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Arthur Hayes pitches FLOP as an AI agent chain, testnet due late October

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AI NewsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 7, 2026·3 min read

Arthur Hayes used a keynote at TOKEN2049 Singapore on Wednesday, October 7, to pitch FLOP, a planned layer-1 blockchain where AI agents pay for compute and memory in the FLOP token. The BitMEX co-founder, now CEO of Flop Labs, put the testnet start in late October, with mainnet planned for the first quarter of 2027.

  • FLOP is a proposed chain for AI agents, secured by a model Flop Labs calls Proof of Useful Inference.
  • The full genesis supply of about 2.48 billion FLOP is slated for an airdrop in Q4 2026, before the chain exists.
  • A roughly 90-day testnet starts in late October; mainnet is planned for Q1 2027.

Hayes first announced Flop Labs on X in August, saying he was coming out of retirement to lead it, and the keynote was the project’s first big public stage. The session, billed as FLOP being bigger than Bitcoin, argued that AI agents lack a native currency and that cheap surplus compute left over from an AI spending bust would only make agents more capable, according to ChainCatcher’s account of the talk.

How the chain is supposed to work

In FLOP’s design, agents pay the token for inference and memory, miners supply GPU power, and validators check the work. The project’s September yellow paper sets one-second blocks and block rewards split 75% to miners, 10% to validators, 10% to agents and 5% to stakers. Rewards start at 96 FLOP per block and halve every 730 days until they reach a permanent floor of 3 FLOP.

Flop Labs calls it a fully fair launch, with no presale and no venture investors. Hayes is reported to be funding the team himself.

Open questions

The airdrop is planned before the network launches, and Flop Labs has not said which chain will host the token in the meantime. Airdrop rules and a snapshot date have not been published; the project website says following its X account counts toward eligibility. Coverage has also noted that no security audit has been announced and that documentation is still thin.

Hayes pleaded guilty in 2022 to a Bank Secrecy Act violation tied to BitMEX and was pardoned in 2025, a history critics have raised alongside his record of promoting tokens he trades.

The CCS read. FLOP sits where two of this cycle’s strongest narratives meet, AI agents and decentralized compute, and Hayes has one of the largest audiences in crypto to sell it to. That is exactly why it deserves scrutiny. An airdrop of the entire supply before a working network means the token will trade on story, not usage, for months. The testnet is the first real evidence: whether agents and GPU providers actually show up will tell investors more than any keynote.

Watch for the testnet launch in late October, published airdrop eligibility rules, and any third-party audit. More from the event: BitMine’s 5% ETH hard cap and TOKEN2049’s first US edition in New York.

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Polymarket CEO hints at an on-chain asset but announces no token

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DeFiCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 7, 2026·3 min read

Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan used the opening fireside chat at TOKEN2049 Singapore on Wednesday, October 7, to hint that the prediction market is exploring an on-chain asset tied to its economy. He announced no token: there was no ticker, launch date, contract address or distribution plan.

  • Coplan described an on-chain asset linked to Polymarket’s economy, according to reports of the session.
  • No POLY launch, airdrop date or token design was announced on stage.
  • Polymarket has teased a token since October 2025 and filed POLY trademarks in February 2026.

Coplan shared the stage with Balaji Srinivasan for the conference’s opening session. According to a Crypto Times recap of Day 1, he talked about an asset tied to Polymarket’s activity but gave none of the details a launch would need. The most detailed account of his remarks, which describes an asset with programmatic utility, comes from a Chinese-language relay of the session rather than an official transcript, so the exact framing remains unconfirmed.

A tease that has been building for a year

Coplan first posted a cryptic “$POLY” on X in October 2025. Later that month, chief marketing officer Matthew Modabber said there would be a token and an airdrop, after the company’s US app launched, The Block reported. In February 2026, Polymarket’s parent company filed intent-to-use trademark applications for POLY and $POLY with the US Patent and Trademark Office.

In the days before TOKEN2049, Coplan replied to a post comparing Polymarket’s weekend revenue with Hyperliquid’s, saying he would have something to say at the conference, which revived speculation about a launch.

Coplan contrasted Polymarket with token speculation

In the same session Coplan drew a line between prediction markets and memecoin-style trading. “On Polymarket, if you’re trading these markets, there’s no exponential upside,” he said, as reported by Cointelegraph, describing the chase for 100x tokens as irrational exuberance.

Where Polymarket stands

Polymarket bought CFTC-licensed exchange QCEX in July 2025 and reopened to US users through an iOS app in May 2026. Intercontinental Exchange, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, has invested $1.6 billion in the company across two rounds. Polymarket recorded about $1.21 billion of prediction volume over the past seven days, against roughly $2.3 billion at rival Kalshi, according to Cointelegraph. A US House inquiry into insider trading on Kalshi and Polymarket, opened in May, widened in late September.

The CCS read. A Polymarket token would be one of the most closely watched launches of the cycle, because it would test whether a regulated, ICE-backed US venue can also run a crypto-native token economy. That tension is probably why the company keeps hinting rather than shipping: anything that looks like equity-like value capture for US users invites securities questions, and the House inquiry adds scrutiny. Until there is a ticker, a contract and a distribution plan, this is a signal of intent, not a product.

