Speakers
Introducing the UDC 2025 speakers
*In alphabetical order
Niki Ariyasinghe
Chainlink Labs・Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific and Middle East
Tiago Assumpcao
Crypto ISAC・Technical Director
Paul Bances
Paxos・Head of Global Enterprise Growth
Kevin Batteh
Delta Strategy Group・Partner
Ido Ben-Natan
Blockaid・CEO & Co-Founder
Will Cai
Kaiko・Global Head of Indices
Dongseon Chang
Future Exploration Community・CEO
Eric Chen
Injective Foundation・CEO
Heewon Chung
Jeonbuk National University・Assistant Professor
Steve Chung
Azuki・COO
Gene Fang
Moody's Ratings・Associate Managing Director, Sovereign & Sub-sovereign Ratings Group
Amir Forouzani
Puffer・CEO & Co-Founder
Derik Han
Mysten Labs・Head of Asia-Pacific
Pär Helgosson
Paris Saint-Germain・Head of PSG Labs
Adam Jin
Solana Foundation・Advisor
Tommy Jung
Dunamu・CISO
Yuki Kamimoto
N.Avenue (CoinDesk JAPAN)・CEO
Peter Kerstens
European Commission・Advisor
Keith Kim
Nexpace・COO
Justin Kim
UPSide Academy's second batch・Majoring in Computer Science at Korea University (student)
Ran Ko
ALGORAN・CEO
Lucian Lee
UPSide Academy's second batch・Cyber Security Research Center at the National Police University
Pierre Le Guen
NEAR AI・Head of Engineering
Jason Li
Solayer・Co-Founder & Head of Engineering
Alice Liu
CoinMarketCap・Head of Research
Elsa Madrolle
VerifyVASP・General Manager
Pranav Maheshwari
The Graph・Director of Integrations
Patrick McHenry
Former) The House Financial Services Committee・Chair (2023-2025)
Kihoon Nam
Lambda256・CTO
Steve Nam
Ethereum Foundation・Policy & EcoDev
Brian Park
Theori CEO・ChainLight CEO
Sandy Peng
Scroll・Co-Founder
Deepa Raja Carbon
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)・Managing Director & Vice Chairperson
Sandra Ro
GBBC・CEO
Gal Sagie
Hypernative・CEO & Co-Founder
Jensen Yap
Flipside Crypto・Senior Data Engineer
Jongwon Yoon
Korea Development Institute(KDI)・Visiting Senior Fellow
Chris Zhu
Sonic SVM・CEO
* Due to the personal circumstances of the speaker, the lineup may change.
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