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Abu Dhabi
December 9-10, 2025
HSC Asset Management Bridged Crypto And Institutional Assets in Abu Dhabi During December 2025
HSC Asset Management, a premier conference bridging cryptocurrency and institutional finance, was held in Abu Dhabi on December 9–10, 2025. The two-day event connected leading specialists in global investments, digital assets, and decentralized innovation, serving as a meeting point linking asset management sectors across the Arab world and Asia.
The conference brought together family offices, Web2 and Web3 funds, angel investors, founders, and startups.
The agenda spanned two dedicated stages covering Web3 investments, digital asset treasuries, ETFs, regulatory clarity, RWA tokenization, PayFi, cryptocurrency adoption, AI, infrastructure, robotics, data centers, and longevity. Alongside the main sessions, an exclusive VIP Lounge facilitated private conversations, strategic introductions, and partnership opportunities between investors and founders.
The conference brought together family offices, Web2 and Web3 funds, angel investors, founders, and startups.
The agenda spanned two dedicated stages covering Web3 investments, digital asset treasuries, ETFs, regulatory clarity, RWA tokenization, PayFi, cryptocurrency adoption, AI, infrastructure, robotics, data centers, and longevity. Alongside the main sessions, an exclusive VIP Lounge facilitated private conversations, strategic introductions, and partnership opportunities between investors and founders.
Panel Discussions
Agenda
1-st Day
December 9 — Global Investment, Digital Assets & Technology
December 9 — Global Investment, Digital Assets & Technology
10:00 – 10:10 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speakers:
10:10 – 10:20 — Keynote: Opening Speech
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10:20 – 10:30 — Keynote: Opening Speech
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10:30 – 11:15 — Panel: Digital Assets Are an Asset Class, Now Act Like It
Participants:
11:15 – 11:35 — Fireside Chat: From Cryptography to Mass Adoption — How ZK Enters the Conventional World and When Capital Must Move
Participants:
11:35 – 12:20 — Panel: The Future of Asset Management — Digital, Traditional, and Hybrid Models Competing for Capital
Participants:
12:20 – 13:05 — Panel: Compute Is the New Reserve Asset — How AI Will Reprice Capital Markets
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13:05 – 14:00 — Lunch Time
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14:00 – 14:45 — Panel: Digital Assets and Stablecoins — Opportunities for Business Adoption
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14:45 – 15:05 — Fireside Chat: AI, Privacy, and Trading
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15:05 – 15:50 — Panel: Real-World Assets Are Not a Buzzword — They’re a Bid
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15:50 – 16:10 — Fireside Chat: The Tokenized Composability Shift — New Strategies, New Products
Participants:
16:10 – 17:00 — Panel: Tokenized Markets Are Here — How RWA Becomes the Core of Global Finance
Participants:
Speakers:
- Vadim Krekotin, Founder HSС Asset Management & M-Post Media Group
- William Wang, Chief Representative Middle East & Africa, SIEF
10:10 – 10:20 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
- H.E. Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al Sheiba Al Ali, Member of the General Assembly
10:20 – 10:30 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
- Dr. Jean Fares, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Economy
10:30 – 11:15 — Panel: Digital Assets Are an Asset Class, Now Act Like It
Participants:
- Nikita Sachdev, Founder & CEO, Luna PR
- Leeor Groen, Partner, Spartan
- Akshat Vaidya, Managing Partner, Maelstrom
- Richard Muirhead, Co-Founder, Managing Partner & Chairman, Fabric Ventures
- Melvis Langyintuo, Executive Director, Canton Network
11:15 – 11:35 — Fireside Chat: From Cryptography to Mass Adoption — How ZK Enters the Conventional World and When Capital Must Move
