EBC12 convenes on 16–17 September 2026 — bringing collectively the decision-makers, allocators and infrastructure suppliers who’re defining what comes subsequent
Barcelona, Spain — The query going through the digital asset business is now not one in all legitimacy. After the approval of spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs, the rollout of MiCA throughout the European Union, and rising allocations from asset managers and pension funds, establishments are out there. The query now could be one in all execution — which platforms, counterparties and infrastructure will outline the institutional layer of what comes subsequent.
It’s in that context that the European Blockchain Conference (EBC) will return to Barcelona on 16–17 September 2026 for its twelfth version — bringing collectively over 6,000 attendees from 70+ nations throughout two days of market intelligence, conferences and industrial momentum. Be a part of the twelfth version with establishments like BlackRock, Cardano, Bitwise, Baillie Gifford, WisdomTree, Hilbert Capital, Zodia Custody, Midchains, and Caisse des Depots amongst others.
“EBC is constructed round a easy thought: when the fitting persons are within the room, progress occurs quicker. In a market as fragmented as Europe’s digital asset panorama, that issues.”— Victoria Gago, Co-CEO, European Blockchain Conference
INSTITUTIONS AT THE CENTRE — SINCE THE BEGINNING
Whereas the business’s narrative round institutional adoption has accelerated sharply over the previous 18 months, EBC’s concentrate on that viewers predates the development. From its first version, EBC was designed not round retail participation or token launches, however across the decision-makers who management capital at scale: asset managers, banks, infrastructure suppliers, exchanges and the policymakers shaping the foundations they function underneath.
Europe compounds the problem. It isn’t one market — it’s a area of parallel conversations, completely different regulatory timelines and completely different capital swimming pools throughout London, Paris, Frankfurt, Zurich and Barcelona. EBC’s positioning as Europe’s Digital Asset Market displays a structural actuality: the market wants a spot the place these conversations converge. Over 12 editions, it has change into that place.
EBC12: THE AGENDA
The programme spans the problems that outline institutional participation in digital belongings right this moment: regulatory convergence and market construction throughout main jurisdictions; capital allocation technique from sovereign funds to non-public banks; the infrastructure required for institutional-grade operations; the rise of real-world asset tokenisation; stablecoin and CBDC dynamics as settlement infrastructure; and the function of AI in reshaping market intelligence and execution.
“What makes EBC beneficial is just not scale for the sake of scale. It’s the focus of the fitting market contributors in a single place — decision-makers, operators, traders and infrastructure leaders — with sufficient relevance and intent to make the time depend.”— Victoria Gago, Co-CEO, European Blockchain Conference
ABOUT EBC
The European Blockchain Conference (EBC) is the Europe’s Digital Asset Market — the pan-European occasion the place establishments, capital allocators, infrastructure suppliers and policymakers converge. Now in its twelfth version, EBC has established itself because the industrial centre of the European digital asset market.
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