DC, THIS is a room worth being in. 🔥
Builders, professors, legal minds, and talent leaders coming together at GROUNDWORK to explore digital finance, challenge ideas, and help you find your place in it.
Six roundtable topics running alongside the main stage:
💳 CRYPTO 101: WALLETS, TRANSACTIONS & YOUR FIRST SWAP
@gilbert787 — Founder, Web3DC / Maryland Chapter President, @standwithcrypto
Tanner Moore— Developer Relations, @1inch
🕐 1 PM, 3 PM & 5 PM
🔮 BEYOND BETTING: THE CASE FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
Robin Hanson — Associate Professor of Economics, @GeorgeMasonU
Harry Crane — Professor, @RutgersU
🕐 1–1:45 PM
RSVP through my link 👇
67 million Americans hold crypto, and their voices matter in the conversation about where crypto goes next.
I'm joining @masonlynaugh, @lindsayfraser0, @Rashan and @ZuneraMazhar today at 3 PM ET. See you there 👇
I'm excited to launch Relational Capital, a $50m solo GP fund.
I spent the last 8 years as a founder, building @usekojo into the largest US construction procurement platform.
Now I'm backing founders at the earliest stages with $1m-$5m checks.
An abundant future lies ahead 🇺🇸
DeFi must be protected.
Today, @BlockchainAssn and @1inch came together to host Groundwork during DC Fintech Week. Students, academics, industry, and policy pro’s all at the table.
A durable regulatory framework that protects #DeFi will come, and we must engage the next gen who will inherit and help shape its future.
#DCFintechWeek
Had the pleasure of sitting next to @HesterPeirce at last night’s Cypherpunk Policy Dinner.
There are few people in public service I’ve come to appreciate more. I’ll always remember her support for our industry, her thoughtfulness toward me, and the kindness she showed @LauraSpuller during their time together at the SEC.
For all of that, I remain deeply grateful.
⚖️ WHO MAKES THE RULES? POLICY, PROTOCOLS & GOVERNANCE
Orest Gavryliak — Chief Legal Officer, 1inch
Jason Gottlieb — Partner & Chair, Digital Assets, Morrison Cohen
🕑 2–2:45 PM
DC, THIS is a room worth being in. 🔥
Builders, professors, legal minds, and talent leaders coming together at GROUNDWORK to explore digital finance, challenge ideas, and help you find your place in it.
Six roundtable topics running alongside the main stage:
💳 CRYPTO 101: WALLETS, TRANSACTIONS & YOUR FIRST SWAP
@gilbert787 — Founder, Web3DC / Maryland Chapter President, @standwithcrypto
Tanner Moore— Developer Relations, @1inch
🕐 1 PM, 3 PM & 5 PM
🔮 BEYOND BETTING: THE CASE FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
Robin Hanson — Associate Professor of Economics, @GeorgeMasonU
Harry Crane — Professor, @RutgersU
🕐 1–1:45 PM
RSVP through my link 👇
https://t.co/Md3BHvrKiP
🔮 BEYOND BETTING: THE CASE FOR PREDICTION MARKETS
Robin Hanson — Associate Professor of Economics, @GeorgeMasonU
Harry Crane — Professor, @RutgersU
🕐 1–1:45 PM
@1inch Groundwork is in D.C. on purpose.
Seven panels and six roundtables. Speakers from Robinhood Crypto, Uniswap, Circle, Digital Asset, Fireblocks, OpenZeppelin, TRM Labs, Dune, Alchemy and Certik. Faculty from Columbia, NYU, Rutgers and George Mason.
The rules for this industry are being written here. The students who will spend their careers working under those rules are at universities across the city. Groundwork puts both in one room for an afternoon.
I’ll be leading a practical, no-assumptions introduction for attendees newer to the space. Understand what happens when you create a wallet, hold an asset and make an onchain transaction - then complete a first swap together.
📆 OCT 16
📍National Union Building
⏱️ 12:00-6:00PM
RSVP: https://t.co/fsdxK3gHrw
🚀Looking forward to being a panelist on "AI + Blockchain: Scalable Intelligence, Verifiable Truth" at DCSTW - What is DC Startup & Tech Week?
Founders, Entrepreneurs, Investors & Innovators collide to build, grow, and celebrate the Washington DC area booming startup and innovation ecosystem. @DCstartupweek@Web3DC
I’m excited to be speaking at @1inch Forward: Groundwork, taking place October 16 in Washington, DC, in partnership with the @BlockchainAssn
From DeFi and tokenization to AI agents, financial security, and public policy, Groundwork is bringing together the people building, teaching, and shaping the future of finance.
As the next generation prepares to inherit a rapidly evolving financial system, we need more than conversations about innovation. We need education, collaboration, and real opportunities to participate.
📅 October 16, 2026
📍 Washington, DC
https://t.co/fsdxK3gHrw
One week left to submit to the PRIME RFP.
The deadline is Oct 14 at 11:59pm ET.
Thank you to everyone who has applied so far, including the many new submissions we’ve received recently.
We’re actively reviewing all submissions as they come in.
Allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is DMV
Washington, DC - World Capital of Crypto and AI.
The future of the industry is being shaped here.
If you want to build at the intersection of innovation and technology, stay at the forefront of policy and compliance, DC is the place to be.
SF has the talent.
NYC has the ambition.
Miami has the momentum.
Which city has more concentrated upside for a founder for the next decade of startups?
The DC Privacy Summit and the Cypherpunk Policy Dinner are less than two weeks away! Both are going to be extremely unique and impactful events that you won't want to miss.
If you're on the fence about joining, do me a favor and watch this ~2 minute video: https://t.co/V3WmhKG1Ja
Register at https://t.co/HneNSnEj3p and https://t.co/AyXwiRJU0D
Feel free to reach out to me directly if you have questions.