講演者

Can Sun, J.D., Ph.D., is the co-founder and general counsel of Backpack Exchange, a fully regulated global cryptocurrency exchange. Prior to this position, Can served as general counsel at FTX International, where he oversaw legal operations and regulatory strategies across all non-US jurisdictions, seeking licensure and managing interactions with international regulators such as the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, the Japan Financial Services Agency, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, and others.

Prior to FTX, Can co-founded and co-chaired the Blockchain Practice Group at Fenwick & West LLP, where he played a pivotal role in structuring and launching cryptocurrency projects globally and advising major exchanges (such as Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken, and more) on regulatory compliance. Can holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, and has authored numerous policy papers, and presented at many blockchain conferences worldwide.

博士号を取得後、国内外の研究機関に勤務。2007年に野村アセットマネジメントに入社し、国内外の市場を対象とした研究分析、クオンツ、アナリティクス、株式運用に従事。
2019年より、野村ホールディングスでセキュリティ・トークンを中心としたデジタル・アセットの事業プロジェクトを開始。2022年より、野村ホールディングスのデジタル・カンパニーにて暗号資産を含むデジタル資産全般の事業開発を担当。2023年のLaser Digital Japan設立より現職。

Ala Shaabana is the Co-Founder of the Opentensor Foundation, the organization behind the groundbreaking decentralized AI protocol, Bittensor—a $2 billion open-source network pioneering a new frontier where machine intelligence is trained, validated, and rewarded on-chain. Under Ala’s leadership, Bittensor has become one of the most technically ambitious and philosophically pure expressions of Web3 ideals, merging blockchain infrastructure with distributed AI collaboration.

With over a decade of expertise in machine learning, embedded systems, and distributed computing, Ala has previously led engineering efforts at leading tech companies including VMware and Instacart, where he specialized in large-scale system design, predictive scaling, and AI productization. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from McMaster University, with research spanning wearable sensors, pattern recognition, and human-centric sensing platforms. Ala is also a published academic with numerous IEEE and ACM contributions, and a holder of multiple patents in applied AI and cloud computing.

Ala’s current work at Crucible Labs—an ecosystem product studio for TAO—focuses on building high-performance crypto wallets and staking infrastructure for large-scale decentralized participation. He is also a vocal advocate for the sovereign ownership of compute, data, and capital in the age of artificial intelligence.

Co-Founder and Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands
Founder and CEO, Outblaze

Veteran technology entrepreneur/investor Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming with the goal to provide property rights for virtual assets. Yat began his career at Atari Germany, then established Hong Kong Cybercity/Freenation, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1998 he set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. After selling one of its business units to IBM, he pivoted Outblaze to incubate digital entertainment projects. One of those projects is Animoca Brands.

Yat has numerous accolades, including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the DHL/SCMP Awards, and recognition as one of Cointelegraph's top 100 notable people in blockchain.

Simon Kim is the CEO and Managing Partner at Hashed, a prominent blockchain investment firm. As South Korea's leading blockchain thought leader and evangelist, he has spearheaded blockchain initiatives with major IT companies.

Before founding Hashed, Simon co-founded Knowre, an innovative ed-tech startup in the US and Korea, where he served as Chief Product Officer. Under his leadership, Knowre was recognized by Fast Company as one of the World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education and was later acquired by Daekyo, South Korea's largest education company.

Kim's expertise extends to policy-advising, having served as a member of the 4th Industrial Revolution Committee of the South Korean Parliament. He also held a position as a Director of the Korea Blockchain Association and a member of the Busan Blockchain Free Zone committee.

With a strong technical background, Kim studied Computer Science and Engineering at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH).

Sean Kim is a core contributor at Virtuals Protocol, where he leads marketing efforts to accelerate the adoption of AI agents.
Prior to Virtuals Protocol, Sean worked at Gartner Research and held a leadership role in the Indonesian mobile gaming industry, driving user growth and product strategy. He is a proud Navy veteran.

