Digital Asset Yield Summit New York

# Digital Asset Yield Summit New York — ConfBase Rating

**Rating Date**: 2026-05-12
**Analyst**: ConfBase Rating Auditor Agent
**ConfBase Score**: 2.6 / 5.0
**Tier**: Weak
**Framework**: ConfBase Rating Framework v0.2-alpha
**Format**: boutique
**Series**: digital-asset-yield-summit

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## Conference

- **Organizer**: Staking Rewards (Finrate AG)
- **Series**: [Digital Asset Yield Summit](/series/digital-asset-yield-summit)
- **Website**: https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york
- **Venue**: New York, USA (venue not published at time of rating)
- **Region**: North America
- **Sector**: RWA / Yield (Digital Assets — institutional yield infrastructure)
- **First Edition**: 2026 (debut NYC edition; the franchise itself launched in 2026 with Miami on May 4)
- **Most Recent Edition Observed**: [upcoming 2026 — June 11, 2026]
- **Sibling Editions** (other variants in this series): [yield-summit-miami](/ratings/yield-summit-miami-Rating.md) (inaugural May 4, 2026 — unrated), [yield-summit-singapore](/ratings/yield-summit-singapore-Rating.md) (October 5–6, 2026 — unrated), [yield-summit-abu-dhabi](/ratings/yield-summit-abu-dhabi-Rating.md) (December 8, 2026 — unrated), [yield-summit-zurich](/ratings/yield-summit-zurich-Rating.md) (January 18, 2027 — unrated), [yield-summit-london](/ratings/yield-summit-london-Rating.md) (March 15, 2027 — unrated)

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## Executive Summary

The Digital Asset Yield Summit New York (June 11, 2026) is the second-ever edition in a brand-new 2026–2027 single-day institutional summit series organised by Staking Rewards (Finrate AG). The franchise launched in Miami on May 4, 2026 — just five weeks earlier — and is structured as a six-city circuit (Miami, NYC, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Zurich, London) capped at roughly 300 curated attendees per event, with complimentary passes for qualified capital allocators and paid tiers for yield infrastructure providers. The format is one day, single-track, applying Chatham House Rule across sessions, and offering concierge-managed introductions instead of a structured 1:1 meeting platform. The NYC programme covers vaults, tokenisation/RWA, on-chain credit, fixed income, staking, stablecoins and Bitcoin yield, with a speaker pool drawn from the series-wide roster (e.g. Bitwise, Fireblocks, Grayscale, Maple, WisdomTree, Standard Chartered, Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors, Moody's Ratings, Anchorage Digital, Figment).

For an institutional buyer, the appeal is the small-format thesis: instead of a 10,000-person main floor with a 200-person curated insert (the Consensus pattern), Yield Summit NYC offers the curated insert *as the whole event* — small, application-only, allocator-comp'd, Chatham House by default. The organiser publicly claims a Miami+NYC demographic mix of 45% Asset Managers, 23% Hedge Funds, 14% Family Offices and 8% Banks, with 72% decision-makers — if accurate, this is an unusually clean buy-side ratio for a digital-asset event. But that is a P6 marketing claim from the organiser's own X account, unverified by any third party, on a debut edition with no track record.

The structural realities pull the rating down. This is a **debut single-day event** in a **brand-new franchise** with **no past editions, no downturn history, no verified attendance numbers, no Tier-1 TradFi headline sponsor (BlackRock-class), no published Code of Conduct, no 1:1 meeting platform, no curated side-event ecosystem, and no tier-1 press coverage**. The agenda has no hands-on workshops and runs as a single track. Speaker caliber on Founder/CEO/MD ratio is strong (the series roster reads ~60%+ Founder/CEO/CIO), but globally-recognised industry-figure density is moderate — institutional sector names rather than Larry Fink / Cathie Wood / Brian Armstrong caliber. The ConfBase Score lands at **2.5 — bottom of the "Weak" tier** — reflecting the debut penalty across Track Record (1.0), Side Programming (1.0), Media & Influence (2.0), Sponsor Quality (2.3) and Curation (2.0). If the organiser's claimed audience composition holds up at the event and they publish post-event statistics, a re-rating could move several categories upward, but the framework requires evidence over marketing and this edition has not yet produced any.

