TOKEN2049 Singapore returns with 25,000 attendees expected

• TOKEN2049 Singapore returns to Marina Bay Sands on October 7-8, 2026, in what organizers bill as the crypto industry's largest gathering of the year.
• The event expects 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries, with senior leaders from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Nasdaq and NYSE among those attending.
• With the Dubai edition postponed to 2027, organizers say more than 70% of the Singapore exhibition floor is already secured.

TOKEN2049 returns to Marina Bay Sands on October 7-8, bringing together 25,000 attendees from over 7,000 companies across 160 countries. 

The conference takes over all five floors of the venue, and organizers describe the result as a festival-scale environment spanning content, networking, wellness and live experiences.

Institutional finance is the stated focus this year. 

Senior leaders from BlackRock, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Nasdaq, NYSE, CME and Franklin Templeton are expected across the event.

The first 100 of 300 speakers have been announced. 

The named group includes Adena Friedman, chair and CEO of Nasdaq; Jenny Johnson, CEO of Franklin Templeton; Shayne Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket; Jeff Yan, CEO of Hyperliquid Labs; 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.

"With our Dubai edition moving to 2027, our full focus this year is on Singapore," said Alex Fiskum, co-founder of TOKEN2049. 

He added that more than 70% of the exhibition floor is already secured, and that new tracks and formats expanding the institutional side of the program will be unveiled in the coming weeks.

The 2026 program features the second edition of TOKEN2049 Origins, a 36-hour hackathon, alongside the return of the NEXUS Startup Competition. 

Registrations and applications across both are running well ahead of last year and number in the thousands, with NEXUS finalists to be judged by venture capital firms Dragonfly, Multicoin and Maelstrom.

Beyond the main conference, more than 1,000 events will fill venues across the city during TOKEN2049 Week - conferences, hackathons, investor gatherings, meetups and networking receptions. 

Other summits landing the same week include Digital Asset Summit Asia, Sui Basecamp, the Network State Conference, the Milken Institute Asia Summit and the Forbes Global CEO Conference, all against the backdrop of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.