Today, Chainlink announced its annual premier web3 conference, SmartCon, will take place November 4-5 at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Pavilion, marking the event’s return to New York City for the first time since 2021.
Last year’s SmartCon drew thousands to Hong Kong, where more than 100 expert speakers, including leaders from the world’s largest financial institutions and blockchain industry pioneers, gathered to highlight the convergence of TradFi and DeFi into a better, more efficient global financial system.
This year’s theme,“From Crypto to Capitol Hill,” will feature transformative web3 use cases across capital markets and governments around the world.
Of particular focus is the U.S. digital asset landscape. As the standard for onchain finance which has enabled over $20 trillion in transaction value, Chainlink’s tokenization infrastructure including Price Feeds, Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP), and Proof of Reserve (PoR) plays a critical role in secure collateralization and cross-chain utility for tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) and stablecoins.
Earlier this year, Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov addressed the President at the first White House Crypto Summit, where an executive order to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve alongside pending stablecoin and market structure legislation established a renewed effort to continue America’s global leadership role in the new onchain financial system.
During a recent interview with Paul Barron, Nazarov explained the U.S. imperative to safeguard the dollar’s global status by moving quickly to issue the most high-quality, reliable tokenized assets onchain.
“If all the best assets – the best tokenized funds, best tokenized equities, best tokenized commodities, best tokenized versions of every asset – are issued from the U.S. financial system, then the likelihood that the U.S. dollar gets used to buy them goes up,” he said.
Get notified when tickets go on sale at the official SmartCon 2025 website.