The Leaders Defining the Future of Digital Finance
At Paris Blockchain Week 2026
Carrousel du Louvre
April 15th & 16th, 2026
“Paris Blockchain week is the fastest growing Tech & AI conference in Europe, and maybe in history.”
Eric Schmidt
Ex Google CEO
"Paris Blockchain Week has become an unmissable event in Europe– and beyond – for the Web3 sector. Thanks to its organisers who every year bring together – in the heart of our capital, the best players in the Web3 ecosystem and its future talent."
Marina Ferrari
Ex-French Secretary of State for Digital Affairs
320+
Speakers
C-suite leaders and regulators shaping institutional adoption of the digital economy
70%+
C-Suite or Policy-Makers
Unparalleled decision density across every conversation and panel.
150+
Thought-Provoking Sessions
Covering policy, tokenization, AI, infrastructure, and the evolution of global markets.
Defining Global Markets
At Paris Blockchain Week, global leaders across finance, regulation, and technology gather to define the next chapter of markets.
Voices of Influence
Our speakers represent the institutions, investors, and innovators driving adoption, shaping frameworks, and transforming policy into practice.
Dialogue That Drives Change
Every dialogue here carries weight, with each speaker carefully curated for the highest level of dialogue on the stage that matters the most!
Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets & Currencies Transformation
Deutsche Bank
Kara Kennedy
Co-Head of Kinexys
J.P. Morgan
Mike Belshe
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer
BitGo
Silvio Micali
Blockchain Founder & Turing Award Winner
Yoyee Wang
BBU Executive
Bybit
Rachel Conlan
Chief Marketing Officer
Binance
Chuck Mounts
Chief DeFi Officer
S&P Global
Georg Harer
CO-CEO
Bybit EU
Frederik Gregaard
CEO
The Cardano Foundation
Natasha Cazenave
Executive Director
ESMA
Ben Slavin
Global Head of ETFs
BNY
Kathleen Wrynn
Global Head of Digital Assets
Invesco Ltd.
Iana Dimitrova
CEO
OpenPayd
Darko Hajdukovic
Head of Digital Markets Infrastructure
London Stock Exchange Group
Marat Faritov
Vice President of Digital Finance
Moody's Ratings
Jean-Marc Stenger
CEO
Forge
Stéphanie Cabossioras
Chief Strategy & Global Policy Officer, Societe Generale
Forge
Catherine Chen
Head of VIP & Institutional
Binance
Nikhil Sharma
Director, Digital Assets
BlackRock
Jacques Darcy
Senior Regional Representative France – Switzerland - Director
European Investment Fund
Dan Held
GP
Asymmetric
Gillian Lynch
Head of Europe and UK
Binance
Lukas Enzersdorfer-Konrad
Deputy CEO
Bitpanda
Giovanni Cunti
Chief Executive Officer Europe
GATE
Odelia Torteman
Corporate Adoption Director of Corporate Adoption
XRPL Commons
Harald Eltvedt
Operating Member
SC Ventures by Standard Chartered
Stijn Vander Straeten
CEO
Crypto Finance
Eric Anziani
President and COO
Crypto.com
Matthew White
Chief Executive Officer
Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA)
Daniel Seifert
Vice President and Regional Managing Director (EMEA)
Coinbase
Thomas Vogel
Partner
Latham & Watkins
Thomas Restout
Group CEO
B2C2
Raja Chakravorti
CBO
Stellar Development Foundation
Martha Reyes
Senior Digital Assets Research Analyst
Fidelity
Robby Yung
CEO of Investments
Animoca Brands
Alix Bouxaguet
Country Manager
Kraken
Arnaud Simeray
GTM
Dune
lan Weisberger
CEO and Co-Founder
CoinRoutes
Markus Infanger
Senior Vice President, RippleX
Ripple
Cristian Ulloa
Founder & CEO
Liquid Loans
Miller Whitehouse-Levine
Founder & CEO
Solana Policy Institute
Abel Peña
Partner and Chief Sales Officer
Bit2Me
Salvador Yañez
Chief Product Officer
Movantis
Éric Larchevêque
Co-Founder
The Bitcoin Society
Raphaël Bloch
Co-founder & CEO
The Big Whale
Mark Foster
EU Policy Lead
Crypto Council for Innovation
Emma Joyce
CRO & Head of EMEA
GBBC
Lawrence Wintermeyer
Chair
GDF
Caroline Malcolm
Executive in Residence on AI, data and digital markets
GDF
Lewis Clifford
CEO
Bitcoin Casino
Jessi Brooks
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Ribbit
Brian Huang
Co-founder
Glider
Sanja Kon
Vice President, Partnerships & Business Development, EMEA
Circle
Dayana Aleksandrova
New Media Lead
WalletConnect
Moritz Platt
Capital Markets Technology Manager
Google
Adam Levine
SVP Corporate Development & Partnerships, Fireblocks & CEO of Fireblocks Trust Company
Fireblocks
Jess Houlgrave
CEO
WalletConnect
Nenter Chow
Global CEO
BitMart
Jason Xavier
Head of EMEA & Asia ETFs
Franklin Templeton
Ben Grout
VP of Sales and Partnerships
Zero Hash
Cinderella Amar
Partner, Vizier; Board Adviser to Global Firms
Vizier
Mathias Imbach
Co-Founder and Group CEO
Sygnum Bank
Karima Lachgar