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## Rating Overview

| Category | Weight | Score | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audience Quality | 3× | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Curation | 2× | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Sponsor Quality | 2× | 2.3 | 5.0 |
| Speaker Caliber | 2× | 3.0 | 5.0 |
| Networking Density | 2× | 3.3 | 5.0 |
| Content Depth | 1× | 2.7 | 5.0 |
| Track Record | 1× | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Media & Influence | 1× | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Side Programming | 1× | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Price-to-Value | 0.5× | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| **ConfBase Score** | | **2.6** | **5.0** |

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Institutional Signal | 2.5 |
| Content & Speakers | 2.8 |
| Networking ROI | 2.5 |

**Tier**: Weak — a debut single-day event whose institutional thesis (small, curated, allocator-comp'd, Chatham House) is structurally promising but currently rests entirely on organiser marketing claims with no third-party verification, no track record, no Tier-1 sponsor anchor, and no published code of conduct. Only attend if you are speaking, on a free allocator pass, or specifically targeting the yield-infrastructure verticals (LSTs, RWA credit, on-chain fixed income) where this event's topical focus is genuinely differentiated.

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## Detailed Analysis

### AUDIENCE QUALITY (Weight: 3×) — Score: 3.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD-01 | What is the institutional vs retail mix? | Organiser's own X account claims a combined Miami+NYC mix of "45% Asset Managers, 23% Hedge [Funds], 14% Family Offices, 8% Banks" — implying ~90% institutional. This is a single P6 marketing claim from the organiser, not verified by any third party, on a debut edition with no past-attendee data. Per framework, P6 alone caps at 3. The application-only format and complimentary allocator passes do plausibly support a high institutional skew, but the actual realised mix is unverified. | 3 | low | [Mirko Schmiedl (Staking Rewards CEO) — X post on Yield Summit Miami/NYC demographics](https://x.com/berlincrypto/status/2029144833252573193) · [Digital Asset Yield Summit NYC — official site (audience framing)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [Digital Asset Yield Summit — series site (institutional positioning)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| AUD-02 | What is the seniority mix? | Organiser claims "72% decision-makers" across Miami+NYC. The 79-name series speaker roster is heavily CEO/Founder/CIO/MD/Partner-titled (e.g. Sid Powell CEO Maple, Lorien Gabel CEO Figment, Adam Levine CEO of Financial Services Fireblocks, Jasmine Yu CIO Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors). Speaker seniority is unambiguous; attendee seniority is claimed but not verified by any third party. The 300-cap, comp-allocator model supports the directional claim. P6 cap at 3. | 3 | low | [Mirko Schmiedl — X post (72% decision-makers claim)](https://x.com/berlincrypto/status/2029144833252573193) · [DAYS Speakers page (series roster — heavy CEO/CIO/MD titles)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [Coinpedia — Yield Summit Miami (300-cap, curated)](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) |
| AUD-03 | What is the buy-side ratio? | Same organiser claim implies ~82% buy-side (45% AM + 23% HF + 14% FO) before counting bank treasuries. If verified, this would be a top-band buy-side density. But it is a single P6 claim, combined Miami+NYC, on a debut event. The Capital Allocator Pass (complimentary for qualified pension funds, endowments, family offices, sovereign wealth, asset managers, treasuries) is the structural mechanism. Score conservatively given unverified P6 claim on a debut edition. | 3 | low | [Mirko Schmiedl — X post on demographics](https://x.com/berlincrypto/status/2029144833252573193) · [DAYS Capital Allocator Pass — eligibility](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS — series site (allocator-comp model)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| AUD-04 | How rigorous is attendee verification? | All tiers require application and are "reviewed individually" per the official site, with rolling 5-business-day approvals. The Capital Allocator tier is comp'd subject to qualification (institutional allocator role); General Pass and Yield Passport tiers are paid (with implicit acceptance). No published rejection rate; no LinkedIn-verification or work-email-only enforcement disclosed. The model sits between "Application required but most accepted" (3) and "Strict approval, clear reject criteria" (4) — score conservatively at 3 in the absence of a rejection-rate disclosure on a debut edition. | 3 | med | [DAYS — Attend page (application required, individual review)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/attend) · [DAYS Capital Allocator Pass (qualification)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS series — application & approval timeline](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |

**Audience Quality Calculation:**
- Scores: AUD-01(3) + AUD-02(3) + AUD-03(3) + AUD-04(3) = 12
- Equal weight: 12 / 4 = **3.0**

