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Privacy for Financial Services Workshop

October 22-23, 2026 - New York City

Hosted by TBD - Oct 22

Hosted by Citi - Oct 23

 

150 5th Ave, New York, NY 10011 

Join us for the LF Decentralized Trust Privacy for Financial Services Workshop!

This focused, invite-only technical workshop will convene banking leaders, financial institutions, and core developers building decentralized privacy architectures. Together, we will examine real-world deployments, institutional compliance requirements, and concrete collaboration tracks across digital currencies, tokenized assets, and settlement systems.  Previous workshop attendees, include Citi, JP Morgan, Bank of England, Mastercard, Swift, Vanguard, TD Securities, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), Fnality International, Deutsche Bank, and more, alongside developers and researchers of cutting-edge decentralized privacy technologies. 

The agenda will feature technical deep dives and roadmap updates from open-source maintainers and cryptographers advancing zero-knowledge proofs, secure multi-party computation, and confidential computing.

Held under the Chatham House Rule, the workshop will foster open and candid dialogue in support of building secure, privacy-respecting financial infrastructure through open collaboration and decentralized trust.

Contact ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org if you are interested in attending, sponsoring, or speaking.


 

Topics you can expect to be covered:

The agenda will include technical deep dives and roadmap updates from both LFDT projects and others advancing privacy in decentralized systems.

Our workshops foster open and candid dialogue in support of building secure, privacy-respecting financial infrastructure through open collaboration and decentralized trust.

Contact ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org if you’re interested in attending or speaking at future workshops.

Sessions

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Sessions

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Next Generation Enterprise Blockchain Privacy Using TEE / Confidential Computing

Adi Ben-Ari , Founder & CEO at Applied Blockchain

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Private Transactions in a Public World: A New Architecture for Trust

Dr. Jacob Mendel, co-CTO at Parfin

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Cryptographic VM for Financial Collaboration and Maintaining Trade Arbitrage

Jay Prakash, Founder & CEO at Silence Laboratories

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Selective Disclosure on Public Blockchains: Nightfall as the Bridge Between Privacy and Interoperability

Pradeep Singh, Co-founder & CEO at gateway.fm

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Cryptographically Verifiable Lotteries

Joseph Bonneau, Associate Professor at New York University

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Chainlink's Privacy-Enhancing Technologies: Use Cases and Adoption

Roger Brogan, Director of Solutions Architecture at Chainlink Labs

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Addressing Privacy in the Drex CBDC: Insights and Challenges

Henrique De Carvalho Videira, Auditor at Central Bank of Brazil

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Building ZK Applications with SP1

Uma Roy, Co-Founder and CEO at Succinct

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Zeto: ZKP powered post-quantum secure privacy enhancing tokens

Jim Zhang, Co-Founder & Head of Protocol at Kaleido

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Canton Network: Solving Privacy in Capital Markets, Crypto, and Payments.

Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Digital Asset

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Stronger Privacy for Existing Credentials

Guru Vamsi Policharla, PhD student at University of California, Berkeley 

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Real world applications of Paladin to DvP and Stablecoin use cases

Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Kaleido 

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Privacy in Wholesale CBDC: Current state and Exploration

Frédéric Faure, Head of blockchain at Banque de France

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Enterprise grade Privacy with HashSphere

Andrew Stakiwicz, Head of Solutions at Hashgraph

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Privacy Considerations in Financial Blockchain Environments

Shingo Fujimoto, Principal Research Director at Data & Security Research Laboratory at Fujitsu

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The 4th Generation of Crypto where TradFi meets DeFi

Eran Barak, CEO and Bob Blessing-Hartley, CTO at Shielded Technologies

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On-Chain Privacy with Verifiable Compliance

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder & CEO at StarkWare

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Privacy in Enterprise Blockchains

Angela Pratt, Software Engineer at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

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Sovereign Compliance: KYC & AML in the Age Of Web3

Muthu Venkitasubramaniam, Cofounder at Ligero Inc. & Professor Computer Science at Georgetown University

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Espresso Network: A fast confirmation layer for rollups

Benedikt Bünz, Chief Scientist at Espresso Systems & Professor Computer Science NYU

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Private Enterprise Layer 2s: Atomic DvP and Cross-Institution Settlement

Omar Azhar, VP, Head of Business Development at Matter Labs

PANEL

Open Forum: Privacy Technologies

Uma Roy, Co-Founder and CEO at Succinct

Joseph Bonneau, Associate Professor at New York University 

Benedikt Bünz, Chief Scientist at Espresso Systems & Professor Computer Science at NYU

Eli Ben-Sasson, Co-Founder & CEO at StarkWare

Hart Montgomery, CTO at LF Decentralized Trust

PANEL

Open Forum: Privacy Tools

Jay Prakash, Co-Founder & CEO at Silence Laboratories

Eran Barak, Chief Executive Officer at Shielded Technologies

Adi Ben-Ari, Founder & CEO at Applied Blockchain

Simon Letort, Head of Strategic Initiatives at Digital Asset

Peter Broadhurst, Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Kaleido

Hart Montgomery, CTO at LF Decentralized Trust

PANEL

Open Forum: Bank Requirements for Privacy

Sudhir Upadhyay, Head of Engineering at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

