# Stern Fintech Conference 2022 ![Abstract Blue Wires](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/assets/images/abstract%20blue%20wires_0.png?h=375fde61&itok=yfFFz9XJ) ## Global Fintech 2022: Defi or Defy: Mainstreaming Decentralized Finance **February 25, 2022 at 8:30 am from 3:30 pm EST** 2022 NYU Stern Fintech Conference: Join top Fintech academics, leading Fintech investors, innovative Fintech startups, and forward-looking Financial institutions --- ## Conference Speakers [ ![Massimo Bartoletti](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/bartoletti.png?h=01e15906&itok=-Tlcg9OS) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimo-bartoletti-0589a024a/) [## Massimo Bartoletti ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimo-bartoletti-0589a024a/)Professor at the University of Cagliari [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimo-bartoletti-0589a024a/) [ ![Eva Beylin](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/beylin.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=6WL_agNk) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evabeylin/) [## Eva Beylin ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evabeylin/)Director of The Graph Foundation [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/evabeylin/) [ ![Dan Caputo](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/caputo.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=Lz90jksQ) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-caputo-16594a19/) [## Dan Caputo ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-caputo-16594a19/)Market Executive at JP Morgan [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-caputo-16594a19/) [ ![Lin William Cong](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/cong.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=2Z59CJF0) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linwilliamcong/) [## Lin William Cong ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linwilliamcong/)Professor of Management and Finance at Harvard University [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/linwilliamcong/) [ ![Marjan Delatinne](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/delatinne.jpg?h=106463bc&itok=cenGIR-I) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjan-delatinne-473a9813/) [## Marjan Delatinne ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjan-delatinne-473a9813/)SVP at Digital Asset [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjan-delatinne-473a9813/) [ ![KD](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-04/Kathleen%20DeRose_Headshot.jpg?h=c63721b7&itok=bJHSGabu) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [## Kathleen DeRose ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose)Fintech Director of the Fubon Center at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [ ![Mike Dudas](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/dudas.png?h=01e15906&itok=Aiii5r-a) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdudas/) [## Mike Dudas ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdudas/)Founder of The Block and 6MV [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mdudas/) [ ![Yaya Fanusie](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/fanusie.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=CR5k05ll) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaya-jata-fanusie-87901738/) [## Yaya Fanusie ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaya-jata-fanusie-87901738/)Director of Policy at Crypto Council for Innovation [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yaya-jata-fanusie-87901738/) [ ![Janina Farr](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/farr.png?h=01e15906&itok=AAu4P8Dv) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinafarr/) [## Janina Farr ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinafarr/)Senior Director at BNY Mellon [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/janinafarr/) [ ![Jonathan Grady](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/grady.png?h=01e15906&itok=uxLCcQgy) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongrady/) [## Jonathan Grady ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongrady/)Founding Principal at The Canary Group [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jongrady/) [ ![Headshot of Hanna Halaburda](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Halaburda-Stern-large.JPG?h=8bf64f20&itok=FRh9PM4e) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hanna-halaburda) [## Hanna Halaburda ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hanna-halaburda)Associate Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/hanna-halaburda) [ ![Headshot of Matt Harris](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Matt_Harris_headshot.jpg?h=98ac42aa&itok=YNLNGr9j) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcharris/) [## Matt Harris ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcharris/)Partner at Bain