### CURATION (Weight: 2×) — Score: 2.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUR-01 | What is the rejection / invite rate? | No published rejection rate. The event is described as "invite-only" and "highly curated" in organiser marketing, with applications individually reviewed. The 300-cap constraint forces some selection, but the framework requires either an invite-only model or ≥70% rejection rate verified for a top score. With paid tiers and a debut event hungry for fill, "some filter exists but well below 25% verified rejection" lands at 2. | 2 | low | [Mirko Schmiedl — X post ("Intimate. Invite-only. Highly curated.")](https://x.com/berlincrypto/status/2029144833252573193) · [DAYS — Attend page (individual review)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/attend) · [Coinpedia — 300+ attendee cap](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) |
| CUR-02 | What % of attendees are hosted/comped vs paid? | Capital allocators receive complimentary passes (normally $799) subject to qualification. If the organiser's claimed 45+23+14+8 = 90% institutional mix holds and a meaningful share of those are comp'd allocators, comped share could plausibly be 20–40%. But this is unverified on a debut edition, and the organiser has not disclosed an actual hosted-vs-paid breakdown. Score mid-band at 3, low confidence. | 3 | low | [DAYS Capital Allocator Pass — complimentary subject to qualification](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS NYC — General Pass $499 / Passport $1,490 / Allocator comp](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| CUR-03 | Is there a published Code of Conduct + enforcement? | No published Code of Conduct discovered at events.stakingrewards.com (the `/code-of-conduct` path returns 404). The series applies Chatham House Rule to sessions, which is a confidentiality rule for content, not a CoC. No public enforcement process, complaints channel, or revocation policy was located. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [DAYS series — no public CoC link in site footer](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) · [DAYS — Attend page (no CoC referenced)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/attend) · [DAYS NYC page (no CoC link)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |

**Curation Calculation:**
- Scores: CUR-01(2) + CUR-02(3) + CUR-03(1) = 6
- Equal weight: 6 / 3 = **2.0**

### SPONSOR QUALITY (Weight: 2×) — Score: 2.3 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPO-01 | Tier-1 sponsor count (BlackRock-class) | NYC title sponsor confirmed: Bitwise Investments. Series-level title sponsors: Bitwise + Puffer. Partners include Fireblocks, P2P.org, Accountable, Pyth Data Association, Ampli, Meria, Coinroutes, Solva (Cryptocrew), XDC. Of these, Bitwise (institutional digital-asset manager) and Fireblocks (institutional custody infrastructure) qualify as Tier-1 *within the digital-asset niche*, but neither is a BlackRock-class TradFi anchor. No headline sponsorship by BlackRock, JPMorgan, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, or equivalent. Most other partners are mid-tier crypto-native firms. Lands in the "Mostly Tier-2 financial firms" band. | 2 | high | [DAYS NYC — partners (Bitwise title, Fireblocks/P2P/Accountable)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — title sponsors Bitwise + Puffer](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) · [P2P.org LinkedIn — co-host Yield Summit 2026](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/p2p-org_today-p2porg-is-pleased-to-co-host-yield-activity-7432712761492692992-j-P8) |
| SPO-02 | Sponsor strategic vs cosmetic | Sponsors visibly send senior speakers, not logos only: Bitwise sends two named speakers (Jonathan Man — Head of Multi-Strategy Solutions & DeFi; Yannick Socolov — Head of Onchain Special Projects). Fireblocks sends two senior speakers (Adam Levine — CEO of Financial Services; Michael Shaulov — CEO & Co-Founder). P2P.org sends VP-level speakers (Artemiy Parshakov, Marianela Jaca). Pyth sends BD heads. Accountable's CEO speaks. This is unambiguously a strategic-sponsor pattern, not a cosmetic logo-only model. Score: 4. | 4 | high | [DAYS Speakers page — Bitwise (Man, Socolov)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [DAYS Speakers page — Fireblocks (Levine, Shaulov)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [DAYS NYC page — confirmed senior speaker lineup](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| SPO-03 | Sponsor retention year-over-year | Debut edition of a debut franchise. There is no prior NYC edition and no prior series cycle. Sponsor retention is therefore unmeasurable. The Miami → NYC pattern (5 weeks apart, same circuit) shows continuity of Bitwise as title and Fireblocks/P2P/Accountable as partners — but this is the same calendar year of the same launch series, not year-over-year retention. Per framework, debut events score 1 on this question. | 1 | high | [DAYS Miami — partners (Bitwise title, Fireblocks/P2P/Accountable)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/miami) · [DAYS NYC — same partners](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |

