Founders, Funds & FOMO: Stratosphere's Invite-Only Dinner Pulls Wall Street Into the NFT Penguin Circle 🍽️

A private Founders Table VIP dinner hosted by Stratosphere, Pudgy Penguins and Streamex on June 9 in New York City convened founders, operators, funds, C-level executives and institutional leaders during ETHConf 2026 and NYC Tech Week. The invite-only event gathered representatives from Citi, BitMine, BitGo, Mirae Asset Securities USA, Experian, Pyth Network, Space and Time, MegaETH, B3, Stable, Antler, Delphi Digital, Fun, Linera, Vanta Trading, Streamex, PolyData, Horizen Labs, World Foundation, Zipcode, OpenLedger, Onyx, Definitive, Notalone Ventures and additional firms for an evening of dinner and conversation without a stage agenda.

Stratosphere brought its network of founders, operators, investors and institutional teams, while Pudgy Penguins contributed its consumer brand and community presence in digital assets and Streamex led the discussion on tokenized gold and commodity markets. The Stratosphere team and its CEO, Hassan Shaikh, have continued to build Founders Table into a recurring private dinner series staged around major industry conferences, with prior editions held during Digital Asset Summit and Consensus. The New York dinner continued the same format, with curated attendance designed to enable relationship-driven conversation that organizers say is difficult to replicate on a conference floor.

"I'm optimistic about the next phase of digital assets, especially around the tokenization of commodities," said Hassan Shaikh, CEO of Stratosphere. "These dinners give us a way to bring funds, institutions, and founders into the same room to talk about where the market is heading."

Stratosphere described the dinner as part of its work as an ecosystem partner and growth consultancy for industry leaders in tech and finance, focused on ecosystem partnerships and distribution. The Founders Table series is expected to continue around major global conferences throughout the year, with future editions aimed at bringing founders, capital, institutions and brands together in private settings.