Digital Frontier Summit @ UC Berkeley
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Friday, March 13, 2026
to Friday, March 13, 2026
BlockchainArtificial IntelligenceFintechSocial Impact
Student only
This hackathons is only open to students. Double check the event page for more information as this may mean only those from a particular university/country are eligible.
Event Type
in person
$20,000
Prize Pool
Organizers
The Digital Frontier Summit will feature curated conversations on the most important trends in the crypto industry, including stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, agentic payments, wallets and crypto UX, venture investing, and institutional playbooks in 2026.
Join forward-looking and substantive conversations with the operators and investors shaping the next phase of crypto, featuring leaders from Circle, Bitwise, Anchorage Digital, Framework Ventures, OKX, and more.
Co-hosted by Berkeley Center for Digital Assets, Blockchain @ Berkeley, and Berkeley Haas Blockchain & Crypto Interest Group
Agenda
9:00 AM: Check-in, Coffee & Networking
9:25 AM: Welcome Remarks
Larry Wang — Co-President, Haas Blockchain ClubJames Takami — Co-President, Haas Blockchain Club
9:30 AM: Stablecoins: The New Global Payments Stack
Ken Zhang — Head of Stablecoin & Fintech, CrossmintEric Nemeth — Vice President, OpenTradeMichael Curry — CEO & Founder, SpendcodesSam Liu — Senior Director of Product Management, OKX
10:00 AM: Tokenizing the Real World: The Next Trillion-Dollar Opportunity
Sina Hader — Head of Network Growth, Canton Network (Pending)Charlie Liu — Venture Partner, Generative VenturesEddie Fu — Technical Growth Lead, Anchain.ai
10:30 AM: Break & Networking
11:00 AM: Programmable Dollars: Building the Financial Infrastructure of the Internet
Gagan Mac — VP of Product, Head of Developer Products, Circle
11:30 AM: AI Agents and Crypto Rails: Building the Machine Economy
Stefano Bury — Head of US, Virtual ProtocolPranav Maheshwari — Director of Integrity, Edge & NodeLomesh Dutta — Head of Business & Growth, Caffeine AIChi Zhang — Co-founder and CEO, Kite
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM: Catered Lunch & Networking
1:00 PM: Funding the Frontier: Backing the Next Generation of Crypto Founders
Parker Edwards — Partner, Framework VenturesCarl Jiang — Head of Ventures, Anchorage Digital VenturesAlan Leong — Founder & Managing Partner, Hesperian VenturesAbhay Mavalankar — SVP, Strategy & Investment, MoonPay
1:30 PM: The Institutional Crypto Playbook: Markets, Macro, and Capital Flows
David Lawant — Head of Research, Anchorage DigitalMatt Hougan — Chief Investment Officer, BitwiseEmmanuel Vallod — Head of Venture & Research, Hivemind Capital
2:00 PM: Break & Networking
2:15 PM: Crypto UX: Wallets, Infra, and Adoption
Joe Wadcan — Head of Corporate Development, PhantomAdam Zion — Head of Product, Dynamic (Fireblocks)
2:45 PM: To be announced shortly!
3:15 PM: Closing Remarks
3:30 PM: Optional Happy Hour @ Freehouse
We’ll walk across campus (about 15 minutes) to Freehouse (2700 Bancroft Way) to continue the networking and conversation!
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