October 6, 2026 | Pullman Singapore, hill Street
GLOBAL ONCHAIN
SUMMIT
SINGAPORE 2026
A curated summit for founders, investors and policymakers building the future of finance onchain.
Who’s in the Room
A carefully curated room of founders, institutional leaders, investors, policymakers, and executives shaping the future of onchain finance.
AUDIENCE BY PROFILE
9 role categories · Senior leaders shaping the onchain future
- Founders / CEOs 26%
- C-Level / Executives 18%
- BD / Partnerships 17%
- Directors / Senior Managers 13%
- Engineering / Product 9%
- Investors / VC / Trading 8%
- Marketing / Community 4%
- KOLs & Creators 3%
- Policy / Legal / Compliance 2%
What They’re Building
Every layer of onchain finance, in one place.
THE ROOM IS CURATED. THE OPPORTUNITY IS LIMITED.
Meet senior decision-makers, builders, investors, and leaders from across the onchain ecosystem.
Our Speakers
Meet our speakers for Global Onchain Summit 2026. More industry leaders will be announced soon.
Arthur Hayes
Maelstrom
Chief Investment Officer
Chetan Karkhanis
Franklin Templeton
Senior Vice President
Arush Sehgal
Alpaca
Head of Digital Assets
Andy Ross
Kalshi
Head of Institutional
Nick See Tong
Coinbase
APAC Head, Base
Michal Pospieszalski
American Fortress
CEO
Zahid Mustafa
State Street
Head of Digital Custody and Cash, Product Development
Jia Hang
DCS Group
Executive Chairman
Steven Hu
OCBC
Head of Digital Assets, Global Markets
Andrey Fedorov
STON.fi Dev
CMO & CBDO
Avalon Ingram
Swift
Digital Assets Business Lead
Vasily S.
SwapSpace
CBDO
Andrew O' Neil
S&P Global
CFAMD, Analytics Lead of Digital Assets
Doni Shamsuddin
BNY Investments
Head of APAC Distribution
Justin Kugel
WFLI
Head of Business Development
Leonard Hoh
Bitstamp by Robinhood
President
Leroy Lin
Galaxy Digital
Co-Head of APAC Sales
Bhaumik Kotecha
Paxos Labs
Co-Founder
Yoann Turpin
Wintermute
Co-Founder
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Architects of the new financial system. No shillers, just builders and allocators.
Summit
At A
Glance
The intersection of traditional finance and blockchain is no longer theoretical. It requires a new kind of dialogue.
Onchain as a system
Global Onchain Summit connects DeFi, stablecoins, perps, treasuries, RWA, infrastructure and exchanges into one coherent picture. You see how protocols, products and rails fit together rather than as isolated verticals.
Capital and liquidity in the room
The summit brings together funds, treasuries, family offices and market makers who are actively exploring where to deploy risk in onchain finance. Conversations are built around real mandates, liquidity needs and market structure.
Regulation, risk and compliance
Policy, legal and compliance leaders are part of the dialogue from the start, not as an afterthought. Sessions focus on how onchain products are designed, monitored and governed in ways that can stand up to regulatory scrutiny.
Proven playbooks
Instead of generic hype, the program leans on case studies and deep dives from teams already shipping onchain and managing real volume. You hear what worked, what broke and what needs to be rebuilt for the next cycle.
KOL & MEDIA
Partnering with the voices shaping the narrative.
Gold Partners
Strategic Partners
Podcast
Voice of Web3: Raw Conversations, Real Builders
Deep dives with the people actually shipping in crypto, DeFi and blockchain. No fluff, just sharp insights you can use, in less than an hour.
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Become a PartnerThe Overview
Onchain narrative is moving from experimentation to market structure. DeFi primitives, stablecoins, perpetuals, tokenized treasuries and RWAs are converging with exchanges, infrastructure and compliance rails. Institutions, funds and treasuries are no longer just "observing crypto"; they are actively exploring how to run liquidity, risk and settlement natively onchain, alongside a new generation of builders obsessed with UX, security and regulation-aware design.
