The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3)

Demo Day is almost here! The IC3-Cornell Accelerator Projects will be showcasing their work during the Cornell Blockchain Conference on April 25th. Here's what you need to know: 📍 Demos will take place from 3:50 PM to 4:50 PM EST during the main conference at Cornell Tech. Prof. Ari Juels will kick things off with an introduction to the program, followed by presentations from each team. There will be time for Q&A at the end. A bit of background on each of the projects: 🔹 Spacecoin - Orbital Root of Trust is a satellite-based consensus system for secure computation. Built on Cryptosat, it delivers TEE-like functionality using tamper-proof satellite nodes. Team: Daniel Exponent, Filip R., Matej Y. Research: Prof. Dahlia Malkhi 🔹 Sparsity is billed as the first universal acceleration layer, enabling dApps from any blockchain to run in real-time with unlimited throughput (no migration required). Team: Justin Zhang, Charnjit Bansi, Wade Sung, Joanne Chen, Conrad Shelton 🔹 BitGPT is building an AI agent network to onboard the next billion web3 users. Team: Lia Müller Peña, Jaipal Singh Goud, Simone Giacomelli Fun fact: The founders also helped build Decentraland and SingularityNET 🔹 AgentBall is creating infrastructure for an onchain economy of autonomous AI agents. Team: Lanyin Zhang (former IC3 intern), Cici Wang Fun fact: AgentBall was awarded Most Innovative Use of CDP SDK by Coinbase Developer Platform at ETHGlobal Bangkok. 🔹 Prinx is an exchange for tokenized pre-IPO shares. It buys shares from secondary markets, tokenizes the rights, and pools them on Uniswap. Team: Brendan McShane, Patrick Sullivan, Esther Li, Yi Tong, Prerana Reddy We’re excited to watch the Accelerator teams show us what they've been building! Come join us and reserve your spot ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gVqysGTd

Demo Day is almost here! The IC3-Cornell Accelerator Projects will be showcasing their work during the Cornell Blockchain Conference on April 25th. Here's what you need to know: 📍 Demos will take place from 3:50 PM to 4:50 PM EST during the main conference at Cornell Tech. Prof. Ari Juels will kick things off with an introduction to the program, followed by presentations from each team. There will be time for Q&A at the end. A bit of background on each of the projects: 🔹 Spacecoin - Orbital Root of Trust is a satellite-based consensus system for secure computation. Built on Cryptosat, it delivers TEE-like functionality using tamper-proof satellite nodes. Team: Daniel Exponent, Filip R., Matej Y. Research: Prof. Dahlia Malkhi 🔹 Sparsity is billed as the first universal acceleration layer, enabling dApps from any blockchain to run in real-time with unlimited throughput (no migration required). Team: Justin Zhang, Charnjit Bansi, Wade Sung, Joanne Chen, Conrad Shelton 🔹 BitGPT is building an AI agent network to onboard the next billion web3 users. Team: Lia Müller Peña, Jaipal Singh Goud, Simone Giacomelli Fun fact: The founders also helped build Decentraland and SingularityNET 🔹 AgentBall is creating infrastructure for an onchain economy of autonomous AI agents. Team: Lanyin Zhang (former IC3 intern), Cici Wang Fun fact: AgentBall was awarded Most Innovative Use of CDP SDK by Coinbase Developer Platform at ETHGlobal Bangkok. 🔹 Prinx is an exchange for tokenized pre-IPO shares. It buys shares from secondary markets, tokenizes the rights, and pools them on Uniswap. Team: Brendan McShane, Patrick Sullivan, Esther Li, Yi Tong, Prerana Reddy We’re excited to watch the Accelerator teams show us what they've been building! Come join us and reserve your spot ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gVqysGTd