**Sponsor Quality Calculation:**
- Scores: SPO-01(2) + SPO-02(4) + SPO-03(1) = 7
- Equal weight: 7 / 3 = **2.3**

### SPEAKER CALIBER (Weight: 2×) — Score: 3.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPK-01 | Founder/CEO/MD ratio of speakers | The series speaker roster of 79 names is heavily senior: CEOs include Sid Powell (Maple), Luca Prosperi (M0), Lorien Gabel (Figment), Adam Levine (Fireblocks FS), Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks), Mike Silagadze (ether.fi), Philipp Zentner (LI.FI), Bhaji Illuminati (Centrifuge), Mike McGlone is a Senior Strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence; Founders include Conor Moore (USD.AI), Mirko Schmiedl (Staking Rewards), Jacob Phillips (Lombard); CIOs include Jasmine Yu (Bryn Mawr Trust Advisors), Matthew Sheffield (Sharplink), Sam Gaer (Monarq), Vadim Khramov (Edge Capital), Lauri Marekwia (Valos); MDs/Partners include Anna Dinescu (Hilbert), Stanislas de Maistre (Belem), Ciaran Hynes (COSIMO digital), Lingling Jiang (DWF Labs). A spot count of the 79 names shows comfortably ≥60% Founder/CEO/MD-titled, the 5-band threshold. | 5 | high | [DAYS Speakers page — full 79-name roster](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [DAYS NYC — confirmed senior speakers (Jasmine Yu CIO, Adam Levine CEO, Michael Shaulov CEO, Sid Powell, Conor Moore, Chunda McCain, Jacob Phillips, Wojtek Pawlowski, Rajeev Bamra Moody's, Ciaran Hynes MP)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| SPK-02 | Tier-1 keynote presence (named industry figures) | Strong regional/sector names but no globally-recognised industry figures at Larry Fink / Cathie Wood / Brian Armstrong / Michael Saylor caliber confirmed for NYC. The most globally visible names in the series are Zach Pandl (Grayscale Head of Research), Mike McGlone (Bloomberg Intelligence), Maredith Hannon (WisdomTree), Sid Powell (Maple — recognised in DeFi credit), and Adam Levine / Michael Shaulov (Fireblocks — institutional crypto-infra figures). Solid sector recognition; not globally famous outside crypto/institutional yield circles. Lands at "Strong regional names only" = 3. | 3 | med | [DAYS Speakers — series roster](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [DAYS NYC — speakers preview](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| SPK-03 | News-making moments | Debut edition in a debut franchise. No prior edition has produced a news-making moment because no prior NYC edition exists. The Miami edition (5 weeks earlier) has not surfaced any third-party-covered news beats in research either — there is no FT/Bloomberg/Reuters/WSJ/CoinDesk coverage of major announcements from Yield Summit Miami's stage. Score: 1 on a track-record-based question. | 1 | high | [No third-party press coverage of Yield Summit Miami news beats located in research](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/miami) · [Yield Summit X feed — no major news-beat threads located](https://x.com/Yield_Summit/status/2041124368013472032) |

**Speaker Caliber Calculation:**
- Scores: SPK-01(5) + SPK-02(3) + SPK-03(1) = 9
- Equal weight: 9 / 3 = **3.0**

### NETWORKING DENSITY (Weight: 2×) — Score: 3.3 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET-01 | Is there a structured 1:1 meeting platform? | No structured 1:1 meeting platform (no Brella, Grip, or equivalent) is documented for the NYC edition. The event uses "concierge introductions" (white-glove, human-managed) for Capital Allocator passholders, plus "dedicated meeting areas" and curated networking blocks. This is a *networking service* model, not a scheduled-meetings platform. Per framework, lands at "Networking app with chat but no scheduled meetings" or "Just a directory" — concierge model is arguably higher signal than a generic app. Score mid-band at 3. | 3 | med | [DAYS NYC — capital allocator concierge introductions](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS Capital Allocator page — concierge model](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS series — no 1:1 platform named](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| NET-02 | Hosted-buyer / matchmaking program quality | A real hosted-buyer model exists: the Capital Allocator Pass is complimentary for qualified institutional allocators (funds, banks, treasuries, family offices, institutions), with concierge introductions, dedicated quiet meeting areas, and Chatham House Rule sessions. Application is individually reviewed. This is structurally equivalent to the "hosted-buyer program offered" band. Lacks a dedicated full-time matchmaking team disclosed publicly, so short of the top band. Score: 4. | 4 | high | [DAYS Capital Allocator Pass — comp, concierge, quiet meeting areas](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS NYC — Capital Allocator tier](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| NET-03 | Off-program networking quality | The single-day single-city format limits the scope of off-program networking compared to multi-day flagship events. The site references "curated networking" and Chatham House sessions integrated into the day; no separate dinners, salons, or member-only sessions are publicly listed for the NYC edition. The Yield Passport pass references multi-city access but not off-program access at NYC. Score: 3 (standard networking receptions, no curated off-record dinner ecosystem disclosed). | 3 | med | [DAYS NYC — programme references curated networking](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — no off-program dinner/salon calendar published](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |

