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Agenda At a Glance
Stages
Auros Mainstage
Reserved for keynotes and the most significant topics with broad market relevance. Mainstage sessions feature marquee names, breaking news, and transformative insights from world-class thought leaders shaping the future of the crypto ecosystem.
Convergence Stage
Home to the Future of Finance Summit and Global Bitcoin Summit, this stage focuses on the evolving financial landscape, gathering the institutional leaders and crypto pioneers driving the next era of finance.
Frontier Stage
Home to the AI & Robotics Summit and Asia Macro Summit, this stage focuses on the future of AI and APAC’s leading role in global innovation, showcasing the regional policies and technological breakthroughs driving the world's most rapid digital transformation.
Spotlight Stage
A platform for high-impact announcements and thoughtful, curated sessions from Consensus partners, along with sponsored content and presentations.
Explorations Stage
Dive deep into the most complex sectors of the digital asset space. This track focuses on the foundational pillars of the future market. The setting encourages direct conversation and high-level strategic networking among experts.
Hackathon Stage
Home to CoinDesk’s record-breaking Hackathon, where hundreds of developers collaborate with the industry’s leading protocols and builders for a chance to secure millions in funding.
Summits
Future of Finance Summit
Uniting the architects of the new financial era. This summit is the definitive forum for institutional leaders, crypto pioneers, and regulators to define the future of global capital.
We move beyond debate to explore the tangible strategies, regulatory pathways, and technological blueprints required to integrate digital assets into everyday finance, unlocking unprecedented efficiency and innovation.
AI & Robotics Summit
This summit focuses on the three-way convergence of Traditional AI, Decentralized Web3 infrastructure, and Robotics. We will explore the technical and economic blueprints for creating Autonomous Economic Agents—machines that own assets, transact on-chain, and execute real-world tasks. Join us to define the protocols for the intelligent, self-sovereign systems of tomorrow.
Global Bitcoin Summit
The Global Bitcoin Summit is a front-row seat to Bitcoin’s growing global impact. This summit unites the thought leaders, developers, and policymakers shaping the world’s most decentralized monetary network.
Sessions will explore topics from infrastructure and mining to monetary policy and emerging market adoption, revealing how bitcoin is transforming finance, sovereignty, and economic freedom.
Asia Macro Summit
The Asia Macro Summit is an exclusive portal to the blockchain’s explosive growth and innovation in the APAC region, serving as the Gateway to Asia for a continent that represents over half of the world's crypto population. Hear directly from the visionary leaders and policymakers from across Asia who are actively driving the global adoption story.
Explorations
Privacy & Trust
Privacy is no longer optional; it is the fundamental infrastructure required for Web3 to achieve mass adoption and institutional scale. Explore how Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs) and Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI) enable a truly trustless ecosystem, allowing billions of users and trillions in capital to transact confidentially.
Stablecoins
Stablecoins are at the heart of DeFi, remittances, and crypto adoption, acting as a stable bridge between traditional finance and digital assets. Investigate regulatory discussions, reserve management, and new opportunities in yield-bearing products. Learn how established global players and emerging CBDCs are competing for market share and building a more inclusive financial system.
Advanced Trading
Explore the latest on high-frequency trading, algorithmic strategies, and the rise of decentralized exchanges (DEXs). Sessions will tackle liquidity challenges, security considerations, and the shifting regulatory landscape shaping the global crypto market.
Sessions will actively examine how cross-chain solutions and emerging protocols are driving transparency, efficiency, and accessibility in digital asset trading.
Tokenization
Ready to move beyond theory? This deep dive is your essential guide to the practical implementation of asset tokenization, focusing specifically on real estate, private equity, and fixed income. Learn the definitive strategies for navigating complex regulatory hurdles and integrating blockchain technology into your existing infrastructure to realize massive efficiency gains and cost reduction. Leave with the actionable blueprint to launch your next tokenized offering.
Digital Culture & Ownership Deep Dive
Explore the radical shift in digital culture, analyzing how blockchain and Web3 technologies are redefining the very concept of ownership for creators and consumers. We will examine the impact of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and generative AI on intellectual property rights, creator monetization, and community governance. Join leading minds to map the future legal and economic frameworks for sovereign digital identities and authentic cultural exchange.
CoinDesk PitchFest
CoinDesk PitchFest is Consensus Hong Kong’s startup competition that showcases the world's most promising early-stage blockchain, Web3, and AI companies. Contestants pitch live onstage to a panel of investors for a chance to win prizes and secure funding.
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