Alan Konevsky is Chief Executive Officer and a board member of tZERO, a pioneer in blockchain innovation for the financial markets. Appointed CEO in September 2025, Alan leads the company’s strategy to scale a regulated platform for tokenized securities, RWAs and other digital assets, spanning capital raising, secondary trading and custody.

Alan has been with tZERO since 2018, previously serving as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and Corporate Affairs Officer, as well as interim CEO in 2021-22. He played a central role in shaping the firm’s foundational direction, regulatory frameworks, and operations as one of the earliest entrants to bring digital securities to the market.

With more than 25 years of experience across financial services, technology, payments, and law, Alan previously held senior roles at Mastercard, Goldman Sachs, and Sullivan & Cromwell.

In addition to his leadership at tZERO, Alan serves on the board of Lynq, a real-time, interest-bearing settlement network for digital assets, as well as other ventures focused on next-generation financial infrastructure.

A graduate of Columbia College (summa cum laude) and Harvard Law School (magna cum laude), Alan is widely recognized for a thought leader, media contributor and advocate for digital asset innovation.

tZERO is a leader in blockchain-powered market infrastructure, connecting issuers, investors, and institutions through regulated digital asset rails. Our ecosystem supports the full lifecycle of tokenized finance – from asset issuance to secondary trading and custody – bringing greater efficiency, transparency, and access to modern financial markets. 

zerohash is the digital asset infrastructure for financial institutions. The platform enables banks, brokerages, and fintech companies to embed crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized assets into their existing products through regulated APIs. By abstracting blockchain complexity, zerohash allows institutions to participate in onchain finance while maintaining compliance and operational control.

Rob Hadick is a General Partner at Dragonfly, a ~$4bn crypto focused investment firm. Previously, he helped lead multi-stage investments into crypto companies and protocols at GoldenTree Asset Management (“GTAM”), a ~$50bn multi-strategy hedge fund. Prior to GTAM, Rob invested in and advised fintech, technology, and crypto companies while at Heritage Partners, Goldman Sachs, and PJT Partners. He holds a MBA from Columbia Business School, and a Bachelors in Economics and Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis.

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.

Scaling the Next Era of On-Chain Finance: Operational Rigor, Regulatory Alignment, and Secure Custody

In the race to institutionalize on-chain finance, infrastructure will determine who wins. Few executives understand that reality better than Jody Mettler, COO of BitGo and President of BitGo Trust Company. A longtime banking executive with more than two decades at Citigroup, Mettler brings a rare combination of deep operational expertise, regulatory fluency, and institutional risk discipline to the digital-asset ecosystem.

Under her leadership, BitGo has helped pioneer the regulated infrastructure required for institutional participation. The firm’s trust entity received approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to become a federally chartered digital-asset bank in 2025—an important step in bridging traditional finance and blockchain markets. In this fireside chat, Mettler will discuss how institutional-grade custody, settlement, staking, and financing infrastructure are reshaping market structure in digital assets—and why operational rigor, regulatory alignment, and secure custody may ultimately become the foundation for scaling the next era of on-chain finance.

Digital assets are reshaping how money moves across financial markets. As tokenization expands and settlement cycles compress toward real time, financial institutions must determine how to represent fiat money on-chain in a way that preserves regulatory compliance, operational resilience, and balance sheet efficiency. Deposit tokens and stablecoins offer two competing approaches to this challenge. In this Lightning Talk, ioBuilders CEO Carlos Matilla will explore the strategic implications of these models, providing a clear framework for understanding how digital money will integrate with existing banking systems and enable new financial market infrastructures.

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.