B Dash Ventures ディレクター

2013年よりB Dash Venturesに参加。B Dash Campの運営責任者としてその拡大に尽力する一方で、投資業務にも従事。現在はB Dash Campの運営を離れ、ブロックチェーン領域を中心に投資活動を行っている。B Dash Ventures以前は、TechCrunch Japan や CNET Japan などのテクノロジーメディアで編集長を務め、メディア運営やイベント企画に携わっていた。

Ella Qiang is the APAC Lead at Berachain, an EVM-identical Layer 1 blockchain powered by innovative Proof of Liquidity. She is responsible for expanding Berachain’s presence across the APAC region, driving ecosystem growth, strategic partnerships, and community engagement.

Ella has been a veteran in the web3 industry since 2016. Prior to Berachain, she was Head of Ecosystem at Cronos, where she played a key role in the blockchain’s rapid adoption and growth. She also served as Director of Partnerships at Stellar Development Foundation and has held various roles in investment, advisory, and DeFi.

Ella has a background in banking and corporate finance and holds an M.B.A. from UCLA Anderson School of Management.

Baek Kim is the General Partner of Hashed, a leading global crypto VC fund and a team of blockchain experts and builders based in Seoul, Singapore, Bengaluru, Silicon Valley, and Abu Dhabi.

Prior to his journey with Hashed, he was a software engineer at AWS working on IoT and Robotics. He was also the founder of a last-mile logistics startup. He graduated from CMU where he studied robotics and computer engineering.

World Japan 代表

2024年9月より現職。World を推進するテクノロジー企業であるTools For Humanityの日本の事業を統括。Tools for Humanity入社以前は、GoogleやYouTube、Twitterの事業責任者や、トリップアドバイザー、Activision Blizzard Japanの代表職を歴任。米国テクノロジー企業で20年以上の勤務経験を持つ、イノベーション推進、事業戦略立案、リーダーシップの実績から、政府・自治体の有識者会議や委員会にも参加。

Co-Founder / 代表取締役CEO , Messari Japan Lead

2015年に三菱UFJモルガンスタンレー証券入社後、新規開拓営業、エクイティ・金利・為替系のデリバティブ商品の組成・開発に従事。2018年にEY税理士法人にて金融関係の国際税務コンサルティングや税務調査対応等に従事した後、デロイトトーマツ税理士法人にて金融機関・ファンドを中心に同業務を担当。2020年よりDigital Entertainment Asset社にてブロックチェーンゲー厶JobTribes、NFTマーケットプレイスのグロース、暗号資産DEAPcoinの国内外含む取引所への上場、オンチェーン流動性の構築・DeFiプロジェクトとのアライアンス・経済圏構築に従事する傍ら複数のDeFiプロジェクトをサポート。
2022年に株式会社DeFimansを立ち上げ、現在上場企業含め複数のクリプトプロジェクトのコンサルティングを行う。

2012年SMBC日興証券に入社し、以来8年間投資銀行バンカーとして、国内外のM&A案件および資金調達案件を多数経験。社長直轄の社内公募プロジェクト「Nikko Ventures」にて採択され、オープンイノベーションチーム「Funder Storm」を立ち上げる。証券会社のリソースを活用しながら日本の未来を変革するエコシステムを構築する活動を推進しており、次世代イノベーター人材育成プログラム「高専インカレチャレンジ」（2021年）、ふるさと納税と連携した寄附型クラウドファンディング新スキーム（2022年）、Web3とアートを活用した街づくりを考える「NEO KYOTO NFT ARTs」（2022年）、Web3を活用して日本の文化芸能を支援する Proof of Japan株式会社（2023年）の立ち上げなどを行う。

日本生まれ、イギリス育ち。米国・Brown University卒業後、ニューヨークにてMUFG、Sony、Warner Musicなどで、金融およびエンターテインメント領域において9年間勤務。直近では、スイスの 音楽系フィンテック企業Utopia Musicにて、コンサルティング事業部の責任者を務めた

その後、ブロックチェーン「Sui」および分散型ストレージプロトコル「Walrus」の初期開発である Mysten Labsに入社。現在はJapan Partnerships & Strategyをリードし、日本国内におけるパート ナー企業のネットワークを20社以上に拡大。また、欧州・APAC・中東におけるエコシステムの成長支援にも取り組んでいる。

Lu Yin - the Solana Foundation APAC Lead, focuses on business development, partnerships, and policy.

