A new horizon is in view. A new meta is coming.
A New Horizon was a one-day, invite-only event hosted by Dromos Labs with Aerodrome and Velodrome on 12 November 2025 at Lincoln Center in New York City — panels, interviews and keynotes on the future of DeFi and the MetaDEX. This page embeds the full recording, also on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXdXjPvZz6M. The program, speakers and FAQs below are from the event.
Program
All times EST.
Morning
EST
- Coffee and Breakfast — 10:00 AM
- Welcome and Opening Remarks — 11:00 AM
- Interview: The Onchain Era — 11:15 AM
- Economics of Liquidity Networks — 11:35 AM
- A New Meta — 12:00 PM
- Panel: Meta Tech — 12:40 PM
- Lunch — 1:00 PM
Afternoon
EST
- Keynote: Aero + Velo — 2:30 PM
- Interview: Jesse Pollak — 3:00 PM
- Panel: Builder Perspectives — 3:30 PM
- Remarks: Jeremy Allaire — 3:55 PM
- Panel: Scaling EVM — 4:05 PM
- Panel: The Rise of Fundamentals — 4:25 PM
- Remarks: Vitalik Buterin — 4:45 PM
- Closing Remarks — 4:50 PM
Speakers
Hear from the leaders driving the future of DeFi and the MetaDEX.
Speakers

Alexander Cutler
Chief Executive Officer

Chris Boulos
President

Stas Sușcov
Chief Technology Officer

Erwan Mismaque
VP of Partnerships

Dan Wick
Chief Financial Officer

Luis Alberto (Tao)
Executive Director, Aerodrome & Velodrome Foundations

Vitalik Buterin
Inventor of Ethereum

Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder and CEO, Circle

Jesse Pollak
Creator of Base, Coinbase

Omid Malekan
Author and professor, Columbia Business School

Jonas Kristensen
Head of Wintermute Ventures

Matias Nisenson
Co-founder and CEO, DeFi Wonderland

Jean-Luc Shorey
Co-Founder, Vending Machine

Nam Chu Hoai
Co-founder, Hyperlane

Will Papper
Co-founder, Syndicate

Vince Dowdle
VP of Strategic Initiatives, Frax

Denny Peng
Risk Analyst, Morpho

Ivan Camps
Head of DeFi, Reserve

Austin Barack
Founder and Managing Partner, Relayer Capital

Sean Farrell
Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Fundstrat Global Advisors

Jake Lynch
Investment Partner, L1D

Katie Talati
Director of Research, Arca

Sunny Shi
Investor, Syncracy Capital

James Smith
Head of Ecosystem Development, Ethereum Foundation

Andrew Flockhart
Director Engineering for Base Chain, Coinbase

Karl Floersch
Chief Technology Officer, OP Labs PBC

Matt Stafford
VP, Global Ecosystem, Circle
- Alexander Cutler — Chief Executive Officer
- Chris Boulos — President
- Stas Sușcov — Chief Technology Officer
- Erwan Mismaque — VP of Partnerships
- Dan Wick — Chief Financial Officer
- Luis Alberto (Tao) — Executive Director, Aerodrome & Velodrome Foundations
- Vitalik Buterin — Inventor of Ethereum
- Jeremy Allaire — Co-Founder and CEO, Circle
- Jesse Pollak — Creator of Base, Coinbase
- Omid Malekan — Author and professor, Columbia Business School
- Jonas Kristensen — Head of Wintermute Ventures
- Matias Nisenson — Co-founder and CEO, DeFi Wonderland
- Jean-Luc Shorey — Co-Founder, Vending Machine
- Nam Chu Hoai — Co-founder, Hyperlane
- Will Papper — Co-founder, Syndicate
- Vince Dowdle — VP of Strategic Initiatives, Frax
- Denny Peng — Risk Analyst, Morpho
- Ivan Camps — Head of DeFi, Reserve
- Austin Barack — Founder and Managing Partner, Relayer Capital
- Sean Farrell — Head of Digital Asset Strategy, Fundstrat Global Advisors
- Jake Lynch — Investment Partner, L1D
- Katie Talati — Director of Research, Arca
- Sunny Shi — Investor, Syncracy Capital
- James Smith — Head of Ecosystem Development, Ethereum Foundation
- Andrew Flockhart — Director Engineering for Base Chain, Coinbase
- Karl Floersch — Chief Technology Officer, OP Labs PBC
- Matt Stafford — VP, Global Ecosystem, Circle
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About Us
Leaders in technical and economic design on Ethereum
Dromos Labs is the creator of the MetaDEX model and the core contributing development company behind Aerodrome and Velodrome. For more than three years, these DEXs have dominated on nearly every chain where they compete, delivering $450M+ to users and becoming two of the most important protocols in the Ethereum ecosystem.
