Japan Blockchain Week summit 2026

Thomas "Tom" Lee (Bitmine), Yat Siu (Animoca Brands), SungMo Park (a16z) and more than 30 speakers from Japan and abroad will take the stage. Simultaneous translation (Japanese/English) will be provided for all sessions.JBW Summit 2026 is a global forum designed to survey the current landscape — where cryptocurrency has evolved beyond mere "trading" into an indispensable asset class embraced by global institutional investors and traditional finance — and to implement the future ahead. Having begun in 2018 as Japan's first NFT conference, this summit now marks another milestone edition.Once seen as an antithesis to centralized traditional finance, crypto has now passed through ETF adoption and ascended into the layer of "value storage" and "asset management" integrated into pension funds and 401k plans. At this summit, themed "Back to Roots × Implementing the Future," we redefine the intellectual curiosity and excitement reminiscent of the first time one held Bitcoin.*Please note that speakers may change due to unforeseen circumstances. We cannot offer refunds for tickets due to changes in speakers.■ Supported by 🥇 Title Sponsor Bitmine Immersion Technologies (NYSE: BMNR) 🥈 Gold Sponsors Next Favorite Things by JR Kyushu｜ Binance Japan Silver Sponsors Allied Architects、AFX、Slash and more━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎤 Timetable Details here→https://blockchainweek.jp/timetable ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━10:00 - 10:30 Network Time10:30 - 10:50 Opening Talk & Fireside chat ▷ Mai Fujimoto ▷ Arisa Toyosaki10:50 - 11:20 Redefining "value preservation" and "management layer" after the shift to ETFs ▷ [MOD] Takeshi Kito ▷ Nenter Chow ▷ Ken ▷ Joe Takayama11:30 - 11:50 A turning point for the Japanese market — Tax reform and recognition as a "national asset" ▷ Genki Oda ▷ Minoru Yanai12:00 - 12:30 Has Bitcoin Bottomed Out? An Analysis of the Impact of Potential Sales by Strategy ▷ [MOD] Yusuke Shidara ▷ Hisashi Oki ▷ Yasuo Matsuda12:40 - 13:00 The world will be transformed by AI agents of the new era ▷ Yat Siu ▷ Yu Ayato13:10 - 13:40 Prediction Markets — From "Speculation" to "Social Infrastructure and Intellectual Curiosity" ▷ [MOD] Ikuma Mutobe ▷ CJ Hetherington ▷ Harsh Khanna13:50 - 14:15 Special Keynote ▷ Thomas "Tom" Lee14:15 - 14:30 Special Q&A Session ▷ Thomas "Tom" Lee ▷ Hisashi Oki14:40 - 15:20 Crypto Infrastructure in the Agent Economy Era ▷ [MOD] Leona Hioki ▷ Justus Hanna ▷ Sean Kim ▷ SungMo Park15:30 - 16:00 Payment infrastructure in the AI agent economy ▷ [MOD] Mai Fujimoto ▷ Kenta Sakakibara ▷ Noritaka Okabe ▷ Shinsuke Sato16:10 - 16:30 Ethereum Special Session ▷ [MOD] Yudai Suzuki ▷ Thomas "Tom" Lee ▷ Matthew Dawson ▷ Mai Fujimoto16:40 - 17:10 Zero-Knowledge for Privacy — The Latest Privacy Technologies Essential for Asset Management ▷ [MOD] Ikuma Mutobe ▷ Alan Scott ▷ Leona Hioki ▷ Tomoki Adachi17:20 - 17:50 On-Chain Culture — A 24/7 Global Entertainment Economy ▷ [MOD] Minoru Yanai ▷ Gakuto Matsuo ▷ Sota Moriyama ▷ Takuji Ushijima18:00 - 18:10 Bringing Real-World Experiences Onchain — JR Kyushu's Journey Beyond NFT Utility ▷ Takuji Ushijima18:20 - 18:50 RWA (Real World Assets) Tokenization — Stocks, Gold, and Bonds Moving On-Chain in Daily Life ▷ [MOD] Christy Choi ▷ Takashi Tezuka ▷ David Wei ▷ Joseph Choi18:50 - 19:10 Community Rewards━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ※ Speakers may change due to unforeseen circumstances.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━Please note that photographs and video footage will be taken throughout the event. These materials may be used for post-event promotional videos, official social media posts, future event pages, and report materials. Thank you for your understanding.