We are excited to share with you that the next Blockchain Application Stanford Summit – BASS Denver 2026 – will be on February 17th in Denver during ETHDenver.
BASS is the in-person focal point of Stanford’s Blockchain entrepreneurial ecosystem and an event series gathering our global community of researchers, engineers, and thought leaders; to connect and explore blockchain’s latest topics in depth.
This will be the 9th edition of the Summit, where participants s will explore cutting edge innovations in Blockchain Infra, Digital Finance, AI, Policy and other topics.
Speakers include:
- Caroline Pham, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Legal Officer, MoonPay; ex-Acting Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Tomasz Stańczak, Co-Executive Director, Ethereum Foundation
- Dan Albert, Executive Director, Solana Foundation
- Melvis Langyintuo, Executive Director, Canton Network Foundation
- Keone Hon, Co-Founder & GM, Monad Foundation
- Sandeep Nailwal, Co-Founder & CEO, Polygon
- Oren Katz, COO, Starkware
- Alex Shevchenko, Co-Founder, Near Intents
- Koh Harada, CEO, Aleo
- Weso, CTO, Cap (Stanford Founders)
- Daniel Marin, Founder & CEO, Nexus (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Ash Ahmed, Founder & CEO, Axal
- Keccak, Founder & CEO, Nectar (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Sophia Latessa, Founder & CEO, Rover (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Ben Ward, Co-Founder & CEO, Rocksolid (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Jake Salerno, VP GTM, 0G Foundation (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Juan Bruce, Co-founder & CEO, Supernet (Stanford Blockchain Accelerator)
- Jonathan King, Investor, Coinbase Ventures
- Wei Dai, Investor, 1kx
- Joshua Rivera, General Counsel & Operating Partner, Blockchain Capital
- Harrison Dahme, CTO & Partner, Hack VC
- Davide Crapis, Head of AI, Ethereum Foundation
- David Lawant, Head of Research, Anchorage (Stanford Alumni)
- Gordon Liao, Head of Research & Chief Economist, Circle
- Nemil Dalal, Crypto Partner, Y Combinator (Stanford Alumni)
✨ ETHDenver 2026 is the largest Web3 #BUIDLathon in the world for Ethereum and other blockchain protocol enthusiasts, designers and developers. Blockchain companies from around the world will host events in an open source format, inviting all to attend.
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