Sergey Nazarov Presentations, Keynotes, Podcasts, and More

Sergey Nazarov is the Co-Founder of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform. Nazarov led Chainlink to play a key role in helping the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry grow to over $200 billion in total value locked, and to date, Chainlink has enabled tens of trillions in transaction value. Now, Sergey is focused on bringing all of the world’s data and value onchain and uniting DeFi and traditional finance into a global Internet of Contracts.

In this repository, you’ll find a collection of his presentations, keynotes, and media and podcast appearances.

Keynote Presentations

• Creating a Cryptographically-Guaranteed Financial System (Slides). SmartCon. November 4, 2025.
• The Future of Digital Assets in Capital Markets (Slides). Sibos. September 29, 2025.
• Institutional Capital: The Key to Growing the Blockchain Industry to $100T+ (Slides). EthCC. July 3, 2025.
• Powering the Internet of Capital Markets (Slides). Solana Accelerate. May 23, 2025.
• Building the Next Generation of the Web3 Industry (Slides). Consensus 2025. May 14, 2025.
• United States Financial System 3.0 | Sergey Nazarov Keynote (Slides). DC Blockchain Summit. March 26, 2025.
• White House Digital Asset Summit: Sergey Nazarov’s Opening Remarks to President Donald J. Trump. White House. March 7, 2025.
• Swift, UBS, SBI, and Chainlink MAS Project Guardian Announcements (Slides). Singapore FinTech Festival Insights Forum. November 4, 2024.
• Chainlink Unveils Monumental Upgrade to Power All Finance Onchain (Slides). SmartCon 2024. October 30, 2024.
• Chainlink Reveals Groundbreaking Digital Asset Solutions (Slides). Sibos 2024. October 22, 2024.
• Why TradFi Will Be the Largest Customer of DeFi (Slides). TOKEN2049 Singapore. September 18, 2024.
• The Migration of All Value Into the Onchain Format. Blockchain Rio. July 25, 2024.
• Chainlink’s Role in the Quadrillion-Dollar Tokenized Asset Wave (Slides). EthCC 2024. July 8, 2024.
• Bringing Global Assets Onchain (Slides). Consensus 2024. May 29, 2024.
• The Next Generation of DeFi and Connecting Web3 to Capital Markets (Slides). TOKEN2049 Dubai. April 19, 2024.
• Rebuilding the World In a Blockchain Format (Slides). Hong Kong Web3 Festival 2024. April 4, 2024.
• Chainlink: The Platform for Building the Verifiable Web (Slides). SmartCon 2023. October 2, 2023.
• Connecting All Onchain Markets With Chainlink CCIP (Slides). Sibos. September 18, 2023.
• Building the Verifiable Web With Cryptographic Truth (Slides). TOKEN2049. September 14, 2023.
• Unveiling the Financial Landscape of Tomorrow (Slides). Chainlink Meetup at Korea Blockchain Week. September 4, 2023.
• Exploring The Future of Finance (Slides). Singapore Chainlink Meetup. August 25, 2023.
• Building the Next Generation of DeFi Applications (Slides). EthCC 2023. July 20, 2023.
• Chainlink: The Gateway to On-Chain Finance (Slides). Consensus 2023. May 2, 2023.
• Building a Web3 World Powered by Cryptographic Truth (Slides). SmartCon 2022 keynote. September 28, 2022.
• Exploring the Impact of Oracles and Cryptographic Truth in Web3. Stanford University’s Science of Blockchain Conference. September 6, 2022.  
• Chainlink Economics 2.0 and the Market for Trust-Minimized Apps (Slides). Consensus 2022. June 10, 2022.
  
• The Future of Smart Contracts (Slides). Shanghai International Blockchain Week. March 23, 2022.
• The Future of Chainlink (Slides). January 1, 2022.
  
• Building a World Powered by Truth (Slides). Chainlink Fall 2021 Hackathon. October 26, 2021.
  
• Understanding the Unique Benefits of Chainlink Automation. August 27, 2021.
• The Future of Hybrid Smart Contracts (Slides). SmartCon 2021 keynote. August 11, 2021.
• Expanding Beyond Data Delivery With Chainlink 2.0 (Slides). Consensus 2021. May 27, 2021.
  
• Opening Ceremony Keynote (Slides). Chainlink Spring 2021 Hackathon. March 18, 2021.
• The Power of Composability in DeFi Smart Contracts (Slides). 2020 Coindesk Invest: Ethereum conference. December 8, 2020.
  