Capital [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcharris/) [ ![Alfred Lehar](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/lehar.jpg?h=3298c666&itok=VH2eDULs) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfred-lehar-434b2021/) [## Alfred Lehar ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfred-lehar-434b2021/)Professor at the University of Calgary [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfred-lehar-434b2021/) [ ![Sarit Markovich](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/markovich.png?h=c7499efc&itok=8T_VNfBw) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarit-markovich-b0a6476/) [## Sarit Markovich ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarit-markovich-b0a6476/)Professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarit-markovich-b0a6476/) [ ![Kelly A Mathieson](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/mathieson.png?h=01e15906&itok=yAUdKYSy) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmathieson/) [## Kelly A Mathieson ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmathieson/)Chief Officer at Digital Asset [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmathieson/) [ ![Max Niederste-Ostholt headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Max%20Niederste-Ostholt%20headshot_0.png?h=4ecf8430&itok=GezAzgV_) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-niederste-ostholt/) [## Max Niederste-Ostholt ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-niederste-ostholt/)Co-Founder and CFO at Rally Rd [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-niederste-ostholt/) [ ![Headshot of Padman Perumal](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Padman%20Perumal.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=mWMaZ_bm) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmanperumal/) [## Padman Perumal ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmanperumal/)CEO at Masttro Americas [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/padmanperumal/) [ ![Sandra Ro](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/ro.jpg?h=9c0dcb81&itok=OtUfEFuW) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandraro/) [## Sandra Ro ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandraro/) [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandraro/) [ ![Headshot of Kanis Saengchote](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Kanis%20Saengchote.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=Thtx8jG7) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksaengchote/) [## Kanis Saengchote ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksaengchote/)Associate Professor at Chulalongkorn University [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ksaengchote/) [ ![Headshot of Fabian Schar](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/Fabian-Schar.png?h=4ecf8430&itok=2sXGjQ5M) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-schaer/) [## Fabian Schär ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-schaer/)Professor of Distributed Ledger Technology and Fintech at the University of Basel [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabian-schaer/) prev next - - - slide 1 - slide 2 - slide 3 - slide 4 - slide 5 - slide 6 - slide 7 - slide 8 - slide 9 - slide 10 - - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Welcome remarks Video 1](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/1_7.png.webp?itok=Dk5A0VXm) [ Play Video ](#) Welcome Remarks (Kathleen DeRose) and Opening Keynote: A Complete Revolution (Matt Harris) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Research Session 1: Decentralized Lending Video](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/2_6_0.png.webp?itok=7HLo61zz) [ Play Video ](#) Research Session 1: Decentralized Lending (David Yermack, Fabian Schär, Massimo Bartoletti, Kanis Saengchote) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Practitioner Panel 1: Women on the Blockchain: From PoCs to Implementation Video](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/3_6.png.webp?itok=neh0e4WY) [ Play Video ](#) Practitioner Panel 1: Women on the Blockchain: From PoCs to Implementation (Kelly A. Mathieson, Janina Farr, Sandra Ro, Tanya Shastri, Marjan Delatinne, Kathleen DeRose) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Practitioner Panel 2: Bridging the Gap between DeFi and CeFi ](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/4_5.png.webp?itok=22YVY9L_) [ Play Video ](#) Practitioner Panel 2: Bridging the Gap between DeFi and CeFi (Dan Caputo, Ryan Todd, Mike Dudas, Eva Beylin) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Research Session 2: Trading, Learning and Staking in DeFi](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/5_2.png.webp?itok=n3y0j4kS) [ Play Video ](#) Research Session 2: Trading, Learning and Staking in DeFi (Hanna Halaburda, Alfred Lehar, Sarit Markovich, Lin William Cong) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Practitioner