Singapore Blockchain Week (SBW) returns from 13–17 November 2026, brought together a coalition of regulators, financial institutions, sovereign entities, family offices, founders, investors, enterprises, and ecosystem builders to shape the next phase of the new economy.
Featuring an stellar line up of thought leaders and industry speakers including H.E. Justin Sun – Founder of TRON; Hang Jia – Executive Chairman of DCS Group (Diners Club Singapore); Jose Fernandez da Ponte – President, Stellar Development Foundation; Shun Ishikawa : Co-Founder of Startale Group; Matthew Dawson – Co-founder of Ethereum Institutional; Wee Siang Lee – Executive Director of Paxos; Rahul Bhargava – Senior Financial Sector Consultant of World Bank and Interim Chief Operating Officer of Contour Network. ; Nischint Sanghavi – Head of Digital Currencies, Asia Pacific of VISA; Jasoria Advait – Vice President of Kinexys by J.P. Morgan, Albina Gaisina – Blockchain and Digital Innovation Analyst of United Nations Development Programme, Stéphanie Cabossioras – Chief Strategy & Global Policy Officer of Société Générale-Forge, Inmooo Hwang, CEO – ADDX, Kevin Kang – Co-Founder of Reap, Annabelle Huang – Co-founder and CEO, Altius Labs and Venture Partner of Amber Group, Tushar Gulhane – VP of Treasury & Payments of SAP and Wenny Ow – APAC Lead of IBM.
A Cross-Border Platform for the Next Financial and Digital Era
SBW 2026 is uniquely positioned as the world’s first cross-border blockchain week, connecting Singapore and Malaysia’s Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone (JS-SEZ) to accelerate innovation, investment and technology collaboration across Southeast Asia, with support from partners including Singapore Global Network – Economic Development Board, Singapore Tourism Board, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation, Iskandar Regional Development Authority and Johor Corporation, etc.
SBW 2026 will spotlight the convergence of emerging technologies and financial systems through the following:
- November 13 (Friday): Special Economic Zone Immersion
- November 14 (Saturday): Tech-Enable Sports
- November 15 (Sunday): Learnathon
- November 16 (Monday): Inner Circle
- November 17 (Tuesday): Institution Summit
Commenting on the event, Sebastian Zilliacus – Chair of Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 Advisory Committee said, “When leaders from Visa, J.P. Morgan, Sony, SAP, the United Nations Development Programme and the world’s leading blockchain foundations choose to gather in the same week, it signals how far this industry has come. Our role is to make sure that the week produces more than headlines. We want Singapore Blockchain Week to be where traditional finance and emerging technology stop talking past each other and start building together.”
Raymond Ngan – Managing Director of Singapore Innovation Centre, which manages the intellectual property of Singapore Blockchain Week, commented: “Singapore Blockchain Week serves as a strategic platform to connect institutions, enterprises, investors and technology innovators in shaping the future of the digital economy. With Singapore as a regional gateway and the Johor–Singapore Special Economic Zone creating new opportunities for cross-border collaboration, we aim to strengthen Singapore and Southeast Asia’s position in the global digital economy, particularly as Singapore prepares to assume the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2027.”
Singapore Blockchain Week serves as a strategic platform for advancing the convergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Real World Asset (RWA) and Venture Capital (VC) and positioning Singapore and the wider ASEAN region at the forefront of global digital transformation.
The South East Asia gateway aims to foster meaningful dialogue, institutional adoption, and cross-border partnerships through a week of conferences, summits, roundtables, exhibitions, networking sessions, and ecosystem activations. These themes reflect growing institutional interest in blockchain-powered infrastructure and the convergence of traditional and emerging technologies.
Experience the Future of Digital Economy
SBW 2026 aims to serve as a high-level convening point for both public and private sector leaders to explore regulatory frameworks, investment opportunities, and technological innovation shaping the next generation of financial systems.
The organiser brings practical experience in bringing Web3 innovation to real-world applications, including agentic commerce and ticketing, Web3-powered human-layer running experiences, and stablecoin payments for merchandise. These initiatives demonstrate how blockchain can move beyond theory into tangible use cases that connect businesses, institutions and communities.
“Supply chains cannot unlock optimal velocity or liberate trapped working capital while trade finance remains paper-bound and disconnected from modern settlements. As the first global, multilateral trade finance platform on blockchain, Contour has been processing live commercial Letters of Credit digitally since 2021. We are bridging this divide and actively addressing the $2.5 trillion trade finance gap through AI-assisted operations, pre-validation against Infocomm Media Development Authority’s TradeTrust and Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) standards, and flexible multi-rail settlements, delivered through an accessible, open-utility model. From Contour and XDC Network’s home base in Singapore, the Inner Circle Roundtable and Singapore Blockchain Week offer the ideal stage to review with global industry experts how a convergent and streamlined digital trade-to-settlement experience can help unlock supply chain velocity at scale.” said Rahul Bhargava – Senior Financial Sector Consultant of World Bank and Interim Chief Operating Officer of Contour Network.
Kiran Mistry – Regional Head of Financial Services of Asia Pacific, Japan & China, SAP who co-hosted the Inner Circle Round Table Segment of Singapore Blockchain Week 2026, added, “For the digital economy to truly scale, emerging technologies like blockchain and real-world assets must seamlessly connect with the enterprise backbone. At SAP, we believe the next era of financial innovation is about interoperability, bridging decentralized finance with core enterprise systems to deliver real-time treasury visibility, secure cross-border settlements, and tangible business value for institutions .”
Through curated programming and cross-border engagement, the event is designed to strengthen collaboration between traditional finance and emerging decentralized ecosystems, while supporting responsible innovation across the region.
