Speakers

Introducing the UDC 2025 speakers
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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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