Consensus 2025, a Web3 conference hosted by CoinDesk, will be held in Toronto from May 14 to 16, 2025. Speakers will include entrepreneur and broadcaster Kevin O’Leary and Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy.

Organizers highlighted that Consensus will be held in Canada for the first time. The event is positioned as one of the largest conferences designed to bring together the world’s most influential leaders in finance, cryptocurrency, blockchain and Web3.

«Consensus has long been the go-to gathering for the digital asset industry — a place where serious conversations happen and real decisions are made. I’m excited to join its world-class lineup of speakers in Toronto, a city with a vibrant tech ecosystem and a fast-growing community of crypto, AI, and Web3 innovators. It’s the perfect setting to push the digital asset conversation forward and help shape what’s next for this rapidly evolving sector», — commented O’Leary on his participation.

More than 20,000 guests from over 100 countries are expected to attend the event. It will also be attended by over 400 startups, more than 200 sponsors and 6,800 companies.

The event program consists of six stages, including CoinDesk PitchFest and a hackathon.

The speaker list includes more than 500 politicians, experts, entrepreneurs and influencers. Among them are:

• Robert Hines — Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, The White House;
• Adrienne Harris — Superintendent, New York Department of Financial Services;
• Sergey Nazarov — Co-Founder, Chainlink;
• Anthony Scaramucci — Founder, SkyBridge Capital;
• Charles Hoskinson — CEO & Founder, Input Output;
• Matt Hougan — Chief Investment Officer, Bitwise Asset Management;
• Dan Morehead — Founder & CEO, Pantera Capital;
• Lindsey Einhaus — Crypto Strategy and Operations, Stripe;
• Ryan Rugg — Global Head of Digital Assets, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi;
• Smokey Bera — Co-Founder, Berachain;
• Keone Hon — Co-Founder, Monad.

The full list is available at the link.

Organizers noted that Toronto was chosen because of its position as North America’s third-largest tech ecosystem and second-largest financial center, as well as its cryptocurrency past.

The event will also be joined by the heads of Canada’s largest companies in the field, Dean Skurka (WonderFi), Danish Ajmeri (Wealthsimple) and Lucas Matheson (Coinbase Canada).