Stablecoins are core infrastructure for payments, liquidity and digital commerce. For community banks, the question isn’t whether stablecoins will matter. It’s how they can participate in shaping the ecosystem rather than watch value migrate to fintechs, Big Tech, and big banks.

The panel will examine how community and mid-tier banks can approach stablecoin strategy with discipline and ambition, identifying practical use cases, evaluating issuance vs. partnership models, managing regulatory and liquidity considerations, and translating on-chain capabilities into tangible community impact. From faster cross-border settlement to treasury efficiency and small-business enablement, we will explore where execution can drive revenue, deposit stickiness, and long-term competitiveness.

The discussion is focused on action—what to build, what to partner for, and how to avoid being disintermediated in the next phase of payments innovation. Talking points will include:

o Issuer, distributor, or infrastructure partner: choosing the right role.

o Deposit implications, liquidity management, and balance sheet strategy.

o Stablecoins vs. traditional payments rails: revenue cannibalization or expansion?

o Compliance, risk, and governance frameworks for community institutions.

o Use cases that matter locally: SMB payments, remittances, municipal flows.

o Core integration and operational execution: what it really takes to launch.

Peter Mintzberg is Chief Executive Officer of Grayscale Investments and serves as a member of the Board of Directors. In this role, he is responsible for setting the strategic direction and for the day-to-day management of the company. Prior to joining Grayscale in 2024, Mr. Mintzberg served as the Global Head of Strategy for Goldman Sachs’ Asset & Wealth Management Division. He previously held global leadership roles in Strategy, M&A, and Investor Relations at Oppenheimer Funds, BlackRock, and Apollo.

With over two decades of experience, Mr. Mintzberg combines strategic insight and innovation to drive growth across diverse clients and asset classes. Mr. Mintzberg was recognized as a Latino leader in Finance by The Alumni Society in 2018 and was selected as a David Rockefeller Fellow in the 2016-2017 Class by The Partnership for New York City. He earned a B.S. in Engineering from Universidade Federal Rio de Janeiro and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Carlos Domingo is an entrepreneur with over 25 years of expertise in innovation, digital transformation, and venture capital. As the co-founder and CEO of Securitize, Carlos leads the way in developing compliant digital securities platforms that transform how companies raise capital and manage investors.

Before his groundbreaking work with Securitize, Carlos held prominent roles as CEO of Research & Development at Telefonica, creating cutting-edge advancements and pioneering technology at companies such as Telefonica, one of the largest telecom companies in the world. Later, he would serve as CEO of New Business and Innovation, which led to an interest in spearheading blockchain adoption through the tokenization of traditional markets.

Carlos holds a Ph.D. in computer science, showcasing his deep technical understanding and commitment to advancing technological frontiers. Multilingual with experience across global markets, he speaks English, Spanish, and Japanese fluently. Based in Miami, Carlos continues to be a driving force at the intersection of technology, finance, and innovation, consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the digital age.

Securitize is the leader in tokenizing real-world assets, managing $4B+ AUM and partnering with leading asset managers including Apollo, BlackRock, BNY, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and VanEck. It operates SEC-registered broker-dealer and transfer agent businesses plus an SEC-regulated ATS in the U.S., and is EU-authorized as an Investment Firm and DLT Pilot Regime TSS.

Company with its own products and tailored solutions for regulated on-chain finance, enabling the tokenization and management of a range of securities and credit instruments—including bonds, shares, funds and loans—as well as digital cash formats such as deposit tokens and stablecoins. Clients span banks, market infrastructures, asset managers and other financial institutions.

Recognized as one of Housing Wire’s Finance Leaders of 2025, Todd has nearly 30 years of experience in the financial industry across investment banking, capital markets, and wealth management.

Todd joined Figure from Inveniam.io, where he served as global head of capital markets. Prior, Todd spent 16 years at Deutsche Bank in various leadership roles in London and New York. From 2016 to 2020 he was the firm’s global head of the institutional wealth management business. The group serviced DB’s most sophisticated family offices and private clients and included teams in New York, London, Zurich, Frankfurt, Riyadh, Singapore, and Hong Kong. In previous roles, Todd ran structured finance sales and structuring teams in both London and New York while serving on several global and regional executive steering/operating committees.

Todd is the Managing Member of Beta Holdings, an investment boutique, focused on seeding and advising early-stage companies, and he holds board positions at companies in the packaging, consumer products, water infrastructure, insurance and software technology sectors. He currently and previously held designations as a Certified Financial Analyst® (CFA®) and Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Finzly is a modern operating system that serves as the innovation core for banks, free from legacy core dependencies. It manages traditional and tokenized money and their movement on a single platform, with advanced payment processing and a unified ledger, enabling new growth channels from embedded banking, FX trading, and payments.

Founded in 2013, AlphaPoint provides institutional infrastructure for exchanges, banks, and financial institutions modernizing treasury operations with digital assets and stablecoins. Serving more than 150 customers across 35 countries, AlphaPoint delivers secure, compliant, and scalable technology to power trading, stablecoin issuance, payments, and regulated digital asset markets.