Crypto & Blockchain
Events October 2026

Bitcoin-focused conference in Abu Dhabi covering Bitcoin adoption across the Middle East and North Africa, institutional strategies, and the UAE regulatory framework.

Developer-focused Bitcoin and payments conference in Berlin, exploring Lightning, payment rails, and the intersection of Bitcoin with institutional payment infrastructure.

An evening event bringing together humanitarian leaders, technologists, innovators, and finance professionals to explore how decentralized AI, Web3, and emerging technology can address real-world healthcare challenges. The event features keynotes on humanitarian perspectives and technology opportuni…

Ethereum developer conference in Rome, part of the ETH global events circuit.

An executive breakfast exploring the trade-offs between frontier models, open models and confidential deployment in banking AI. The event focuses on data protection, banking secrecy, outsourcing risk and practical governance for AI use in financial institutions.

An exclusive, in-person roundtable jointly hosted by K&L Gates, AlixPartners, xcollective_, Sphere State Group and the Blockchain Lawyers Forum during TOKEN2049 week. Legal, regulatory and industry leaders will engage in a candid exchange on issues shaping blockchain, digital assets, payments and th…

Europe's most valuable fintech event bringing together 2,500+ senior leaders from fintech, banking, payments, and commerce sectors. The event features networking opportunities, pre-scheduled meetings, and speakers focused on fintech innovation and partnership advancement.

An invite-only half-day summit on agentic payments and finance hosted by Reap, Visa, and Payward Services. The event brings together 80-150 invited leaders and executives across cards, stablecoins, exchanges, traditional finance, and AI partners to discuss five unsettled questions about machine-spee…

Join Blockchain.com for a breakfast event where institutional services will be discussed, including token launches, OTC trading, custody, staking, market making, asset management, and crypto-as-a-service solutions. The team will be available to discuss partnership opportunities and help chart the be…

Burning Mon is the inaugural Open afterparty ritual where the builder community takes over after the main conference floor clears. It's a loud, communal, and chaotic celebration open to everyone on a first-come, first-serve basis with complimentary admission.

Blockworks' Digital Asset Summit (DAS) is crypto's premier institutional event headed to Singapore on October 7th, 2026. The summit brings together leading institutional leaders, allocators, builders, and policy makers from Asia, North America, and other key financial centers to discuss stablecoins,…

DAYS Singapore 2026 is a one-day, invitation-focused summit held on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, cohosted by Confidential Onchain Finance and Zama. The programme covers institutional allocation to onchain yield, stablecoin yield, tokenisation and real-world assets, and onchain credit. Attendees include…

DWF Labs Haus returns to Singapore in October for TOKEN2049 week, bringing together founders, investors, protocols, institutions, and ecosystem partners for an evening of real conversations and new connections. The event offers a dedicated space to step away from the conference rush and connect with…

A breakfast panel discussion during TOKEN2049 Week in Singapore featuring senior voices from legal, compliance, and industry discussing how financial institutions and digital asset firms are adapting their financial crime programs. The conversation covers differences between digital assets and tradi…

BackersStage hosts the highest-signal room of TOKEN2049 week, bringing together 500+ vetted decision-makers, 50+ active VCs, and 10 startups pitching across stablecoins, payments, institutions and AI. The application-only event features a Demo Day on October 6 and Happy Hour on October 9, with no to…

The Singapore edition of the Founder × VC Summit runs on 6 and 9 October 2026 during TOKEN2049 week, co-hosted with AWS. The programme features speakers from institutional crypto, digital custody and venture capital, plus a Demo Day judging panel. Eleven startups will pitch to investors over the two…

The Founder × VC Summit: The Institutional Capital Era brings together Banks, funds, and institutions representing $1T+ in assets under management. Day 1 features a Demo Day with 10 AI and Web3-native startups pitching for investment opportunities up to $500k, including projects in stablecoins, paym…

A curated, senior-level Web3 conference bringing together founders, institutional decision-makers, investors, funds, policy leaders, compliance experts, and infrastructure teams operating at the core of onchain finance and digital assets. Sessions explore the current state of DeFi, stablecoins, perp…

A half-day deep dive into the infrastructure, capital, and teams powering the next era of institutional finance on-chain. This event brings together builders, allocators, and issuers at the center of the RWA movement for keynotes, panels, and networking during TOKEN2049 week.

