Who wins the institutional infrastructure race? The panel weighed whether today's crypto-native builders can hold onto institutional infrastructure, or if TradFi will eventually take the landscape over. On stage: @TychoOnnasch (Zest Protocol) @nihal_maunder (HSG) @ManoppoMarco (SharpByte Capital) @melmelmelting (Spartan Group) Moderated by @JonathanGieg (Pantera Capital) 00:00 Intros 01:14 What institutional buyers want now 04:31 HSG's crypto investment strategy 05:56 What's driving crypto M&A deals 09:04 Why L2s are shutting down 16:41 Do institutions pay for decentralization 20:56 Which crypto startup to build next

Founders back other founders. 4 years ago my team @lab_22c got a panicked call from the leadership of @init_official the largest student tech group at @FIU. Their presenting sponsor had backed out. ShellHacks, Florida’s largest hackathon, was days from a hole in the middle of the weekend. Students were already coming from all over Florida . The rooms were already booked. We were a startup too. So @lab_22c wrote the largest check we had ever written to make sure it still happened. (See First picture). Not for a banner. For the builders. Fast forward to this past weekend. Look at this room. (second picture) 1,200+ students. 36 hours. 10th year. Packed balcony. Packed floor. Hands in the air before a single project shipped. Second photo: my good friend Dr. Jack Puleo, the new dean of @FIU_CEC, kicking off the largest hackathon in Florida. Same house. Same hunger. Bigger. Florida has raw builder energy in every corner of this state. This is in fact @AmbitionAccel Also shout out to my friends like @FrancisSuarez @melmedina305 @mdcpresident @FeleciaHatcher and many more who’ve always held that belief. Let’s keep backing them. 🚀