Legends4Legends2026

Reception and coffee

Mingle with institutional peers.

Welcome and opening words

Marc de Kloe and John van Marle — Theta Capital

Setting the stage

Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

Ruud introduces the theme of the day, the questions we will explore and what participants can expect.

Internet finance

Felipe Montealegre — Co-Founder, Theia Capital

From closed, fragmented systems to shared protocols. What changes for ownership, trading, lending and settlement as finance moves onchain?

The regulatory unlock

Patrick J. Witt — Executive Director, Digital Assets Council, White House

Christopher Perkins — Head of Crypto, Franklin Templeton

Hear the unique perspective of the person leading digital asset policy within the White House on what regulatory clarity unlocks for institutions and which barriers remain.

Where we are in the blockchain innovation cycle

Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly

What is ready to scale, where the next wave of businesses is emerging, and what institutional investors should be watching.

Tokenized equities and onchain finance

Robert Leshner — Co-Founder, Superstate; Founder, Compound

Tyler Spalding — President, Acronym Foundation

Moderated by Marc de Kloe — Managing Partner, Theta Capital

Marc explores with Robert and Tyler where we stand in tokenizing all our assets, how this connects to onchain lending, collateral and liquidity, and how blockchain projects are maturing to serve enterprises at scale.

Coffee break

Mingle with institutional peers.

Legends4Legends and Alternatives4Children

A short word on why we host Legends4Legends and on the work of Alternatives4Children, the charity this event supports.

Betting on everything

David Pakman — Managing Partner & Head of Venture Investing, CoinFund

Fireside chat with Jeroen Tielman — Head of Institutional Relationships, Theta Capital

David entered crypto VC as a successful generalist VC. How different are these worlds and are they converging? One of David's core theses, Betting on Everything, will also be unpacked in the session.

Living through the Singularity

Emad Mostaque — Founder, Stability AI & Intelligent Internet

Fireside chat with Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

In conversation with Ruud, one of the leading builders and thinkers in AI shares where he believes the technology is heading, what people could be doing within two years, the potential to tackle disease, his assessment of catastrophic risk and what is needed to keep progress on track.

The growing convergence of crypto and AI

Tarun Chitra — Managing Partner, Robot VC; CEO, Gauntlet

Moderated by Olga Vasquez — Theta Capital

A growing part of AI is being built by people from crypto, bringing its commitment to open systems and distributed ownership. From Bitcoin miners moving into AI compute to the next generation of compute networks, Tarun explores an emerging ecosystem that traditional investors may overlook.

Lunch until 13:55

Mingle with institutional peers.

The infrastructure for the AI era

Michael Anderson — Co-Founder, Framework Ventures

Michael explores how blockchain infrastructure is becoming ever more important for an AI-era economy. What is the role of stablecoins in financing the AI buildout, how do decentralized networks solve some of the supply chain bottlenecks for AI, and is blockchain indeed the perfect infrastructure for AI agents?

The next big thing

Evan Fisher — Founder & GP, Portal Ventures

Michael Jordan — Co-Founder & GP, DBA

Serge Kassardjian — Co-Founder, 6th Man Ventures

Salvador Gala — Co-Founder, Escape Velocity

Moderated by Leopoldo Ochoa — Portfolio Manager, Theta Capital

What are the smartest entrepreneurs tinkering with today that could set the agenda three years from now? Four investors close to the earliest-stage founders share what they are seeing, and how AI is changing both the opportunity set and their approach.

A global perspective of the frontier

Greg Van den Bergh — Founder, Panga Capital

Alex Lin — Co-Founder, Reforge

Moderated by Philippe Essle — Associate, Theta Capital

A global perspective on what the smartest entrepreneurs are building at the intersection of blockchain and AI.

Coffee break

Mingle with institutional peers.

From grassroots to institutional adoption

Stani Kulechov — Founder & CEO, Aave Labs

Fireside chat with Balder Bomans — CIO & Managing Partner, Maven 11

How Aave, the largest onchain lending protocol, went from a grassroots, community-built project to infrastructure institutions rely on. Stani discusses what had to change — and what did not — on the way from crypto-native users to regulated balance sheets. And what is ahead for Aave.

Hear from the institutions

Christopher Perkins — Head of Crypto, Franklin Templeton

Evy Theunis — MD & Head of Digital Assets, IBG, DBS Bank

Moderated by Scott Lawin — President, Pantera Capital

Pantera's President Scott Lawin interviews two of the leading institutions at the forefront of adoption. Franklin Templeton and DBS Bank share how they are putting blockchain to work, from tokenized products to client adoption, and the practical lessons of implementation.

Earning a place in the institutional portfolio

Mark Cutis — MD, Office of CEO, Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Antony Lewis — Director, Investment (Blockchain), Temasek

Joe Marenda — Head of Digital Assets Investing & Hedge Fund Research, Cambridge Associates

Moderated by John van Marle — Managing Partner, Theta Capital

How institutions assess the opportunity, build conviction and consider exposure within a broader portfolio, including the evidence and due diligence investment committees need.

Theta Blockchain Ventures Outlook

Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

Ruud shares the investment implications for long-term portfolios and Theta's perspective on where value may accrue as blockchain and AI adoption advances.

The crystal ball

Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly

Michael Anderson — Co-Founder, Framework Ventures

Robert Leshner — Co-Founder, Superstate; Founder, Compound

David Pakman — Managing Partner & Head of Venture Investing, CoinFund

Tarun Chitra — Managing Partner, Robot VC; CEO, Gauntlet

Moderated by Ruud Smets — Managing Partner & CIO, Theta Capital

Forty minutes with blockchain's leading venture investors: the developments that could define the next chapter, the assumptions worth challenging and the signals they are watching.

Drinks reception

Mingle with institutional peers.

Bites and beers across the road

Continue the discussion at the venue opposite EYE, with informal food, beers and more time with fellow allocators, founders and speakers.

Institutional allocator roundtable: tokenising financial assets — what changes?

Haseeb Qureshi — Managing Partner, Dragonfly

Robert Leshner — Co-Founder, Superstate; Founder, Compound

An interactive discussion with blockchain investor Haseeb Qureshi and Robert Leshner, an entrepreneur building tokenisation infrastructure. Explore how tokenisation could change the way financial assets are issued, owned, traded and used as collateral, and what this means for institutions and investors. Bring your questions.

Limited to 25 attendees. Reserved for institutional capital allocators and CEOs, CIOs and senior leaders of established financial institutions. Contact us to apply.

A private dialogue on digital asset regulation

Patrick J. Witt — Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, White House

Patrick J. Witt, Executive Director of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets at the White House, discusses the direction of US policy, the regulatory questions shaping institutional participation and what evolving frameworks mean in practice. Het West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam. By invitation only.

Speakers' dinner

An intimate dinner for Legends4Legends speakers and invited guests on the eve of the conference, with time for candid conversation and personal exchange. Het West-Indisch Huis, Amsterdam. By invitation only. At full capacity.