• Chainlink: Creating Definitive Truth (Slides). SmartCon 2020 keynote. September 3, 2020.
• ​​How Banks Can Provide Access to DeFi Products (Slides). South Korea On-Chain Fintech Conference. August 9, 2020.
• The Future of Asset Management Using Smart Contracts and Oracles (Slides). Fidelity Investments presentation. July 22, 2020.
  
• The Evolution of Smart Contracts and Cryptoeconomic Security (Slides). June 17, 2020.
• The Importance and Evolution of Oracles and On-Chain Verifiable Randomness (Slides). Consensus: Distributed. May 11, 2020.
  
• Securely Connecting Smart Contracts to Off-Chain Data and Events (Slides). Ethereal Summit. May 8, 2020.
• Expanding Chainlink To Provide Secure Off-Chain Computation. Devcon 5. October 10, 2019.
• The Smart Contract Connectivity Problem. Web3 Summit 2019. September 19, 2019.

Fireside Chats

• Sergey Nazarov Advised Policymakers and Industry Leaders at the Inaugural CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee Roundtable. CFTC IAC. August 20, 2026
• Federal Reserve Fintech Conference | Future of Payments & Interoperability With J.P. Morgan, Chainlink, and Amazon. Federal Reserve Fintech Conference. November 12, 2025.
• Accelerating Institutional Adoption of Blockchains | Ethereum Foundation and Chainlink. NextFin NYBW. November 10, 2025.
• What’s Next for Ethereum | Consensys & Chainlink. SmartCon. November 5, 2025.
• How Crypto Is Transforming the Global Financial System | Chainlink & Altcoin Daily. SmartCon. November 5, 2025.
• What’s Next for DeFi | Aave, Chainlink, and Altcoin Daily. SmartCon. November 5, 2025.
• Unlocking U.S. Crypto Innovation | White House’s Patrick Witt & Sergey Nazarov. SmartCon. November 5, 2025.
• Establishing a Global Interoperability Layer | DTCC, S&P Global, Chainlink, and UBS. SmartCon. November 4, 2025.
• Federal Reserve Payments Innovation Conference | Bridging TradFi & DeFi With BNY, Chainlink, & More. Federal Reserve’s Payments Innovation Conference. October 21, 2025.
• Establishing a Unified Standard for Asset Servicing | Swift, Chainlink, DTCC, Euroclear. Sibos. September 29, 2025.
• Swift and Chainlink: Unlocking Global Digital Asset Markets at Scale | Sergey Nazarov & Tom Zschach. The Chainlink Forum. September 25, 2025.
• Bringing Capital Markets Onchain | Chainlink, Ondo Finance, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan. SALT. August 20, 2025
• How Chainlink Powers the New Digital Economy With Banco Inter. Blockchain RIO. August 6, 2025.
• Mastercard and Chainlink: Onboarding Billions to DeFi. Permissionless IV by Blockworks. June 25, 2025.
• Inside Washington, D.C.: The Future of Digital Asset Policy | Anchorage & Chainlink. Consensus 2025. May 14, 2025.
• Scaling Institutional Adoption | DTCC, Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Chainlink, & Fireblocks at Consensus. Consensus 2025. May 14, 2025.
• Connecting Bank Payment Rails to Tokenized Assets | J.P. Morgan, Chainlink, & Ondo. Consensus 2025. May 14, 2025.
• New Beginnings for the U.S. Financial System | U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer & Sergey Nazarov. DC Blockchain Summit. March 26, 2025.
• Crypto and DeFi’s Monumental Shift Toward Mainstream Adoption | Chainlink & World Liberty Financial. March 19, 2025.
• The Institutional DeFi Revolution | Aave’s Stani Kulechov and Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov. March 19, 2025.
• U.S. Representative Bryan Steil and Sergey Nazarov on the Future of Blockchain Technology in America. Private Chainlink Event in Washington, D.C. February 26, 2025.
• America’s Path to Blockchain Leadership | Tyler Williams, Counselor to the Secretary of Treasury. Private Chainlink Event in Washington, D.C. February 26, 2025.
• How TradFi & DeFi Can Become Each Other’s Users. SmartCon. October 31, 2024
• The Powerful Market Forces Accelerating Tokenization Adoption. SmartCon. October 31, 2024.
• Cross-Chain Identity for Finance | Alexandre Kech & Sergey Nazarov. Sibos. October 24, 2024.
• Digital Identity Solutions for Cross-Border Ecosystems. Sibos. October 23, 2024.
• Tapping Into the Value of Global Network Effects With Chainlink CCIP. Sibos. October 23, 2024.
• How Swift and Chainlink Are Unlocking Tokenized Assets at Scale | Sergey Nazarov & Jack Pouderoyen. Consensus 2024. May 30, 2024.
• Euroclear and Chainlink on Digital Asset Adoption | Jørgen Ouaknine & Sergey Nazarov. Consensus 2024. May 29, 2024.
• Tokenizing Assets With Securitize | Carlos Domingo & Sergey Nazarov. Consensus 2024. May 29, 2024.
• Chainlink, Dubai Blockchain Center. Blockchain Life Forum. April 15, 2024.
• The Intersection of Blockchain and AI | Eric Schmidt & Sergey Nazarov. SmartCon 2023. October 2, 2023.
• Connecting Traditional Finance With Blockchains Using CCIP. Sibos. September 18, 2023.
• Eric Schmidt and Sergey Nazarov Fireside Chat. SmartCon 2022. September 28, 2022.
• Emin Gün Sirer and Sergey Nazarov Fireside Chat . SmartCon 2022. September 28, 2022.
• Steven Goldfeder and Sergey Nazarov Fireside Chat. SmartCon 2022. September 28, 2022.

