Solana Breakpoint Speaker List Welcomes Revolut Chair, Former UK Prime Minister, and Standard Life Chair to London

The London edition of Solana’s flagship annual event is shaping up to be the biggest breakpoint ever. 

Following an initial lineup of speaker announcements that included all the usual suspects, like Solana Labs co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Foundation President Lily Liu, the next wave brings names from Europe’s most valuable startup, alongside a former UK Prime Minister.

Solana Breakpoint comes to London at a critical time for the United Kingdom. Once the world’s leading financial and economic hub, London now faces fierce competition from economic centers like New York, Singapore, and the UAE to retain capital and talent.

Can Solana, and its flourishing Tokenization Supercycle, help London stay abreast of an evolving financial landscape? Breakpoint has all the alpha.

Martin Gilbert, Patrick Witt, and Boris Johnson Headline Next Round of Solana Breakpoint Speakers

Solana Breakpoint is known for the gravitas and magnitude of its speaker list, and this year’s event, hosted in London from November 15-17, only continues that tradition of prestige.

Suits and hoodies alike will take the stage, showcasing how financial worlds both old and new can lead and benefit from the Tokenization Supercycle. Headline speakers include Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert, former Chancellor Sajid Javid, Standard Life Chair Sir Nicholas Lyons, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and ICE Europe President Hester Serafini.

Crypto native’s will also see familiar faces from industry heavyweights like Bitwise, Jupiter and Helius on stage. Here’s who can expect to see onstage, in London:

Policy and the City

• Martin Gilbert, Chair, Revolut

• Patrick Witt, former Executive Director, President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House

• Boris Johnson, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

• Lord Vaizey of Didcot, Member of the House of Lords and former Minister for Culture and the Digital Economy

• Sajid Javid, former Chancellor of the Exchequer and former Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

• Sir Nicholas Lyons, Chair, Standard Life, and former Lord Mayor of the City of London

• Hester Serafini, President, ICE Europe

Payments and Capital

• Alexandra Lang, VP, Digital Assets Partnerships & Strategy, Zelle

• Matt Hougan, Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise

• Kyle Samani, Chairman, Forward Industries

• Christian Rau, SVP, Digital Assets and Blockchain, Mastercard

• Scott Lucas, Head of Digital Assets, Barclays

• Rowland Berry, VP of Stablecoin, Payoneer

• Nemil Dalal, Visiting Partner, Y Combinator

• Ahmed Zifzaf, Head of Digital Asset Partnerships, Ramp

• PJ Bain, CEO, PrimeRevenue

• Kathrin Hamilton, Partner, Digital Assets, Baillie Gifford

• Kathy Kriskey, Head of Alternative Product Strategy, Invesco

Tokenization of Everything

• Armani Ferrante, Founder and CEO, Backpack

• Saeed Badreg, Co-Founder and CEO, Sunrise

• Andrea Miele, Founder and CEO, Beezie

• Val Wotton, Global Head of Equities Solutions, DTCC

• Patrick Corker, Managing Director, Market Transformation and Innovation, BNY

• Tom Farley, Chairman and CEO, Bullish

• Ian Rogers, Chief Human Agency Officer, Ledger

Trading and Culture

• Kash Dhanda, COO, Jupiter

• Eugene Chen, CEO, Ellipsis Labs/Phoenix

• Se Yong Park, Co-Founder, fomo

• Tristan Thompson, NBA champion and Investor

• Lucas Jumalon, World Champion, World Series of Poker

• Jeff Platt, Global Broadcast Talent, World Series of Poker

• Proph3t, Co-Founder, MetaDAO

The Network

• Brennan Watt, CEO, Anza

• Mert Mumtaz, CEO, Helius

• Greg Osuri, Founder, Akash

• Jonathan Victor, President, BitRobot

• Vibhu Norby, Chief Product Officer, Solana Foundation

This stellar lineup joins a score of previously announced prestigious speakers, including the faces of some of the biggest names in finance. Raoul Pal returns for another round of Breakpoint action, alongside the likes of Balaji Srinivasan, Moneygram’s Anthony Soohoo, Allfund’s Annabel Spring, Bridge’s Zach Abrams, Candy Digital’s Tad Smith, and Wisla Krakow’s Peter Moore.

London Looks to Stay in the Financial Race

One of the great financial behemoths of history, London sits at a critical inflection point: Either embrace blockchain, tokenization, and the new financial landscape, or be left behind by those who do. 

Uniting a former Prime Minister, a former Chancellor and the chairs of Revolut and Standard Life under one roof starts the conversations that will decide if London, and the U.K. at large can stay competitive on the global stage.

"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. 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." - Lily Liu, President, Solana Foundation

Tickets to the dawn of the tokenization supercycle are available at solana.com/breakpoint. Like last year, SolanaFloor will be on the ground at Breakpoint 2026, bringing you live interviews with the builders of tomorrow, directly from the heart of the action.

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