Join us for the DeFi Toronto January 2026 Meetup, connecting DeFi enthusiasts, builders, and investors in the heart of Toronto. Whether you’re deep into decentralized finance or just exploring the space, this event offers insightful discussions and valuable networking opportunities.
Agenda
- DeFi news recap
- HTTP 402: The Internet’s Missing Payment Layer, Erik Reppel, author of the x402 protocol and Head of Engineering at Coinbase Developer Platform
- How FLUID scaled lending to $5B in one year, Beeshal, Head of Growth at FLUID.IO
- Community announcements
# Speaker Bio:
Erik Reppel is a software engineer and technology builder currently serving as Head of Engineering for the Coinbase Developer Platform (CDP) at Coinbase. He has held previous roles at ZORA, Clubhouse, and Coinbase, where he has worked on machine learning tooling and platform development
Reppel holds a Bachelor of Software Engineering in Computer Science from the University of Victoria. He is known for his work on the x402 protocol, an internet-native payment standard that reimagines the HTTP 402 “Payment Required” status code, and has been involved in promoting open standards for payments.
Beeshal is the Head of Growth at FLUID. He will provide an overview of Fluid, one of the fastest growing DeFi protocols in the world, what’s unique about it, and how that is powering its rapid growth from 100M to 6B in supply in roughly a year.
🗓 Thursday, January 22, 2026
🕔 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
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✨ If you’re interested in learning about Decentralized Finance (DeFi), the DeFi Toronto Meetup will help you gain the knowledge and familiarity with tools to excel in this space! We’ve been running the meetup since 2019 and have hosted founders from some the world’s top DeFi projects including: Aave, Maker DAO, dYdX, Element Finance, and more!
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