Media Appearances‍

• Sergey Nazarov Speaks Alongside President Trump and Top Executives at the White House on Tokenization’s Impact on the U.S. Economy. Rapid Response 47. August 19, 2026
• Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov Appointed to CFTC Innovation Advisory Committee. CFTC. February 12, 2026‍
• Advancing the Market Structure Bill With the U.S. Senate on Capitol Hill. CNBC. October 22, 2025
• ‍Sergey Nazarov on Chainlink’s $25 Trillion Success and Why Crypto Is ‘Guaranteed’ to Win: CoinDesk Spotlight. CoinDesk. August 26, 2025.‍
• What Comes After Bitcoin – Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov. Cointelegraph. March 26, 2025.‍
• White House To Hold First-Ever Cryptocurrency Summit. Fox News. March 7, 2025.‍
• Reserves Should Be Diversified: Chainlink Co-Founder. Bloomberg. March 6, 2025.‍
• U.S. Treasury’s New Crypto Point Person Says Stablecoin Law a Good First Goal. CoinDesk. February 27, 2025.
• Sibos 2024: The convergence of TradFi and DeFi with Chainlink. Fintech Futures. October 25, 2024.
• The Real Future of Digital Assets | Chainlink. Fintech Finance News. October 23, 2024.
• Sibos 2024: Chainlink Unveils New Privacy and Interoperability Solutions for Blockchain Adoption. Finextra TV. October 22, 2024.
• Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov. CNBC Crypto World. September 11, 2024.
• BlackRock Says Financial System To Undergo Massive Transition, ‘This Is the Tipping Point’ – Nazarov. Kitco NEWS. June 4, 2024.
• DTCC, Chainlink, and Financial Institutions Collaborate to Bring Data to Blockchains. CNBC Crypto World. May 28, 2024
• The Trend of Asset Tokenization. Bloomberg. May 16, 2024.
• FINTECH SUMMIT: Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink. Entrepreneur ME. May 14, 2024.
• FIA Boca 2024 | Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder, Chainlink. SmarterMarkets. April 2, 2024.
• Sergey Nazarov on Bloomberg Crypto. Bloomberg. February 27, 2024.
• Bitcoin ETF ‘Kicking Open an Entirely New Door’ for Global Financial System: Chainlink Co-Founder. CNBC. February 27, 2024.
  
• Exclusive Interview With Chainlink Co-Founder Sergey Nazarov. Korea Blockchain Week. October 29, 2023.
• Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov Explains What Can Prevent Another FTX-Like Meltdown. CNBC. September 29, 2023.
  
• A Web3 Developer Platform That Enables Developers to Connect Their Decentralized Apps to Any API. Nasdaq TradeTalks. March 1, 2023.
• Crypto Could Do Better Than Almost All Other Assets if There’s a Global Recession. CNBC. January 9, 2023.
  
• How the Blockchain Industry Will Evolve in 2023. Nasdaq Trade Talks. December 7, 2022.
• Transparency Is at the Core of What the Blockchain Industry Is About. CNBC International TV. November 30, 2022.
• How Proof of Reserves Adoption Could Have Played to Mitigate the FTX Drama Impacting Crypto. Nasdaq Trade Talks. October 11, 2022.
• Blockchain and Web3. Sibos TV. October 12, 2022.
• Chainlink Founder Sergey Nazarov Remains Bullish on Cross-chain Future With SWIFT Partnership. Fortune. September 28, 2022.
• The Challenges and Opportunities for Enterprises That Want to Access the Smart Contract Economy. Nasdaq Trade Talks. June 23, 2022.
• Why Banks Should Care About DeFi. Barclays Crypto & Blockchain Summit. March 30, 2022.
• Enabling Banks to Interface With Blockchain. Sibos 2021 TV. October 14, 2021.
  