Chat: Digital Transformation of Regulation](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/6_2.png.webp?itok=hX9TrYIg) [ Play Video ](#) Practitioner Chat: Digital Transformation of Regulation (Max Niederste-Ostholt, Dan Truque, Kathleen Derose) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Lex Sokolin](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/7_0.png.webp?itok=HDBBUW5c) [ Play Video ](#) Lex Sokolin - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Consumer Grade DX in Wealth Management](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/8.png.webp?itok=2br-J2U8) [ Play Video ](#) Consumer Grade DX in Wealth Management (Padman Perumal) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Algotune and The Canary Group](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/9.png.webp?itok=2qLWjUXZ) [ Play Video ](#) Algotune and The Canary Group (Bin Yang, Jonathan Grady) - ![2022 Fintech Conference - Keynote Speaker: Central Bank Digital Currencies: Is Data the New Currency](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/10.png.webp?itok=nxaOhPaA) [ Play Video ](#) Keynote Speaker: Central Bank Digital Currencies: Is Data the New Currency (Yaya Fanusie) ## GLOBAL FINTECH 2022: DEFI OR DEFY: MAINSTREAMING DECENTRALIZED FINANCE NYU Stern's [Fubon Center for Technology, Business, and Innovation](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation), and its Fintech initiative, will host Stern's annual FinTech Conference on Friday, February 25, 2022. This year's conference will focus on *Global Fintech 2022: Defi or Defy: Mainstreaming Decentralized Finance* Join recognized Fintech academics, forward-looking financial institutions, innovative Fintech startups, Stern alumni, and leading Fintech investors for Defi or Defy, the Fubon Center for Technology, Business and Innovation’s annual Fintech Conference. Our unique conference connects academics and practitioners at the forefront of fintech. DeFi, (Decentralized Finance), the blockchain-enabled automation of financial services, is poised to transform financial systems, businesses, and accepted theories. DeFi research is in its infancy, and DeFi commerce is already reshaping financial services. The Fubon Center catalyzes interdisciplinary research, and NYU Stern faculty and our broader fintech community are already exploring this vast, expanding, and unmarked terrain. Topics include but are not limited to DeFi transformation of asset pricing, financial intermediation, corporate finance, banking and trading operations, payments systems, insurance, risk management, and private equity, and the associated global policies, regulations and security risks. We invite you to stay close to this fast-moving frontier. Your attendance at our panels, demos, and networking events during the conference will contribute to academics', practitioners', and policymakers' collective understanding of DeFi. This virtual conference has a maximum capacity of 1000 guests. Registration does not guarantee access to the event if capacity is reached. We look forward to seeing you there! ## PROGRAM Show All | Hide All Welcome Remarks and Opening Keynote: A Complete Revolution Matt Harris, Bain Capital Kathleen Derose, NYU Stern Research Session 1: Decentralized Lending David Yermack, NYU Stern Fabian Schär, University of Basel [slides](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Video%202_DeFi_Fschaer.pdf) Massimo Bartoletti, University of Cagliari Kanis Saengchote, Chulalongkorn Business School [slides](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Compound%20Kanis_Saengchote.pdf) Practitioner Panel 1: Women on the Blockchain: From PoCs to Implementation Kelly A Mathieson, Digital Asset Janina Farr, Deutsche Börse AG Sandra Ro, Global Blockchain Business Council Tanya Shastri, VMware Inc. Marjan Delatinne, SETL Kathleen Derose, NYU Stern Practitioner Panel 2: Bridging the Gap between Defi and CeFi Dan Caputo, Silicon Valley Bank Ryan Todd, FinTech Collective Mike Dudas, The Block Eva Beylin, The Graph Foundation Research Session 2: Trading, Learning and Staking in DeFi Hanna Halaburda, NYU Stern Alfred Lehar, University of Calgary Sarit Markovich, Northwestern University [slides](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Sarit%20Markovich_DEFI%20or%20Defy%202022.pptx_.pdf) Will Cong, Cornell University [slides](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/Staking%20Slides.pdf) Practitioner Chat: Digital Transformation of Regulation Max Niederste-Ostholt, Rally Rd. Dan Truque, Symbiont Kathleen DeRose, NYU Stern Lex Sokolin Lex Sokolin (ConsenSys) Consumer Grade DX in Wealth Management Padman Perumal Masttro Americas Algotune and The Canary Group Bin Yang, Algotune Jonathan Grady, The Canary Group Keynote Speaker: Central Bank Digital Currencies: Is Data the New Currency Yaya Fanusie, Center for a New American Security ## Sponsor ![SVB logo](/sites/default/files/styles/300w/public/2025-03/svblogo-1-1_2.jpg?itok=pyFs7dyG)