Watch for an official post from Polymarket or Coplan with token details, and for any change in prediction-market odds on a 2026 launch. More from the event: BitMine’s 5% ETH hard cap and TOKEN2049’s first US edition in New York.

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BitMine sets hard 5% cap on ETH buying, says it is done raising capital

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EthereumCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 7, 2026·3 min read

BitMine Immersion Technologies will stop buying ether once it owns 5% of the supply, chairman Tom Lee told the TOKEN2049 Singapore main stage on Wednesday, October 7. The company is roughly 100,000 ETH away from that line, which means the largest corporate buyer of ETH is about to step back from the market.

  • BitMine held 6,016,414 ETH as of October 4, about 4.9% of the 122.1 million ETH supply.
  • Lee called 5% a hard cap and said BitMine is done raising capital to buy ETH.
  • After the cap, BitMine plans to keep staking and sell staking rewards to stay at 5%.

Lee made the comments during his morning session on the OKX Main Stage, where he argued that the crypto market is moving from a recovery into a full bull market. Asked what happens when BitMine reaches its target, he was unambiguous: “That’s a hard cap,” he said, according to Cointelegraph. BitMine furnished the presentation deck, video and transcript of the talk to investors the same day.

BitMine is 99% of the way to its target

The company’s October 5 holdings update put its treasury at 6,016,414 ETH, worth about $16.4 billion at $2,726 per ETH, with total crypto, cash and securities of $17.4 billion. Of that ETH, 5,067,309 tokens are staked through MAVAN, BitMine’s validator network. The release described the company as 99% of the way to its 5% goal.

Lee said on stage that BitMine needs only about another 100,000 ETH to get there. BitMine began its ETH treasury on June 30, 2025 and has bought every week since; CCS reported on October 5 that its latest weekly purchase was its smallest since August.

What changes after 5%

Once the cap is reached, BitMine says it will stop buying ETH and stop raising capital for that purpose. It will keep its staked position running, and sell the staking rewards it earns so the treasury does not drift above 5% of supply. Coverage of the plan puts projected annual staking revenue at around $363 million.

BitMine has not said whether it will use buybacks or change MAVAN’s role once purchases end, and the company gave no date for hitting the cap.

Markets read it as the loss of a steady buyer

CoinDesk reported that ether fell about 5% over 24 hours to its weakest level since September 20, and that BitMine shares (BMNR) dropped 5.72%. The selling also lined up with a broader bond market selloff, so not all of the move can be pinned on Lee’s comments.

The CCS read. For more than a year, BitMine’s weekly purchases have been one of the most reliable sources of spot demand for ETH, and a big part of the treasury-company story that pulled public-market money into Ethereum. A hard cap turns BitMine from a buyer into a holder that sells its staking yield, which is a cleaner business model but a weaker bid. The question for ETH now is whether ETF flows and other treasuries can absorb the supply that BitMine was quietly taking off the market every week.

Watch BitMine’s next weekly holdings releases to see how quickly it closes the last 100,000 ETH, and whether it details how it will sell staking rewards. More from the event: the TOKEN2049 Singapore talks worth your seat and TOKEN2049’s first US edition in New York.

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TOKEN2049 sets first US edition for New York, June 16-17, 2027

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EventsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 7, 2026·3 min read

TOKEN2049 is coming to the United States. The organiser announced on Wednesday, October 7, from the stage of TOKEN2049 Singapore that its first US edition will run in New York on June 16 and 17, 2027, with about 15,000 attendees expected and a citywide TOKEN2049 Week around it.

  • TOKEN2049 New York runs June 16-17, 2027; tickets are on sale now at US$599.
  • New York becomes the series’ third flagship, a permanent annual stop alongside Singapore and Dubai.
  • No venue or speakers have been named yet; a citywide TOKEN2049 Week of side events is planned.

The organiser confirmed the dates in an official release published during the opening day of TOKEN2049 Singapore, shortly before Eric Trump and Zach Witkoff took the main stage. Co-founder Alex Fiskum said attendees and partners had been pushing for a US edition and that the team had been waiting for the right timing and city. “Bringing TOKEN2049 to the US has been a long time coming,” he said.

New York becomes the third flagship

TOKEN2049 has spent recent years running two flagship editions a year, Singapore in the autumn and Dubai in the spring. New York is being added as a permanent third stop rather than a one-off, which gives the series a presence across Asia, the Middle East and North America.

The 2027 calendar now reads Dubai on April 21-22 (the edition postponed from April 2026 because of regional instability), New York on June 16-17, and Singapore in October. At 15,000 expected attendees, New York is pitched at roughly the size Dubai drew in 2025 and below the 25,000 that Singapore is hosting at Marina Bay Sands this week.

What has and has not been announced

The release confirms the dates, the attendance target, the US$599 ticket price and the plan for a citywide TOKEN2049 Week of side events beyond the two-day conference. It does not name a venue, a speaker lineup, sponsors or the programme tracks.

Reaction from the US side of the industry was quick. Bankless co-founder David Hoffman posted on X that New York can finally have a large, central crypto conference again, a sentiment echoed by founders who welcomed skipping the long-haul flight to Asia.

Why New York, and why now

The move puts the world’s biggest crypto conference brand in the same city as the exchanges, banks and asset managers that now run spot crypto ETFs, tokenized funds and stablecoin rails. US policy has turned markedly friendlier to the industry since 2025, and much of the institutional programming at Singapore this week, from stablecoins to tokenized assets, centres on American financial infrastructure.

