and Crypto Assets, Citibank
- Sonali Theisen, Global Head of Digital Assets Platform, FICC E-Trading and Markets Strategic Investments, Bank of America
- Ryan Trinkle, Founder, Obsidian Systems
- Thomas Uhm, Quant Research Director, Qube Research & Technologies
- Manoj Vasudevan, Director & Senior Portfolio Manager, KAUST Investment Management Company
- Steven Venino, General Partner, Strobe Ventures
- Marcos Veremis, Partner, Accolade Partners
- John Vincent, CEO, Wakem Capital Mgmt.
- Jordi Visser, Founder, Visser-Labs, LLC
- Matt Walsh, Founding Partner, Castle Island Ventures
- Reed Werbitt, U.S. CEO and Global CRO, Flowdesk
- Nicola White, Vice President, Institutional Crypto, General Manager, Bitstamp, Robinhood
- Jenna Wright, Managing Director, Digital Assets, LMAX Group
- Kathleen Wrynn, Global Head of Digital Assets, Invesco
- Paul Yablon, Founder and Chief Investment Officer, Room40
- Michael Zajko, Co-Founder, Lattice
- Matt Zhang, Founder and Managing Partner, Hivemind Capital Partners
- CK Zheng, Co-Founder & CIO, ZX Squared Capital