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March 6, 2026

NYU Stern Fintech Conference: Betting on the Future

The annual NYU Stern Fintech Conference brought together key industry and academic leaders on current topics in fintech, including stablecoins, prediction markets, tokenization, and current AI and fintech policy responses.


Speakers

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Iñaki Aldasoro

Principal Economist at BIS

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Iseult Conlin

Managing Director, Head of U.S. Institutional Credit at Tradeweb

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Kathleen DeRose

Fintech Initiative Director at the NYU Stern Fubon Center

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Ronit Ghose

Head of Future of Finance team at Citi Institute

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Adam Hickerson

Senior Director and COO at Robinhood Derivatives

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Nicole Kagan

Lead at Kalshi Research

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Robert Leshner

CEO and Co-founder at Superstate

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Karl Whelan

Professor of Economics at University College Dublin

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Opening Remarks by Kathleen DeRose; Ronit Ghose on Stablecoins

Ronit Ghose heads the Future of Finance Team at Citi Institute.


Iñaki Aldasoro on Stablecoins

Iñaki Aldasoro is a Principal Economist at the Bank for International Settlements.


Iseult Conlin on Market Electronification

Iseult Conlin is Managing Director and Head of U.S. Institutional Credit at Tradeweb. She is introduced by Brianna Mahoney, President of the NYU Stern Fintech Association (FTA).


Robert Leshner on Tokenization

Robert Leshner is the CEO and Co-founder of Superstate. 


Adam Hickerson on Prediction Markets

Adam Hickerson is Senior Director and COO at Robinhood Derivatives.


Karl Whelan on Prediction Markets

Karl Whelan is a Professor of Economics at University College Dublin.


Nicole Kagan on Prediction Markets; Concluding Remarks by Kathleen DeRose

Nicole Kagan leads Kalshi Research.


AGENDA

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Kathleen DeRose

Ronit Ghose

Iñaki Aldasoro

Brianna Mahoney

Iseult Conlin

Robert Leshner

Adam Hickerson

Karl Whelan

Nicole Kagan

Kathleen DeRose