Token2049 • Singapore 2026
Updated: Oct 8
This October 2026, Singapore will host 25,000 attendees, 500 exhibitors, 300 speakers, and 1,000 side events, drawing the global crypto industry to the city.
TOKEN2049, the largest crypto event in the world, is returning to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on October 7–8, bringing together 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries.
The initial 100 speakers have been announced, featuring Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO of Polymarket; Jeff Yan, CEO of Hyperliquid Labs; Adena Friedman, Chair and CEO of Nasdaq; Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; Eric Trump, Executive Vice President of The Trump Organization; Raoul Pal, Co-Founder and CEO of Real Vision; and Tom Lee, Managing Partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat.
This year’s event will heavily focus on institutional participation, with senior leaders from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, NYSE, CME, and Franklin Templeton expected to attend.
TOKEN2049 will occupy all five floors of Marina Bay Sands, creating a festival-like atmosphere with content, networking, wellness, live experiences, and its renowned hospitality.
TOKEN2049 Singapore is unique because it turns an industry conference into an immersive, city-scale Web3 festival. Its appeal lies not just in the speakers or crypto discussions, but in the atmosphere: Marina Bay Sands becomes a temporary global marketplace where business, technology, luxury hospitality, food, entertainment and networking operate together.
During TOKEN2049 Week, over 1,000 events, including conferences, hackathons, investor gatherings, meetups, and networking receptions, will take place throughout the city. Other significant events in Singapore that week include the Digital Asset Summit Asia, Sui Basecamp, the Network State Conference, the Milken Institute Asia Summit, and the Forbes Global CEO Conference, all set against the backdrop of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.
Alex Fiskum, Co-Founder of TOKEN2049, stated: “As our Dubai event shifts to 2027, our primary focus this year is on Singapore. We’re experiencing significant interest, with over 70% of the exhibition floor already booked. In the coming weeks, we’ll introduce new tracks and formats as we expand the institutional aspect of the program. We eagerly anticipate welcoming everyone back to TOKEN2049 this October for the year’s largest industry gathering.”
The 2026 agenda will also include the second edition of TOKEN2049 Origins, a 36-hour hackathon, and the return of the NEXUS Startup Competition, with registrations and applications for both programs exceeding last year’s numbers and reaching into the thousands. This year’s finalists will be evaluated by top venture capital firms Dragonfly, Multicoin, and Maelstrom.
TOKEN2049 Singapore is unique because it is far more than a cryptocurrency conference: it combines a global Web3 industry summit, a high-energy lifestyle festival, and an enormous citywide networking week in one of the world’s most efficient business destinations.
Day 1
Cardano Foundation Introduces Programmable Token Standard for Compliance in Tokenized Assets
The Cardano Foundation has unveiled a programmable token standard that ensures ledger-enforced compliance for tokenized assets. Certified by CMTA, CIP-0113 allows issuers of stablecoins, funds, and other regulated assets to embed KYC, sanctions, and transfer rules directly into native Cardano tokens.
Gyld Finance Reveals Q4 Plans for Tokenized Corporate Bonds
Gyld Finance is set to launch a corporate bond layer for onchain finance, bringing individual USD corporate bonds onchain for curators, protocols, and asset managers developing fixed-income products. By utilizing individual securities, these teams can tailor issuer exposure, maturities, and portfolio concentration to fit their strategies. The announcement will detail Gyld’s strategy for integrating corporate bonds into onchain portfolios and invite potential partners to explore how these assets can enhance their offerings.
Project Eleven Debuts Strongpoint for Post-Quantum Custody with Zcash Foundation as Partner
Project Eleven is introducing Strongpoint, a crypto-agile key-management infrastructure designed for the post-quantum transition. As networks prepare for this migration, institutions across chains face challenges due to varied migration approaches and timelines. Strongpoint offers a consistent control layer as the underlying cryptography evolves. The Zcash Foundation joins as the first design partner, contributing to the development of its institutional custody architecture for shielded ZEC.
Superstate Brings Comprehensive Onchain Capital Markets Suite to Asia
At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Superstate introduces its onchain capital markets suite to investors, issuers, and asset managers across Asia. The SEC-registered firm offers three main products: FundOS, a turnkey platform for bringing private funds, mutual funds, and ETFs onchain; Opening Bell, which allows public companies to make their shares available on Ethereum and Solana; and its Direct Issuance Program, enabling companies to raise capital onchain without an underwriter. Over $1B is managed onchain by Invesco, Bitwise, Coinbase Asset Management, and Valinor. This follows the SEC's September 17 Innovation Exemption, paving the way for tokenized securities to trade onchain.
