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Scaling DeFi: London Edition
Hosted by KPK
about this room
KPK's Scaling DeFi series comes to London after Buenos Aires, Cannes and New York: an invite-only evening in Mayfair for allocators, institutional teams and protocols, co-hosted with Nexus Mutual and Ethlabs.
The centrepiece is a live recording of Blockworks' 0xResearch podcast at 18:00, with host Luke Leasure talking to Marcelo Ruiz de Olano (KPK), Julian Ma (Ethlabs) and Rei Melbardis (Nexus Mutual) about onchain carry at institutional size. Doors 17:00, drinks 18:30, close 20:00.
Free. Registrations are reviewed one by one and the address goes to confirmed guests.
Luke Leasure · Head of Research, Blockworks
Marcelo Ruiz de Olano · KPK
Julian Ma · Ethlabs
Rei Melbardis · Nexus Mutual
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Date & Time
Wednesday 11 November 2026
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Location
London
Exact location shared on registration
Price
Free
Organiser
KPK
About this event
Speakers
Luke Leasure
Head of Research, Blockworks
Marcelo Ruiz de Olano
, KPK
Julian Ma
, Ethlabs
Rei Melbardis
, Nexus Mutual
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