Legends4Legends2026

Reception and coffee

Mingle with institutional peers.

Welcome and opening words

Marc de Kloe and John van Marle — Theta Capital

Setting the stage

Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

Ruud introduces the theme of the day, the questions we will explore and what participants can expect.

Internet finance

Felipe Montealegre — Co-Founder, Theia Capital

From closed, fragmented systems to shared protocols. What changes for ownership, trading, lending and settlement as finance moves onchain?

The regulatory unlock

Patrick J. Witt — Executive Director, Digital Assets Council, White House

Christopher Perkins — Head of Crypto, Franklin Templeton

Hear the unique perspective of the person leading digital asset policy within the White House on what regulatory clarity unlocks for institutions and which barriers remain.

Building Ethereum and commoditizing trust

Joe Lubin — Co-Founder, Ethereum; Founder & CEO, Consensys; Chairman, SharpLink

Fireside chat with Olga Vasquez — Theta Capital

Why Joe built Ethereum, how blockchain can commoditize trust, and lessons from onboarding financial institutions.

Coffee break

Mingle with institutional peers.

Legends4Legends and Alternatives4Children

A short word on why we host Legends4Legends, and on the work of Alternatives4Children, the charity this event supports.

Where we are in the blockchain innovation cycle

Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly

What is ready to scale, where the next wave of businesses is emerging, and what institutional investors should be watching.

Tokenized equities and onchain finance

Robert Leshner — Co-Founder, Superstate; Founder, Compound

Stani Kulechov — Founder & CEO, Aave Labs

Moderated by Balder Bomans — CIO & Managing Partner, Maven 11

Balder explores with Robert and Stani where we stand in tokenizing all our assets, how this connects to onchain lending, collateral and liquidity, and what it means for allocators.

Building to enterprise adoption

Tyler Spalding — President, Acronym Foundation

Tyler shares how blockchain projects are maturing to serve enterprises, with examples of progress in products and implementation, and why this opens a massive opportunity.

Living through the Singularity

Emad Mostaque — Founder, Stability AI & Intelligent Internet

Fireside chat with Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

In conversation with Ruud, one of the leading builders and thinkers in AI shares where he believes the technology is heading, what people could be doing within two years, the potential to tackle disease, his assessment of catastrophic risk and what is needed to keep progress on track.

The growing convergence of crypto and AI

Tarun Chitra — Managing Partner, Robot VC; CEO, Gauntlet

A growing part of AI is being built by people from crypto, bringing its commitment to open systems and distributed ownership. From Bitcoin miners moving into AI compute to OpenRouter, Nous, Venice and the next generation of compute networks, Tarun explores an emerging ecosystem that traditional investors may overlook.

Lunch until 14:00

Mingle with institutional peers.

Financing the AI infrastructure buildout

Michael Anderson — Co-Founder, Framework Ventures

Michael explores why stablecoins could be a major part of the answer, how onchain finance can connect capital with demand for compute, and where the investment opportunities lie.

A global perspective of the frontier

Greg Van den Bergh — Founder, Panga Capital

Alex Lin — Co-Founder, Reforge

Moderated by Philippe Essle — Associate, Theta Capital

A global perspective on what the smartest entrepreneurs are building at the intersection of blockchain and AI.

The next big thing

Evan Fisher — Founder & GP, Portal Ventures

Michael Jordan — Co-Founder & GP, DBA

Serge Kassardjian — Co-Founder, 6th Man Ventures

Moderated by Leopoldo Ochoa — Portfolio Manager, Theta Capital

What are the smartest entrepreneurs tinkering with today that could set the agenda three years from now? Three investors close to the earliest-stage founders share what they are seeing.

Coffee break

Mingle with institutional peers.

Incumbents vs. insurgents: who wins on the new infrastructure

Matt Walsh — Founding Partner, Castle Island Ventures

Fireside chat with Marc de Kloe — Managing Partner, Theta Capital

Who is building most successfully on this new infrastructure — the incumbent institutions with distribution and trust, or new players with no legacy to defend? Matt weighs creative distribution against entrenched advantage, and what decides the outcome.

Hear from the institutions

Christopher Perkins — Head of Crypto, Franklin Templeton

Evy Theunis — MD & Head of Digital Assets, IBG, DBS Bank

Moderated by Scott Lawin — President, Pantera Capital

Pantera's President Scott Lawin interviews two of the leading institutions at the forefront of adoption. Franklin Templeton and DBS Bank share how they are putting blockchain to work, from tokenized products to client adoption, and the practical lessons of implementation.

Earning a place in the institutional portfolio

Mark Cutis — MD, Office of CEO, Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Antony Lewis — Director, Investment (Blockchain), Temasek

Joe Marenda — Head of Digital Assets Investing & Hedge Fund Research, Cambridge Associates

Moderated by John van Marle — Managing Partner, Theta Capital

How institutions assess the opportunity, build conviction and consider exposure within a broader portfolio, including the evidence and due diligence investment committees need.

From generalist venture capital to crypto VC

David Pakman — Managing Partner & Head of Venture Investing, CoinFund

Fireside chat with Jeroen Tielman — Head of Institutional Relationships, Theta Capital

A fireside on what changes when a generalist investor enters crypto, which disciplines transfer, and how long these will remain separate worlds.

Theta Blockchain Ventures Outlook

Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

Ruud shares the investment implications for long-term portfolios and Theta's perspective on where value may accrue as blockchain and AI adoption advances.

The crystal ball: A panel with blockchain's leading VCs giving their market outlook.

Moderated by Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

The leading VCs look forward: the developments that could define the next chapter, the assumptions worth challenging and the signals they are watching.

Drinks reception

Mingle with institutional peers.

Bites and beers across the road

Continue the discussion at the venue opposite EYE, with informal food, beers and more time with fellow allocators, founders and speakers.

Institutional allocator roundtable: tokenising financial assets — what changes?

Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly

Robert Leshner — Co-Founder, Superstate; Founder, Compound

An interactive discussion with blockchain investor Haseeb Qureshi and entrepreneur Robert Leshner on how tokenisation could change the way financial assets are issued, owned, traded and used as collateral, and what this means for institutions and investors. Bring your questions.

Limited to 25 attendees. Reserved for institutional capital allocators and CEOs, CIOs and senior leaders of established financial institutions. No prior blockchain knowledge required. Contact us to apply.

A private dialogue on digital asset regulation

Patrick J. Witt — Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, White House

Discusses the direction of US policy, the regulatory questions shaping institutional participation and what evolving frameworks mean in practice. By invitation only.

Speakers' dinner

An intimate dinner for Legends4Legends speakers and invited guests, with time for candid conversation and personal exchange. By invitation only, at full capacity.