With over 15 years of experience within traditional finance firms in New York and technology startups in Silicon Valley, Lu has a unique and global perspective across finance and tech.

Before joining the Solana Foundation, He was also with Fireblocks for numerous years and holds a BA in Business Administration from Ross School of Business at The University of Michigan.

東京大学法学部卒業

スタンフォード大学（Essentials for Business）

ハーバードケネディスクール（Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century)

一般社団法人野菜ソムリエ協会ゼネラルマネージャー

株式会社徳大寺自動車文化研究所CFO

株式会社リミックスポイント代表取締役社長

株式会社ビットポイントジャパン代表取締役

SBIホールディングス株式会社常務執行役員

Glenn leads and drives operations in APAC for at Blockdaemon, prior to taking over the role in January 2025, Glenn was Head of Sales for APAC since April 2022. Blockdaemon offers institutional grade blockchain infrastructures connecting enterprises to blockchains.
He joined the blockchain industry in 2018 as Managing Director, Head of APAC for Ledger.

Glenn has an extensive career in the financial services and fintech, working for S&P Global Market intelligence as Head of North Asia based in Korea and Hong Kong for 9 years, and prior to that, at Shinhan Financial Group in asset custody and funds administration.

モバイルゲーム・コンテンツのプロデューサーを経て、2011年に株式会社クオンを設立。インターネット発のキャラクタースタジオ事業を展開し、世界中のチャットアプリと提携し、スタンプのダウンロード数はおよそ60億件で世界一。べタックマ(Betakuma)、うさぎゅーん!(Usagyuuun)等の人気キャラクターを創出。2018年からブロックチェーン/NFT領域で事業を開始し、CryptoCrystalのNFTは世界的なトレンドに。2022年1月に国内No.1のSNS漫画事業を手がけるwwwaapと経営統合。2022年からThe Sandboxなどのブロックチェーン系メタバース×日本の著名IPを展開。「キャプテン翼」「北斗の拳」「進撃の巨人」等。Web3コンテンツに加えて、Webtoonやショートドラマ等のコンテンツスタジオも成長中。

Graduated from the Physics Department at the University of Melbourne. Former professional gamer. Launched a brand in the intersection of E-sports and lifestyle and successfully crowdfunded it. Entered the cryptocurrency industry in 2020. Served as the Asia/Japan region official advocate for Blockchain Oracle Chainlink until 2022. Joined the Head of Japan for Ava Labs, the development company behind Avalanche in January 2023.

Blake Jeong is the Co-CEO of IOST — building RWA-native blockchain infrastructure for institutional adoption, with a strong focus on compliance, scalability, and real-world use cases. With a background in consulting and startups, he is driving IOST’s evolution into a modular, developer-friendly Web3 platform.

広告会社でアカウントエグゼクティブとして勤務した後、電通に入社。プロデューサーとして複数のアニメプロジェクトの立ち上げを主導。その後、コンテンツ領域での新規事業開発を牽引し、YouTubeでの短編ドラマコンテンツの立ち上げ、グローバルなアニメIPを活用したメタバースイベント興行、Azukiとのアニメシリーズの共同開発などを手がける。2024年からはAzukiにジョインし、Azuki のIPプロデュースや短編アニメシリーズのプロデュースを担当。7月にはStudio Azukiの設立を発表。

Kaiser Kim is the co‑founder and CEO of Sekai, an AI storytelling platform that turns a handful of prompts into four‑panel comics. Since launching Sekai in 2024, he has raised $3.2 million in seed funding at a $14 million valuation, attracted 4,600 sign‑ups and 5,000+ creators within three months, and overseen the creation of more than 5,000 visual stories—all with a four‑person team operating between Los Angeles and Seoul. Prior to Sekai, Kaiser led product strategy at several early‑stage startups, honing the rapid‑iteration approach that drives Sekai’s momentum today.

