Speakers

Introducing the UDC 2025 speakers

*In alphabetical order

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Niki Ariyasinghe

Chainlink Labs・Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific and Middle East

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Tiago Assumpcao

Crypto ISAC・Technical Director

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Paul Bances

Paxos・Head of Global Enterprise Growth

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Kevin Batteh

Delta Strategy Group・Partner

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Ido Ben-Natan

Blockaid・CEO & Co-Founder

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Will Cai

Kaiko・Global Head of Indices

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Dongseon Chang

Future Exploration Community・CEO

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Eric Chen

Injective Foundation・CEO

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Michael Wonho Cho

Lambda256・Head of Business Development Division

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Jooyoung Choi

Dunamu・Lead, Upbit API and Developer Center

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Tanna Chong

Responsible Fintech Institute (RFI)・Chief Policy Officer

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Heewon Chung

Jeonbuk National University・Assistant Professor

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Steve Chung

Azuki・COO

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Marco Dal Lago

Tether・VP of Global Expansion & Strategic Partnerships

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Kinsa Durst

Sonic SVM・CMO

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Ross Edwards

Ripple・Senior Director, Global Financial Institutions

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Gene Fang

Moody's Ratings・Associate Managing Director, Sovereign & Sub-sovereign Ratings Group

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Amir Forouzani

Puffer・CEO & Co-Founder

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Pedro Gomes

WalletConnect Foundation・Founder & Director

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Derik Han

Mysten Labs・Head of Asia-Pacific

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Pär Helgosson

Paris Saint-Germain・Head of PSG Labs

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Adam Jin

Solana Foundation・Advisor

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Tommy Jung

Dunamu・CISO

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Yuki Kamimoto

N.Avenue (CoinDesk JAPAN)・CEO

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Peter Kerstens

European Commission・Advisor

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Cela Kim

Dunamu・Digital Asset Researcher

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Justin Kim

UPSide Academy's second batch・Majoring in Computer Science at Korea University (student)

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Keith Kim

Nexpace・COO

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Paul Kim

Levvels・COO

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Ran Ko

ALGORAN・CEO

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Lucian Lee

UPSide Academy's second batch・Cyber Security Research Center at the National Police University

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Chulho Lee

KAIST・Associate Professor

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Jongsub Lee

Seoul National University Business School・Full Professor

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Pierre Le Guen

NEAR AI・Head of Engineering

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Jason Li

Solayer・Co-Founder & Head of Engineering

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Alice Liu

CoinMarketCap・Head of Research

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Elsa Madrolle

VerifyVASP・General Manager

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Pranav Maheshwari

The Graph・Director of Integrations

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Patrick McHenry

Former) The House Financial Services Committee・Chair (2023-2025)

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Doowan Nam

Sky・BD Lead

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Kihoon Nam

Lambda256・CTO

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Steve Nam

Ethereum Foundation・Policy & EcoDev

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Brian Park

Theori CEO・ChainLight CEO

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Sandy Peng

Scroll・Co-Founder

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Rania Rahardja

Ondo Finance・Director of APAC

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Deepa Raja Carbon

Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)・Managing Director & Vice Chairperson

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Sandra Ro

GBBC・CEO

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Gal Sagie

Hypernative・CEO & Co-Founder

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Jun Song

Upbit・Crypto Product Lead

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Trish Turner

Internal Revenue Service(IRS)・Head of Digital Assets

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Jensen Yap

Flipside Crypto・Senior Data Engineer

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Jaesoo Yoo

Former) Financial Service Commission Director General・Present) Singularity Finance Society Secretary General

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Jongwon Yoon

Former) Senior Secretary to the President for Economic Affairs・Present) Korea Development Institute(KDI) Visiting Senior Fellow

* Due to the personal circumstances of the speaker, the lineup may change.

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