CryptoMondays Wall Street, in partnership with ETHConf NYC, opened Ethereum Conference Week in New York City with a private, invitation-only gathering that brought together founders, investors, operators, attorneys, builders, and market leaders. The event, presented by 1inch and Troutman Pepper Locke, centered on substantive conversations around real world assets, institutional infrastructure, regulatory clarity, capital formation, and the practical next chapter of Web3 adoption.
Presenting sponsor 1inch announced reDeFine Money, a limited-edition oral history of decentralized finance, and released a free digital edition on the 1inch website. Physical copies are available only at select 1inch events, adding a tangible element to the digital asset narrative.
During his keynote, American Crypto Academy founder Jahon Jamali stressed that education is essential to scaling institutional adoption of tokenized real-world assets. He positioned ACA as a central resource for professional and institutional markets, highlighting the need for trained professionals in compliance, tax, accounting, and investment. The American Crypto Academy delivers professional-grade crypto and blockchain education for institutional audiences, including CPAs, financial advisors, attorneys, and investment professionals.
CryptoMondays Wall Street is a monthly, curated gathering at the intersection of digital assets, capital markets, institutional finance, and Web3 innovation. Part of the global CryptoMondays network—70+ chapters, 14 countries, 150,000+ community members—the Wall Street edition is designed for high-signal conversation among founders, investors, operators, and policymakers shaping the institutional future of crypto.
1inch is a leading DeFi aggregation and infrastructure protocol. The 1inch Network unites decentralized protocols whose synergy enables the most lucrative, fastest, and most protected operations in the DeFi space. Troutman Pepper Locke, a premier U.S.-based law firm with more than 1,600 attorneys across 30+ offices nationwide, specializes in energy, financial services—including a dedicated focus on digital assets and blockchain development—health care, life sciences, insurance, private equity, and real estate.
Additional event sponsors included Valmar Capital, a leading multistrategy investment firm offering access to a diversified, actively-managed portfolio of systematic quantitative strategies, and NFT VIP, a boutique event production and community activation company operating across crypto, culture, luxury, media, and institutional ecosystems. Founded by Julie Lamb, NFT VIP connects communities, brands, and ideas through premium experiences built for the attention economy.
Ethereum Conference Week in New York City brings together industry leaders to discuss the future of blockchain technology. The private gathering set the tone for the week, emphasizing the importance of institutional-grade infrastructure and education in driving mainstream adoption of decentralized technologies.