**Networking Density Calculation:**
- Scores: NET-01(3) + NET-02(4) + NET-03(3) = 10
- Equal weight: 10 / 3 = **3.3**

### CONTENT DEPTH (Weight: 1×) — Score: 2.7 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CON-01 | Workshop / deep-dive count | The published preliminary agenda for NYC shows opening remarks, a CIO fireside chat, and panels (e.g. "Rating DeFi: How Agencies Evaluate Onchain Risk"). No hands-on workshops are listed on the published agenda. The Miami sibling agenda likewise shows panels and debates (e.g. "Institutional Staking Playbook" 30-min debate, "Which Yield Strategies Actually Survive Institutional Due Diligence?" panel) — no hands-on workshops. Single-day single-track format structurally constrains workshop count. Score: 2 (≤1 hands-on workshop). | 2 | med | [DAYS NYC — preliminary agenda (panels/firesides)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS Miami — preliminary agenda (debates/panels)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/miami) |
| CON-02 | Off-the-record / Chatham House sessions | Chatham House Rule is applied *across* sessions per the official site framing — not just one track. The General Pass description explicitly includes "Chatham House Rule sessions" as a deliverable. Multiple off-record sessions on a single-day event represents strong off-record density for the format. Score: 4. | 4 | high | [DAYS NYC — Chatham House Rule sessions in General Pass](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — Chatham House Rule applied across sessions](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| CON-03 | Vertical track depth | Single-track single-day format. Topical themes span Vaults, Tokenisation/RWA, On-chain Credit, Fixed Income, Staking, Stablecoins, Bitcoin — but these are *sequential agenda blocks within one stream*, not parallel deep vertical tracks (which the framework's top bands explicitly require). Lands at "Generalist program only" = 2. | 2 | high | [DAYS NYC — single-track agenda structure](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — programme themes](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |

**Content Depth Calculation:**
- Scores: CON-01(2) + CON-02(4) + CON-03(2) = 8
- Equal weight: 8 / 3 = **2.7**

### TRACK RECORD (Weight: 1×) — Score: 1.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRA-01 | Years running | First NYC edition. Even the parent franchise (Digital Asset Yield Summit) is brand-new in 2026, with Miami on May 4, 2026 as the inaugural global edition (NYC is the second event in the franchise overall). Score: 1 (first edition). | 1 | high | [DAYS NYC — first edition June 11, 2026](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — 2026 launch year (Miami May 4 inaugural)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) · [Coinpedia — DAYS Miami 2026 (inaugural)](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) |
| TRA-02 | Attendance growth trend (3-year) | No trend data — first edition. No verified attendance figure exists for either Miami or NYC; the public claim is a 300-attendee cap per event. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [DAYS series — no published trend data, debut year](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) · [Coinpedia — 300+ cap, Miami first edition](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) |
| TRA-03 | Survived a market downturn | Untested. The franchise launched in 2026, well after the 2022 FTX/post-Terra downturn cycle. No downturn experience as an event series. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [DAYS series — 2026 launch, post-downturn](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) · [Finrate AG / Staking Rewards (parent firm, 2018 founded) — parent firm history independent of this event](https://www.startupticker.ch/en/company/finrate-ag) |

