TOKEN2049 opens its doors on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, for two days and 25,000 participants expected, according to the organizer. For this edition, the onl
TOKEN2049 opens its doors on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, for two days and 25,000 participants expected, according to the organizer. For this edition, the only one of the year since the Dubai event was postponed to 2027, the president of Nasdaq, the leader of Franklin Templeton, and officials from BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs are among the speakers. Cointribune explains what this presence of Wall Street says about the event, what to follow on the program, and the cost of the ticket one week before the opening.
On Wednesday, October 7, and Thursday, October 8, 2026, at Marina Bay Sands, where the event occupies five floors, from 7:30 AM to 6 PM each day, according to the official FAQ. We had presented the tickets and program for TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 as early as September 10: since then, prices have increased and the list of speakers has grown.
The organizer expects 25,000 participants from 7,000 companies and 160 countries, 300 speakers, 500 exhibitors, and 1,000 parallel events, according to their press release on August 6, 2026. These figures are theirs, without independent audit. The event works like a central station: the conference is the main hall, and the whole city fills with events around it, from October 5 to 11.
Singapore concentrates all the organizer’s attention this year, as summarized by its co-founder:
“With the postponement of our Dubai edition to 2027, all our attention this year is on Singapore. […] We will also unveil new tracks and new formats in the coming weeks, as we develop the institutional part of the program.”
Alex Fiskum, co-founder of TOKEN2049, press release of August 6, 2026 (Cointribune translation)
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Because major financial firms now sell crypto products, and TOKEN2049 wants to attract them. Seen as an operation, this edition aims to broaden its institutional audience, which buys the most expensive passes and booths; banks and asset managers look there for partners and clients. For them, coming to Singapore is like doing wholesale market research before composing their offer: they spot products and suppliers before offering them to their own clients.
Organization Speaker Position (official page) Nasdaq Adena Friedman President and CEO Franklin Templeton Jenny Johnson CEO BlackRock Nikhil Sharma Director, Digital Assets Morgan Stanley Amy Oldenburg Head of Digital Assets Strategy Goldman Sachs Timothy Moe Chief Asia-Pacific Equity Strategist Fidelity, Invesco, PayPal, Robinhood Cynthia Lo Bessette, Kathleen Wrynn, May Zabaneh, Johann Kerbrat Heads of their digital or crypto activities Source: 2026 TOKEN2049 speakers page, first page of the list, accessed September 30, 2026.The common thread among these profiles is tokenization: representing a financial asset, such as a fund share or bond, in the form of a token on a blockchain to trade it faster and at any time. To understand the mechanism, read our explanation of tokenization. Crypto figures remain the majority on stage: Richard Teng (Binance), Star Xu (OKX), Arjun Sethi (Kraken), the Winklevoss twins (Gemini), Charles Hoskinson (Input Output, Cardano), or Justin Sun (TRON).
The published program of the first day gathers several headliners on the main stage. The session titles are those of the organizer; they announce a topic, not a Cointribune analysis.
Time (Singapore) Session Speaker 9:10 AM “The Open Source Network State” Balaji Srinivasan 9:30 AM Polymarket Interview Shayne Coplan, founder of Polymarket 10:20 AM “DeFi’s Institutional Breakthrough” Panel discussion 11:35 AM Keynote Arthur Hayes, Maelstrom 12:00 PM “The Exponential Age” Raoul Pal, Real Vision 2:00 PM “The Future of Finance, Built in America” Eric Trump Source: TOKEN2049 official agenda, accessed September 30, 2026. The October 8 program was not fully posted yet.Around the conference, several events complete the week: the Origins hackathon from October 6 to 8, the NEXUS startup competition on October 7 and 8, TOKEN2049 Institutional on October 8, and the After2049 party on October 9, according to the official site. The TOKEN2049 week calendar lists parallel events, and the Singapore Formula 1 Grand Prix runs from October 9 to 11.
One week before the opening, two tickets remain for sale on the official ticketing platform, payable by card or cryptocurrencies. The “Last Bird” gives access to all stages, the exhibition, and the networking app; the “Special Access Pass” adds priority access, TOKEN2049 Institutional, and guaranteed entry to the After Party.
Ticket Listed Price With −10% Code (Cointribune Calculation) Last Bird $699 $629.10 Special Access Pass $4,999 $4,499.10 Source: TOKEN2049 official ticketing, accessed September 30, 2026. Last column recalculated by Cointribune, subject to the code applying to the chosen ticket.One point to know before paying: all tickets are non-refundable, including in case of visa refusal, according to the FAQ. A conference ticket works here like a concert ticket: if you don’t come, it is lost. Check your entry formalities to Singapore and your accommodation before purchase.
The kickoff is given on Wednesday, October 7 at 9 AM Singapore time, 3 AM in Paris. Two things must be followed: the new institutional part formats promised by the organizer, expected on October 8, and the speeches of asset managers like BlackRock and Franklin Templeton on tokenized funds. To organize your days on-site, find our TOKEN2049 week program in Singapore.
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