• An Interview With Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov. CoinDesk. May 21, 2021.
• Bitcoin Technology: Chainlink Co-Founder Discusses Bitcoin Technology Useful to Financial Markets. Yahoo Finance TV. November 25, 2020.

Podcast Conversations

• Chainlink Founder: This Will Be the Biggest Shift in Financial History | Sergey Nazarov. New Era Finance Podcast. November 25, 2025.
• Sergey Nazarov on Chainlink & RWAs: CB Podcast #1. Coin Bureau. October 26, 2025.
• Stablecoins to $4 Trillion? Chainlink Founder Sergey Nazarov On Future Of Finance. David Lin. September 29, 2025.
• Chainlink CoFounder: Why Crypto Needs Wall Street to Go Mainstream – Sergey Nazarov | E135. When Shift Happens. August 21, 2025.
• Mastercard and Chainlink on Connecting Billions To Crypto | Global Custodian. The Future is On Podcast. June 24, 2025.
• U.S. Dollar Dominance Tech Race🚨Chainlink Cofounder Sergey Nazarov INTERVIEW. Paul Barron Network. April 9, 2025.
• Sergey Nazarov – This Is How Chainlink Unlocks the Next Multi-Trillion Phase of Crypto. New Era Finance Podcast. February 18, 2025.
• Replatforming Global Finance | Sergey Nazarov. Fidelity Center for Applied Technology (FCAT). June 12, 2024.
• Latest on Chainlink, Cross-Chain Communication, and Tokenization With Sergey Nazarov. The Defiant. May 29, 2024.
• Chainlink: From Price Feeds to Universal Cryptoeconomic Standards | Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder. Bell Curve. March 8, 2024.
• Chainlink’s Sergey Nazarov on Smart Contracts, Tokenized Assets, & Cross-Chain Security. FCAT Crypto Brief. February 20, 2024.
• Talking Tokenisation With Swift, Chainlink, and Euroclear. The Smarter Securities Podcast Series. January 16, 2024.
• The Present and Future of Chainlink ft. Sergey Nazarov. Real Vision. November 14, 2023.
• Sergey Nazarov on Chainlink’s CCIP. Bankless. October 2, 2023.
• The Relentless Convergence of TradFi and Digital Assets. The Breakdown Podcast. July 17, 2023.
• Crypto Industry’s Road to $10 Trillion. Real Vision Crypto. June 9, 2023.
• Chainlink Co-Founder Talks Cryptographic Guarantees in Web3. Chain Reaction. May 18, 2023.
• Sergey Nazarov – Web3 Talks. Google TechTalks. March 20, 2023.
• Chainlink Unchained With Sergey Nazarov. The CLG Podcast. March 14, 2023.
• The Evolution of Chainlink with Sergey Nazarov. Green Pill Podcast. September 1, 2022.
• Chainlink Town Hall With Sergey Nazarov. Chainlinked Twitter Spaces. August 25, 2022.
• Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink on Web3’s path to dominance. Base Layer Podcast. January 28, 2022.
• Chainlink 2.0: Expanding the Meta-Layer. Real Vision. October 1, 2021.
• Sergey Nazarov Reveals Why $2 Trillion Will Flow Into DeFi. Blockworks Macro. September 9, 2021.
• Banking without Banks: Decentralized Finance is Coming. Azeem Azhar’s Exponential Views Podcast. June 02, 2021.
• Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks. Lex Fridman Podcast. May 1, 2021.
• Solving the Oracle Problem: Blockchain’s Missing Link. Hidden Forces Podcast. April 1, 2021.
• Oracles and the Expansion of Blockchain Utility. Real Vision. February 11, 2021.
• Understanding Smart Contracts. Real Vision. January 12, 2021.
• Sergey Nazarov on Oracles and Smart Contracts. Pomp Podcast. November 27, 2020.
• How DeFi Could Disrupt Traditional Finance, Feat. Sergey Nazarov. CoinDesk’s The Breakdown Podcast. July 29, 2020.

Existing collections of Sergey Nazarov’s presentations, keynotes, and podcast appearances can also be found on YouTube, Spotify, and this blog.

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