In 12 months, every serious fintech and payment startup in Utah will be forced to adopt stablecoins or other blockchain-powered payment rails.
Join us at @UTtechweek to learn:
1) Why stablecoins matter now (and why fintech adoption is accelerating)
2) Where stablecoins fit in a payments stack (what they do/don't replace)
3) How to choose between stablecoin rails and launching your own stablecoin (e.g. Intuit integrating USDC vs. PayPal launching PYUSD)
4) What risk do product teams underestimate the most: issuer risk, fraud, AML, chain downtime?
5) What’s working in real go-to-market attempts
6) Top fintech stablecoin examples to study in 2026
Agenda
5:30 PM — Food, Drinks, Networking
6:00 PM — Intro
6:30 PM — Presentation by Ava Labs
7:00 PM — The Stablecoin Playbook
7:30 PM — Networking
Speakers
- @yu_lin_dong | Ava Labs, AvaCloud
- Kensie England | Offchain Labs, ZeroDev
- @zimm0x | Narmi, Prev. Para
- Michael Wasyl | DeerCreek, Bracket
- @nickisanders | Prev. Anchorage, Taxbit
Cohosts:
@utahcryptoclub, U of U Fintech Club
Presented by:
@avax, @standwithcrypto, @avaxteam1
Venue:
HAVN
For founders, operators, engineering and GTM teams. If you're building a fintech or payment startup in 2026, this one is for you.
Fintech and crypto are colliding fast and stablecoins are at the center of it.
When TurboTax and QuickBooks integrate USDC, SoFi issues a stablecoin, PayPal launches PYUSD, and Stripe starts rolling out its own blockchain, this is no longer theoretical.
If you’re building payments, this is becoming table stakes.
I’ll be at @UTtechweek for Fintech x Crypto: The Stablecoin Playbook to talk through how blockchain powered payment rails actually work and what builders should be thinking about heading into 2026.
Come join me.
If you're building in fintech/payments in Utah, don’t miss this.
- TurboTax and QuickBooks integrating USDC
- SoFi, first national bank to issue a stablecoin
- PayPal launches PYUSD, YouTube integrating
- Stripe rolling out an L1 blockchain + stablecoin
The gap between fintechs and crypto is disappearing.
At @uttechweek come get the playbook on how blockchain-powered payment rails work, where they fit in a modern stack, and what to build in 2026.
Event
Fintech x Crypto: The Stablecoin Playbook
Presented by
@avax, @standwithcrypto, @avaxteam1
Co-hosted by
University of Utah Fintech Club, @utahcryptoclub
📍 HAVN (Salt Lake City)
📅 Thursday, Feb 5th @ 5:30PM
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$86,398,012 committed from 8,761 contributors.
Thank you to everyone who backed Ranger and believed in the mission.
More details on the $RNGR rollout soon.
"@utahcryptoclub is a pet project"... hold my dirty soda... here's the 2026 lineup (so far):
1️⃣ Utah Blockchain Week
A week of events in SLC/Utah County with local builders, startups, VCs and global teams flying in.
(AUG 2026)
2️⃣ Co-Founder: @krysteemiller
Krystee and I hosted crypto events years ago. Today, she’s stepping in as co-founder of Utah Crypto Club to run events + grow the org in 2026.
3️⃣ Advisors
High signal builders to guide events and help build a support program for early-stage Utah startups.
- Kensie, Offchain Labs
- Grant, Anchorage
- @theshaysh0w, Moonbeam
- @chiefdavis, DeFi Orbit
- @jamesrp13, Unboxed
4️⃣ Utah Tech Week
If you work in fintech or payments, join us at Utah Tech Week. We'll drop The Stablecoin Playbook: how blockchain-powered payments work and fit in a modern stack, and what to build in 2026.
Presented by @avax, @avaxteam1, @standwithcrypto, and co-hosted with the U of U Fintech Club.
(FEB 2026)
5️⃣ Bitcoin vs. Crypto
Salt Lake Bitcoin (@slc_btc_meetup) vs. Utah Crypto Club, another 2-on-2 debate, food, drinks and friends.
(APR 2026)
6️⃣ Job Fair
Looking for a job or internship in crypto?
With the U of U Fintech Club and BYU Bitcoin Club, we're hosting a job fair with open roles from local startups, recruiters and top remote crypto teams.
(MAY 2026)
7️⃣ Utah Builder Report
For 3 years, we've built the most comprehensive directory of Utah-based founders, builders and operators at crypto startups, from early-stage (Etherfuse) to established org (Solana).
(Release TBD)
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If you want to:
- cohost an event
- feature roles at our job fair
- be included in the Utah builder report
- bring your startup to Utah blockchain week
DM / comment and let’s talk. Bullish on Utah. 2026 is our year. ✌️
At Ethdenver 2024 a guy I respect said to me "I didn't realize Utah had any builders." Since then, Utah Crypto Club has gone all out.
Across all events we organized, partnered or collab-ed on:
- In 2024, we had 850+ rsvps
- In 2025, we had 1200+ rsvps
Builders from some of the most legit L1/L2s, protocols, infra and institutions in the industry.
- Xai
- Jito
- HIFI
- Tally
- OKX
- Base
- Giddy
- Azura
- TaxBit
- Paxos
- Helius
- Noves
- Resolv
- Solana
- Kraken
- Nomyx
- Canton
- Fidelity
- mtndao
- Bracket
- Hightop
- Polygon
- Alchemy
- Sherlock
- Panoptic
- Unboxed
- MoonTax
- Coinbase
- Etherfuse
- DeFi Orbit
- Metallicus
- Avalanche
- Anchorage
- Amberdata
- MoonBeam
- Chainalysis
- Orb Agency
- EZ Trade Pro
- Offchain Labs
- DeFi Kingdoms
- Ranger Finance
- Goldman Sachs
- Crystal Intelligence
- Arbitrum Foundation
(might have missed a few)
@siliconslopes Utah is already a major tech hub. Along with @standwithcrypto, we'll make it a major crypto hub, too. If you're a builder in Utah, 2026 will be a good year for you.