2026 Institutional Digital Asset Adoption Series

OVERVIEW

On May 11, we'll continue our 2026 Institutional Digital Asset Adoption Series with a deep dive into the infrastructure shaping the future of finance.

✨About This Event

Join the Boston Blockchain Association for Building the Institutional Rails of the Future:

Regulation, Stablecoins, Tokenized Markets, and Convergence with Quantum Computing.

This event brings together leaders across regulation, law, asset management, and emerging technologies to explore how the next generation of financial infrastructure is being built. From evolving regulatory frameworks to the rise of tokenized assets and the potential impact of quantum computing, we’ll examine the forces driving institutional adoption and reshaping global markets.

Designed for institutional participants, operators, and forward-thinking builders, this program offers both strategic insight and practical perspective on where the space is heading and how to engage with it.

✨ What to Expect

Fireside Conversations: Hear directly from leaders shaping policy and innovation at the highest levels.

Expert Panels: Gain unique insights to tokenization drivers, stablecoin developments, regulatory navigation, and market infrastructure, with practical insights to institutional adoption at the intersection of traditional finance and digital asset technologies.

Networking Reception: Connect with peers and industry leaders over drinks and refreshments.

✨ Agenda

2:00 PM – Doors Open

2:30 PM – 5:15 PM – Program Sessions

● 2:30 - 3:00 PM - Opening Fireside Chat: Navigating the Regulatory Frontier

Moderator: Doug Mehne, Senior Advisor, Ava Labs and Chair, Boston Blockchain Association

Speaker: Chris Rice, Senior Advisor, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission, Division of Trading & Markets

● 3:00 - 3:45 PM - Panel 1: Tokenization, Path to Adoption and the Impact to Financial Markets

Moderator: Helen Gugel, Partner, Ropes & Gray LLP

Panelists: Aisha Hunt, Founder, Kelley Hunt, PLLC;

Ryan Gatti, SVP Innovation and Strategy, Citizens Bank;

Amira Valliani, Head of Payments & Growth, Solana Foundation;

Ryan Louvar, Head of Business & Legal Affairs, Digital Assets

● 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM – Break

● 4:00 - 4:45 PM - Panel 2: Stablecoins; Navigation, Adoption, and Real Utility

Moderator, James Knox, Managing Director, Regional Technology and Blockchain Practice Leader, AON

Panelists: Clarisse Hagege, Co-Founder and CEO of DFNS and Cameron Nili, LayerZero- Institutional Lead

(Additional speakers to be announced)

● 4:45 - 5:15 PM - Closing Fireside Chat: The Crossover of Blockchains and Quantum Computing: Opportunities, Utility, and Risks

Moderator: Ari Redbord, VP, Global Head of Policy and Government Affairs, TRM Labs

Speaker: Dr. Brett Falk, Director, Crypto and Society Lab, University of Pennsylvania

5:15 PM – 7:00 PM – Networking Reception

Please note, this event is for Institutional Digital Asset Ecosystem Participants

Logistics

Please bring a government-issued ID to pass through building security.

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