Stablecoins, AI, Tokenization, and Digital Payments will take Center Stage as Asia’s Flagship Web3 Conference returns to Tokyo!
WebX 2026 Brings Global Finance, Payments, and Web3 Leaders to Tokyo.
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Asia’s largest Web3 conference is set to return to Tokyo next week with an expanded roster of speakers, sponsors, and programming focused on some of the digital asset industry’s biggest topics.
Taking place July 13–14 at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo, WebX 2026 will bring together leaders from finance, payments, blockchain, and public policy to discuss the continued evolution of stablecoins, tokenization, AI, digital payments, and global regulation.
The newly announced speaker lineup includes executives from Mastercard, Ripple, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton, Ethereum Foundation, Swift, SBI Holdings, Pantera Capital, and Bitmine, highlighting the conference’s growing role as a meeting place for traditional finance and digital assets.
With institutional adoption continuing to accelerate across Asia and Japan advancing its digital asset regulatory framework, WebX 2026 is expected to spotlight many of the trends shaping the next generation of financial infrastructure.
Below is the full press release from WebX 2026.
✍️ Press Release:
WebX 2026 Unveils Expanded Global Speaker and Sponsor Line-up and Programme Highlights Ahead of July Conference
Newly confirmed speakers from leading financial institutions, digital asset firms and global payment networks join discussions on stablecoins, AI, regulation and the future of digital finance in Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan — 30 June 2026 — WebX 2026, Asia’s leading Web3 conference, today announced a new wave of confirmed speakers and sponsors ahead of its return to Tokyo on 13–14 July 2026 at The Prince Park Tower Tokyo.
Building on the success of last year’s edition, which welcomed more than 14,000 attendees from over 90 countries and hosted over 170 side events across Tokyo, WebX 2026 will once again bring together global leaders from finance, technology and policy to explore the future of digital assets and financial innovation.
Programme Highlights
Against a backdrop of accelerating institutional adoption and regulatory changes, the two-day programme will examine the developments shaping the next phase of the digital asset industry, including the rise of stablecoins, AI, tokenisation and evolving regulatory frameworks.
Programme highlights include a Special Keynote by Tom Lee, Chairman of the Board at Bitmine, alongside discussions such as “Asia as a Crypto Powerhouse: Policy, Liquidity and Trust for Robust Growth” and “Stablecoins in Action: Reimagining Retail Payments Across Asia Pacific.” The agenda also features discussions exploring tokenised capital markets, digital asset regulation and AI, through perspectives from global financial institutions, technology companies and policymakers.
These conversations come at a pivotal moment for Japan’s digital asset ecosystem as the country continues to advance its regulatory framework. Recent legislative developments, including proposals to classify crypto assets as financial instruments under the same regulatory framework as traditional securities, have reinforced Japan’s position as one of the world’s most closely watched markets for digital asset innovation.
Expanded Speaker Line-up
Newly confirmed and invited speakers include: Tom Lee, Chairman of the Board at Bitmine; Franklin Bi, General Partner of Pantera Capital; Yoshitaka Kitao, Representative Director, Chairman, President and CEO of SBI Holdings; Giselle Lai, Director of Digital Assets Strategy APAC at Fidelity International; Christian Rau, Senior Vice President of Digital Assets and Blockchain at Mastercard; Carole House, Former White House Advisor and CEO of Penumbra Strategies; Chetan Karkhanis, Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton; Fiona Murray, Vice President and Managing Director APAC at Ripple; David Walsh, Head of Enterprise at Ethereum Foundation, Avalon Ingram, Digital Assets Business Lead at Swift; Sunayana Tuteja, Former Chief Innovation Officer at Federal Reserve System and Takafumi Horie.
They join a growing lineup of experts and visionaries bringing diverse perspectives and bold strategies to shape the future of payments, tokenisation and financial infrastructure.
The Partners Powering WebX
WebX 2026 is supported by a distinguished roster of global partners, with new Title Sponsor Advasa joining Bitbank, bitFlyer, BitLending, eole Inc., SBI Holdings, Simplex and UPCX.
Platinum Sponsors include Canton, Sun Sun House, Fireblocks, Gonka, MetaPlanet and TRON. Their participation underscores WebX’s growing role as a platform where financial institutions, technology companies and infrastructure providers come together to explore the next phase of blockchain adoption and industry collaboration.
“The pace of change across digital assets continues to accelerate, driven by growing institutional participation, advances in payments infrastructure and greater regulatory clarity across key markets,” said Makoto Aoki, Chairman of WebX. “WebX brings together the organisations, policymakers and innovators shaping these developments, creating a forum where ideas can be exchanged, partnerships can be forged and the future of the industry can be discussed.”
The agenda can be found here and the full list of speakers and sponsors here. For more information, visit:
https://webx-asia.com/
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About WebX
WebX 2026 is Asia’s flagship Web3 and blockchain conference, planned and operated by CoinPost, Japan’s largest crypto media outlet. Since its launch, WebX has emerged as a premier platform uniting global leaders across the Web3, crypto assets, and blockchain ecosystem to explore the future of decentralised technologies and digital economies. The 2025 edition attracted over 14,000 attendees, drawing participants from more than 90 countries. Past speakers have included Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Binance CEO Richard Teng, and TRON founder Justin Sun.
WebX 2026 is shaping up to be one of this summer's must-watch industry events, bringing together the people & ideas driving the next chapter of digital finance!
See you there!🙌
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