Roundtables

The competition for mindshare in the crypto industry is fierce. Protocols are constantly fighting to win the attention and loyalty of developers, founders, users, and institutions. Many protocols employ strategies to earn this mindshare using hype, gamified metrics, and short-term thinking, but oftentimes this comes at the cost of sustainability and credibility. 

In this Blockworks Roundtable, industry-leading voices will explore the protocol growth playbook that prioritizes long-term ecosystem health over short-term hype. 

Bitcoin was made for this moment. As capital floods into the premier non-sovereign store of value, new metas and market dynamics are surfacing. With institutions like Strategy charting the course, corporate acquisition vehicles are raising capital at a rapid clip to get Bitcoin on their balance sheets.

But this isn’t just about accumulation. A new paradigm is forming where Bitcoin is no longer seen as a dormant asset. Through lending markets and structured products, HODLers are now putting their Bitcoin to work generating yield while maintaining exposure. ETFs have opened the floodgates to a broader class of allocators, amplifying liquidity and reinforcing Bitcoin’s role as a productive financial primitive.

Join this Blockworks Roundtable to hear from top Bitcoin analysts and builders in the space as they break down these evolving dynamics and explore how Bitcoin is becoming both a deep store of value and an increasingly active player in the capital markets.

In an industry built on decentralization and permissionless access, investor protection in liquid crypto token markets remains a largely unsolved problem. From exploits and conflicts of interest to predatory tokenomics, these markets have matured faster than the mechanisms designed to safeguard participants.

Join this Blockworks Roundtable as leaders from research, legal, and protocol design explore how crypto infrastructure, legal frameworks, and reporting standards can embed meaningful protections for investors without imposing cumbersome requirements on founders and protocols.

Crypto-native security is no longer a niche concern for enterprises and financial institutions, it now sits at the heart of  adoption and growth. In this Blockworks Roundtable, security leaders from across custody, infrastructure, and institutional platforms will explore what’s needed to build end-to-end security frameworks, mitigate emerging threats,  future-proof information systems, and utilize security as a growth enabler.

How do major market events impact order book dynamics? In this Blockworks Roundtable, market practitioners will analyze key metrics such as spread percentages, liquidity depth, order flow imbalances, and more to uncover critical clues for optimal trade timing.

By examining how these indicators shift before and after significant events, listeners will gain early insights into market stress, volatility, and momentum that refine execution and risk management strategies. Designed for both active traders and institutional investors, this Roundtable will show how leveraging advanced, data-driven order book analytics can transform decision-making processes and provide a decisive edge in volatile markets.

As the crypto industry matures and integrates deeper into the global financial system, it faces an evolving, complex threat landscape marked by increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and growing expectations around transparency and auditability.

In this Blockworks Roundtable, risk and compliance professionals will explore the most pressing trends shaping crypto compliance in 2025 such as emerging fraud vectors in token-based ecosystems, how global regulators are cracking down on illicit activity, the evolving expectations around transaction monitoring, audit trails, and data integrity, and strategic predictions for where crypto risk and compliance is heading over the next 12–18 months.

In this upcoming webinar, Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan, General Councel and CCO Katherine Dowling, and Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen will dive into the first 100 days of Trump-era policies and their impact on the crypto market. From the formation of the President‘s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets to the executive order establishing a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, the discussion will focus on how these bold actions could evolve over the next 1,000 days and offer insights on how investors can prepare.

As the global regulatory landscape continues to materialize for the digital asset ecosystem, staking is one of the most pertinent areas of clarity needed for institutional investors to deepen their digital asset strategies. Join this Blockworks Roundtable to hear from the leading legal and regulatory voices from digital assets funds, protocols, and operators as they discuss the implications of what’s at stake for institutional staking policy in the US.