An exclusive Merkle Science Meet in Singapore during Token2049, bringing together senior leaders across digital assets, payments, compliance, regulation, and financial services. The event features panel discussions on global regulatory standards, stablecoins and cross-border payments, real-world ass…

Monad Foundation brings founders, builders, VCs, and institutions to Singapore to celebrate one year of mainnet and showcase Monad's onchain economy. The event brings institutional finance and permissionless crypto together on performant, transparent public infrastructure with a focus on open access…

A private investors startup speed dating event during Token2049 Singapore designed to connect top-tier investors with high-potential startups in blockchain. Participants engage in 1-on-1 speed-dating sessions and receive guaranteed entry to the general SunDAO Ventures Singapore Investor and Builder…

Solana's largest Founder and Developer Summit focused on three core pillars: Consumer Applications, Trading & Markets, and Capital Formation. The event features actionable insights, live product showcases, curated networking between builders and allocators, and interactive trading challenges.

The Fintech Guild and M0 are hosting a live, adversarial debate in Singapore featuring senior operators, founders, investors and policy stakeholders discussing what stablecoins are actually replacing. The debate will explore whether stablecoins are replacing correspondent banking, card rails, or if…

An evening mixer in Singapore during Token2049 bringing together investors, high-signal founders, and blockchain operators. Connect with VCs, top angels, and ecosystem leaders while meeting early-stage founders building across frontier blockchain and AI ecosystems. Learn more about SunDAO Ventures,…

A curated networking event where founders meet capital allocators in Singapore. The event features high-value networking, private ecosystem introductions, and conversations beyond surface-level pitching with people actively shaping the future of Web3.

An event of the TOKENISED GLOBAL SERIES, powered by UVECON.VC and LynxCap Investments, designed for senior decision-makers. The event features private dinners, closed-door roundtables, and bespoke networking sessions in intimate settings with 90% C-Level attendees.

TokenizeThis by RedStone is the flagship conference for real world assets, brought by RedStone and Alchemy. The one-day edition at TOKEN2049 in Singapore features technical panels and practical deep-dives on tokenized finance topics including RWAs, stablecoins, onchain credit, and infrastructure.

A networking event merging Fintech, TradFi, and Digital Assets that takes place before Token 2049 begins. The event features high-quality networking and meaningful conversations in a beautiful location, with live recording of the WalletConnect Pulse podcast. Participants can expect discussions on br…

TOKEN2049 Singapore is the Asia flagship edition, consistently one of the world's largest crypto gatherings at 20,000+ attendees. Held each October at Marina Bay Sands, it is the premier event for institutional players, protocol teams, and investors operating across Asia-Pacific. The surrounding Lum…

A one-day conference featuring eight panels focused on real, unscripted conversations in the blockchain and DeFi space. Hosted on the rooftop of CapitaSpring at 280 meters high, featuring speakers from Galaxy, Chainlink, Pantera Capital, and other major industry players. The event emphasizes authent…

Join Monad Foundation and StraitsX for a relaxed pop-up café during Token2049 week in Singapore. A casual space to connect, build, and talk about what's next for on-chain payments. Come have a coffee, some food, and a great conversation.

A closed-door roundtable for liquidity providers, market makers, and funds focused on FX settlement for stablecoins across JPY, GBP, SGD, MYR, and IDR corridors. Participants will discuss Sera's live order flow, the corridors with deepest demand, and how early liquidity partners can participate in e…

A premier Token2049 side event focused on quantum computing threats to blockchain cryptography and post-quantum migration strategies. The summit brings together L1 founders, cryptographers, and capital allocators to discuss which chains are building for post-quantum security, signature scheme select…

A closed-door afternoon summit for CFOs, VPs of Finance, and heads of treasury held during TOKEN2049 Week in Singapore. The event features two panels and a keynote covering stablecoins as settlement infrastructure, cross-border payments, the future of business banking, and tokenized assets for balan…

BitAngels is hosting an investor network and pitch event in Singapore during TOKEN2049 week. The event brings together experienced angels, VCs, and industry leaders to hear pitches from strong Web3 founders and projects actively raising capital. Applications to pitch close on October 3.

