Penrose Partners, SALT, and DAIS today announced the preliminary speaker lineup for the inaugural Bermuda Digital Finance Forum, taking place May 7–9, 2025, in Hamilton, Bermuda.
In cooperation with the Government of Bermuda, the Forum will convene leading voices from across digital finance, artificial intelligence, public policy, and alternative investing. The goal is to demonstrate nation-state level adoption of digital finance in Bermuda while helping accelerate the global growth of tokenized solutions for money, funds, assets, identity, and insurance.
The event kicks off May 7 with a hands-on digital payments activation powered by Coinbase, Circle, and the NEAR Foundation—including a USDC stablecoin activation to local conference attendees and Bermudian small businesses. The showcase will be followed by two days of programming at the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club, featuring keynote sessions, panel discussions, roundtables, curated networking opportunities, and leisure activities across the island.
Featured speakers and participants include:The Honorable E. David Burt, JP, MP, Premier, Bermuda
Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy and Operations, Circle
Greg Tusar, Head of Institutional Product, Coinbase
Christopher Donovan, Chief Operating Officer, NEAR Foundation
Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner, SkyBridge Capital
Charles Hoskinson, Founder and CEO, Input | Output
Philippe Bekhazi, CEO, XBTO Global
Cyralene Benskin-Murray, Bermuda Compliance Officer and MLRO, Circle
Cody Carbone, CEO, The Digital Chamber
Michael Casey, Founder and Former Chief Content Officer, DAIS, CoinDesk
Carlos Domingo, Founder and CEO, Securitize
Radhakrishna Dasari, Technical Education Lead, Web3 Foundation
Andrew Durgee, Co-CEO, Republic
Lorien Gabel, Co-Founder and CEO, Figment
David Johnston, Open-Source Contributor, Morpheus
Morgan Krupetsky, Senior Director of Business Development for Institutions and Capital Markets, Ava Labs
Peter Marton, Director of Digital Identity, Compliance Advisory, and U.S. Policy, Fireblocks
Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO, OpenEden
Henson Orser, Founder and CEO, Soter Insurance
Pascal St-Jean, President and CEO, 3iQ
Michael Terpin, CEO, Transform Ventures
Clara Tsao, Founding Officer, Filecoin Foundation
Joesph Ziolkowski, Co-Founder and CEO, Relm Insurance
"We hope to demonstrate the real-world power of digital assets in Bermuda to benefit the local economy and drive global progress," said John Darsie, CEO of SALT. "We very intentionally curated a group of speakers with expertise on tokenization across key industries ripe for optimization from blockchain-based solutions."
"We designed this event to be more than a conversation; it's a live demonstration of digital finance," said Kerem Kolcuoglu, Managing Partner at Penrose Partners. "With partners like Coinbase, Circle, and NEAR, the USDC activation will highlight how blockchains can power everyday transactions and drive real adoption here in Bermuda—and beyond."
For more information about the Bermuda Digital Finance Forum, including registration details and the full agenda, please visit https://www.digitalfinanceforum.com/.
About Penrose Partners
Penrose Partners is a Bermuda-based digital asset advisory firm that consults governments and leading digital asset companies on economic development and institutional go-to-market strategies.
About SALT
SALT is a global thought leadership forum covering the intersection of finance, technology and public policy. Founded in 2009, SALT's global event series and media properties convene key executives, investors and government officials to accelerate digital innovation in financial services and beyond. For more information, please visit salt.org.