Join us for a festival unlike any other.
This is the community that will define what’s next in the space.
TOKEN2049 is a global conference series, where the crypto ecosystem's decision-makers connect to exchange ideas, network, and shape the industry. TOKEN2049 is the pre-eminent meeting place for entrepreneurs, institutions, industry insiders, investors, builders, and those with a strong interest in the crypto and blockchain industry.
Previous editions have been held in leading digital asset capitals – with our latest editions taking place semi-annually in Dubai and Singapore.
TOKEN2049 Dubai will bring together the crypto world for a two-day main event in 30 April - 1 May 2025.
TOKEN2049 is an experience unlike any other. You'll be treated to our signature Arabian hospitality and an elevated gastronomic experience – as exhibitors showcase cutting edge product demos, and attendees recharge with massages, shisha lounges, live music performances, and non-stop entertainment, quests, and activities.
9:00 - 9:10 — Welcome Remarks – Raphael Strauch
9:10 - 9:50 — Investing in the Digital Asset Renaissance – Dan Tapiero, Raoul Pal, Haseeb Qureshi
9:50 - 10:30 — The Future of Finance – Yat Siu, Brian D. Evans, Kelly Pettersen
10:30 - 11:10 — Asia’s Digital Asset Landscape – Arthur Hayes, Sandy Peng, Thomas France
11:10 - 11:50 — Tokenization: Unlocking Trillions – Mo Shaikh, Lawrence Lin, David Newns
11:50 - 12:30 — Bitcoin on the Global Stage – Samson Mow, James Check, Dylan LeClair
13:30 - 14:10 — Building the Future of Web3 Gaming – Robbie Ferguson, Aleksander Larsen, Sébastien Borget
14:10 - 14:50 — Crypto Capital Markets – Michael Safai, Caroline Bowler, Felix Feng
14:50 - 15:30 — Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets – Mona El Isa, Miko Matsumura, Alex Svanevik
15:30 - 16:10 — The State of Crypto – Balaji Srinivasan
16:10 - 16:50 — Dubai: The Global Hub for Web3 – Gabriel Abed, Joyce Lai, Alex Chehade
16:50 - 17:30 — Ethereum: What's Next? – Joseph Lubin, Stani Kulechov, Leandro Schlottchauer
10:00 - 10:45 — 2025 Crypto VC Outlook – Michael Anderson, Kyle Samani, Tascha Che
10:45 - 11:30 — Web3 Infrastructure: Opportunities for Disruption – Ilya Volkov, Anndy Lian, Calvin Shen
11:30 - 12:15 — Building in the Bear: Founders Roundtable – Alexei Zamyatin, Marc Zeller, Alex Smirnov
13:15 - 14:00 — The M&A Landscape in Crypto – Tim Grant, Julian Sawyer, Seth Ginns
14:00 - 14:45 — DeFi’s Road to Institutionalization – Alex O’Donnell, Niklas Kunkel, Manuel Rensink
14:45 - 15:30 — Liquid Funds, Liquid Tokens – Santiago R. Santos, Alvin Cheung, John Ge
15:30 - 16:15 — Valuing the Open Metaverse – Jamie Burke, Jenny Guo, Arjun Kalsy
16:15 - 17:00 — Navigating a Crypto Startup from 0 to 1 – Uri Kolodny, Sébastien Couture, Antoine Scalia
7:30 - 9:00 - Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 - Welcome to Day 2
9:15 - 9:55 - The Attention Economy: Why Culture Eats Strategy – Yat Siu, Alex Svanevik, Ran Neu-Ner
9:55 - 10:35 - From Cloud to Cables: Building the Physical Layer of Web3 – Abhay Kumar, Mike Horton, Austin Federa, Santiago Roel Santos
10:35 - 10:55 - Keynote: Dan Morehead – Dan Morehead
10:55 - 11:15 - Mesh Demo: Reinventing Payments with Stablecoins – Bam Azizi
11:15 - 11:45 - Beyond Ethereum: The EVM Revolution Unleashed – Keone Hon, Shuyao Kong, Sandeep Nailwal, Jason Yanowitz
11:45 - 12:25 - Undercapitalized Alpha: Why Crypto Still Offers Outsized Opportunity
12:35 - 1:05 - Fireside Chat: Eric Trump – Eric Trump, Zach Witkoff
2:00 - 2:40 - Is the Memecoin Supercycle Over? – Ansem, Jordi Alexander
2:40 - 3:00 - The Empire Strikes Back (Chatham House Rules) – Zoltan Pozsar
3:00 - 3:20 - Keynote: Tether – Paolo Ardoino
3:20 - 4:00 - Is DeFi Eating CeFi? Slowly, Then All at Once – Kain Warwick, Antonio Juliano, Cindy Leow
4:00 - 4:40 - Rebuilding the Financial Internet: Infrastructure for a Permissionless World
10:00 - 10:40 - From Regulation to Integration: Jurisdictions Leading the Way Forward – Matthew White, Eric Yip, Teresa Goody Guillen, David Wachsman
11:15 - 11:45 - Pushing it to The Edge: The Future of Crypto Applications – David Rhodus, Arka Dhar, Logan Jastremski
11:45 - 12:00 - Building the Blockchain for AI – Illia Polosukhin
12:00 - 12:15 - Keynote – Sheldon Xia
12:15 - 12:30 - Ethena x TON - Partnership Announcement – Guy Young
12:30 - 1:00 - Fireside Chat: Scottie Pippen – Scottie Pippen, Michael Bucella
2:15 - 2:30 - Mind, Money & Meaning: A Fireside Chat with Christian Angermayer – Christian Angermayer, Zaheer Ebtikar
2:30 - 2:45 - From Zero to $5B: Crypto's Fastest Growing App – Dan Greer
2:45 - 3:05 - Bitcoin and ETF's: A Disruptive Power Couple – Eric Balchunas
3:05 - 3:45 - Venture Investing: Deploying Capital in Crypto’s Next Chapter – Akshat Vaidya, Kelvin Koh, Ella Zhang, Viktor Fischer, Xiao-Xiao J. Zhu
3:45 - 4:00 - The Future of Stablecoins, Legal Tender Legislation & Global Payments – Sam Kazemian
4:00 - 4:30 - Crypto x AI: The Good, The Bad, and The Delusional
10:00 - 10:15 - Keynote – Navin Gupta
10:15 - 10:30 - Dream of Transparent and Secure CEX – Dyma Budorin
10:30 - 10:45 - Keynote – Lei Kong
10:45 - 11:00 - Keynote – Andrej Majcen
11:00 - 11:15 - Who Owns You? Reclaiming Digital Identity with Privacy at the Core – Terence Kwok
11:30 - 12:00 - Keynote – Gaurav Sharma
12:15 - 12:30 - The AI Compute Crisis & Web3 Opportunity
12:30 - 12:45 - Staking is Dead, Long Live Staking – Misha Putiatin
2:00 - 2:15 - Europe’s Crypto Momentum: Bitvavo is Leading Retail and Institutional Growth – Ramin Kader
2:15 - 2:30 - Keynote – Sergej Kunz
2:30 - 2:45 - Keynote – Scott Shi
2:45 - 3:00 - Keynote – Scott Stuart
3:30 - 3:45 - The Future of RWA: ZKP-Powered Scalability and DTVM's Asset-Driven Open Stack
4:00 - 4:15 - Who Needs a Crypto Bank Anyway? – Franz Bergmueller
4:15 - 4:30 - OneBalance: ResourceLocks – Stephane Gosselin