The Global Onchain Summit – Singapore 2026 will create a first-of-its-kind convergence between DeFi and perps protocols, stablecoin issuers, exchanges, infra teams, institutional investors, corporate and protocol treasuries, RWA platforms, policymakers and legal or compliance leaders. The summit is designed for curated, serious conversations around market structure, liquidity design, risk frameworks and user adoption, supported by keynotes, panels, fireside chats and investor meetups.
The goal is to spotlight the opportunities, constraints, architectures and best practices of building and funding onchain projects, from protocol-level design to regulatory readiness, and to foster partnerships that connect deep technical talent, active capital and forward-looking policy.
Explore by Interest
Tokenization & RWA Projects
Issuers, platforms, and protocols bringing real-world assets onchain. Focused on regulatory alignment, liquidity design, structured distribution, and institutional-grade adoption across private and public markets.
Blockchain Infrastructure
Layer 1 and Layer 2 networks, custody providers, rollups, analytics platforms, oracle systems, and security solutions building scalable and compliant foundations for onchain applications and capital markets.
HNIs & Family Businesses
High-net-worth individuals and family enterprises exploring digital asset allocation, treasury diversification, tokenized exposure, and long-term capital positioning within the evolving onchain economy.
Crypto Wall Street
Trading firms, digital asset treasuries, stablecoin issuers, and public crypto companies shaping structured products, liquidity depth, and institutional participation in global onchain finance.
Summit day at a glance
REGISTRATION & EXECUTIVE NETWORKING
- Arrival, refreshments and networking among institutional investors, financial institutions, digital asset leaders and Web3 innovators.
OPENING REMARKS
WELCOME TO THE GLOBAL ONCHAIN SUMMIT 2026
- Setting the stage for a day exploring institutional adoption, tokenization, stablecoins, DeFi infrastructure and the next phase of onchain finance.
THE STABLECOIN CENTURY: WHY THE FUTURE OF MONEY IS ALREADY HERE
- How stablecoins are moving beyond crypto to become a new layer for global payments, settlement and digital money, and why the next era of finance could be built around them.
WALL STREET GOES ONCHAIN
Franklin Templeton × State Street × OCBC
- How traditional financial institutions are moving beyond experimentation and building real onchain capabilities across assets, custody, settlement and investment products.
CRYPTO GOES INSTITUTIONAL, BUT WHO POWERS THE INFRASTRUCTURE?
- Exploring the infrastructure powering institutional crypto adoption, from liquidity and execution to settlement, trading and seamless access to digital assets.
WHERE’S THE GLOBAL CAPITAL HEADING NOW?
Arthur Hayes, Maelstrom
- A macro view of global liquidity, institutional capital and crypto markets, examining where capital is moving and what could drive the next major shift in digital assets.
TOKENIZED STOCKS: THE NEW INSTITUTIONAL FRONTIER?
S&P Global × Nasdaq × Ondo Finance
- Exploring the rise of tokenized equities and what it takes to bring traditional securities onchain, from infrastructure and liquidity to institutional participation.
COFFEE, SNACKS & NETWORKING
PREDICTION MARKETS: THE INSTITUTIONAL OPPORTUNITY
Andy Ross, Head of Institutional, Kalshi × Robinhood
- A look at the rapid evolution of prediction markets, their growing institutional relevance and how platforms are positioning them within the broader financial ecosystem.
THE NEXT DEFI INFRASTRUCTURE: WHAT IS STILL MISSING IN THE FRAGMENTED MARKET?
- Exploring the gaps in today’s DeFi infrastructure and what needs to evolve across liquidity, interoperability, execution and market access to create a more connected onchain trading ecosystem.
AGENTIC PAYMENTS: THE NEXT FINANCIAL RAIL?
Base × Wintermute × Galaxy Digital
- Exploring how AI agents could transact, pay and manage liquidity autonomously, and the onchain infrastructure needed to power machine to machine finance.
TRANSITION
Awards Stage Preparation
GLOBAL ONCHAIN AWARDS 2026
Celebrating the companies, leaders and innovators shaping the next generation of onchain finance and digital assets.
Why Global
Onchain Summit
Cutting Edge Onchain Content
Explore a curated agenda that goes deep into DeFi, stablecoins, perps, treasuries, RWA, infra and exchanges with people actually shipping in these areas.
