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Miami Edition  ·  May 4th, 2025

MARKETERS
IN THE
ARENA

MARKETERS
IN THE ARENA
MARKETERS
IN THE ARENA
MARKETERS
IN THE ARENA
MARKETERS
IN THE ARENA
MARKETERS
IN THE ARENA
Date
May 4th, 2025
Time
11:00AM — 6:00PM
Venue
The Loft
605 Lincoln Rd #420 ↗
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THE LOFT

605 Lincoln Rd #420 · Miami Beach

A full-floor loft on the 4th floor of Lincoln Road. Plenty of natural light, exposed concrete ceilings, original artwork throughout, and a kitchen and dining setup built for exactly this kind of day.

A perfect environment to discuss ideas, learn, cowork, and collaborate.

Venue The Loft
Address 605 Lincoln Rd #420 ↗
Date May 4th
The Loft Miami
The Loft Miami
The Loft Miami
The Loft Miami

PROGRAM — MAY 4TH

TimeSession
11:00 AMDoors Open & Networking Lunch
11:30 AMOpening Remarks
Stellar
12:00 PMKeynote: What Is Myosin & Hivemind
Matt Bond
12:15 PMMarketing 101
Brandon Rodriguez
12:55 PMVirality 101
Tori Pastore
1:20 PMCrypto Wears Prada
Gloria Kimbwala
1:45 PMGTC (Go-To-Community) Strategy
Dan Rodman
2:25 PMBreak
2:35 PMPanel: Long Cycles, Big Deals — Inside B2B Growth
Amar Ravi, Jake Salerno, Ada Vaughan · Mod: Brandon Rodriguez
3:10 PMPanel: B2C — Winning Attention Without Losing the Human
Mashal Waqar, Zayi Reyes, Rachel Girardin · Mod: Valeria Salazar
3:50 PM🔥 The Marketing Roast: Syklo
Rachael Sacks, Dan Rodman, Tori Pastore, Nick Fouriezos
Syklo
4:30 PM🔥 The Marketing Roast: Piggy Wallet
Rachael Sacks, Ramon, Nick Fouriezos, Leandro Schlottchauer
Piggy Wallet
5:00 PMHappy Hour w/ Fuul.xyz
6:00 PMClose

THE MARKETING
ROAST

Presenting your GTM, brand, or growth strategy and get live critique from marketers. Live learning.

What you walk away with

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CMO-Level FeedbackLive critique from operators who've built and scaled — not advisors.
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The Hard TruthA room that tells you what your own team won't say.
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Learn from CMOs in CryptoDirect access to marketing leaders actively building in the ecosystem.
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Connections That MoveRelationships that don't happen at conferences.

SPEAKERS &
JUDGES

19 Confirmed
Matt Bond
Matt Bond
Innovation · Myosin
Award-winning creative strategist. Opening keynote: What is Myosin & Hivemind.
 Nick Fouriezos
Nick Fouriezos
Founder & CMO · Scalable Storytelling
Former DC correspondent. Led marketing for crypto startups with $200M+ in raises.
 Gloria Kimbwala
Gloria Kimbwala
Lead Event Strategist · Optimism / OP Labs
Global ecosystem architect. Top 10 Women in Fintech. Technical Advisor to Black Women Blockchain Council.
 Tori Pastore
Tori Pastore
Founder · Soup
Experiential social lab creating outsized scenes and leveraging memetics to grab attention.
 Amar Ravi
Amar Ravi
Product Mktg Lead · Meta Platforms
Leads product marketing for ads on WhatsApp. 8+ years at Meta across enterprise and SMB.
 Zayi Reyes
Zayi Reyes
Head of Customer Mktg · Chainlink Labs
8+ years in blockchain connecting Chainlink's product, community, and brand to accelerate growth.
 Dan Rodman
Dan Rodman
CEO · Co/Unity
Former pro soccer player & engineer. Pioneering community systems for EigenLayer, Gnosis & more.
 Brandon Rodriguez
Brandon Rodriguez
Head of Growth · Etherfuse
Building the rails for Mexican peso stablecoins and LATAM fintech infrastructure. Speaker & B2B panel moderator.
 Rachael Sacks
Rachael Sacks
Head of Marketing · Stratosphere
Former Founding CMO at Cue Market. Former Hype and Magna.
 Valeria Salazar
Valeria Salazar
CMO · Wonderland
Marketing & comms expert in Web3. Former Etherealize and Optimism. Shapes narratives for emerging tech.
 Jake Salerno
Jake Salerno
VP of GTM · 0G Labs
Led GTM securing 350+ integrations. Former Chainlink Labs — contributed to $1T+ in Total Value Secured.
 Mashal Waqar
Mashal Waqar
CMO · Octant / Golem Fdn
Co-authored State of Web3 Grants 2023–24. Forbes Middle East 30 Under 30. 2× TEDx speaker.
 Sofia
Sofia
Co-Founder & CEO · Piggy Wallet
Building a global family finance OS on stablecoin rails. START Fellow & Draper University alum.
 Rachel Girardin
Rachel Girardin
Head of Events · Exodus
Crypto-native marketing leader. Leads events and activations that turn real-world engagement into user growth.
 Ramon
Ramon
Product & Marketing Manager · GAIB
Connecting AI infrastructure with on-chain capital. 7+ years in web3 and fintech across GTM, storytelling, and products.
 Leandro Schlottchauer
Leandro Schlottchauer
Co-Founder & CEO · Fuul
3x founder. Co-founded Trocafone (largest second-hand electronics marketplace in LATAM) and BullMetrix (top PPC agency in LATAM). MBA from MIT 2022.
 Elizabeth McFaul
Elizabeth McFaul
Ecosystem Marketing Lead · Solana Foundation
Leads ecosystem-wide marketing campaigns at Solana Foundation, supporting teams on GTM, amplification, and distribution opportunities across the ecosystem.
 Jorge Ruiz
Jorge Ruiz
CEO · Syklo
Co-founder of Syklo. Senior engineer and entrepreneur (15+ years) spanning mobile, fintech, and web3/DeFi. Co-founded Airtm and built the Heurist.ai agent framework. Ex-CTO/CEO.
 Ada Vaughan
Ada Vaughan
Head of DeFi · Stellar Development Foundation
3x startup founder. Grew DeFi and PayFi on Stellar. Former Head of Growth at Code4 (acq. by Zellic), VP Partnerships at Conduit, and growth lead at BRD (acq. by Coinbase). MBA Georgetown. Speaks Spanish, French, and Crypto.
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