20 crypto conferences worth the trip before 2026 ends
Once TOKEN2049 Singapore wraps on October 8, the 2026 conference calendar still has twelve busy weeks left, from Las Vegas and Lugano in October to Mumbai’s first Devcon in November and a run of Gulf events that closes the year in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. These are the 20 we think are worth the flight, picked from the more than 100 events on the Crypto Coin Show calendar.
- October is about payments and Bitcoin: Money20/20 USA, Plan ₿ Forum Lugano, Ripple’s Swell and LABITCONF in Buenos Aires.
- Early November stacks the Ethereum Foundation’s first Devcon in India against Dubai’s finance week and Hong Kong FinTech Week.
- Late November and December swing to London, Singapore, Bangkok and the Gulf, ending with Abu Dhabi Finance Week and GITEX’s new FDX forum in Dubai.
- 20 conferences on our shortlist between October 12 and December 10
- 70,000+ participants cited by the Singapore FinTech Festival, the largest on this list
- 10,000-12,000 attendees expected at Devcon 8 India, the first Devcon held in India
Every date below was checked against the organiser’s own site for our crypto events calendar, where each event has its own page with venue, speakers and ticket links. If you would rather have them in your calendar, you can subscribe to the full list from that page.
October: Bitcoin, payments and Riyadh
TABConf 8, Atlanta, Oct 12-15. The Bitcoin developer conference returns to the Georgia Tech Exhibition Hall with Builder Days, workshops and main-stage sessions. The pick for protocol engineers.
DC Fintech Week, Washington, Oct 13-16. Regulators and policymakers, opening at the World Bank and moving to Amazon HQ2, Milken Institute and FINRA venues.
Money20/20 USA, Las Vegas, Oct 18-21. Informa’s payments show at The Venetian Expo, with 11,000+ senior attendees from 3,400+ companies cited by the organiser. Where stablecoin payments meet the banks.
Plan ₿ Forum, Lugano, Oct 23-24. The fifth edition of the City of Lugano’s Bitcoin conference, with more than 100 speakers at the Palazzo dei Congressi.
FII10, Riyadh, Oct 26-29. Not a crypto event, but the tenth Future Investment Initiative is where sovereign capital and AI money meet, which makes it relevant to anyone raising.
Swell, New York, Oct 27-29. Ripple’s conference merges with the XRP Ledger community’s Apex event for the first time at The Shed in Hudson Yards, with 1,500+ attendees and 80+ sessions expected.
LABITCONF, Buenos Aires, Oct 30-31. The Latin American Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference returns across six stages at Centro Costa Salguero.
Early November: Mumbai’s Ethereum week, Dubai and Hong Kong
India Blockchain Week, Mumbai, Nov 1-2. Hashed Emergent’s fourth edition moves to the Fairmont and opens a week with 90+ side events across the city.
Devcon 8 India, Mumbai, Nov 3-6. The Ethereum Foundation’s annual conference at the Jio World Centre, with ETHIndia running alongside on November 4. If you only attend one developer event this year, make it this one.
Hong Kong FinTech Week, Nov 2-6. InvestHK’s 11th edition, with 45,000+ participants expected and Web3 and RegTech on the agenda.
Dubai FinTech Summit, Nov 2-3. DIFC’s flagship opens Dubai Future Finance Week, followed by the Future Tokenisation Forum on November 5 with the DFSA and VARA.
Mid November: Amsterdam and London
Bitcoin Amsterdam, Nov 5-6. BTC Inc.’s European Bitcoin conference at the Sugar Factory in Halfweg.
Digital Asset Summit London, Nov 10-11. Blockworks’ institutional summit at the London Hilton on Park Lane, focused on stablecoins and tokenization.
Solana Breakpoint, London, Nov 15-17. The Solana Foundation’s flagship comes to the UK for the first time, at Olympia London. Last year’s Abu Dhabi edition drew more than 7,000 attendees.
Late November: Singapore and Bangkok
Singapore FinTech Festival, Nov 18-20. The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s festival at Singapore EXPO, the place to hear central banks on tokenisation.
Binance Blockchain Week, Bangkok, Nov 28-29. Binance’s annual conference returns to Asia at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center under the theme “EVOLVE”.
December: the Gulf closes the year
Blockchain Life, Dubai, Dec 1-2. The 17th edition of the Web3 and mining forum, with 15,000+ attendees expected and a new co-located AI Future Forum.
Proof of Talk Abu Dhabi, Dec 3-4. An application-only gathering capped at 2,000 at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, built for CEOs and allocators.
Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Dec 7-10. ADGM’s fifth edition on Al Maryah Island, with 70+ events and 35,000+ participants expected.
GITEX FDX, Dubai, Dec 8-10. The new Future Digital Assets Forum runs inside GITEX GLOBAL at Expo City Dubai for banks, regulators and startups.
The CCS read. The back half of 2026 shows where the industry’s centre of gravity sits: payments and institutions in the US, developers in India, and capital in the Gulf. Founders raising money should build their calendar around Riyadh, London and Abu Dhabi; builders should pick Devcon and TABConf; and anyone selling to banks should not miss Money20/20 or the Singapore FinTech Festival.
Several 2027 flagships, including ETHDenver and Permissionless, have not announced dates yet. We add events to the Crypto Coin Show calendar as organisers confirm them, and you can browse by topic, region or month.