Finality Forum is a full-day conference focused on institutional digital assets with tracks across Infrastructure, Payments & Stablecoins, RWA & Tokenization, Agentic Commerce, and Institutional Privacy. Held during Token2049 Singapore Week, the event brings together institutional participants to di…

Day 2 of the Founder x VC Summit featuring a networking-focused happy hour during Token2049 week in Singapore. This is a pure networking event with no agenda where founders and investors connect over drinks. The event is part of the Institutional Capital Era summit series curated by BackersStage and…

HyprEarn is hosting an invite-only morning mixer for the Hyperliquid and perp trading community during Token2049 Singapore. Join perp traders, HL-native funds, protocol and ecosystem teams, AI trading builders and VCs active in perp/DeFi for a curated 2-3 hour networking session featuring panels and…

A private seated dinner for 30 curated participants from Proof of Liquidity, hosted at a 5-star restaurant in Singapore during TOKEN2049. The event connects allocators and treasuries with L2s, RWAs, and protocols through senior-level networking and curated introductions. No media or public access pe…

AIM Summit is a platform for discussions on investment developments, global market conditions and latest trends. The conference brings together 800+ delegates and 100+ global speakers, with 75% C-level executives. It features panel discussions, keynotes, private roundtables, fireside chats, and brea…

DC Fintech Week is a four-day public forum in Washington, DC, where nonprofits, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, and regulators discuss the future of finance. The 2026 edition runs October 13 to 16, with a full-day conference at Amazon HQ2 in Arlington, Virginia on October 14. Events are fre…

Join the DC Fintech Week crew and co-hosts TRM Labs and Flourish Ventures for a kickoff happy hour featuring drinks, networking with global finance experts and fintech innovators, and racing simulators. The event starts at 5:00 PM with a welcome from Chris Brummer, founder of DC Fintech Week.

UK & Europe's only dedicated Open Banking and Open Finance show bringing together 1,800+ attendees and 200+ speakers across four stages of content daily. The event convenes financial institutions, payments leaders, regulators, TPPs, and policymakers to drive innovation and collaboration in the Open…

European payments and RegTech forum focused on PSD3, open banking, and cross-border payment infrastructure.

An evening hackathon where 150 developers build autonomous AI agents that handle real financial operations in three hours. Participants will ship working prototypes and demo them live to judges from Stripe, Meta, and the 10 Downing Street AI Team, competing for cash prizes and Stripe credits.

Money20/20 USA is the leading fintech conference where senior leaders from banks, payments, tech, retail, and startups gather in Las Vegas. The event features keynote speakers, 320+ sessions covering topics like Agentic AI, Fraud, FaaS, Payments, and Regulation, plus extensive networking opportuniti…

Join This Week in Fintech at Money20/20 for Stablecoin Day, bringing together stablecoin founders, banks, investors, operators, and curious participants. Expect conversations across payments, infrastructure, banking, treasury, regulation, and real-world adoption, with opportunities to connect with f…

An exclusive evening mixer bridging traditional finance and digital assets, hosted by ChainUp during Money20/20 USA. The invite-only event brings together CEOs, TradFi leaders, and banking executives for high-level strategic dialogue, networking, and deal acceleration focused on institutional crypto…

A Money 20/20 edition event focused on stablecoins, payments, and the future of onchain money movement. Join stablecoin issuers, payment rails innovators, fintech leaders, and institutional players for high-signal conversations and rooftop networking at Legacy Club in Las Vegas.

A curated gathering for institutional and payments professionals focused on Ethereum, stablecoins, RWAs, and onchain finance. The half-day summit features exclusive Ethereum-focused institutional programming and networking opportunities near the Money 20/20 conference.

