Korea Blockchain Week 2026 (KBW2026), the premier Web3 conference in Asia, returns to Seoul from September 30 – October 1, bringing together industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and institutional investors to explore the latest innovations in blockchain, AI, and digital asset regulation.
At the heart of the week is the flagship two-day conference, featuring leaders across blockchain, crypto, AI, and emerging technologies. KBW extends beyond the main stage through a curated program of side events, private meetings, and exclusive experiences across the city—enabling high-value connections across the global crypto community.
Speakers include:
- Balaji Srinivasan, Founder, Investor, Author, The Network State
- Arthur Hayes, CIO, Maelstrom
- Tom Lee, Chairman, BitMine
- Kyoungsuk Oh, CEO, Upbit
- Jeff Yan, CEO, Hyperliquid Labs
- Bo Hines, CEO, Tether USA₮
- Harry Jung, Deputy Director, The White House
- Johann Kerbrat, SVP & GM of Crypto, Robinhood
- Caroline Pham, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, MoonPay
- Monica Long, President, Ripple
- Joseph Chalom, CEO, Sharplink
- Christine Moy, Head of Digital Assets, Apollo
- Yuval Rooz, Co-Founder and CEO, Digital Asset | Canton
- Zach Witkoff, CEO, World Liberty Financial
- Keone Hon, Co-Founder & GM, Monad Foundation
- Austin Federa, Co-Founder, DoubleZero
- Henri Stern, Co-Founder and CEO, Privy
- David Wachsman, CEO and Founder, Wachsman
- Frank Chaparro, Head of Content, GSR
- Tom Schmidt, General Partner, Dragonfly
- Ella Zhang, Managing Partner, Head of Yzi Labs, YZi Labs
- Zaheer Ebtikar, CSO, Plasma
- Carole House, CEO (Former White House Special Advisor), Penumbra Strategies
- Hong Kim, CTO, Bitwise
- Se Yong Park, Co-Founder, Fomo
- Caroline Friedman, COO/Founding Member, Bastion
- Amanda Tuminelli, Executive Director & CLO, DeFi Education Fund
- Samantha Bohbot, Partner and Chief Growth Officer, RockawayX
- Josh Lim, Global Head of Markets, FalconX
- Guy Wuollet, General Partner, a16z crypto
- Ambre Soubiran, CEO, Kaiko
- Michael Lau, Chairman of Consensus | SVP, Group Head of Business Development, Bullish
- Miller Whitehouse-Levine, Founder and CEO, Solana Policy Institute
- Alex Cutler, Co-Founder and CEO, Dromos Labs
- Armani Ferrante, Co-Founder and CEO, Backpack
- Omer Goldberg, Founder & CEO, Chaos Labs
- Kaledora Kiernan-Linn, Co-Founder & CEO, Ostium
- Patrick Wilson, General Counsel, Solana Policy Institute
- Jacquelyn Melinek, Founder/CEO, StrataMedia (Token Relations)
- Eleanor Terrett, Founder, Co-Host, Crypto in America
- Gerald Gallagher, Founder & Co-Host, Crypto in America
- Jason Gottlieb, Partner & Chair, Digital Assets; Chair, White Collar and Regulatory Enforcement, Morrison Cohen LLP
- Haonan Li, Co-Founder and CEO, Codex
- Akshat Vaidya, Co-Founder / Managing Partner, Maelstrom
- Steve Lee, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Neoclassic Capital
- Justin Waldron, Founder and CEO, play.fun
- Lorenzo Romagnoli, Co-Founder, USDT0
- Sylvia To, Vice President, Bullish Capital Management
- Catrina Wang, General Partner, Portal Ventures
- Annabelle Huang, CEO & Co-Founder, Altius
- Camila Russo, CEO, The Defiant
- Katie Talati, Director of Research, Arca
- Joe Bruzzesi, General Partner, Raptor Digital
- Augustus Ilag, Investment Partner & Head of Asia at CMT Digital, CMT Digital
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