**Track Record Calculation:**
- Scores: TRA-01(1) + TRA-02(1) + TRA-03(1) = 3
- Equal weight: 3 / 3 = **1.0**

### MEDIA & INFLUENCE (Weight: 1×) — Score: 2.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MED-01 | Tier-1 press coverage | No FT, Bloomberg, Reuters, WSJ, or CoinDesk coverage of the Yield Summit NYC edition (or the Miami sibling edition) was located in research. Coverage to date is limited to event aggregators (Coinpedia, web3voyager, Everstake, cryptojobslist, dev.events) and X posts by speaker organisations (AMINA Bank, P2P.org). One Bloomberg-affiliated speaker (Mike McGlone, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodity Strategist) is listed but is not equivalent to Bloomberg covering the event. Score: 2 (newsletter / aggregator coverage only). | 2 | high | [Coinpedia — DAYS Miami listing](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) · [Web3Voyager — DAYS Miami listing](https://web3voyager.com/event/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami/) · [Everstake events — DAYS Miami](https://everstake.one/company/events/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami) · [No tier-1 press hits located for "Digital Asset Yield Summit" in WebSearch across bloomberg.com / ft.com / reuters.com / coindesk.com](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| MED-02 | Regulator / policymaker presence | The series-wide speaker roster lists two public-sector representatives: Moad Fahmi (Chief FinTech Officer, Bermuda Monetary Authority) and Heinz Konzett (Office for Digital Innovation, Landesverwaltung Liechtenstein). Alison Mangiero (Chief Strategy Officer, Crypto Council for Innovation) provides a policy-advocacy presence but is industry-side, not regulator. Whether Fahmi or Konzett speak at NYC specifically (vs other editions) is not confirmed on the NYC page — both more naturally fit Zurich/Singapore. No US regulator (SEC, CFTC, OCC, Federal Reserve) speakers confirmed for NYC. Score: 3 (regulator speakers present somewhere in the series, but NYC-specific regulator presence unclear). | 3 | low | [DAYS Speakers — Moad Fahmi BMA, Heinz Konzett Liechtenstein](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) · [DAYS NYC — no US regulator speaker confirmed in research](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |
| MED-03 | Deal / announcement track record | Debut edition. No prior NYC edition exists. No third-party-covered announcements from Yield Summit Miami stage surfaced in research. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [No tier-1 or trade-press deal-announcement coverage located for DAYS Miami in research](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/miami) · [DAYS NYC — first edition with no prior track record](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) |

**Media & Influence Calculation:**
- Scores: MED-01(2) + MED-02(3) + MED-03(1) = 6
- Equal weight: 6 / 3 = **2.0**

### SIDE PROGRAMMING (Weight: 1×) — Score: 1.0 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SID-01 | Co-located / partner side-event count | No published side-event calendar. The single-day single-city format does not anchor a side-event ecosystem in the way Token2049 (200+ side events) or Consensus Hong Kong (400+ side events) do. No sanctioned side events are listed by the organiser or surfaced in third-party research for the NYC edition. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [DAYS NYC — no side-event calendar published](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — no side-event programme](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |
| SID-02 | Side-event quality (curation by host) | No host-curated side-event calendar exists. Score: 1. | 1 | high | [DAYS NYC — no curated side-event listing](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS series — no published side-event vetting](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |

**Side Programming Calculation:**
- Scores: SID-01(1) + SID-02(1) = 2
- Equal weight: 2 / 2 = **1.0**

### PRICE-TO-VALUE (Weight: 0.5×) — Score: 3.5 / 5.0

| Code | Question | Answer Summary | Score | Confidence | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRC-01 | Ticket price tier vs audience tier | NYC ticket tiers: General Pass $499 (infrastructure/solutions providers), Institutional Yield Passport 2026 $1,490 (all 5 events in 2026), Capital Allocator complimentary (normally $799 — qualified institutional allocators). The Allocator tier is "free with strong invite filter" — top-band PRC-01 condition. General Pass is mid-tier price for a claimed institutional audience. The pricing model genuinely fits "Mid price ($1k–3k) for solid audience, OR free with strong invite filter" = 4. | 4 | high | [DAYS NYC — pricing tiers (General $499, Passport $1,490, Allocator complimentary)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS Capital Allocator — complimentary with qualification](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) |
| PRC-02 | Hidden costs (travel/hospitality required) | Standard à-la-carte model — tickets cover event access, networking, Chatham House sessions; allocator tier includes concierge introductions and quiet meeting areas. Travel/hotel for NYC in June is high-cost and unbundled. F&B during the event day is not explicitly itemised in public materials. Single-day format minimises hotel-night burden vs multi-day events. Lands at "Standard à la carte model" = 3. | 3 | med | [DAYS NYC — ticket inclusions](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) · [DAYS Capital Allocator — concierge inclusions](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) · [DAYS series — cancellation policy & inclusions](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) |