A private dinner in Las Vegas for senior risk, fraud, credit compliance, and financial crime leaders hosted by Oscilar, Kaufman Rossin, and SentiLink. The event features candid, off-the-record conversations about the evolving risk and compliance landscape, including discussions on KYC modernization,…

A 45-minute coached fitness bootcamp class designed for fintech founders, operators, and decision-makers attending Money20/20 in Las Vegas. The event includes check-in, a group training session, drinks, and networking with people who build and buy fintech products. All fitness levels are welcome, an…

Join leaders in digital assets, banking, payments and fintech on Money20/20's opening night. This wine tasting reception brings together industry professionals for networking and conversation.

An exclusive breakfast event during Money20/20 Las Vegas hosted by TBW, Utila, DLA Piper and other institutional players. The event features a panel discussion and networking session exploring which infrastructure models will dominate payments in 2035, including custody, liquidity venues, and settle…

A strictly merit-based, community-first event uniting the full financial value chain from banks and treasuries to real-world end users like DAX-listed companies, AI, and e-commerce to actively shape the future of global finance. The event features 400 participants, 20 speakers, and 14 sessions acros…

A casual Tuesday-morning open house hosted by TabaPay during Money20/20 where attendees can meet co-founder and CEO Rodney Robinson, CPO Ahmed Siddiqui, and payments experts. Bring your payments challenges, ideas, or unanswered questions for informal conversation over complimentary coffee and donuts…

Merkle Science Meet Las Vegas brings together crypto compliance leaders, institutional innovators, and fintech executives for high-impact conversations at the intersection of digital assets and mainstream finance. Co-located with Money20/20, the event positions crypto compliance at the center of ins…

Inside Out: Fintech x Crypto brings together regulated financial institutions and crypto builders for an open conversation about how crypto is becoming an established layer of financial infrastructure. The event features speakers discussing stablecoins, tokenized assets, and onchain solutions that a…

An intimate, invite-only seated dinner for executives from crypto teams across traditional finance and crypto-native firms, held during Money2020 and hosted by Alvarez & Marsal's Crypto Unit. The evening is designed for tailored dialogue on converging traditional finance and digital assets, includin…

An F1 sim racing experience for the Solana community featuring competitive racing challenges, food, drinks, and networking opportunities. Participants will compete for the fastest lap while connecting with Solana founders, operators, and builders in a casual setting.

Lugano's annual Bitcoin-focused forum, organised by the City of Lugano and Tether. Covers Bitcoin as legal tender, stablecoin adoption, and Swiss digital finance policy.

A hackathon where teams build software that adapts to what small businesses actually need, rather than relying on expensive industry software or generic tools. Participants must use Stripe Connect, Supabase, and AI, and demos should show how AI adapts the product, how Stripe and Supabase power it, a…

Join Paris builders for a community hackathon where you can create a project with Codex or the OpenAI API. Build online over the weekend and present your project at a demo night in Paris on October 26, with the chance to compete for one of 10 tickets to the official DevDay Exchange.

The institutional crypto, blockchain and Web3 conference connecting Europe and Latin America. MERGE Madrid 2026 brings together more than 3,000 attendees and over 200 international speakers where banks, regulators, fintechs and the digital asset ecosystem converge to shape the future of finance and…

RedStone and TokenizeThis are hosting a cocktail reception in Lisbon on the eve of Meridian for people bringing real-world assets onchain. The evening brings together asset issuers, allocators, and builders working on tokenized funds, treasuries, and credit. Panels cover putting tokenized assets to…

Meridian 2026 is a two-day event focused on insights, connections, and opportunities shaping the future of global finance. The program covers how the Stellar network is used in the real world, with keynotes, panels, fireside chats, technical sessions, and ecosystem showcases. Attendees can expect st…

An intimate VIP dinner held on the opening night of Meridian 2026, hosted by Stellar Development Foundation, Boys Club, and WalletConnect. The evening features a fireside chat with Boys Club co-founder Natasha Hoskins, WalletConnect CEO Jess Houlgrave, and Stellar CMO Jason Karsh. The discussion foc…