The CCS read. TOKEN2049 bringing the full flagship format to New York says more about where crypto’s centre of gravity sits than any panel will. For years the largest gatherings happened in Singapore and Dubai partly because the US felt hostile to the industry. A permanent New York stop is a bet that the institutional buyers, issuers and regulators the industry now needs are in Manhattan, and that a June date can anchor the US calendar the way October anchors Asia. The open question is execution: venue size, a speaker roster that pulls in TradFi rather than just crypto natives, and whether TOKEN2049 Week can match the side-event density that makes Singapore worth the trip.

Watch for the venue and first speaker wave, and for how other US events reposition around a mid-June TOKEN2049 date. TOKEN2049 New York is now on the CCS crypto events calendar; for this week, see our guide to the TOKEN2049 Singapore talks worth your seat and the crypto conferences worth the trip before 2026 ends.

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TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 side events: the ones worth your week

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EventsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 6, 2026·4 min read

TOKEN2049 Singapore opens at Marina Bay Sands on Wednesday, October 7, but the conference is only the centre of a week the organiser says now carries more than 1,000 side events. Most need a Luma approval, many are already full, and a handful are worth rearranging your calendar for. These are the ones we would plan around, checked against each host’s own event page.

  • Four conferences run alongside TOKEN2049 itself: Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit Asia, Sui Basecamp, Circle House and XREX’s Stablecoin Summit.
  • Thursday afternoon belongs to institutions and prediction markets, with Cointelegraph’s invite-only LONGITUDE and an eToro-backed agentic finance summit at Suntec.
  • Friday, October 9 brings Balaji Srinivasan’s Network State Conference at Marina Bay Sands and the official AFTER 2049 closing party on the SkyPark.
  • 1,000+ side events listed for TOKEN2049 Week, October 5 to 11, according to the organiser
  • 25,000+ attendees expected at the main conference across all five floors of Marina Bay Sands
  • Oct 9 the day TOKEN2049 Week hands over to the Singapore Grand Prix weekend

The official directory at week.token2049.com lists the full calendar, and Luma pages such as luma.com/token2049 track registrations in real time. The picks below favour hosts with real scale and events that still have a door open. Times are Singapore time (GMT+8). For the main conference itself, see our TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 event page.

Four conferences share the TOKEN2049 crowd

Digital Asset Summit Asia, Blockworks’ institutional conference, runs on Wednesday, October 7 at Marina Bay Sands. Tickets on its Luma page start at US$899 for general admission, with a free allocator track by approval.

Sui Basecamp runs October 7 to 8, co-located with TOKEN2049, and the TOKEN2049 FAQ says the conference’s Last Bird ticket includes access. Mysten Labs co-founder Evan Cheng and Real Vision’s Raoul Pal are on the speaker list.

Circle House is a free two-day showcase on Expo Level 3 (Angsana 3A) built around Circle’s Arc network and USDC, open from 9:30am to 5pm on both conference days with open registration.

Stablecoin Summit 2026, XREX Group’s fourth edition, is on Thursday, October 8 at Andaz Singapore, with 600+ attendees and 30+ speakers according to the organiser. Across town on the same day, Metaverse Post’s HSC Asset Management conference fills two stages at Fairmont Singapore, with a free regular ticket.

Wednesday, October 7: where Day 1 goes after 6pm

The expo closes at 6pm and the rooftops take over. Kraken Pro After Dark runs from 8pm to 2am at CÉ LA VI on top of Marina Bay Sands, aimed at pro traders and institutional clients (Luma). Next door at MARQUEE, BloFin’s WHALE3RA marks the exchange’s third anniversary from 9pm with Swae Lee headlining and a billed capacity of 2,000 (Luma).

For builders, the Rooftop UTXO Pitch Night at LAVO, Marina Bay Sands Tower 1, has Cardano and UTXO founders pitching for up to US$500,000 in funding from 6:30pm (Luma). Animoca Brands and AWS Startups host The Agentic Mixer at Jypsy One Fullerton from 6pm (Luma), and BNB Chain’s Singapore super meetup runs from 5pm (Luma).

Pudgy Penguins’ Inside the Igloo at Blu Jaz in Clarke Quay is already sold out with a waitlist, and Privy and Bridge’s Night Shift runs from 8pm at BOP on Tras Street (Luma).

Thursday, October 8: institutions, privacy and prediction markets

NEAR Foundation and Quantus host a Quantum & Privacy Day at The Tower Club from 1pm (Luma), a useful follow-on to the main-stage quantum panel the day before. At Suntec, the Agentic Finance Summit and The Odds: Prediction Markets Live, backed by eToro and Alpaca, run from 2pm with 50+ speakers (Luma).

Solv Protocol and the Stellar Development Foundation host Global Capital, Onchain from 2pm (Luma). Cointelegraph’s LONGITUDE, now in its tenth edition, is invitation-only for 350 guests at Amara Singapore from 3pm.

The late shift is KAST’s Solid Gold party at C.O.T.U Skytower, CapitaGreen levels 38 to 39, with eight DJs from 9:30pm (Luma).