Rajeev Sambyal, Head of Digital Assets Platform at BNY Mellon 

Carlos Vivas Augier, Head of DLT Platform Engineering at Citi

Henrique De Carvalho Videira, Auditor at Central Bank of Brazil

Rashi Goyal, Vice President of product development, Blockchain & Digital Assets at Mastercard

 

Speakers

Adi

Adi Ben-Ari

Founder & CEO at Applied Blockchain

 

 

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JAcob

Dr. Jacob Mendel

co-CTO at Parfin

 

 

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Jim Zhang

Jim Zhang

Co-Founder & Head of Protocol at Kaleido

 

 

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Andrew S

Andrew Stakiwicz

Head of Solutions at Hashgraph

 

 

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Guru Vamsi

Guru Vamsi Policharla

PhD student at University of California, Berkeley

 

 

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Benedikt

Benedikt Bünz

Chief Scientist at Espresso Systems & Professor Computer Science NYU

 

 

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Jay Prakash

Co-Founder & CEO at Silence Laboratories

 

 

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Joseph

Joseph Bonneau

Associate Professor at New York University 

 

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Pradeep Singh

Pradeep Singh

Co-Founder & CEO at gateway.fm

 

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Peter Broadhurst

Co-Founder & Head of Engineering at Kaleido

 

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Ben Diamond

Benjamin E. Diamond

Staff Cryptographer at Irreducible

 

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Uma Roy

Co-Founder and CEO at Succinct

 

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Roger Brogan

Director of Solutions Architecture at Chainlink Labs

 

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Henrique

Henrique De Carvalho Videira

Auditor at Central Bank of Brazil

 

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Simon Letort

Simon Letort

Head of Strategic Initiatives at Digital Asset

 

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Frédéric Faure

Frédéric Faure

Head of blockchain at Banque de France

 

CONNECT ON LINKEDIN

Shingo

Shingo Fujimoto

Principal Research Director at Data & Security Research Laboratory at Fujitsu

 

CONNECT ON LINKEDIN

Bob

Bob Blessing-Hartley

CTO at Shielded Technologies

 

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Barak

Eran Barak

Chief Executive Officer at Shielded Technologies

 

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Eli Ben-Sasson

Eli Ben-Sasson

Co-Founder & CEO at StarkWare

 

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Izzy

Issidor Iliev

SVP Blockchain and Digital Assets at Mastercard

 

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Angela

Angela Pratt

Software Engineer at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

 

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Muthu Venkitasubramaniam

Cofounder at Ligero Inc. & Professor Computer Science at Georgetown University

 

CONNECT ON LINKEDIN

Omar

 Omar Azhar

VP, Business Development at Matter Labs

 

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Hart Montgomery

CTO at Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust

 

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Sudhir Upadhyay

Head of Engineering at Kinexys by J.P. Morgan

 

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Rajeev Sambyal

Head of Digital Assets Platform at BNY Mellon 

 

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Carlos Vivas Augier

Head of DLT Platform Engineering at Citi

 

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Rashi

Rashi Goyal

Vice President of product development, Blockchain & Digital Assets at Mastercard

 

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Johnna Powell

Managing Director, Technology Research and Innovation at DTCC and Chair of the Governing Board at LF Decentralized Trust

 

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Thank you to our Event Sponsors

co-host Sponsor: Citi

Event Supporters:

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Interested in presenting on a topic?

please reach out to us at

ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org

(Please note: LF Decentralized Trust members are pre-approved. Attendance is by invitation only.)

 

Schedule at a glance

DAY 1 - Thursday, October 22nd

8:30-9:30am - Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:30am-1:00pm - Welcome and Deep Dives

1:00-2:00pm - Lunch

2:00-3:30pm - Deep Dive

3:30-5:45pm - Tech Talks

6:00-7:30pm - Happy Hour

 

DAY 2 - Friday, October 23rd

8:30-9:30am - Registration & Networking Breakfast

9:30am-1:00pm - Privacy for Financial Institutions sessions

1:00-2:00pm - Lunch

2:00-5:30pm - Bank Requirements for Privacy Sessions


 

 

Why attend? 

 

  • Collaborative Development: This workshop aims to bring industry experts together to debate, discuss, share, and contribute to the open-source codebases of LF Decentralized Trust. This is a golden opportunity to collaboratively define the requirements of privacy in enterprise.

  • Open Development & Governance: We will follow the open development and governance process provided by the LF Decentralized Trust, a part of the Linux Foundation, ensuring transparency and efficiency in our endeavors.

  • Anti-trust & Chatham House Rules: To ensure a conducive and non-competitive environment for genuine discussions, the workshop will strictly adhere to the LF Decentralized anti-trust policy guidelines and operate under Chatham house rules.

Invite-only Event

Please note that this is an invitation-only event, with priority attendance for financial institutions, banks, and LF Decentralized Trust members. If you are not part of one of these groups, you are welcome to apply to attend and you will be added to the waitlist. Space is limited, and attendance will be confirmed based on availability and fit with the workshop audience. 

Email ecosystem@lfdecentralizedtrust.org for assistance

 

Code of Conduct

By attending or participating in this event, you agree to abide by the Linux Foundation Code of Conduct. Event is held under Chatham House Rule. No media.

Please contact Angela Brown, SVP & GM of Events, at angela@linuxfoundation.org if you believe you’ve observed or experienced a violation of the Code of Conduct.