CrowdCent and Starkiller Capital Unveil Market-Neutral Stat-Arb Vault; Waitlist Opens at TOKEN2049 Singapore
Starkiller Capital, a quant-driven digital asset manager, is opening pre-deposits for the Crowdcent Fund, a market-neutral statistical arbitrage vault developed through a crowdsourced quant competition. The vault aggregates trading signals from a global community of quantitative researchers via Starkiller's portfolio construction engine, offering investors tokenized, onchain exposure to a diversified market-neutral strategy with a 30% CAGR and a 1.8 Sharpe. Pre-deposits begin at TOKEN2049 Singapore, providing early allocators with priority access before the vault's full launch.
TOKEN2049 Expands to the US, Hosting the World's Largest Crypto Conference in New York
TOKEN2049 is expanding into the US with the launch of TOKEN2049 New York, scheduled for June 16–17, 2027. Expected to attract 15,000 attendees, New York will become TOKEN2049’s third permanent flagship event alongside Singapore and Dubai. The expansion brings the world’s largest crypto conference to a major global financial hub, with the full TOKEN2049 experience extending beyond the two-day conference through TOKEN2049 Week, featuring a citywide program of events and experiences.
Day 2
Moss Launches AI Coin Launchpad with AI Agent as Issuer
Moss is introducing an AI coin launchpad on BNB Chain, where the AI agent acts as the issuer. It autonomously writes its tokenomics, manages its treasury, and operates its community, with every decision documented onchain along with its rationale before execution. Built on FAT Protocol, the open standard for tokenized AI agents, this represents the first issuer that maintains transparency with its holders.
Orca and Loopscale Merge to Develop Capital Markets for AI and Emerging EconomiesOrca and Loopscale have merged, combining Orca’s trading and liquidity infrastructure with Loopscale’s credit and vault infrastructure. The merged entity, named Formation, will be led by Loopscale co-founder Luke Truitt as CEO. Formation aims to provide emerging assets with a pathway from issuance to financing and liquidity, expanding the range of assets and strategies available to capital allocators. The existing Orca and Loopscale protocols will continue to underpin the ORCA and xORCA token network, while Formation develops new unified capabilities across origination, vault strategies, and distribution.
Stacks Founder Muneeb Ali Shares 2030 Vision for STX: Bitcoin Capital Markets, Privacy, and Post-Quantum Bitcoin
At TOKEN2049 Singapore, Stacks founder and Stacks Labs CEO Muneeb Ali outlined his 2030 vision for STX, highlighting three key areas the Satoshi Upgrades will address. The first is Bitcoin capital markets: a native BTC rate through self-custodial Bitcoin staking, followed by self-custodial lending against BTC. The second is privacy: confidential sBTC transfers required by institutions before moving substantial amounts onchain. The third is post-quantum Bitcoin: a quantum-safe layer above Bitcoin to accommodate larger signatures that reduce L1 capacity by approximately tenfold. STX underpins this Bitcoin capital market, with Bitcoin serving as the settlement anchor.
8004scan Rebrands at TOKEN2049 and Partners with Alpharc to Bring AI Agents On Chain
8004scan, the explorer for AI agents on the 8004 standard, is rebranding at TOKEN2049 Singapore with new features such as plain-language search, webhooks, and 8004 skills for coding agents. Developed by AltLayer, it indexes over 550,000 agents across 30 networks. In collaboration with Alpharc, a platform where people and AI agents publish time-stamped market calls and build a track record from real on-chain trades, 8004scan facilitates bringing agents on chain: establishing an identity on 8004, a platform for discovery on 8004scan, and a record earned on Alpharc.
Cardano Foundation Spins Out Veridian as an Independent Digital Identity Company
The Cardano Foundation has spun out Veridian as an independent digital identity company to develop the trust layer for the internet. Veridian shares have been tokenized using the CIP-0113 programmable token standard on Cardano.
“Tokenization: Capital For Humanity” Premieres at TOKEN2049
Entrepreneur and investor Monty C. M. Metzger will debut his new book, Tokenization: Capital for Humanity, at TOKEN2049 Singapore. Monty, Founder and Chairman of Toto Finance, presented the book’s core thesis during his keynote on October 8 at 3:15 PM on the Bit Digital Stage: the next wave of blockchain will extend beyond crypto into real-world assets, commodities, and digital ownership. The book officially launches worldwide on October 10, 2026, at TokenizationBook.com.
On stage, Shayne Coplan (Polymarket), Jeff Yan (Hyperliquid Labs), Adena Friedman (Nasdaq), Balaji Srinivasan, Arthur Hayes, Raoul Pal, and the Winklevoss twins (Gemini) set the agenda for the year ahead. Formula 1 World Champions Lando Norris, Max Verstappen, and Jenson Button also appeared on the OKX Main Stage.
For more information, visit TOKEN2049 Singapore.
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