Friday, October 9: Network State, trackside summits and AFTER 2049

The day after TOKEN2049 closes is the strongest side-event day of the week. Balaji Srinivasan’s Network School hosts the Network State Conference with Zcash on Expo Level 5 at Marina Bay Sands from 9am to 8pm, at US$99 in person or free remotely. Its Luma page lists Vitalik Buterin, Binance co-CEO Richard Teng, Olaf Carlson-Wee and Mike Maples among the speakers, plus a “Zcash Zummit”.

Luna PR’s Digital Assets & Tokenization Summit (Trackside Edition) brings a roughly 300-person institutional audience to Monti at Marina Bay from 9am, free and nearly full (Luma). Cointelegraph’s CONNECT: Singapore Edition pairs a pitch competition with panels at RASA Space from noon (Luma).

The night ends 57 floors up. AFTER 2049, the official TOKEN2049 closing party, takes over the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark with Claptone and Crusy headlining, on a separate ticket sold through Megatix. Our AFTER 2049 guide covers entry rules and the other parties worth the queue.

The CCS read. The side-event calendar has become the real map of who has money to spend this cycle. Exchanges are buying the rooftops, stablecoin issuers are buying the expo floor, and the most interesting rooms on Thursday and Friday are about prediction markets, quantum risk and network states rather than token launches. Pick two events a day with hosts you would take a meeting with, register early, and treat everything else as a bonus.

Approvals on Luma often land the night before, so check your inbox on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Formula 1 road closures around Marina Centre run from 12:01am on October 7 to 5:30am on October 13, so allow extra time between venues, and see our Singapore week guide for getting around.

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AFTER 2049 returns to the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark on October 9

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EventsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 6, 2026·3 min read

TOKEN2049’s official closing party, AFTER 2049, returns to the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark on Friday, October 9, the night after the conference ends and the first night of the Singapore Grand Prix weekend. Claptone and Crusy headline, entry needs its own ticket, and the door rules are stricter than most crypto parties. Here is how it works, plus the other parties of TOKEN2049 week that are worth the queue.

  • AFTER 2049 runs from 7pm on Friday, October 9 on the 57th-floor SkyPark Observation Deck, with no guaranteed entry after 11pm and no re-entry after midnight.
  • A TOKEN2049 conference ticket does not include the party; only the US$4,999 Special Access Pass guarantees entry, and everyone else buys through Megatix.
  • Kraken, BloFin and KAST run the biggest unofficial nights on October 7 and 8, while several Luma listings calling themselves “Token2049 afterparty” are not run by the organiser.
  • 57 floors above the Marina Bay Street Circuit, on the SkyPark Observation Deck
  • US$120 party ticket price shown on the official TOKEN2049 Week listing
  • 18+ with photo ID, smart casual dress, no athletic wear, shorts or flip-flops

TOKEN2049 confirmed the lineup in a September 10 release, quoting the organiser: “AFTER 2049 returns to the Marina Bay Sands rooftop for Grand Prix weekend with Claptone, 57 floors above the circuit, on the only Polygon rig in Asia this year.” The sound system is Polygon Live’s 360-degree spatial audio, which the organiser bills as exclusive to AFTER 2049 in Asia for 2026.

Lineup, venue and door rules

Claptone and Crusy headline, with ANONM, Leon (FR), Milam and Mo-Shi also on the bill, according to the Megatix event page. Doors open at 7pm at the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Observation Deck (Tower 3, level 56 entrance), and the TOKEN2049 Week listing shows the party running until 6am.

The rules matter more than usual this year. Entry is not guaranteed after 11pm, there is no re-entry after midnight, guests must be 18 or older with photo ID, and the dress code is smart casual. With the Grand Prix starting the same evening, getting to Marina Bay Sands will also take longer than on a normal Friday.

How to get a ticket

AFTER 2049 is ticketed separately from the conference and sold only on Megatix. The official TOKEN2049 Week listing shows a US$120 price; Megatix released tickets in waves on September 10, September 24 and a final release on October 2. Special Access Pass holders (US$4,999) get guaranteed entry as part of their pass, according to the TOKEN2049 FAQ.

Buy only through Megatix or the link on token2049.com. Several Luma pages titled “Token2049 afterparty”, including one run by EpicConnector, are small independent events and not the official party.

The other parties worth the queue

Wednesday, October 7. Kraken Pro After Dark runs from 8pm to 2am at CÉ LA VI on top of Marina Bay Sands Tower 3, for pro traders and institutional clients (Luma). BloFin’s WHALE3RA third-anniversary party takes MARQUEE Singapore from 9pm with Swae Lee and a billed 2,000 guests (Luma). Pudgy Penguins’ Inside the Igloo at Blu Jaz is sold out with a waitlist.

Thursday, October 8. KAST’s Solid Gold party runs from 9:30pm to 1:30am at C.O.T.U Skytower, CapitaGreen levels 38 to 39, with eight DJs (Luma). TOKEN2049 also closes Day 2 with networking drinks across all stages from 6pm to 7:30pm, included with a conference ticket.

Most of these need approval on Luma, and approvals often arrive the night before. Our TOKEN2049 side events guide has the daytime summits and dinners.