Participants:
- Vadim, Founder HSС Asset Management & M-Post Media Group
- Eli Bin Sasson, Co-Founder & CEO, StarkWare
- Akshat Vaidya, Managing Partner, Maelstrom
11:35 – 12:20 — Panel: The Future of Asset Management — Digital, Traditional, and Hybrid Models Competing for Capital
Participants:
- Hashim Nabulsi, Co-Founder & CEO, AI966; Ex-Investment Director, NEOM
- Wahid Chammas, CEO & Chairman, ATTN Company
- Matt Szilagyi, CIO, Aspen Digital
- Biswajit Dasgupta, CIO, ASAS Capital
- Artem Stopnevich, CGO, Tría Finance
- Ray Tam, CEO, REVO Digital Family office
12:20 – 13:05 — Panel: Compute Is the New Reserve Asset — How AI Will Reprice Capital Markets
Participants:
- Arpit Sharma, Head of Ecosystem, Aethir
- Andrew Sobko, Founder & CEO, Argentum AI
- YQ, Founder, AltLayer
- Raj Karan, CPO, IO.NET
13:05 – 14:00 — Lunch Time
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14:00 – 14:45 — Panel: Digital Assets and Stablecoins — Opportunities for Business Adoption
Participants:
- Feroz Sanaulla, Partner, LEK
- Raj Kamal, CEO & Founder, TransFi
- Saeed Hareb Al Darmaki, Co-Founder, Alphabit Digital Currency Fund; ex-ADIA
- Tristan Brandt, Head of Digital, A&M
- William Wu, Founder & CEO, Altuva Group
14:45 – 15:05 — Fireside Chat: AI, Privacy, and Trading
Participants:
- MoCo, CEO, Privex
- Shahaf Bar-Geffen, CEO, COTI
15:05 – 15:50 — Panel: Real-World Assets Are Not a Buzzword — They’re a Bid
Participants:
- Aleksandra Fetisova, Head of Business Development, 1inch
- Mohammed Alkaff AlHashmi, Founder, MCPM Group and Haqq Network
- Ben, RWA, BNB Chain
- Redouane Elkamhi, Core Contributor, GOAT Network; Professor of Finance, University of Toronto
15:50 – 16:10 — Fireside Chat: The Tokenized Composability Shift — New Strategies, New Products
Participants:
- Steve Whyman, Head of Institutions, Ctrl Alt
- Theo Golden, Investment Manager & Tokenisation Lead, Baillie Gifford
16:10 – 17:00 — Panel: Tokenized Markets Are Here — How RWA Becomes the Core of Global Finance
Participants:
- Alena Shmalko, Director of Ecosystem, TON
- Francesco Ranieri Fabracci, Institutional Expansion Manager, Hadron (Tether)
- Scott Thiel, Co-Founder & CEO, Tokinvest
- Julia Miao, Deputy CEO & CFO, Sihuan Pharmaceutical Group
10:30 – 11:15 — Panel: The Future Stack of Digital Finance — Investments, Transactions, Custody, and the New Market Architecture
Participants:
- David Gevorkian, MD, TWO23 Group
- Kevin Lee, CBO, Gate
- Jessica Wu, Head of APAC, Bitpanda Technology Solutions
- Yana Minaylova, Head of Institutional Sales & BD, MENA, Binance
11:15 – 11:35 — Monologue: “Leading from the Future”
Speaker:
- Tariq Qureishy, CEO, Xponential Group
11:35 – 12:20 — Panel: Liquidity Without Borders — Building Cross-Chain Rails
Participants:
- Egor, Treasurer & Commercial Lead, Infinex
- Ivar Wiersma, Head of EMEA, LayerZero
- Sergej Kunz, Co-Founder, 1inch
- Vadim Khramov, Founder, Edge Capital
- Armaan Mittal, BD & Growth, Turtle
12:20 – 13:05 — Panel: PayFi, Remittances and Real-World Usage
Participants:
- Saqr Ereiqat, Chairman, Dubai Digital Asset Association
- Dr. Sabrina Tachdjian, VP Fintech & Payments, Hedera Foundation
- Jonathan Rigg, VP Commercial, Fuze
- Aishwary Gupta, Head of Payments, Polygon
13:05 – 14:00 — Lunch
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14:00 – 14:45 — Panel: The Infrastructure Race Nobody Sees — DA, ZK, Routing and Bitcoin L2s Behind the Scenes
Participants:
- Seung Hyun Lee, Founder, CoinEasy
- Mustafa Al-Bassam, Co-Founder, Celestia
- Charlie Hu, Co-Founder, Bitlayer Labs
- Anurag Arjun, Co-Founder, Avail
- Antonio Senatore, CTO, VeChain
14:45 – 15:00 — Fireside Chat: Digital Culture as Capital — How Ownership Reshapes Global Economies
Participants:
- Ciara Sun, Founder & Managing Partner, C² Ventures
- Alex Gluchowski, Founder, ZKsync
- Yat Siu, Co-Founder & Chairman, Animoca Brands
15:00 – 15:45 — Panel: The Trust Layer — UX, Identity and the Future of Secure On-Chain Interaction
Participants:
