IstanBlock

26-27 June 2025

HILTON BOMONTI HOTEL

26-27 June 2025

HILTON BOMONTI HOTEL

Empowering the Future

Unveiling the Potential of Web3 in Turkey

IstanBlock is the flagship event of Istanbul Blockchain Week. Spread over two action-packed days, speakers, and businesses from all over the world will unite to discuss the future of DeFi, Trading, Regulation, Mining, Venture Capital, and much more. Expect talks, panels, fireside chats, and informative debates with many leaders in the Web3 industry.

Empowering the Future

Unveiling the Potential of Web3 in Turkey

Empowering the Future

Unveiling the Potential of Web3 in Turkey

What you will experience

Being a part of the largest blockchain conference in Turkey

Distinguished government, business and blockchain speakers

Building relationships with the Turkish blockchain community

Meeting with premier media and influencers of the industry

Attending a week’s worth of side events from major projects

Exclusive networking opportunities focused on fostering new partnerships between projects and attendees.

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THOUGHT LEADERS OF 2025

Engage with thought leaders in carefully curated keynotes and panels from industry leading minds

Veteran technology entrepreneur/investor Yat Siu is the co-founder and executive chairman of Animoca Brands, a global leader in blockchain and gaming with the goal to provide property rights for virtual assets. Yat began his career at Atari Germany, then established Hong Kong Cybercity/Freenation, the first free web page and email provider in Asia. In 1998 he set up Outblaze, an award-winning pioneer of multilingual white label web services. After selling one of its business units to IBM, he pivoted Outblaze to incubate digital entertainment projects. One of those projects is Animoca Brands. Yat has numerous accolades, including Global Leader of Tomorrow at the World Economic Forum, Young Entrepreneur of the Year at the DHL/SCMP Awards, and recognition as one of Cointelegraph’s top 100 notable people in blockchain. A classically trained musician, Yat is a member of the advisory board of BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) and a director of the Asian Youth Orchestra.

John Patrick Mullin is a Hong Kong-based entrepreneur and builder, focused on DeFi, blockchain technology, digital assets, and Web3. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of MANTRA and SOMA.finance. John has been investing/building in the crypto and digital assets space for over 10 years, having worked in decentralized finance and exchange/brokerage businesses.

John helped found MANTRA, a Layer 1 blockchain for RWA tokenization, and SOMA.finance, a US-regulated decentralized finance application. He has raised tens of millions of dollars for these ventures and works with a dedicated team of 50+ builders worldwide.

Onur Güven, çalışma hayatına 2002 yılında iş zekası uzmanı olarak başlıca telekomünikasyon şirketlerine ve bankalara danışmanlık vererek başladı. 2007-2015 yılları arasında Turkcell’de iş zekası, veri ve ürün yönetimi alanlarında önemli görevler üstlenen Güven, Paycell’in kurucularından biri olarak, 2015’te önce Genel Müdür Vekilliği, sonra CEO olarak görev yaptı. 2022’de Crypto.com Türkiye Ülke Direktörü olarak bu markanın Türkiye pazarına girişine liderlik etti. 2023 yılında ise BtcTurk Kripto’nun CEO ve YK Üyesi görevini aldı. FI Strat’ın Kurucusu ve CEO’su olarak da görev yapan Güven, 2025 yılının başında Garanti BBVA Dijital Varlıklar şirketinin Genel Müdürü olarak atandı.Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Matematik Mühendisliği lisans ve Özyeğin Üniversitesi Executive MBA yüksek lisans mezunu olan Onur Güven, finansal teknolojiler, dijital varlılar, kripto/blok zincir alanlarında 20 yılı aşkın tecrübeye sahip.

Theodore has been innovating in the technology sector since 1998, founding a number of IT and technology startups, subsequently started actively investing in the blockchain industry in 2012. In 2021 he started his work at Gunzilla Games expanding his expertise into the video game industry.

He envisions a future where gamers own all their assets and can monetize their playing time more democratically.Theodore has always been fascinated with video games, tracing back to the golden age of Atari and Commodore 64. Nowadays, he plays Off the Grid, Diablo, Elden Ring and Ghosts of Tsushima.

Miriam Kiwan is Vice President of MENA at Circle, a global financial technology
company helping money move at internet speed, with a mission is to raise global
economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of value.
Prior to this, Miriam led Digital Assets and tech ecosystem development at Abu Dhabi
Global Market (ADGM). She held various strategic roles within the technology, financial
services and nonprofit in the UAE and Europe. She holds a Global EMBA from TRIUM,
a joint program between London School of Economics, New York University and HEC
Paris.

Anurag Arjun, co-founder of Avail, is a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded several successful startups across diverse industries, ranging from cash flow lending to regulatory tech. With a strategic move into the blockchain space in 2017, he co-founded Matic Network, which has since evolved into Polygon Labs, a platform for scaling Ethereum.

In 2020, Anurag spearheaded the development of Avail, an innovative solution within the Polygon ecosystem that empowers developers to create fast, efficient, and scalable applications. As a pioneer with a background spanning research, economics, and engineering, Anurag’s unique skill set has been invaluable in creating Avail and the broader blockchain community. In March 2023, he and co-founder Prabal Banerjee spun off Avail from Polygon to embark on a journey to empower rollup and application blockchain communities with the development of a unification layer that enables modular execution layers to scale and interoperate in a trust-minimized way.

With an unwavering commitment to realizing the full potential of modular blockchain technology, Anurag is excited to leverage this cutting-edge approach to maximize Avail’s impact. His expertise and vision continue to drive Avail’s success and position the company at the forefront of the blockchain revolution.

Mark Rydon is the Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at Aethir, the leading decentralized enterprise-grade cloud computing network.Mark’s strategic leadership and visionary efforts have been instrumental in Aethir’s exponential growth. Since its inception in 2022, Aethir has expanded from a small team of 5 to a robust organization of 157 employees, scaling from $0 to $3 billion FDV in 2 years.With a focus on revolutionizing DePIN with its Scalable Decentralised Cloud Infrastructure (DCI) for Gaming & AI, the company has grown from zero to a multi-billion dollar network, boasting the largest fleet of 3000+ NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs in the Web3 industry. Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, Super Micro, HPE, and Foxconn, Aethir’s infrastructure makes high-performance GPU resources accessories acessible and affordable. Additionally, Aethir has secured over $130M in funding, 2M community members, and 75,000 Checker Node licenses, furthering Mark’s commitment to a more equitable and accessible DCI landscape. Aethir counts among its investors Framework Ventures, Sanctor Capital, Animoca Brands, Hashkey and more.Before co-founding Aethir, Mark gained extensive experience in infrastructure building and resource allocation, managing a 400-person team for a $34B oil and gas project at Wheatstone. In addition to Aethir, he serves as a partner at the VC fund Flux Capital and Gas Global, where he advises projects in blockchain technology, mining, and investments.