THE CRYPTO CONSENSUS 2026
THE CRYPTO CONSENSUS 2026 Dubai · Expo City · June 30 – July 2
A flagship digital asset summit hosted at Expo City Dubai. Three days bringing together founders, allocators, regulators, and the leading voices shaping Web3.
🎮 A Defining Moment for Crypto Gaming
The gaming track features a major reveal of a Web3-integrated experience built around one of the most anticipated gaming releases of the decade. Representatives from Rockstar Games and Take-Two Interactive will be on-site, alongside the development team behind the project.
Main stage program includes: — Playable prototype demonstration — On-chain economy mechanics walkthrough — Exclusive early-access drops reserved for NFT passholders — Panel: AAA Gaming Meets Blockchain
Studios featured: — Rockstar Games (representatives confirmed) — Gunzilla Games (Off The Grid) — Illuvium Labs — The Sandbox — Animoca Brands — Plus 10+ AAA and Web3-native studios in the Gaming Pavilion
🔬 The Quantum Day
A live program exploring the most pressing question in modern cryptography: how blockchain survives the quantum era.
Featuring: — Adam Back (Blockstream) on Bitcoin's post-quantum migration path — Researchers from the Ethereum Foundation on PQ-ready signature schemes — Solana ecosystem cryptographers — Quantum computing researchers from leading academic labs
Live demonstrations of post-quantum cryptographic primitives. Roadmaps for migrating major chains. The conversation the industry has been postponing — held openly, on stage.
🎟 NFT Access. On-Chain Entry.
Access is granted through an on-chain pass. Mint your NFT, present your wallet at the door, walk in. No QR codes. No PDFs.
General Access Pass — open mint, gas only. Capacity 25,000.
Long-term ecosystem participants — top 100 wallets by on-chain reputation at snapshot — receive an allocation from partner protocols.
🚀 Launch Day · June 20
Ten days before the event. Everything opens at once.
🌐 Official website goes live — thecryptoconsensus.com 🎟 NFT mint opens — General Access Pass 💳 Paid pass portal opens — PRO · Founder · Consensus
Subscribers receive priority notification via email when the portal goes live.
📅 Program
▎DAY 1 · Tuesday, June 30 The Signal — State of Crypto 2026
09:00 Doors open · Breakfast lounges 10:00 Opening · VARA + Dubai welcome 10:30 Keynote: Arthur Hayes — The Cycle Ahead 11:30 Panel · Institutional Capital in 2026 13:00 Lunch + Expo 14:30 4 parallel tracks · Institutional / DeFi / AI×Crypto / MENA 17:00 Keynote: Anatoly Yakovenko 19:00 Welcome Reception · Al Wasl Plaza 21:00 🛥 Yacht Reception · Consensus Pass only
▎DAY 2 · Wednesday, July 1 — MAIN DAY The Consensus — Where Capital Meets Code
09:00 Doors open 10:00 🎮 Gaming Reveal — Main Stage Premiere 11:00 Keynote: Charles Hoskinson 12:00 Panel · L1 Wars 13:00 Lunch + Demo Day Expo 14:30 6 parallel tracks 16:00 🏆 $1M Demo Day Finals — 20 startups, live pitch 18:00 Winners + 📊 The Consensus Report 2026 release 20:00 🌙 The Consensus Gala Dinner · Atlantis The Royal 23:00 After-Party
▎DAY 3 · Thursday, July 2 The Builders — What Gets Shipped Next
09:00 Doors open 10:00 🔬 The Quantum Day 11:30 Tech keynotes · Hayden Adams · Stani Kulechov · Sreeram Kannan 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Workshops · ZK · RWA · AI×Crypto · Privacy 14:00 🤝 Speed VC · 300 founders × 50 funds 17:00 Closing keynote + Hackathon awards 19:00 Museum of the Future Dinner · Consensus Pass only 21:00 Closing Party
Full program with all panels published on launch day.
Programs
🏆 $1M Live Demo Day — one of the largest live prizes in the industry 📊 The Consensus Report 2026 — published live on Day 2 🤝 Speed VC — AI-matched founder × fund meetings 🌙 The Consensus Gala at Atlantis The Royal 🛥 Yacht Reception for Consensus Pass holders
50+ Speakers Confirmed
Arthur Hayes · Charles Hoskinson · Sandeep Nailwal · Anatoly Yakovenko · Stani Kulechov · Hayden Adams · Paolo Ardoino · Justin Sun · Kris Marszalek · Adam Back · Sreeram Kannan · Yat Siu · Jeremy Allaire · Rune Christensen · Balaji Srinivasan · Anthony Pompliano · Laura Shin · Ryan Sean Adams · David Hoffman · Raoul Pal · Mert Mumtaz · Kyle Samani · Haseeb Qureshi · Eli Ben-Sasson · Mike Dudas · Chris Burniske
Plus VARA leadership, institutional partners, MENA ecosystem leaders, and 30+ confirmed names.
Full lineup revealed on June 20.
🎟 Access Tiers
General Access — Free (gas only) · 25,000 PRO Pass — $499 · 2,000 FOUNDER Pass — $2,500 · 800 (Gala dinner · 5 Speed VC meetings · Founders Lounge) CONSENSUS Pass — $10,000 · 200 (backstage · yacht reception · closed roundtables · lifetime access)
📅 Key Dates
June 20 — 🚀 Website live · NFT mint opens · Paid pass portal opens · Full speaker lineup revealed June 30 – July 2 — The Crypto Consensus 2026
🔔 Subscribe to be notified on June 20
Tap Register above for direct email notification when the website goes live and mint opens. Early subscribers carry an advantage in the top-100 wallet snapshot.
📍 Expo City Dubai · Al Wasl Plaza 📅 June 30 – July 2, 2026 🌐 thecryptoconsensus.com
Be in the room. The room talks back.