Merkle Mini Meet New York 2026 - Hosted by Duane Morris

​Join Merkle Science for an afternoon of focused discussion on the market, compliance, and infrastructure dynamics shaping digital assets in 2026—followed by drinks and high-signal networking.

​The program opens with welcome remarks before moving into a panel on whether privacy is becoming a new driver of institutional crypto adoption. From there, the conversation shifts to the 2026 outlook for crypto, with a focus on institutional growth, compliance expectations, and the evolving operating landscape for market participants.

​Following a networking break, the program continues with a presentation on the MetaMask Card featuring speakers from MetaMask and Mastercard, alongside a Merkle Science product demo highlighting practical risk intelligence and investigative workflows.

​We’ll close with a panel on what is still needed for mainstream stablecoin adoption, covering trust, transparency, payments infrastructure, regulatory alignment, and the controls required for broader institutional participation.

​Agenda

​2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Privacy in Crypto: A New Driver of Institutional Adoption?

• ​Koh — Aleo

• ​Tom D’Eletto — Arculus

• ​Sid Gandhi — Payy

• ​Jacob McCrum — Canton Network

• ​Itai Turbahn — Fireblocks

• ​Fahmi Syed — Midnight

• ​Moderator: Devin A. — EVG

​2:30 PM – 2:50 PM
Stablecoin Monitoring Metrics

​2:50 PM – 3:25 PM
Crypto 2026 Outlook: Institutional Growth and the Compliance Landscape

• ​Mauro Wolfe — Partner, Duane Morris

• ​Rajeev Bomra — Moody’s

• ​Jesse Guglielmo — Hashfire

• ​Rob Krugman — Broadridge

• ​Mriganka Pattnaik — Merkle Science

• ​Moderator: Daniel Galeon — Robinhood

​3:25 PM – 3:35 PM
Networking Break

​3:35 PM – 4:00 PM
Presentation: MetaMask Card + Mastercard + Merkle Science Product Demo

• ​Daniel Lynch — MetaMask

• ​Mukul Tripathi — Mastercard

• ​Justus Delp — Merkle Science

​4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
What’s Needed for Mainstream Stablecoin Adoption

• ​Mark Daly — zerohash

• ​Jay Pollak — Verified

• ​Nick Gersh — Paxos

• ​Tarun Chitra — Gauntlet

• ​Chris Lalan — 1Money

• ​Joseph Silvia — Duane Morris

• ​Moderator: Justin Friedman — Stablecon

​4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Drinks & Networking

​What to expect

• ​Short, substantive sessions with minimal fluff

• ​Practitioners and operators across privacy, compliance, payments, and digital asset infrastructure

• ​A structured afternoon program followed by drinks and networking