**Price-to-Value Calculation:**
- Scores: PRC-01(4) + PRC-02(3) = 7
- Equal weight: 7 / 2 = **3.5**

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> **Re-scored under Framework v0.2-alpha (boutique format).** Category scores unchanged from v0.1; only weights re-applied. Boutique weights reduce Side Programming (1.0→0.25), Media (1.0→0.5), Content (1.0→0.5), Price-to-Value (0.5→0.25) and increase Audience (3.0→3.5), Curation (2.0→3.0), Networking (2.0→2.5) — recognising that boutique allocator-curated events deliver value through who is in the room, not through fringe-event count or press footprint.
>
> **v0.2 calculation (boutique weights):**
> - audience(3.0)×3.5 + curation(2.0)×3 + sponsors(2.3)×2 + speakers(3.0)×2 + networking(3.3)×2.5 + content(2.7)×0.5 + trackRecord(1.0)×1 + media(2.0)×0.5 + sideProgramming(1.0)×0.25 + priceValue(3.5)×0.25
> - = 39.83 / 15.5 = **2.6** (Tier: Weak)

## Final Score Calculation

```
ConfBase Score = (audience×3 + curation×2 + sponsors×2 + speakers×2 + networking×2 +
                  content×1 + trackRecord×1 + media×1 + sideProgramming×1 + priceValue×0.5) / 15.5
```

Substituting (using each category's averaged score):
- (3.0 × 3) + (2.0 × 2) + (2.3 × 2) + (3.0 × 2) + (3.3 × 2) + (2.7 × 1) + (1.0 × 1) + (2.0 × 1) + (1.0 × 1) + (3.5 × 0.5)
- = 9.0 + 4.0 + 4.6 + 6.0 + 6.6 + 2.7 + 1.0 + 2.0 + 1.0 + 1.75
- = 38.65
- = 38.65 / 15.5
- = **2.5**

**Pillar scores:**
- Institutional Signal = (3.0 × 3 + 2.0 × 2 + 2.3 × 2) / 7 = (9.0 + 4.0 + 4.6) / 7 = 17.6 / 7 = **2.5**
- Content & Speakers = (3.0 × 2 + 2.7 + 2.0) / 4 = (6.0 + 2.7 + 2.0) / 4 = 10.7 / 4 = **2.7**
- Networking ROI = (3.3 × 2 + 1.0 + 1.0) / 4 = (6.6 + 1.0 + 1.0) / 4 = 8.6 / 4 = **2.2**

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## Key Findings

- **Strongest category**: Price-to-Value (3.5) — the complimentary Capital Allocator Pass with concierge introductions is a genuinely strong "free with strong invite filter" proposition for institutional allocators. The $499 General Pass is mid-price for a claimed institutional audience. Networking Density (3.3) and Audience Quality (3.0) follow, but only on the strength of organiser-claimed (not verified) demographics and a real hosted-buyer model. Sponsor Strategic-vs-Cosmetic (SPO-02 = 4) and Content's Chatham House density (CON-02 = 4) are the cleanest individual high-scoring questions.
- **Weakest categories**: Track Record (1.0) — debut edition in a debut franchise, no downturn experience, no attendance trend. Side Programming (1.0) — single-day single-city format produces no side-event ecosystem. Media & Influence (2.0) — no FT/Bloomberg/Reuters/WSJ/CoinDesk coverage of the franchise to date. Curation (2.0) — drags hard on the missing public Code of Conduct (CUR-03 = 1).
- **Notable tension**: The franchise's institutional thesis is structurally promising — 300-cap, application-only, allocator-comp'd, Chatham House by default. *If* the organiser's claimed 45% AM / 23% HF / 14% FO / 8% Banks / 72% decision-makers demographics realise in the NYC room, this is genuinely an iConnections-style buy-side density at digital-asset-niche scale. But every one of those numbers is a P6 marketing claim from the organiser's own X account, on a debut edition with no third-party verification and no published Code of Conduct. The framework's "evidence over marketing" rule caps these scores at 3 until a post-event recap with third-party verification surfaces.
- **Best fit for**: Buy-side allocators (pensions, endowments, family offices, sovereign wealth, asset managers) who can claim the complimentary Capital Allocator Pass and want a small-room single-day NYC alternative to Consensus Miami's 200-person Institutional Summit insert; yield infrastructure BD heads with $499–$1,490 to spend who want concentrated face time with allocators outside of a 10K-person main floor; LST / RWA credit / on-chain fixed income protocols whose product roadmap maps directly onto the agenda's vertical themes.
- **Worst fit for**: Anyone needing third-party-verified audience metrics before spending budget (no post-event data exists yet); sponsors seeking long-track-record retention validation (debut franchise); attendees prioritising Tier-1 TradFi headline-sponsor signal (BlackRock-class anchor absent); founders looking for a fundraising-funnel side-event ecosystem (none); media chasing news-making moments (no track record).
- **Big takeaway**: A Weak 2.5 — the structural ingredients of an institutional-grade small-format conference are visibly present (Bitwise title, Fireblocks senior speakers, Chatham House across sessions, comp allocator passes, 300-cap), but the rating framework is unforgiving on debut events with no third-party verification, no track record, no CoC, and no side-event or media ecosystem. Re-rate after the June 11 event runs and post-event statistics, attendee verification, and tier-1 press coverage materialise — several categories could move 1–2 bands upward on a second pass if the claimed demographics hold.

