Momentum Is building in The Digital Asset Industry: April NY Fintech Week & JunE Tech Week

April — Fintech Innovation Forum, NY Fintech Week

In April, during New York Fintech Week, Wallet Max founder & CEO Bhuva Shakti hosted an invitation‑only forum, “Fintech Innovation: Faster, Stronger Frontiers.” Kevin O’Brien, Founder of Verdicti Ventures, took the stage alongside ARC Capital Management’s Haroon Chohan and Momo VC’s Preeti Adhikary.

Kevin O'Brien, Founder of Verdicti Ventures, NY Fintech Week 2025

The group explored how AI‑driven analytics, next‑generation capital‑market rails, and crypto’s institutional fast lane are recalibrating the finance stack—from Wall Street desks to emerging startup corridors. The session continued Verdicti’s hands‑on role guiding breakthrough ideas from theory to capital deployment.

On Crypto’s Maturation

“Nothing is more powerful than an idea who’s time has come and now with the Genius Act and subsequent clarity initiatives, a wall of liquidity and demand will enter the space and change Wall Street forever”

June — TechStars Web3 Pitch Day, NY Tech Week

In June NY Tech Week, where TechStars Web3 2025 hosted its culminating Pitch Day at Civic Hall. Over the prior months, Verdicti Ventures mentored cohort founders shoulder‑to‑shoulder with leading Web3 funds. The finale spotlighted emerging primitives in decentralized data, tokenized infrastructure, and AI‑native apps. Post‑pitch individual project discussions featured Verdicti Ventures alongside Draper Associates, CoinFund, Systemic Ventures, Delta Blockchain Fund, Ethereal Ventures, Reciprocal Ventures, Hack VC, and others— helping forward Verdicti’s commitment to identifying and accelerating the next generation of Web3 market leaders.

Techstars Cohort 2025, Including Autonom, Nodes Garden and Techstars leaders Pete Townsend and Hugh McGirr