Building Onchain Infrastructure on Solana

Chicago built the modern derivatives market. Now a new generation of developers is rebuilding core exchange functions — order books, matching engines, clearing, and settlement — on public blockchains. A parallel shift is happening at the user edge: hardware teams are embedding secure-element key storage, on-device transaction signing, and native dApp access directly into consumer devices. This session brings together DeFi builders to discuss how onchain systems handle the functions commodity and derivatives professionals think about daily, how device-level custody reshapes execution and operational risk at the edge, and where the gaps and opportunities remain. Featuring: Emmett Hollyer, GM, Solana Labs Bartosz Lipinski, CEO, Cube Hue Rhodes, Co-CEO, Ari Networks Benjamin Meeder, Co-Founder & CTO, Coinflow Jenn Rosenthal, Chief Communications Officer, DeFi Education Fund