- Mary Pedler, Founder, Input
- Jamie Elkaleh, CMO, Bitget Wallet
- Francesco Andreolí, Director of DevRel, MetaMask
- Nick DiSisto, Business Development Lead, Trust Wallet
- Halil Mirakhmed, CSO, TOP & Wallet in Telegram
15:45 – 16:30 — Panel: The End of Spray-and-Pray? What a Serious Token Portfolio Looks Like in the Next Cycle
Participants:
- Tomer Sharoni, Co-Founder & CEO, Addressable
- Clement Chaikov, Founder, Notalone Ventures
- Sarah Abuagela, Partner, Ceras Ventures
- Alice Li, Partner, Foresight Ventures
- Alessia Baumgartner, VP Ecosystems, DWF Labs
16:30 – 17:15 — Panel: The Builders’ Roundtable — What Will Actually Scale in 2026–2028
Participants:
- AJ, Co-Founder, EasyFlow
- Anton Bukov, Co-Founder, 1inch
- Sebastian Borget, Co-Founder, The Sandbox
- Bryan Benson, CEO, Aurum
- Mark Rydon, Co-Founder, Aethir
2-nd Day
December 10 — Global Investment & Innovation: Bridging the World
December 10 — Global Investment & Innovation: Bridging the World
10:00 — 10:10 — Opening Ceremony
Speakers:
10:10 — 10:20 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
10:20 — 10:30 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
10:30 — 11:15 — Panel: Global Capital Alignment — Asia–MENA Investment Strategies for 2026–2030
Participants:
11:15 — 11:20 — Keynote: The RWA Path of SihuanPharm’s
Medical Aesthetics Business
Speaker:
11:20 — 12:05 — Panel: RWA Supercycle — Who Wins the Next Capital Migration
Participants:
12:05 — 12:15 — Keynote: Advancing Together:
Ta Yang Group’s Web 4.0 Strategic Launch
Speaker:
12:15 — 13:00 — Panel: Applied AI at Scale — Automation, Autonomous Mobility and the Asia–MENA Innovation Shift
Participants:
13:00 — 13:45 — Panel: Creating Big Impact — Industrial Tech, Digital Platforms, and the Future of MENA Growth
Participants:
13:45 — 14:50 — Panel: The Builders’ Capital Cycle — Where Native Crypto Investors Are Deploying Next
Participants:
14:50 — 15:10 — Fireside Chat: Angel Capital in the Gulf — What Founders Must Know
Participants:
15:10 — 15:55 — Panel: RWA Meets Capital Markets — Institutional Integration, Credit Infrastructure and Onchain Finance
Participants:
15:55 — 16:40 — Panel: Beyond CEX vs DEX — What the Future of Trading Really Looks Like
Participants:
Speakers:
- Vadim Krekotin, Founder HSС Asset Management & M-Post Media Group
- William Wang, Chief Representative Middle East & Africa, SIEF
10:10 — 10:20 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
- Seema Khan, Senior Advisor, Honorary Senior Advisor of OIC COMSTECH
10:20 — 10:30 — Keynote: Opening Speech
Speaker:
- Dr. Mohamed Bashir Kharrubi, Board Member, Abu Dhabi Investment Group
10:30 — 11:15 — Panel: Global Capital Alignment — Asia–MENA Investment Strategies for 2026–2030
Participants:
- Saqr Ereiqat, Secretary general, Dubai Digital Asset Association
- Angela Chan, Managing Partner, Amisc Group (Multi-family office)
- Tommy Yan, COO, Altuva Group
- Lee Kasler, Venture Capital Investor, Dubai Future District Fund
11:15 — 11:20 — Keynote: The RWA Path of SihuanPharm’s
Medical Aesthetics Business
Speaker:
- Julia Miao, Deputy CEO & CFO, Sihuan Pharmaceutical Group
11:20 — 12:05 — Panel: RWA Supercycle — Who Wins the Next Capital Migration
Participants:
- Dr. Mazdak Rafaty, Advisory Board Member, The Block
- Julia Miao, Deputy CEO & CFO, Sihuan Pharmaceutical Group
- Essie Huang, CBO, TaYang Group
- Anton Golub, Founding Member, RWALabs.ae
- Aly Abdo, COO & Shareholder, OGold
12:05 — 12:15 — Keynote: Advancing Together:
Ta Yang Group’s Web 4.0 Strategic Launch
Speaker:
- Irene HE, Chief Marketing & Brand Officer, TaYang Group
12:15 — 13:00 — Panel: Applied AI at Scale — Automation, Autonomous Mobility and the Asia–MENA Innovation Shift
Participants:
- Fatiha Chikh, Co-founder, LeLab+ Smart Fashion
- Joleen Liang, Co-Founder, Squirrel AI Learning
- Liangfei Zhan, Regional General Manager of Middle East & Africa, Weride AI
- Yaroslav Kopylov, Head of Applied AI, Origins Marketplace Technology
13:00 — 13:45 — Panel: Creating Big Impact — Industrial Tech, Digital Platforms, and the Future of MENA Growth