CEO OlkyWallet, Head of Group Legal & Reg. Strategy, Member of the Group Executive Committee
Olkypay
Professor Ronghui Gu
Co-founder and CEO of CertiK
CertiK
Damien Ekechukwu
Director of Ecosystem and Product Partnerships
Zero Hash
Brett Reeves
Head of European Sales & GoNetwork
BitGo
Ivan Keller
Team Lead for DLT at DG FISMA
European Commission
Alexis Carle
Director of Business Development
Gravity Team
gmoney
Investor
Katie Perry
Chief Marketing Officer
zerohash
Katherine Kirkpatrick Bos
General Counsel
StarkWare
Brian Wong
Co-founder and General Partner
Ascii Ventures
Sabina Liu
Managing Director
KuCoin EU
Tuongvy Le
General Counsel
Veda
Michael Higgins
International CEO of Ripple Prime
Ripple
Ethan Pierse
Partner
Borderless Ventures
Solomon Tesfaye
CBO
Aptos
Sheraz Ahmed
Managing Partner
STORM Partners
Bradley Duke
Managing Director, Head of Europe
Bitwise
Simon Letort
Head of Strategic Initiatives
Canton Network
Kaitlin Argeaux
Founder & CEO
CryptoMondays London
Christian Rau
Senior Vice President
Mastercard
Reinhard Hochrieser
SVP of Product and Technology
Jumio
Anna Irrera
Senior Editor
Bloomberg
Thomas J. Lee
Chairman of the Board; Fundstrat: Co-founder & Head of Research
Bitmine
Dr. Ulli Spankowski
CPO and Managing Director
Boerse Stuttgart Digital
Ivan Zhiznevsky
Founder & CEO
3S Money
Kash Razzaghi
Chief Commercial Officer
Circle
Ronit Ghose
Global Head Future of Finance
Citi
Oya Celiktemur
Director of EMEA
Ondo Finance
Laurent Majchrzak
Global Head of Digital Assets
CACEIS
Ajinkya Tulpule
Director and COO at HashKey Europe
HashKey
Thomas Klocanans
Managing Partner
Strobe Ventures
Michael Toutonghi
Lead Developer
Verus
Alexandre Laizet
Board Director Bitcoin Strategy
Capital B
Germán Soto Sanchez
Chief Product and Digital Assets Officer
Broadridge
Yana Prikhodchenko
CEO
Cointelegraph
Stephanie Hurry
Head of Business Development and Partnerships
Boerse Stuttgart Digital
Brian McGleenon
Global Head of News
BeInCrypto
Stan Havryliuk
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Sats Terminal
Alexandre Chessé
Head of Sales EMEA - Banking & TradFi
Fireblocks
Rafael Castaneda
Lead Ambassador
EverValue Coin
James Bowater
Founder & Chief Executive
The Digital Commonwealth
Cody Carbone
CEO
The Digital Chamber
Jessica Wright
Ecosystem & Growth Lead
Darklake
Gareth Jenkinson
Head of Multimedia
The Block
Thomas Spitz
CEO and Executive Director
Flow Traders
Ivan de Lastours
Venture Partner
Bpifrance
Damien Avignon
Investment Director
Bpifrance
Henri Arslanian
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Nine Blocks Capital Management
Ian Allison
Senior Reporter
CoinDesk
Antonio Queiroz
Chief Digital Officer
Euroclear
Aleksandra Fetisova
BD Head
1inch
Declan Fox
VP & Head of Linea
Consensys
Tero Reuna
CEO, Paxos Issuance Europe
Paxos
Michelle O’Connor
Global Marketing & Communications Strategist
GBBC
John Woods
CEO
Nillion
Tim Haldorsson
Founder
Lunar Strategy
Jolyon Layard Horsfall
CFO & Co-Founder
Flight3
Eva Lawrence
Head of Revenue
Figment
Adriana Ennab
Director for UK & EU
Stand With Crypto
Gustave Laurant
Co-founder
Mentat Minds
Isaac Zarb
Co-founder
Simply Staking
Ofir Eliasi
Blockchain \ DeFi Expert
Charlie Varley
Co-Founder & CEO
Bloom
Myles Harrison
Chief Product Officer
Amina
Itai Elizur
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
MarketAcross
Paul Frambot
CEO
Morpho
Zane Glauber
Global Head of Distribution
Galaxy Digital
Ramin Kader
Head of Institutional Trading
Bitvavo
Peter Kerstens
Advisor
European Commission
Jacques-Olivier Schatz
CEO & President
Xpollens
Adrien Paredes-Vanheule
Journalist
L'Agefi
Jacob Steeves
Founder
Bittensor
Laetitia Berthet
Chief Operating Officer
Lak3
Greg Schvey
COO
Yuma
Francesco Ranieri Fabracci
Head of Tokenization Expansion
Tether
Vincent Schalk
General Manager
OneFootball
Ivo Grigorov
CEO
Real Finance
Mark Kepeneghian
Founder and CEO
Lise
Charles Hoskinson
Co-Founder
IOHK, Ethereum, Cardano
Clara Chappaz
Ex-Minister of State
Digital Affairs of France
Monica Long
President
Ripple
Silvio Micali
Blockchain Founder
Turing Award Winner
Adam Back
Co-Founder & CEO
Blockstream
Eric Anziani
President & COO
Crypto.com
David Ripley
Co-CEO
Kraken
Eric Piscini
CEO
Hashgraph
Robby Yung
CEO of Investments
Animoca Brands
Tim Draper
Founder & Managing Partner
Draper Associates, DFJ & The Draper Venture Network
Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO
Circle
Stani Kulechov
Founder & CEO
Aave Labs
“Paris Blockchain Week is extraordinary. Everyone, anywhere in the world should be here so they understand what this amazing world is going to look like.”
Tim Draper
Draper Associates, Draper Associates
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