・2007年～フジテレビの深夜アニメ枠〝ノイタミナ〟でプロデューサーを担当
・2017年～ツインエンジンでプロデューサーを担当
・2018年～MAPPA でアニメプロデューサーの他、ファイナンス、ライセンスビジネス等をはじめとしたライツ事業全般を統括
・2024年～Your Rights 創業

京都大学工学研究科修了、同年 ソニー株式会社に入社。プロダクト設計開発・商品企画・マーケティング業務に従事。その後、ネット証券でフィンテック新規事業立ち上げ、カスタマーエクスペリエンスCX戦略推進などを経験。2022年 ソニー銀行入社、現在はソニー銀行 DX事業企画部長としてweb3関連の新規事業企画を推進、SNFT株式会社兼務。

Dillon is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Concrete, a crypto asset management platform that powers yield generation for any asset through DeFi and CeFi strategies, while also enabling the creation of new derivatives. We have facilitated $800m in deposits across our tokenized vault infrastructure.
We are led by a team from institutional finance and crypto, coming from Point72, Morgan Stanley, Nomura, Coinbase, Eigenlayer, Consensys, and more.
We are backed by Polychain, VanEck, Yzi Labs (FKA Binance Labs), Hashed, Decima Hyperithm, and other leading investors.

Sébastien Borget is the Co-founder and COO of The Sandbox, a virtual platform where players can create, play, own, govern and monetize their experiences using NFTs & SAND, the main utility token of the platform.

In addition to his role at The Sandbox, Sébastien serves as the President of the Blockchain Game Alliance in 2020, a non-profit organization comprising 600 key members within the industry. His contributions to the crypto and blockchain space have garnered significant recognition, including being ranked #4 on CoinTelegraph's Top 100 Most Influential People in Crypto for 2022: https://cointelegraph.com/top-people-in-crypto-and-blockchain/sebastien-borget

The Sandbox extends beyond the gaming realm, earning recognition in TIME100's prestigious list of Top 100 Most Influential Companies in 2022: https://time.com/collection/time100-companies-2022/6159401/the-sandbox/

Furthermore, Sébastien has been acknowledged by Forbes, where he was honored as one of the OC Top 100 Creators for 2024 in the Gaming category: https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/15/forbes-open-campus-animoca-brands-celebrate-success-of-oc100--web3-education/?sh=34f296a23b9b

東京大学大学院工学系研究科修了後、ゴールドマン・サックス証券株式会社等を経て、2014年に株式会社bitFlyerを共同創業。bitFlyer創業以降、暗号資産の国内の法改正に関する提言や自主規制ルールの策定等に尽力すると共に、暗号資産交換業者であるbitFlyer USA, Inc.のCEO、bitFlyer EUROPE S.A.のチェアマンを歴任。グローバルな視点で暗号資産交換業業界の発展に貢献。2018年に自主規制団体である一般社団法人日本仮想通貨交換業協会（現、一般社団法人日本暗号資産等取引業協会：JVCEA）を発起人として設立。内閣官房主催の官民データ活用推進基本計画実行委員会にも有識者として出席。

現在、株式会社bitFlyer Holdings代表取締役CEO、株式会社bitFlyer 代表取締役、株式会社bitFlyer Blockchain代表取締役、bitFlyer USA, Inc.のDirector、株式会社Custodiemの取締役を務めるほか、一般社団法人日本ブロックチェーン協会（JBA）代表理事を務める。

その他にも、ISO/TC307国内審議委員会Committee会員、防衛省オピニオンリーダーなども務め、創業以来掲げるbitFlyerのミッションである「ブロックチェーンで世界を簡単に。」の実現に向け、様々な場面でweb3業界の発展に向け意欲的に活動中。

Hojin Kim is the CEO of ShardLab, the innovation lab of Hashed, the leading Web3 venture capital firm in Asia. As part of the strategic partnership between Hashed and Thailand's No.1 financial group SCBX, he is leading experiment initiatives focusing on Southeast Asia that can innovate the existing industry by introducing Web3 technology.
Hojin is also taking Chief Strategy Officer of UNOPND, a venture builder arm of Hashed. One of his incubating projects is Modhaus, a Web3 K-pop startup, where he led the overall operations and development of their NFT platform COSMO as a COO.
Prior to joining the Hashed group, he was a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group(BCG). He also spent years as a quant analyst at Korea Asset Pricing, a subsidiary of Global credit rating provider Fitch Rating.
Hojin received a BS in Computer Science from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

https://x.com/harryhojinkim
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hojinkim/
https://shardlab.com/