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NYU Blockchain Conference 2024

632 registrations · 35 speakers and moderators · 7 panels + a fireside

See the 2024 program

Speakers came from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Franklin Templeton, a16z, Microsoft, Solana Foundation, Kraken, Variant, North Island Ventures, Messari, EigenLayer, Talos, Blockchain Association, Willkie Farr & Gallagher

We bring together the institutions, builders, investors, and policymakers shaping what comes next. Then we help NYU founders build it. Based in New York, open to NYU alumni worldwide.

Focus

  1. Focus 01 · Blockchain

    Blockchain

    The protocols and infrastructure behind digital assets, and the markets built on them: stablecoins, tokenization and DeFi.

    • Infrastructure
    • Stablecoins
    • Tokenization
    • DeFi
    • Digital-asset markets
    • Custody & security

    Where it meets the others

    Tokenized markets, onchain settlement, and wallets for software agents.

  2. Focus 02 · Finance

    Finance

    Capital markets, investing and the institutions behind them: banking, asset management, venture, trading and fintech.

    • Banking
    • Capital markets
    • Asset management
    • Venture & private equity
    • Fintech & payments
    • Regulation & policy

    Where it meets the others

    Institutions adopting digital assets, and AI reshaping investing and risk.

  3. Focus 03 · AI

    AI

    The models, compute and agents redefining software, and the companies, capital and rules shaping them.

    • Models
    • Agents
    • Compute
    • AI in finance
    • AI startups
    • Safety & governance

    Where it meets the others

    AI in trading, research and compliance, and agents that transact onchain.

The chain so far

Every event, program, and partnership adds a block. Here's what's done, what's next, and what we're building.

  1. Block 00 · ConferenceAnnual

    NYU Blockchain Conference

    Annual · since 2024

    1. 2024 (done)
  2. Block 01 · NetworkingUpcoming

    Networking

    Mixers, workshops, roundtables and more, for NYU alumni wherever they are.

    Next: Where Finance, Digital Assets and AI Meet · Monday, November 16, 2026 · 5:00–8:00 pm ET

  3. Block 02 · AcceleratorBuilding

    Accelerator

    Support for NYU founders building across blockchain, finance and AI.

Block 01 · Networking · Up next

Coming up

Private event · By invitationUpcoming

Where Finance, Digital Assets and AI Meet

Monday, November 16, 2026 · 5:00–8:00 pm ET · New York City

An evening for NYU alumni and industry professionals working across finance, digital assets and AI: a speaker program followed by networking.

Co-hosted withKPMG

  1. Block 01 · NetworkingQuarterly Series, Session 2January 2027Details to come
  2. Block 00 · ConferenceAnnual ConferenceSpring 2027Save the date coming soon

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