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## Sources

1. [Digital Asset Yield Summit New York 2026 — official site](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/new-york) — date, venue framing, agenda preview, speakers, sponsors, pricing tiers, Chatham House Rule, capital allocator concierge model
2. [Digital Asset Yield Summit — series site](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit) — franchise positioning, full 2026–2027 city/date list, sponsor framing, audience claim, application model
3. [Digital Asset Yield Summit Speakers — series roster (79 speakers)](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/speakers) — full speaker list with affiliations and titles, including regulator presence (Moad Fahmi BMA, Heinz Konzett Liechtenstein)
4. [Digital Asset Yield Summit — Capital Allocator Pass](https://events.stakingrewards.com/capital-allocator) — complimentary allocator tier, qualification process, concierge introductions
5. [Digital Asset Yield Summit — Attend / application page](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/attend) — application process, individual review, rolling 5-business-day approvals
6. [Digital Asset Yield Summit Miami — official sibling page](https://events.stakingrewards.com/yield-summit/miami) — inaugural May 4 2026 sibling edition: venue EAST Miami, agenda preview, sponsor list, pricing
7. [Mirko Schmiedl / @berlincrypto on X — Yield Summit Miami+NYC demographics claim](https://x.com/berlincrypto/status/2029144833252573193) — organiser's P6 marketing claim: 45% Asset Managers, 23% Hedge Funds, 14% Family Offices, 8% Banks, 72% decision-makers, 41% deployed onchain, 25% evaluating
8. [Yield Summit @Yield_Summit on X — Miami speaker call](https://x.com/Yield_Summit/status/2041124368013472032) — official event Twitter feed
9. [Coinpedia — Digital Asset Yield Summit Miami 2026 listing](https://events.coinpedia.org/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-8357/) — 300+ attendee cap claim, 40+ speakers, 25+ partners
10. [Everstake events — Digital Asset Yield Summit Miami](https://everstake.one/company/events/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami) — third-party event aggregator listing, David Kinitsky speaker confirmation
11. [Web3Voyager — Digital Asset Yield Summit Miami](https://web3voyager.com/event/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami/) — aggregator listing, format description
12. [CryptoJobsList — Digital Asset Yield Summit Miami](https://cryptojobslist.com/crypto-events/digital-asset-yield-summit-miami-united-states/view) — aggregator listing
13. [AMINA Bank on X — Myles Harrison speaker confirmation at DAYS Miami](https://x.com/AMINABankGlobal/status/2041912704676335716) — sponsor/speaker P3 confirmation
14. [P2P.org on LinkedIn — Yield Summit 2026 co-hosting announcement](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/p2p-org_today-p2porg-is-pleased-to-co-host-yield-activity-7432712761492692992-j-P8) — partner / co-host confirmation
15. [Finrate AG (Staking Rewards) — Startup Ticker profile](https://www.startupticker.ch/en/company/finrate-ag) — organiser background, founding year, parent firm context
16. [Staking Rewards homepage — institutional staking ratings platform](https://www.stakingrewards.com/) — organiser's primary business (90+ provider ratings, 120+ assets)
17. [Bitwise Avalanche ETF launch — corroborating Bitwise institutional status](https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/04/15/bitwise-rolls-out-avalanche-etf-with-staking-rewards-on-nyse/) — confirms Bitwise as institutional digital-asset manager (title-sponsor tier validation)

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_Generated by ConfBase Rating Auditor Agent. Evidence-based; subject to revision as new editions are observed. This rating was conducted before the June 11, 2026 event ran — re-rating recommended after post-event statistics, attendee verification, and third-party press coverage become available._