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Blockchain Futurist Conference – Toronto

Blockchain Futurist Conference is one of North America’s leading Web3 and AI events, founded in 2018 by Untraceable Events and now part of EmeraldX while remaining led by its original team. Known for immersive nightclub and dayclub venues, high-energy stages, and its signature VIP Cabana experience, Futurist brings together top speakers like Vitalik Buterin,…

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64Speakers
169Sponsors
20Sessions
217Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Blockchain, in alphabetical order.

Adam Cai
CEO · Virgo
Ada Vaughan
Senior Director of DeFi Partnerships · Stellar Development Foundation
Alejandra Dito
Director Global Partnerships Digital Assets & Blockchain · Mastercard
Aoyon Ashraf
Global Head of News · CoinDesk
Ben Greenberg
Developer Relations Lead · Arbitrum Foundation
Brad Bradford
Toronto City Councillor and Mayoral Candidate · City of Toronto
Brian Ford
Vice President and Head of Business Solutions and Digital Assets · ATB Financial
Brock Pierce
Bitcoin Pioneer
Chaddy Huussin
Executive Director · JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Charles Hoskinson
CEO & Founder · Input | Output
Charles St. Louis
DeFi Protocol Specialist · Ethereum Foundation
Colin Sinclair
Chief Business Officer · Nirvana Finance
Davies Beller
Managing Director, Head, Digital Assets, Co-Head, Payments and Financial Technology · TD Securities
Don Tapscott
Executive Chairman & CEO · Blockchain Research Institute (BRI)
Elena Litani
Head of Value Added Services (VAS), Canada · Visa
Elizabeth McFaul
Ecosystem Marketing Lead · Solana Foundation
Elizabeth St-Onge
Head of Digital Assets Product and Strategy · TD Securities
Emanuel Toste
Director, Experience Design – Wealth Management · BMO
Eric Richmond
Country Director and CEO · Coinbase Canada
Eric Trump
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer · American Bitcoin
Eric Turner
CEO · Messari
Ethan Buchman
CEO · Informal Systems | Cycles; Co-Founder, Cosmos

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Krown NetworkPlatinum
Agentic DayGold
AnvilGold
Crypto Citizens NetworkGold
Goat GalleryGold
HedgieGold
HouseofZKGold
IHODILifeGold
InclusifAIGold
Intrfac3Gold
Orion DigitalGold
PayperGold
Penrose PartnersGold
PolymathGold
Pudgy CanadaGold
QCADGold
RobinhoodGold
RoundtableGold
StablecorpGold
Stand With CryptoGold
TexitcoinGold
Tokenized FinancialGold
TravlsGold
WealthsimpleGold
Web3TOGold
World Boss MediaGold
256 Crypto MarketingSilver
AfynitiSilver
Agnic.aiSilver
AirapaySilver
ATBSilver
Berkshire HathawaySilver
BitcoinBaySilver
Burst.CloudSilver
BytexSilver
CryptoeducationSilver
Crystal IntelligenceSilver
DB8Silver
Doginal Dogs/BarkmediaSilver
FemT3chSilver

Agenda

Selected from 20 sessions.

  • 10:30am - 1:00pm

    ETHWomen Talks & Panels

  • 10:30am - 11:00am

    AI PANEL: The New Institutional Stack: Building the AI-Enabled Enterprise

  • 11:00am - 11:30am

    AI PANEL: The Agentic Shift: Architecting the Era of Autonomous Action

  • 11:00am - 11:30am

    Invest HK Seminar

  • 11:10am - 11:40am

    COMPLIANCE PANEL: The Compliance Frontier: Navigating the Intersection of Law and Progress

  • 11:45am - 12:15pm

    AI PANEL: Quantum, AI & the Future of Intelligence: What’s Real, What’s Next

  • 12:15pm - 12:45pm

    AI PANEL: Trust, Data & Ownership in the Age of Autonomous AI

  • 12:30pm - 2:00pm

    ETHToronto Devs & Builders

  • 1:30pm - 2:00pm

    TRADFI TO CRYPTO PANEL: Beyond the Traditional: The Future of Institutional Strategy in the Digital Age

Company intelligence

What does it mean when 217 companies show up, and 6 bet on three roles at once?

217 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
6All threespeak · spons · exh
158Sponsoringsponsor only
53Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Polymath·Basketball Fun·Deloitte·Eukapay·Safebets·Wealthsimple

Speakers by seniority

77% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite2336%
  • Founder / Owner914%
  • VP-level12%
  • Director / Head of1625%
  • Manager / Lead58%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Marketing / Brand12%
  • Advisor / Investor12%
  • Other roles711%

Of 64 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1PolymathSponsor · Gold2
2Basketball FunSponsor · Title1
3DeloitteSponsor · Bronze1
4EukapaySponsor · Platinum & Gold1
5SafebetsSponsor · Title1
6WealthsimpleSponsor · Gold1
7256 Crypto MarketingSponsor · Silver-
8AfynitiSponsor · Silver-
9Agentic DaySponsor · Gold-
10Agnic.AISponsor · Silver-
11AirapaySponsor · Silver-
12American BTCSponsor · Title-
13Amsterdam PRSponsor · Bronze-
14AngelAISponsor · Silver & Bronze-
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
1% of 169
gold25
15% of 169
silver29
17% of 169
bronze10
6% of 169
title4
2% of 169
copper32
19% of 169
platinum & gold29
17% of 169
silver & bronze39
23% of 169
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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