50 speakers are now confirmed for the "New Era of U.S. Innovation in Crypto" Conference on April 25th in NYC at Cornell Tech! Hear directly from Blockchain, Tech, and Wall Street leaders on where the U.S. Crypto Ecosystem heads from here. Early Bird Tickets are going fast and can be purchased here: https://lnkd.in/eWfSwPrC. Whether you are a finance professional, crypto builder, academic researcher or student interested in blockchain, you'll find no better opportunity to understand this moment in blockchain. Our speakers this year include: Vasant Prabhu, Former Vice Chair & CFO, Visa Cynthia Lo Bessette, Head of Fidelity Digital Asset Management, Fidelity Investments Keith A. Grossman, President of Enterprise, MoonPay Rich Widmann, Head of Strategy Web 3, Google Michael Shaulov, CEO, Fireblocks Nadine Chakar, Global Head of Digital Assets, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) Michael Sonnenshein, COO, Securitize Emin Gun Sirer, Founder & CEO, Ava Labs Neil DeSilva, Former CFO, PayPal Crypto and EIR, IC3 Natalie Golub, Head of UXR on Base, Coinbase Walter Hessert, Head of Strategy, Paxos Larry W., Global Head of Compliance, PayPal BCDC Andrew Siegel, General Counsel and CCO, Galaxy Puneet Singhvi, Founder & Former Global Head, Citi Digital Assets Alexandra Scheibe, Partner, Steptoe LLP Adrian Wall, Managing Director, Digital Sovereignity Alliance Ari Juels, Co-Director, The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3) Leigh Gallagher, Senior Managing Director, Teneo Ken Coghill, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services John Wu, President, Ava Labs Channi Greenwall, Founder & CEO, Olympix Adam Israel, Co-Founder & COO, Mesh TuongVy Le, Advisor, Anchorage Digital Lincoln Murr, AI Product Lead, CDP, Coinbase Nassim Eddequiouaq, Founder & CEO, Bastion Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary, Managing Director and Head of Product & Research, Grayscale Investments *** Panel topics: >The Future of Finance and the New Technologies of Money >Winning the Stablecoin Race >Building the Bridge between Web2 to Web3 >Navigating Legal Sea Change in Crypto >Managing Crypto Risk in an Era of Growth >Crypto x AI: Wen Near-Term Victories? >DePIN: Physical Infrastructure's Next Act >Gaining an Edge in Crypto Research >DeFi: Today and Tomorrow >IC3/Cornell Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day Cornell Blockchain looks forward to seeing you in a few short weeks!

Early Bird Tickets are now open and our first speakers are announced for our "New Era of U.S. Innovation in Crypto" Conference at Cornell Tech in New York City on April 25th! Get Early Bird Tickets at Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/etfm2kFe. Early bird pricing ($10 Student | $50 General Admission) lasts until April 4th.   If you are a builder, finance professional, investor, or researcher— this is your opportunity to understand and debate the most promising use cases, key ecosystem building blocks, and needed policy frameworks that will allow for a new decade of U.S.-based and U.S.-led innovation in blockchain. Announced Speakers include: Vasant Prabhu, Former Vice Chair & CFO, Visa Keith A. Grossman, President of Enterprise, MoonPay Michael Shaulov, CEO, Fireblocks Michael Sonnenshein, COO, Securitize Emin Gun Sirer, Founder & CEO, Ava Labs Ken Coghill, Deputy Superintendent, New York State Department of Financial Services John Wu, President, Ava Labs Ari Juels, Co-Director, The Initiative for CryptoCurrencies & Contracts (IC3) Expect a full day of panels and dozens of speakers. Stay tuned for more announcements! Panels include: >Banking and the New Technology of Money >Building the Bridge between Web2 to Web3 >Venture Capital Landscape 2025 >Winning the Stablecoin Race >Navigating Legal Sea Change in Crypto >Managing Crypto Risk in an Era of Growth >Crypto x AI: Wen Near-Term Victories? >DePIN: Physical Infrastructure's Next Act >Gaining an Edge in Crypto Research >Battle of the Chains >DeFi: Today and Tomorrow >DeSci and the Path Ahead for Open Science >IC3/Cornell Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day Early Bird Tickets will go fast, and will be done by April 4th. Look forward to seeing you at Cornell Tech soon!