[Webinar] Practical Applications of Crypto: What Will See Long-Term Traction?

On May 20, The Tie will host an Innovator Webinar: "Practical Applications of Crypto: What Will See Long-Term Traction?"

This cycle has produced a lot of headlines. The more useful question is what's building real usage underneath them. Restaking protocols pivoting to consumer finance. Bitcoin's application layer gaining traction with $545M in sBTC TVL since December 2024. Yield-bearing stablecoins running delta-neutral strategies with no VC capital. Each represents a different bet on what "productive crypto" actually means in 2026.

This discussion will examine where genuine product-market fit exists, how much of this cycle's demand is regulatory-driven versus organic, and where onchain-native players retain durable advantages as better-resourced centralized alternatives enter.

Speakers:
- Rok Kopp, Co-Founder, ether.fi
- Rena Shah, President, Stacks Endowment
- Arpan Gautam, CEO & Co-Founder, Noon Capital
Moderator: Boomer Saraga, Managing Director, The Tie

What we'll cover:

• What's generating real adoption in 2026 versus what's still narrative-driven
• How the regulatory shift (GENIUS Act, CLARITY Act, MiCA) has affected demand
• ether.fi's pivot from liquid restaking protocol to neobank: how the revenue mix shifted
• sBTC and protocol bonds: what making Bitcoin productive looks like in practice
• Yield-bearing stablecoins: what users get from Noon Capital that they don't get from holding USDC
• How to separate organic growth from incentive-driven activity
• Where onchain-native players still have an edge as OCC-chartered crypto banks enter the market

Join us live: