Consensus, dubbed crypto’s most influential event, will hold its 2025 conference from May 14-16 at Toronto’s Metro Convention Centre, gathering an estimated 15,000 attendees from over 100 countries, plus institutions representing trillions in assets under management, to give shape to the industry’s leading edge.
The conference, active since 2015, will feature leading minds creating value in blockchain, Web3 and artificial intelligence, with eyes on fostering collaboration at a time of increasing industry interest driven by the United States Bitcoin and digital asset reserve, the worsening crisis of the unbanked, as well as growing retail and institutional adoption unleashed by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s legalization of Bitcoin ETFs in 2024.
This year’s well-rounded agenda includes presentations, panel discussions, a hackathon and a broad selection of side events to flex your networking skills and generate deal flow. Here are the highlights:
Notable speakers
- Dan Morehead, Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, which manages US$5.7 billion in blockchain-based strategies across passive, hedge and venture, as part of the Crypto OGs Talk Macro panel (May 14).
- Robert Hines, Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, who will speak about the United States’ crypto strategy (May 14).
- Charles Hoskinson, a co-founder of Ethereum, the second-largest crypto project in the world by market capitalization at over C$294 billion, as well as Cardano, the 10th largest, at almost C$32 billion, in a discussion about the fourth generation of crypto (May 14).
- Eric Trump, son of United States President Donald Trump, presenting his American Bitcoin venture in partnership with Hut 8 (May 15).
- Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, Chairman of O’Leary Ventures and a well-known crypto investor, who will deliver a keynote speech and participate in a discussion about crypto’s next chapter (May 15).
- Dave Portnoy, Founder of Barstool Sports, who will delve into the creation of his digital media empire (May 15).
Notable presentations
- Crypto Lawyer Roundtable: Where Does Crypto Regulation Go From Here? (May 14).
- Crypto and Credit: A Match Made in Heaven (May 14).
- Canada: Advancing the Digital Frontier (May 14).
- The Wealth Managers’ State of Affairs: Lessons from Financial Advisors with Years of Experience Managing Crypto in the Portfolio (May 15).
- The Next Gen of Crypto Trading (May 15).
- Agents, AI-Powered DeFi, and All Things Decentralized AI (May 15).
- Building a Crypto Brand (May 15).
- The Next Stage of Evolution for NFTs/Memecoins (May 16).
- Expanding Crypto Access in a Global Market (May 16).
- The Future of Ethereum (May 16).
With representatives from Coinbase, BlackRock and Google also expected to attend, Consensus offers unique access to crypto’s top power players as digital assets gather momentum towards maturation, commanding a total market capitalization of about C$4 trillion at the time of writing, supported by a multi-industry presence backed by decentralization’s value-added use-cases.
Whether you’re actively adding to your crypto portfolio or considering your first allocation, Consensus represents a holistic offering to begin or continue your due diligence on this burgeoning asset class.
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