CoinDesk’s Hong Kong Consensus 2026 is here. Over the next two days, more than 10,000 attendees will hear from more than 350 speakers across five stages to discuss tokenization, stablecoins, AI and much more.
The conference comes just after crypto markets went through a period of intense volatility. Bitcoin crashed from over $95,000 to nearly $60,000 before rebounding to $70,000 in a matter of weeks, fluctuations familiar to longtime players in the industry, but shocking nonetheless.
Against this backdrop, we will hear from Hong Kong policymakers, including Chief Executive John KC Lee, Legislator Johnny Ng, and Securities and Futures Commission CEO Julia Leung, about their work developing crypto-focused policies for the Special Administrative Region.
Industry leaders like Animoca’s Yat Siu, Solana Foundation’s Lily Liu, and BitMine’s Tom Lee will present the current state of the crypto world and outline the trends they expect to see in the coming months.
It may be that the crypto industry is now becoming more intertwined with traditional finance, leaving out some of its more esoteric products. Consensus spokesperson Armani Ferrante told CoinDesk last month that blockchains are more like financial infrastructure than supporting tools for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or other projects.
Even so, markets still need to mature to truly support institutional demand, Auros’ Jason Atkins told CoinDesk last month.
Institutions themselves – for example Robinhood – are also looking deeper into blockchain as a tool that can support financialization for institutional clients, Johan Kerbrat, the company’s head of crypto, said last month.
