Event Overview

India Blockchain Week (IBW) 2026, the flagship blockchain and Web3 gathering in India, is scheduled for 1‑2 November 2026 at the Fairmont Mumbai. The conference is organized by Hashed Emergent, the venture‑capital arm of Hashed, and will feature a two‑day programme of keynote addresses, panel discussions and fireside chats covering blockchain infrastructure, decentralised finance, tokenisation, artificial intelligence and real‑world applications.

Sponsorship

Binance returns as Title Sponsor for the second consecutive year. Platinum sponsorship is provided by CoinDCX, CoinSwitch and BINGOLD, underscoring strong industry backing.

Key Speakers and Participants

The speaker roster includes Kaustubh Dhavse (Chief Advisor to the Chief Minister of Maharashtra), Maninder Cheema (Executive Director, SEBI), Dr. Dipesh Shah (Executive Director, IFSCA), SB Seker (Head of APAC, Binance), Sumit Gupta (Co‑founder, CoinDCX), Ashish Singhal (Co‑founder, CoinSwitch and Lemonn), Sean Ballard (Head of Derivatives and Institutional Business, Bybit), Claire McCafferty (Head of APAC, Tangem), Edul Patel (Co‑founder and CEO, Mudrex and Saber Money) and Zachary Williamson (Co‑founder, Aztec Network). SB Seker highlighted that the blockchain conversation in India is shifting from “if” to “how”, emphasizing supervision, settlement and accountability as the next focus.

Programme Highlights

Key sessions include:

  • From Policy to Production: What’s Live in India – a review of live blockchain deployments across Indian financial institutions.
  • Fractional Ownership, Real‑World Value: Can Tokenisation Change How Retail Investors Invest? – exploration of new asset‑ownership models.
  • Banking the Non‑Human Client: AI × Payments – discussion on how AI agents could transform payments and financial services.

Future Asset Forum (Nov 2)

A new addition for 2026, the Future Asset Forum will convene AI founders, owners of sports, entertainment and cultural assets, and investors to examine tokenisation as an ownership layer linking emerging asset classes. The forum is open to all IBW 2026 pass holders without separate registration.

Institutional Forum

A closed‑door IBW Institutional Forum will bring approximately 120 senior leaders from regulatory bodies (IFSCA, RBI, SEBI, NPCI), Tier‑1 law firms, banks, financial institutions and the digital‑asset ecosystem. Topics will include institutional blockchain adoption, tokenisation, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), regulatory developments, digital‑asset infrastructure, custody, settlement, real‑world asset markets and pathways to scaled institutional adoption.

Attendance History and Registration

The previous edition attracted more than 3,500 attendees. Registrations for IBW 2026 are open at indiablockchainweek.com, with further event details available on the site.

Contact

For editorial, creator and media queries, contact ibw2026‑pr@brandarcadvisors.com.

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