The CCS read. AFTER 2049 has become the one TOKEN2049 ticket that sells on its own, which says a lot about where the week’s networking actually happens. Booking it onto Grand Prix Friday, 57 floors above the circuit, is a smart piece of scheduling that keeps the crowd in Singapore for a third night. If you only buy one extra ticket this week, this is the one; if you can’t get in, Wednesday’s rooftops at Marina Bay Sands are the next best room.

Watch the Megatix page for any last release before Friday, and leave extra time for Grand Prix traffic: road closures around Marina Centre run from October 7 to 5:30am on October 13, and taxis use designated pick-up points only. Our Singapore week guide covers transport and what else is on.

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TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 agenda: the talks worth your seat

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EventsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 6, 2026·4 min read

TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 has published its full two-day agenda across six stages at Marina Bay Sands, and the lineup leans heavily on Wall Street and Washington. Nasdaq’s Adena Friedman, Franklin Templeton’s Jenny Johnson and BlackRock’s digital assets team share the bill with Arthur Hayes, Balaji Srinivasan and two Formula 1 drivers. These are the sessions we would plan a day around, taken from the official agenda.

  • Day 1 on the OKX Main Stage opens with Balaji Srinivasan, Polymarket’s Shayne Coplan, Tom Lee and Arthur Hayes before lunch.
  • Day 2 is the institutional day: Franklin Templeton, Binance and Canton open it, Nasdaq’s CEO takes the main stage at 2pm, and BlackRock, Fidelity and Morgan Stanley close it on tokenization.
  • Off the main stage, a quantum security panel and a prediction-markets session with Kalshi and CME are the sleeper picks.
  • 300+ speakers across six stages, according to the organiser
  • 7:30am doors open on both days, October 7 and 8, with sessions until 6pm
  • US$1,299 standard ticket price shown on the official checkout page on October 6, marked “final tickets remaining”

The official agenda runs across the OKX Main Stage, BingX Labs Stage, MEXC Stage, Bit Digital Stage, Startup Village Stage and, on Day 2, an Institutional Stage. All times below are Singapore time and come from that agenda; organisers do move sessions, so check the TOKEN2049 app on the day. Event details are on our TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 page.

Day 1 morning: markets, macro and Hyperliquid

9:10am, OKX Main: “The Open Source Network State.” Balaji Srinivasan opens the conference, then stays on stage at 9:30am to moderate a fireside with Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan.

10:00am, OKX Main: “Crypto Spring Turning Into Full Blown Bull Market.” Tom Lee of Fundstrat and BitMine makes his case in 20 minutes.

10:20am, OKX Main: “DeFi’s Institutional Breakthrough.” Aave Labs’ Stani Kulechov, Ethena’s Guy Young and Synthetix founder Kain Warwick, moderated by a16z crypto’s Robbie Petersen.

11:00am, OKX Main: “Hyperliquid: Rebuilding Finance from First Principles.” Hyperliquid Labs CEO Jeff Yan, moderated by Hart Lambur.

11:35am, OKX Main: “FLOP Bigger Than Bitcoin.” Maelstrom CIO Arthur Hayes closes the morning block.

Day 1 afternoon: Washington, privacy, quantum and AI agents

2:00pm, OKX Main: “The Future of Finance, Built in America.” Eric Trump and World Liberty Financial CEO Zach Witkoff, moderated by David Wachsman.

2:50pm, BingX Labs: “From the White House to Wall Street: What’s Next for Crypto?” Jake Chervinsky, Kraken co-CEO Arjun Sethi, Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla and Pantera’s Scott Lawin.

3:00pm, OKX Main: “The Zcash Moment.” Balaji Srinivasan with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, moderated by Helius CEO Mert.

4:20pm, BingX Labs: “Quantum: An Existential Threat to Crypto?” Project Eleven’s Alex Pruden, StarkWare’s Eli Ben-Sasson and Tezos co-founder Arthur Breitman. Our pick for the most underrated session of the week.

4:35pm, OKX Main: “The Agent Economy: Why AI Needs Crypto.” NEAR’s Illia Polosukhin and Base’s Jesse Pollak, moderated by Tarun Chitra. The day closes at 5:40pm with Max Verstappen joining Gate founder Lin Han on the main stage, after Lando Norris appears with OKX at 3:35pm.

Day 2: the institutions take the main stage

9:10am, OKX Main: “The New Institutional Market: Tokenized Assets. Global Liquidity. Onchain Settlement.” Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, Binance co-CEO Richard Teng and Canton’s Yuval Rooz.

10:00am, OKX Main: “Regulation: Finding Clarity Across Borders.” Brian Quintenz, Jake Chervinsky, VARA vice chair Deepa Raja Carbon and Arjun Sethi.

11:10am, OKX Main: “Stablecoins: The Payments Industry, Rebuilt.” PayPal’s May Zabaneh with Fireblocks, MoonPay and Rain.

11:20am, BingX Labs: “Chopping Block Live.” Balaji Srinivasan and Arthur Hayes join Tarun Chitra and Tom Schmidt, with Dragonfly’s Haseeb Qureshi moderating. Expect the room to be full well before it starts.

Day 2 afternoon: Nasdaq, prediction markets and tokenization

2:00pm, OKX Main: Fireside chat with Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman, moderated by CNBC’s Joanna Ossinger. Friedman returns at 2:40pm on the Institutional Stage with Arjun Sethi for “24/7 Markets: The Future of Global Trading.”

