# Welcome & Introduction I Ipshita Kumar (Hype) at ETHConf

- Channel: [ETHGlobal](https://streameth.org/ethglobal)
- Date: 2026-08-09
- Duration: 01:05
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-WWOjt5wEnes
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWOjt5wEnes

## Description

In this short welcome and introduction, Ipshita Kumar, vice president of brand innovation at Hype, serves as MC for the afternoon session at ETHConf, welcoming the audience back well-fed and caffeinated. She introduces Hype as the go-to marketing partner for the most ambitious crypto and emerging tech companies.

Ipshita then sets up the first afternoon session, a fireside on stablecoins becoming core infrastructure. She introduces the two participants: Sam Kazemian, CEO and founder of Frax, a top five stablecoin protocol on a mission to build decentralized, fully collateralized digital dollars, and Spencer Noon of OurNetwork, a leading onchain analytics newsletter bringing data and transparency to the ecosystem, before handing the stage over to them.

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