NYC Tech Connect: Moving from Digital Banking to Autonomous Finance

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Welcome to NYC Tech Connect, where the city's brightest minds in technology come together to meet, mingle, and move ideas forward. Whether you're a developer, designer, founder, product manager, investor, or just tech-curious, this is the place to build real connections in the heart of NYC's innovation scene.

What to Expect:

• Fin-tech Panel
• Casual, friendly vibes – no awkward icebreakers, just good conversation
• A diverse crowd from startups to Fortune 500s
• Opportunities to find collaborators, job leads, mentors, or co-founders
• Free-form networking

Location:Sugar Mouse NYC47 3rd Ave, Lower level, New York, NY 10003

When: June 29, 2026 6-9 PM

Who Should Attend:Anyone passionate about tech: coders, marketers, product folks, founders, investors, designers, students, or career switchers.

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Let’s make NYC smaller, one conversation at a time.Come with an open mind, leave with a stronger network.

Speakers:
1. Ryan Zega heads the financial services and institutional business development efforts at Aptos, a leading Layer 1 blockchain. Previously, Ryan was the Senior Director of Capital Markets and Business Development at tZERO, a global liquidity platform for private securities and digital assets.Prior to joining tZERO, Ryan had an extensive institutional real estate career across acquisitions, asset management, and debt origination. Most recently, he was Director of Acquisitions at Paramount Group, Inc. (NYSE: PRGE), a publicly traded REIT. Prior to that role, he was an Associate responsible for acquisitions and asset management at Normandy Real Estate Partners, a vertically-integrated real estate fund operator. Ryan commenced his career as an Investment Analyst at PGIM Real Estate, Prudential Financial's (NYSE: PRU) investment management division.

Projects:

• Decibel: Perps DEX (link to CoinDesk article on recent launch)
• Shelby: Web3's first decentralized, cloud-grade hot storage protocol
• Aptos Confidential Transactions: ZK-proof solution to mask sending amounts & balances
• Namespaces: tailored execution environment on the Aptos blockchain meant for institutions
• APT OS: a white labeled platform that can be used for RWA and tokenized deposit issuance

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