2:20pm, Institutional Stage: “Expanding the Institutional Trading Universe.” Kalshi’s Andy Ross and CME Group’s Giovanni Vicioso on how prediction markets and derivatives meet. The Institutional Stage sits inside the invite-only TOKEN2049 Institutional programme, so check your badge before you queue.

4:20pm, OKX Main: “Tokenization: The Next Investment Revolution.” Fidelity’s Cynthia Lo Bessette, Bitwise CEO Hunter Horsley, BlackRock’s Nikhil Sharma and Morgan Stanley’s Amy Oldenburg, moderated by ICE’s Michael Blaugrund. The most senior TradFi panel on the agenda.

For something lighter, “The TOKEN2049 Roast of Ansem with T.J. Miller” runs from 4pm on BingX Labs, and Jenson Button closes the main stage at 5pm before networking drinks across all stages from 6pm.

The CCS read. The agenda tells the story of the year better than any keynote will. TOKEN2049 built its name on founders and funds; this year many of the slots that matter go to Nasdaq, Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, PayPal and Kalshi, and the crypto-native names are increasingly the ones on the other side of the table. If you are deciding between rooms, follow the stablecoin, tokenization and prediction-market sessions; that is where the deals of the next twelve months are being described out loud.

Sessions fill fast on the OKX Main Stage, so arrive ten minutes early for the morning block and the 2pm Nasdaq fireside. After the conference, the side events guide covers where the conversations continue, including Balaji Srinivasan’s Network State Conference on Friday, October 9.

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Singapore during TOKEN2049: F1 closures, haze and where to go

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EventsCrypto Coin Show News Team·October 6, 2026·5 min read

TOKEN2049 lands in Singapore in one of the busiest weeks of the city’s year. The Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix starts the day the conference ends, road closures around Marina Bay are already in force, and the National Environment Agency is reporting haze from fires in Sumatra. Here is what visiting founders, investors and builders need to know to get around, and where to go once the expo floor closes.

  • F1 road closures around Marina Centre and the Padang run from 12:01am on Wednesday, October 7 to 5:30am on Tuesday, October 13, covering both TOKEN2049 days.
  • NEA’s October 5 update put the 24-hour PSI at 97 to 124, moderate to unhealthy, with haze expected to persist while dry weather holds.
  • Free evening shows at Gardens by the Bay and Marina Bay Sands, Lau Pa Sat’s 24-hour hawker centre and two rooftop bars are within a short walk of the venue.
  • Oct 9-11 Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, the city’s first sprint weekend
  • 34-35°C daily highs forecast by NEA for the first half of October
  • GMT+8 Singapore time, with Type G (UK-style) plugs at 230V

This guide is for visitors in town for TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 at Marina Bay Sands on October 7 and 8, and for the wider TOKEN2049 Week that runs to October 11. Details were checked against official sources on October 6; opening hours change, so confirm before you go.

The Grand Prix starts the day TOKEN2049 ends

The Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix runs from Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11 on the Marina Bay Street Circuit, next door to the conference venue. It is Singapore’s first sprint weekend and the last sprint of the 2026 season, according to Formula 1.

The Land Transport Authority’s road closures start at 12:01am on October 7 and include Raffles Boulevard, Temasek Avenue, Bayfront Avenue, Esplanade Drive, Nicoll Highway and Marina Boulevard, with some corridors partly reopened from 5:30am to 10am on October 7 to 9. Taxis and ride-hailing use designated pick-up points only, and an extra S$8 surcharge applies from 9:30pm to midnight on race days at certain locations.

Race-weekend concerts on the Padang include JJ Lin on Friday, Zara Larsson on Saturday, and James Arthur and Janet Jackson on Sunday, all requiring a race ticket. Formula 1 drivers are also part of the conference this year: Lando Norris and Max Verstappen appear on the OKX Main Stage on October 7 and Jenson Button on October 8.

Check the haze before you plan anything outdoors

The National Environment Agency’s October 5 haze update reported a 24-hour PSI of 97 to 124 and one-hour PM2.5 readings of 72 to 109 µg/m³, caused by smoke from fires in southern Sumatra and Kalimantan. NEA expects readings in the high moderate to mid unhealthy range while dry weather and southeasterly winds continue.

NEA advises healthy people to cut back on prolonged or strenuous outdoor activity, and the elderly, pregnant women, children and people with heart or lung conditions to avoid it. Check the daily readings on nea.gov.sg before booking outdoor plans. Otherwise expect heat: NEA forecasts daily highs of 34 to 35°C with thundery showers on some late mornings and afternoons, so carry an umbrella.

Within walking distance of Marina Bay Sands

Free evening shows. Gardens by the Bay’s Garden Rhapsody light show runs daily at 7:45pm and 8:45pm in the Supertree Grove, with an “Opera in the Gardens” theme through October. Spectra, the light and water show at the Marina Bay Sands Event Plaza, runs at 8pm and 9pm Sunday to Thursday, with an extra 10pm show on Friday and Saturday.

ArtScience Museum. Next to the venue, the museum is running “In the Ether: The Rise of Sanctuary Technologies”, a festival of art and technology futures from October 3 to December 6, alongside teamLab Future World and “Into the Ocean” with OceanX until November 1.

SkyPark Observation Deck. Open daily until 10pm with adult tickets from S$35, but closed on October 9 for a private event; AFTER 2049 is held on the SkyPark that night.

