Event Overview
India Blockchain Week (IBW) 2026, the flagship blockchain and Web3 gathering in India, will be held on November 1‑2, 2026 at the Fairmont Mumbai. The conference is organized by Hashed Emergent, the venture‑capital arm of Hashed, and is supported by a slate of sponsors.
Key Sponsors and Partners
The event returns with Binance as Title Sponsor and CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, and BINGOLD as Platinum Sponsors. Additional ecosystem partners include Bybit, Tangem, Mudrex, Saber Money, and Aztec Network.
Speaker Line‑up
Prominent speakers confirmed include:
- 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
- Zachary Williamson, Co‑founder, Aztec Network
Program Highlights
The two‑day programme will feature keynote addresses, panel discussions, and fireside chats covering blockchain infrastructure, decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenisation, artificial intelligence, and real‑world applications. Notable 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?” – exploring new asset‑ownership models.
- “Banking the Non‑Human Client: AI × Payments” – examining how AI agents could reshape payments and financial services.
Future Asset Forum (Nov 2)
A new Future Asset Forum will be hosted on the main stage on November 2. Curated by Hashed Emergent, the forum will bring AI founders, owners of sports, entertainment and cultural assets, and investors together to discuss tokenisation as an ownership layer for emerging asset classes. Access is included for all IBW 2026 pass holders; no separate registration is required.
Institutional Forum
A closed‑door IBW Institutional Forum will convene approximately 120 senior leaders from regulatory bodies (RBI, SEBI, IFSCA, NPCI), Tier‑1 law firms, banks, financial institutions, and the digital‑asset ecosystem. The forum will focus on institutional blockchain adoption, tokenisation, central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), regulatory developments, digital‑asset infrastructure, custody and settlement, and pathways to scaled institutional adoption.
Quote from Binance
SB Seker, Head of APAC at Binance, stated that “the conversation around blockchain in India is maturing. Stakeholders are moving from ‘if’ to ‘how’ – asking about supervision, settlement, accountability… Globally, traditional finance and DeFi are converging. At Binance, we’re building a financial super‑app for that convergence – one platform where institutional and retail users can trade, invest, and access wealth‑management tools… That’s why we’re back as Title Sponsor for the second year.”
Past Attendance and Registration
The previous edition of IBW attracted more than 3,500 attendees. Registrations for the 2026 edition are open at indiablockchainweek.com.
Contact
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