Driss Benamour is Co-Founder and CEO of YO Labs.

With two decades of experience in financial technology, Driss brings a wealth of knowledge around DeFi, crypto, and FinTech. Prior to YO, Driss was Uber’s Head of FinTech Products and led Uber for Business. Prior to Uber, he was the VP of Products at SmartBiz Loans. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

YO, short for Yield Optimizer, is a multi-chain yield abstraction layer that unifies capital with the highest-performing yield across 50+ DeFi protocols. YO solves three core problems in DeFi: fragmentation, complexity, and opacity.

Driss Benamour is Co-Founder and CEO of YO Labs.

With two decades of experience in financial technology, Driss brings a wealth of knowledge around DeFi, crypto, and FinTech. Prior to YO, Driss was Uber’s Head of FinTech Products and led Uber for Business. Prior to Uber, he was the VP of Products at SmartBiz Loans. He also holds an MBA from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

YO, short for Yield Optimizer, is a multi-chain yield abstraction layer that unifies capital with the highest-performing yield across 50+ DeFi protocols. YO solves three core problems in DeFi: fragmentation, complexity, and opacity.

Catie Romero-Finger is the Founder and CEO of BABs, a leading web3 marketing agency that drives sustainable growth through data-driven community strategies. Under her leadership, BABS has delivered measurable engagement and TVL growth for tier-1 Web3 projects through strategic communications and community-building initiatives.

A veteran technology marketing executive with 20+ years of experience across US, UK, EU, and UAE markets, Catie champions sustainable business models in Web3 that prioritize multiple revenue streams and genuine community engagement over vanity metrics. Her strategic advisory work helps DeFi projects build lasting value through the combination of robust TVL and active user communities.

Biggest accomplishment:

Catie's biggest accomplishments include architecting BABs' groundbreaking 360° framework, which has fueled significant success for clients in the decentralized economy, such as record-breaking fundraising and mainstream adoption. She has also received recognition as an influential woman in tech/Web3 by multiple organizations, including the Female Tech Leaders Community, and was selected as a Top BAME50 Leader by TechRound.

Little-known fact:

Catie is bilingual in English and Spanish and has extensive global experience in tech storytelling, working in markets from Chicago to London, Sevilla, and the MENA area.

Global Stages:

● Proof of Talk Summit

● RWA Paris

● Global Blockchain Congress

● NFT.NYC & NFT London

● Metaweek Dubai

Catie’s mission is simple:

“I aim to create means for inclusivity and creativity to thrive in the Web3 space, contribute to the mass-adoption of crypto, and most importantly, get more chicks into the Web3!”

Catie Romero-Finger is the Founder and CEO of BABs, a leading web3 marketing agency that drives sustainable growth through data-driven community strategies. Under her leadership, BABS has delivered measurable engagement and TVL growth for tier-1 Web3 projects through strategic communications and community-building initiatives.

A veteran technology marketing executive with 20+ years of experience across US, UK, EU, and UAE markets, Catie champions sustainable business models in Web3 that prioritize multiple revenue streams and genuine community engagement over vanity metrics. Her strategic advisory work helps DeFi projects build lasting value through the combination of robust TVL and active user communities.

Biggest accomplishment:

Catie's biggest accomplishments include architecting BABs' groundbreaking 360° framework, which has fueled significant success for clients in the decentralized economy, such as record-breaking fundraising and mainstream adoption. She has also received recognition as an influential woman in tech/Web3 by multiple organizations, including the Female Tech Leaders Community, and was selected as a Top BAME50 Leader by TechRound.

Little-known fact:

Catie is bilingual in English and Spanish and has extensive global experience in tech storytelling, working in markets from Chicago to London, Sevilla, and the MENA area.

Global Stages:

● Proof of Talk Summit

● RWA Paris

● Global Blockchain Congress

● NFT.NYC & NFT London

● Metaweek Dubai

Catie’s mission is simple:

“I aim to create means for inclusivity and creativity to thrive in the Web3 space, contribute to the mass-adoption of crypto, and most importantly, get more chicks into the Web3!”

Chief Executive Officer at Acheron Trading, Laurent Benayoun joined the firm following the acquisition of HedgeTech, the prominent trading algorithms and infrastructure provider he co-founded. Passionate about algorithmic trading strategies and market microstructure, Laurent also serves as a peer reviewer for the Journal of Quantitative Finance, as an expert for Alumni Ventures, as an interviewer for the Master of Finance at Princeton, and as a mentor for the Harvard Blockchain Incubator. Laurent holds a Master’s degree in Financial Mathematics/Engineering from Princeton University.

Garvit Goel is the Founder and CEO of Electron, a company specializing in TEE and ZK technologies, backed by leading investors including Stake Capital, Gnosis, Lambda Class, and Legion. Electron recently launched Permute, the most cost-efficient and liquid Bitcoin bridge, powered by TEE.
Garvit is an experienced deeptech entrepreneur with research publications in biotechnology and advanced fluid dynamics, as well as investments in aerospace and depth-sensing. A graduate of IIT Delhi, one of Asia’s most prestigious engineering institutes, Garvit brings a multidisciplinary background and a proven track record in building frontier technology ventures.

Garvit Goel is the Founder and CEO of Electron, a company specializing in TEE and ZK technologies, backed by leading investors including Stake Capital, Gnosis, Lambda Class, and Legion. Electron recently launched Permute, the most cost-efficient and liquid Bitcoin bridge, powered by TEE.
Garvit is an experienced deeptech entrepreneur with research publications in biotechnology and advanced fluid dynamics, as well as investments in aerospace and depth-sensing. A graduate of IIT Delhi, one of Asia’s most prestigious engineering institutes, Garvit brings a multidisciplinary background and a proven track record in building frontier technology ventures.

Dave Sedacca, Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and Director of Finance at Parity Technologies

Dave Sedacca is the Lead of Polkadot Capital Group and sits as Director of Finance at Parity Technologies, the core development team behind Polkadot. He leads Parity's financial strategy, spanning treasury management, planning, and institutional engagement. A long-time believer in emerging tech and crypto, Dave has been actively involved in the space since 2017. Prior to joining Parity, he worked across multiple sectors, driving financial and commercial strategy