Eat. Lau Pa Sat at 18 Raffles Quay is open 24 hours with more than 80 stalls, and its Satay Street on Boon Tat Street runs from 7pm to 3am on weekdays. Makansutra Gluttons Bay beside the Esplanade sits inside the F1 circuit area, so access from October 9 to 11 may be restricted.

Drink. CÉ LA VI on level 57 of Marina Bay Sands runs an F1 race week programme from October 8 to 11 with DJs including Carl Cox, and LeVeL33 at Marina Bay Financial Centre Tower 1 is open daily from noon to 11pm. The original 1-Altitude rooftop at One Raffles Place has closed. For the TOKEN2049 parties themselves, see our AFTER 2049 guide.

Getting around, paying and arriving

MRT. Bayfront station on the Circle and Downtown lines is the closest, with exits C and D leading to The Shoppes in about a minute and the Sands Expo in about three. City Hall, Esplanade, Promenade, Nicoll Highway, Raffles Place and Bayfront are listed by LTA as affected by race arrangements, though pedestrian underpasses and bridges stay open, and last trains run later on race nights.

Paying. Contactless Visa, Mastercard and Amex cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay work directly at MRT gates; foreign Visa and Mastercard carry a S$0.60 admin fee per day of travel, according to SimplyGo. Tipping is not customary, and most restaurant and bar bills already include a 10% service charge.

Paying in crypto. Everyday spending is still mostly card and QR, but OKX Pay, launched with StraitsX and Grab in September 2025, lets users pay in USDT or USDC at GrabPay merchants that display an SGQR code, with the merchant receiving Singapore dollars. Don’t assume any particular bar or restaurant accepts crypto directly.

Arriving. Every traveller must submit the free SG Arrival Card within three days before arrival through the ICA website or the MyICA app. ICA warns about paid third-party sites that imitate the service. If you need a desk between sessions, JustCo has a coworking space at Marina Square, about a 10-minute walk from the venue, although Raffles Boulevard detours apply this week.

The CCS read. Putting TOKEN2049 against the Grand Prix gives the industry a bigger stage and visitors a harder week to navigate. The people who get the most out of it will base themselves near a Circle or Downtown line station, keep evenings inside the Marina Bay Sands complex on Wednesday and Thursday, and treat Friday as a separate day with its own transport plan.

NEA publishes haze updates daily, and LTA updates its race-week travel advisories as the weekend approaches. Our side events guide and talks to catch cover the conference week itself, and the full Singapore crypto events calendar includes the Singapore FinTech Festival from November 18 to 20.

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Justin Sun Featured in Inaugural Crypto Roast and Delivers Keynote as TRON DAO Serves as Title Sponsor at TOKEN2049
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Justin Sun Featured in Inaugural Crypto Roast and Delivers Keynote as TRON DAO Serves as Title Sponsor at TOKEN2049

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TRON DAO served as the title sponsor for TOKEN2049 Singapore in early October, leveraging the Asia-focused crypto conference to expand its community engagement and showcase ecosystem developments. The blockchain platform’s visible presence across multiple conference stages and networking events underscored its strategic positioning within the region’s growing digital economy.

Conference Presence and Sponsorship Strategy

TRON DAO’s involvement at TOKEN2049 extended beyond traditional sponsorship, with the organization establishing dedicated networking lounges and hosting complementary events throughout the conference period. More than 300 attendees visited the TRON hospitality zone during a co-hosted side event called “Web3 Cyber Night By Cyber Charge,” where community members discussed ecosystem developments and connected with project representatives.

The main conference featured a separate TRON networking lounge that served as a gathering point for attendees interested in exploring the platform’s offerings. This multi-touchpoint approach allowed TRON DAO to engage participants across various segments of the conference experience rather than relying on a single stage appearance.

Event Scale

TOKEN2049 Singapore drew participants from across the global blockchain industry, with TRON’s afterparty alone attracting over 2,500 attendees in partnership with HTX DAO and MetaMask as a diamond sponsor.

Leadership Visibility and Platform Launches

Justin Sun, TRON’s founder, participated in what organizers called the inaugural crypto industry roast, a panel discussion moderated by Jarred Winn of Winn Ventures and featuring actor and comedian T.J. Miller. The event added entertainment value to the conference programming while maintaining focus on industry commentary.

Following the roast segment, Sun delivered a keynote address on TOKEN2049’s main OKX stage, where he highlighted TRON’s recent milestones and announced SunPerp, the network’s first decentralized perpetual contract trading platform. This announcement positioned TRON within the broader DeFi landscape where perpetual futures markets represent a significant revenue driver for blockchain platforms.

TRON DAO’s strong presence at TOKEN2049 Singapore demonstrated its role as a catalyst for blockchain adoption as Asia’s digital economy continues to grow.

— TRON DAO Statement

The keynote also referenced Sun’s recent spaceflight aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft, where he became one of the youngest Chinese-born commercial astronauts and the first Forbes-covered crypto entrepreneur to reach space. While not directly related to blockchain development, the achievement served as a narrative element within TRON’s broader positioning as an innovation-focused organization.

