Zelle, DTCC, Mastercard, Backpack and Bitwise also take the stage as Breakpoint brings the institutions, capital and builders shaping the next era of internet capital markets to London
LONDON, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Solana Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to the decentralization, growth, and security of Solana, today announced the second wave of speakers for Solana Breakpoint 2026, taking place 15–17 November at Olympia London.
The latest speakers bring Westminster, the City and Washington into the same room as the founders and institutions building on Solana. Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert joins former Chancellor Sajid Javid, Standard Life Chair Sir Nicholas Lyons, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ICE Europe President Hester Serafini on stage. Patrick Witt, who previously led digital asset policy at the White House, also takes part, along with leaders from Barclays, Zelle, Bitwise, Y Combinator, Jupiter and Helius.
The lineup reflects this year’s theme, Token Supercycle: stablecoins, tokenized assets, payments and AI-driven activity are moving onchain, while institutions and governments determine how to respond – and participate – in the shift.
The newly announced speakers include:
Policy and the City
Martin Gilbert, Chair, RevolutPatrick Witt, former Executive Director, President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White HouseBoris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United KingdomLord Vaizey of Didcot, Member of the House of Lords and former Minister for Culture and the Digital EconomySajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Secretary of State for Health and Social CareSir Nicholas Lyons, Chair, Standard Life, and former Lord Mayor of the City of LondonHester Serafini, President, ICE Europe
Payments and capital
Alexandra Lang, VP, Digital Assets Partnerships & Strategy, ZelleMatt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, BitwiseKyle Samani, Chairman, Forward IndustriesChristian Rau, SVP, Digital Assets and Blockchain, MastercardScott Lucas, Head of Digital Assets, BarclaysRowland Berry, VP of Stablecoin, PayoneerNemil Dalal, Visiting Partner, Y CombinatorAhmed Zifzaf, Head of Digital Asset Partnerships, RampPJ Bain, CEO, PrimeRevenueKathrin Hamilton, Partner, Digital Assets, Baillie GiffordKathy Kriskey, Head of Alternative Product Strategy, Invesco
Bringing every asset onchain
Armani Ferrante, Founder and CEO, BackpackSaeed Badreg, Co-Founder and CEO, SunriseAndrea Miele, Founder and CEO, BeezieVal Wotton, Global Head of Equities Solutions, DTCCPatrick Corker, Managing Director, Market Transformation and Innovation, BNYTom Farley, Chairman and CEO, BullishIan Rogers, Chief Human Agency Officer, Ledger
Trading and culture
Kash Dhanda, COO, JupiterEugene Chen, CEO, Ellipsis Labs/PhoenixSe Yong Park, Co-Founder, fomoTristan Thompson, NBA champion and InvestorLucas Jumalon, World Champion, World Series of PokerJeff Platt, Global Broadcast Talent, World Series of PokerProph3t, Co-Founder, MetaDAO
The network
Brennan Watt, CEO, AnzaMert Mumtaz, CEO, HeliusGreg Osuri, Founder, AkashJonathan Victor, President, BitRobotVibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer, Solana Foundation
These leaders join previously announced speakers including Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Lily Liu (Solana Foundation), Balaji Srinivasan (Network State), Raoul Pal (Real Vision), Anthony Soohoo (MoneyGram), Annabel Spring (Allfunds), Zach Abrams (Bridge), Tad Smith (Candy Digital) and Peter Moore (Wisla Krakow). Additional speakers and the full agenda will be announced ahead of the event.
London’s Next Chapter in Capital Markets
Breakpoint arrives as the UK weighs how to keep capital, listings and talent in London. Bringing a former Prime Minister, a former Chancellor and the chairs of Revolut and Standard Life onto the Breakpoint stage puts that question directly in front of the investors, payment companies and builders who will decide where the next wave of financial infrastructure is built.
“The next generation of capital markets will run around the clock, settle in seconds and be open to anyone with an internet connection, and the decisions that determine where those markets are built are being made now,” said Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation. “Breakpoint brings the UK policymakers and City leaders shaping those decisions together with the founders already issuing tokenized equities, stablecoins and payment networks on Solana. London has a real opportunity to become the place where that future is built.”
Program – The Supercycle: Today and Tomorrow
Day 1: The Supercycle, Today examines the institutional assets already moving onchain and live on Solana: stablecoins, payments, tokenized real-world assets, and the macroeconomic forces accelerating onchain financial infrastructure.Day 2: The Supercycle, Tomorrow explores what comes next: AI agents, consumer applications, new forms of ownership and entirely new markets enabled by programmable capital.
The Token Supercycle has begun. Come for the alpha. Build it on Solana.
For more information on Breakpoint and to purchase tickets, please visit solana.com/breakpoint.
About Solana
Solana is a high performance network powering internet capital markets, payments, AI agents, and crypto applications. Solana operates as a single global state machine, and is open, interoperable and decentralized. For more information, please visit https://solana.com.
About Solana Foundation
Solana Foundation is a non-profit based in Zug, Switzerland, dedicated to the decentralization, growth, and security of Solana. For more information, please visit https://solana.org.
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