Real World Playbooks
Learn from teams that already run real users and real volume onchain. Hear what worked, what broke and what they would rebuild differently.
Strategic Networking
Meet founders, operators, quants, traders, infra teams and policy leaders in a focused environment that is designed for serious conversations, not noise.
Global Perspective
Understand how onchain finance is evolving across different regions, regulatory regimes and market structures, and what that means for your roadmap.
Underwritable Deal Flow
Discover builders working on DeFi, perps, RWA, stablecoins, exchanges and tooling with clear traction, onchain metrics and a credible path to scale.
Market Intelligence
Gain insight into liquidity flows, fee dynamics, stablecoin adoption, treasury behavior and where capital is rotating across the onchain stack.
Structured Access To Builders
Use curated sessions and introductions to build relationships with founders, protocol teams and exchanges for co investments, listings and market making.
Influence And Impact
Shape how onchain markets, incentives and governance evolve by being part of the core discussions rather than watching them play out from the sidelines.
Connect With The Onchain Stack
Meet the protocols, infra providers, custodians, data platforms and compliance tools that can plug into your existing financial and product rails.
Exclusive Working Sessions
Join smaller rooms with speakers and peers to stress test concrete use cases like onchain treasuries, tokenized products, payments and risk monitoring.
Insights From Market Leaders
Hear from exchanges, stablecoin issuers, funds and RWA platforms that have already navigated regulation, security reviews and operational scale.
Stay Ahead Of The Curve
Understand what onchain adoption means for your business before it becomes a competitive or regulatory requirement and leave with clear next steps.
At The Center Of Onchain Finance
Position your brand in front of high intent builders, exchanges, funds, infra teams and policy leaders who influence integrations, listings and tooling choices.
Thought Leadership Platforms
Use panels, keynotes, workshops and interviews to establish your team as a reference point for onchain finance in your category.
High Intent Visibility
Reach a concentrated audience of decision makers rather than a broad generic crowd and tie your presence to specific themes like DeFi, infra or RWA.
Pipeline And Partnerships
Turn the summit into a business development engine through integrations, pilots, liquidity programs, co branded reports and long term ecosystem partnerships.
F.A.Q.
Everything you need to know about logistics, passes, and partnerships.
Global Onchain Summit is a full day, curated event in Singapore that brings together founders, investors, exchanges, infra teams, treasuries and policymakers who are building and funding the next generation of onchain finance. The focus is on real products, real volume and real regulation, not just narratives.
This summit is designed for: Founders and product teams working on DeFi, stablecoins, perps, RWA, wallets, exchanges or infra; Investors, crypto funds, family offices and treasuries allocating to onchain strategies; Policy, legal and compliance leaders who work with onchain products and markets; and Infrastructure, data and tooling teams that provide the pipes for onchain finance. If you sit at the intersection of finance, crypto and regulation, this room is for you.
Key themes include: DeFi protocols and liquidity design; Stablecoins, payments and settlement; Perpetuals and onchain derivatives; Centralised and decentralised exchanges; Infrastructure and data layers that make onchain markets work; Corporate and protocol treasuries using onchain rails; Real world assets and tokenized products; and Compliance, surveillance, risk and regulatory readiness for onchain finance.
The summit is curated to keep conversations focused and valuable. Attendance is based on an application and review process. You can request an invite by filling out the Request an Invite form on the site. The team will review your details and confirm your spot by email.
No. The event is free for approved attendees. Attendance is by application only to ensure a high-quality, curated audience of builders, allocators and key ecosystem players.
Global Onchain Summit will be held in Singapore in 2026. The exact date and venue will be announced soon and shared with approved attendees, partners and subscribers to the event updates.
Select sessions may be recorded and published later as talks, highlights or written coverage. Live streaming, if available, will be announced closer to the event. The priority is to keep the room candid, so some discussions may be off the record.
Yes. If you are building or deploying meaningful onchain finance use cases and want to speak, you can use the Apply to Speak or Contact option on the site. Share your topic, angle and background. The program team will review proposals and reach out if there is a fit.
If you are an exchange, protocol, infra provider, fund, RWA platform, data or tooling company and want to partner, use the Become a Partner CTA. A short form will collect your details and the partnerships team will follow up with packages and options.
Contact Us
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