Merkle Science Meet Las Vegas: Enterprise Compliance for Digital Assets

Join Merkle Science at Caeser Palace in Las Vegas during Money20/20 for an afternoon of focused discussion on enterprise compliance for digital assets.

Hosted and sponsored by global law firm Duane Morris, the event is supported by Aleo, a privacy-first blockchain; Stablecon, a conference for the stablecoin ecosystem; nSure.ai, an AI-powered payment fraud prevention platform; Movantis, a cross-border payments infrastructure provider; and Range, a treasury, risk, and compliance platform for programmable money.

This edition of Merkle Science Meet brings together leaders from financial institutions, fintechs, payment providers, and digital asset companies to examine the practical realities behind programmable money.

The program will explore evolving compliance requirements, AI-driven risk management, bank-crypto convergence, and the growing use of stablecoins for cross-border payments. Expect candid conversations grounded in what companies are building today, where regulatory and operational challenges remain, and what the next phase of institutional adoption may look like.

Short, substantive sessions led by industry practitioners

Perspectives from payments, banking, fintech, compliance, and digital assets

Practical discussions covering regulation, infrastructure, risk, and real-world implementation

Product demonstrations and opportunities to connect with speakers and attendees

Drinks and networking following the program

1:30 PM-1:50 PM | Arrival and networking

Light refreshments and informal networking.

1:50 PM-2:00 PM | Welcome remarks

Opening remarks from Merkle Science leadership.

2:00 PM-2:40 PM | Crypto Payments in the Age of Programmable Money

Stablecoins and tokenized deposits are entering the payments stack alongside card rails, ACH, and wire networks. This panel will examine how payment compliance programs must adapt when settlement becomes near-instant and programmable, how transaction-monitoring tools are evolving to handle blockchain-native flows and on- and off-ramp activity, and how payment companies are navigating the overlap between traditional money-transmission obligations and emerging digital asset requirements.

Panelists:

Adam Leaman, Chief Compliance Officer, zerohash

João Reginatto, Chief Product Officer, M0

Connor Fitzgerald, General Manager, US, KAST

Ezra Kebrab, CEO, Caliza

Georgi Koreli, CEO, Hinkal

Chris Grieco, Chief Legal Officer, Rain

Liz Bazurto, Senior Director, Business Development and Partnerships, Consensys

Moderator:

Verina Youssef, VP, Crypto Relationship Management, First Citizens Innovation Bank

2:40 PM-2:55 PM | Range demo

2:55 PM-3:35 PM | AI, Risk and the Future of Stablecoin Infrastructure

As stablecoins and digital assets become increasingly integrated into mainstream financial infrastructure, AI is playing a growing role in how institutions manage risk, compliance, and operational complexity.

This session will explore how financial institutions, fintechs, payment providers, and digital asset companies are using AI to strengthen risk management, improve transaction monitoring, and scale compliance across increasingly complex financial flows. Speakers will also discuss the limitations of AI-driven compliance, the continued importance of human oversight, and how institutions are approaching the risks created by AI's growing role in financial infrastructure.

Panelists:

Kunal Datta, Chief Product Officer, Unit21

Alex Zeltcer, CEO, nSure.ai

Toby Oyetoke, Co-Founder and CEO, Bitpowr

Evan F. Kohlmann, CEO, Cloudburst Technologies

3:35 PM-3:55 PM | Break

3:55 PM-4:35 PM | Bank-Crypto Convergence: How Traditional Finance Is Engaging with Digital Assets

Banks are revisiting their approach to crypto custody, stablecoin issuance, digital asset payments, and lending. This panel brings together perspectives from banking, compliance, and fintech to examine how that convergence is taking shape: what institutions are building or acquiring, how risk frameworks are adapting, and what the shift means for crypto-native companies competing for the same institutional customers.

Panelists:

Harry Bridge, Head of Stablecoin, Aztec

Bernardo Simonassi, CEO, BlindPay

Ben Milne, Co-Founder and CEO, Brale

Serena Sebastiani, Chief Strategy Officer, Fuze

Representative, Range

Beth, General Counsel, Bastion

Moderator:

Sanjib Kalita, President, Stablecon

4:35 PM-4:50 PM | Product demonstration

4:50 PM-5:30 PM | Cross-Border Payments, Remittances and the Stablecoin Opportunity

Stablecoins are increasingly being used to address the cost and speed limitations of cross-border payments and remittances, particularly in corridors underserved by correspondent banking.

This panel will take a practical look at where the opportunity is already becoming real and where adoption remains constrained by licensing requirements, foreign-exchange conversion, liquidity, and last-mile infrastructure. Speakers will discuss active payment corridors, the compliance requirements involved in operating across them, and how competition is evolving as banks, fintechs, trading firms, and crypto-native companies pursue the same market.

Panelists:

Sophia Roman, Director of Partnerships, Aleo

Sandeep Pyapali, Founder and CEO, Mesta

João Borges, Chief Revenue Officer, BlindPay

Wei Zhou, CEO and President, Coins.ph

Daniel Lev, Co-Founder and CEO, Coinflow

Noah Levine, Partner, a16z

Prashant Upadhyay, Co-Founder and CEO, PrimeVault

Salvador Yañez, Chief Product Officer, Movantis

From 5:30 PM | Closing remarks, drinks and networking

Continue the conversation with speakers and fellow attendees over drinks.

Limited seats are available. Registration is required to attend.

Speaker lineup and program are subject to change.