Participants:
- Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler, Group General Manager, DrEva.ai
- Mao Hong, Head of MENA, Sany Silicon Energy
- Dr. Lilly Liu, CEO & Founder, Desmo
- Howard Li, Chairman of the Board, EOS Energy
- Moeez Ahmad Faizi, Director Growth, Upwards
13:45 — 14:50 — Panel: The Builders’ Capital Cycle — Where Native Crypto Investors Are Deploying Next
Participants:
- Ciara Sun, Founder & Managing Partner, C² Ventures
- Arnav Padidyala, Partner, BanklessVC
- Nenter Chow, Global CEO, Bitmart
- Yan Ma, Executive Director, Spartan
- Marco Cora, Director, ZKsync Foundation
14:50 — 15:10 — Fireside Chat: Angel Capital in the Gulf — What Founders Must Know
Participants:
- Alena Shmalko, Director of Ecosystem, TON
- Justin Kugel, Head of Business Development, World Liberty Financial
15:10 — 15:55 — Panel: RWA Meets Capital Markets — Institutional Integration, Credit Infrastructure and Onchain Finance
Participants:
- Abdul Zishan, Head of Business Development, PIVOT
- Clarisse Hagege, Founder, Dfns
- Ekin Gultepe, General Manager, MANTRA
- Pritam Dutta, CEO, Zoth
- Sebastien Badault, EVP, Ledger Enterprise
15:55 — 16:40 — Panel: Beyond CEX vs DEX — What the Future of Trading Really Looks Like
Participants:
- Dominic Cox, Head of PR, 1inch
- Davit Vardanyan, Managing Director, FreedX
- Anton Bukov, Co-Founder, 1inch | 1Aqua
- Matthew Quek, Co-Founder & COO, GRVT
- Tika Lum, Head of Global Business Development, KuCoin
10:30 — 11:15 — Panel: How Infrastructure, Compute and Data Will Shape Global Investment Flows
Participants:
- Seg, Head of AI/DevRel, Sonic
- Scott Sigel, CEO, Helium
- Janet Adams, COO, SingularityNET
- Christopher Wong, Head of Credora DeFi Ratings, RedStone
- Daniel Reis-Faria, CEO, ZeroStack
- Bill Qian, Co-Founder, Cypher Capital
11:15 — 11:35 — Fireside Chat: From Outages to Opportunities: Rethinking AI Infrastructure in a Post-Cloud Era
Participants:
- Alnura Belyalova, Director of PR, Input
- Andrew Sobko, Founder & CEO, Argentum AI
11:35 — 12:20 — Panel: Stablecoins, DeFi Settlement, and the New Architecture of Real Liquidity
Participants:
- Francesco Andreolí, Director of DevRel, MetaMask
- Ran Yi, Co-Founder, Orderly
- Evgeny Gokhberg, Founder, Re7 Capital
- Ayt Belyalov, Strategic Partnerships Director, Wintermute
- Gal Stern, CBDO, Debridge
12:20 — 13:05 — Panel: Institutional Capital, Real Infrastructure — Structuring, Risk Management and Market Expansion
Participants:
- Farbod Sadeghian, Founder/Chairman, TheBlock
- Georges Mouawad, General Manager ME, Lionsoul Global
- Henson Orser, Founder & CEO, Soter Insure
- Sebastien Guglietta, Global Head of Asset Management
- Gurpreet Oberoi, Vice President of Institutional Clients, Kraken Institutional
13:05 — 14:00 — Lunch Time
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14:00 — 14:45 — Panel: Venture Allocation 2026–2028 — Global Cycles, New Geographies and Institutional Priorities
Participants:
- Erhan Korhaliller, Founder & CEO, EAK Digital
- John Fiorelli, Partner, Kenetic
- David Gan, Founder & General Partner, Inception Capital
- Catrina Wang, General Partner, Portal Ventures
- Harsh Agarwal, Investment Director, Cypher Capital
14:45 — 15:05 — Keynote: BurjX: Abu Dhabi’s Homegrown Bridge to the Global Crypto Economy
Speaker:
- Omar Abbas, Co-Founder & CEO, BurjX
15:05 — 15:50 — Panel: Tokenized Yield, Real Cashflows — How RWAs Become the New Institutional Standard
Participants:
- Aleksandra Fetisova, Head of Business Development, 1inch
- Sami Al-Abed, Co-Founder, Arvo
- Alex Buelau, CPTO of Parfin, Co-Founder of Rayls, Rayls|Parfin
- Julian Kwan, CEO, IXS
- Emile Rezbaev, Chief Investment Officer (ex-Goldman Sachs), Object 1
15:50 — 16:35 — Panel: From Vision to Reality: What Builders See Taking Over
Participants:
- Moz, CSO, Akindo
- Clark Alexander, Chief AI Officer, Argentum AI
- V, Chief of Marketing & GTM, NEAR Protocol
- Ron Bodkin, CEO, Theoriq
- Faraj Abutalibov, Senior Advisor Middle East, Stellar