Ecosystem Integration and Community Messaging

Sam Elfarra, Community Spokesperson at TRON DAO, delivered a separate keynote at the TOKEN2049 TON Stage focused on recent ecosystem integrations and community-driven initiatives. This division of speaking roles allowed TRON to address different audience segments and discussion topics across the conference schedule.

The emphasis on ecosystem integrations reflects a strategic shift toward demonstrating tangible development progress rather than focusing solely on price performance or speculative narratives. By highlighting partnerships and new platforms launching on its network, TRON presented itself as an infrastructure play supporting broader DeFi activity.

Platform Integration

SunPerp represents TRON’s entry into the decentralized perpetual futures market, a segment where crypto derivatives trading generates significant transaction volume and fee revenue for blockchain platforms.

Industry Context and Market Positioning

TRON’s conference strategy aligns with broader shifts in how established blockchain platforms allocate marketing resources. TOKEN2049 Singapore has become one of Asia’s premier blockchain conferences, attracting over 15,000 participants annually and serving as a critical venue where major platforms, emerging projects, and institutional participants converge. The conference attracts significant media attention within the crypto industry and influences sentiment across multiple market segments.

As a title sponsor, TRON secured premium visibility at an event that reaches decision-makers across venture capital firms, cryptocurrency exchanges, institutional investors, and development teams. This positioning is particularly valuable given TRON’s historical focus on serving Asian markets, where user adoption and transaction volume continue growing faster than in Western markets.

The timing of TRON’s conference presence also reflects broader market dynamics. The cryptocurrency industry has increasingly matured beyond price-focused narratives, with platforms now competing on transaction throughput, ecosystem richness, developer adoption, and real-world utility metrics. Sponsoring major conferences allows platforms to demonstrate these capabilities to qualified audiences and establish thought leadership among industry participants.

TRON DAO Background and Network Development

TRON emerged in 2017 as a blockchain platform focused on decentralized content sharing and entertainment applications. Over six years of operation, the network has evolved into a major blockchain platform handling significant transaction volume, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. The network supports multiple DeFi protocols, NFT platforms, and gaming applications built on its infrastructure.

TRON’s transaction throughput and low transaction costs have positioned it competitively against Ethereum and other smart contract platforms, particularly for applications requiring high transaction volume at minimal cost. The network processes millions of daily transactions and has supported cumulative transaction value exceeding trillions of dollars since inception.

Justin Sun’s leadership has emphasized strategic partnerships and ecosystem expansion as core growth drivers. His appointment as Ambassador to Grenada and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2022 reflected ambitions to position blockchain technology within diplomatic and governmental contexts beyond purely commercial applications. This diversified positioning extends TRON’s narrative beyond cryptocurrency trading into broader technology adoption narratives.

Post-Conference Networking and Industry Positioning

TRON DAO’s involvement extended beyond the official conference program through an afterparty co-hosted with HTX DAO. The event drew industry participants including DeFi project leaders, media representatives, investors, and development teams interested in TRON’s ecosystem and broader blockchain trends.

This extended engagement strategy reflects a broader industry pattern where conference sponsorships serve as anchors for multifaceted marketing and networking initiatives. Rather than a single speech or booth presence, platforms increasingly view major conferences as week-long community-building opportunities that generate value through multiple interaction channels.

The TOKEN2049 participation comes as TRON continues expanding its user base and transaction volume in Asia, where regulatory environments have shown varying degrees of receptiveness to blockchain platforms. Maintaining visible presence at major regional conferences helps establish legitimacy and community connection in markets where regulatory clarity remains evolving.

As Asia’s digital economy continues to grow, TRON DAO remains at the center of innovation, accessibility, and global community building.

— TRON DAO

Market Implications and Future Development Trajectory

The introduction of SunPerp and other DeFi platforms on TRON demonstrates the network’s strategic focus on capturing revenue opportunities within decentralized finance. Perpetual futures markets have become one of cryptocurrency’s largest trading segments by volume, with platforms earning significant fee revenue from perpetual contract trading activity. By launching its own perpetual trading platform rather than solely supporting third-party projects, TRON captures additional value and deepens user engagement within its ecosystem.

This approach reflects lessons learned from Ethereum’s dominance in DeFi, where network validators benefit from transaction fees across multiple applications. TRON’s decision to launch native DeFi products positions the network to capture fee revenue directly rather than solely as a settlement layer for external applications.

The conference sponsorship strategy also signals TRON’s confidence in medium-term market conditions. Major conference sponsorships represent substantial investments with benefits accruing over quarters and years through brand building, community engagement, and relationship development. This long-term approach contrasts with market timing strategies and suggests TRON’s leadership expects continued growth in blockchain adoption and cryptocurrency market activity.

TRON’s conference strategy demonstrates how established blockchain platforms use major industry events to balance multiple objectives: announcing new features like SunPerp, engaging existing community members, recruiting new participants, and positioning leadership as thought leaders within the industry. The approach contrasts with earlier crypto conference attendance that focused primarily on price promotion and speculative narratives.

Looking forward, how blockchain platforms continue engaging with regional conferences will likely reflect their broader development stage and market maturity. For ongoing updates on blockchain developments and industry events, the intersection of technical innovation, regulatory navigation, and community engagement remains central to long-term platform success. Platforms investing in substantive ecosystem development and strategic sponsorships position themselves more favorably for sustainable growth than those relying on short-term marketing narratives.

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