From April 20 to 23, 2026, the Hong Kong Web3 Carnival will be grandly launched at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre 5BCDE. This carnival marks the fourth consecutive year of being held in Hong Kong since the first Web3 Carnival in 2023. With the themes of “mountains, wind, clouds, and sea,” the event will create four main stages over four days for in-depth discussions and sharing, collectively writing the chapter of “The Wind Rises in the Fragrant Harbour, Linked Across Four Seas.” Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, University of Maryland Professor of Finance Michael Faulkender, Binance Co-CEO He Yi, Quantum Solutions CEO Francis B. Zhou, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, and hundreds of guests from fields such as regulatory institutions, the crypto ecosystem, traditional finance, and cutting-edge technology will attend and share insights. Discussions will cover the convergence of traditional finance and the crypto world, the collision between AI and Web3, and the real dissection of RWA from concept to scaling, with three core topics threading through four days of agenda, collectively defining the evolution direction of the next generation digital world.

April 20

Main Venue · Mountain

At 9 AM on April 20, the opening ceremony of the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival will be held at the main venue · mountain. National People’s Congress Representative, Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, Chairman and CEO of Wanxiang Group Lu Weidong, Hong Kong Financial Secretary Paul Chan, Hong Kong Undersecretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Chan Ho Lam, Executive Director of the Intermediaries Division of the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission Ye Zhi Heng, Legislative Council Member (Technology Innovation Sector) Yau Wai Ching, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Maryland University Finance Professor Michael Faulkender, Dean of Global Fintech Institute Li Guo Quan, Chief Public Mission Officer of Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited Chan Si Yuan, Executive Director of Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) & Japan Crypto Assets Business Association Takashi Shuba, Executive Director of the Chinese Financial Society Fan Wen Zhong, Secretary General of Lo Han Tang and Dean of Shanghai Zhichain Financial Research Institute (Preparatory) Chen Long, and other guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will be present to share insights on hot topics in their respective fields, jointly inaugurating the 2026 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival.

In the afternoon of April 20, we will welcome one of the most anticipated topics of the carnival, “Traditional Finance x Crypto Finance: Convergence”. Du Yu, head of Wanxiang Blockchain Laboratory, Binance Co-CEO He Yi, CEO of HashKey Group’s Exchange Business Group Ru Hai Yang, OKX Global Chief Business Officer Lennix Lai, CEO of RD Technologies Rita Liu, HSBC Digital Asset Director Bugra Celik, HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao, Quantum Solutions CEO Francis B. Zhou, Sharplink CEO Joseph Chalom, KGA Managing Partner Kevin M. Goldstein, Binance Co-CEO Richard Teng, CEO of Stable Brian Mehler, Akhil Devmurari, Financial Technology Industry Leader at JPMorgan Asia Pacific (Payment Business), and Leonard Hoh, President of Bitstamp by Robinhood, along with many industry leaders (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will gather to engage in dialogue around topics such as the development of stablecoins in Hong Kong, cross-border payments, and asset digitization.

Venue One · Wind

AI's autonomous decision-making and Web3's decentralized trust—are they natural allies or do they conflict at a genetic level? When AI agents begin to manage assets and invoke contracts, who will endorse the actions of AI? In the afternoon of April 20, Venue One · Wind will host the “Web3xAI: Value Reconstruction in the Intelligent Era” thematic forum. Sophia Jin, Technical Director of Byteplus HK, Silicon Valley AI Tech Blogger Lang Han Wei (online), CTO of Ant Financial Yan Ying, CEO of Gen Labs Limited He Xiao Yang, Google Cloud Strategic Consultant Michael Yung, Partner and Product Lead at Slow Mist Technology Keywolf, Head of Asia Pacific at TON Foundation John, Co-founder of Qtum Miguel Palencia, Co-founder and CTO of Cobo Changhao Jiang, CEO of MaxQuant Jeffery Zeng, Co-founder of TechFlow Zolo Xiong, CMO of Kite AI Cindy Shi, COO of Virtuals Protocol KK, CEO of Questflow Bob, Co-founder of Anoma Adrian Brink, Founder and CEO of Uptick Network Xin Wei Min, and other guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will participate in discussions, dissecting the integration challenges and breakthrough paths within the real track in this profound collision of “intelligence and trust.”

Venue Two · Cloud

Trillions of real assets are waiting to be on-chain, but most projects are still trapped in the “pilot” stage. Compliance costs, on-chain valuation, liquidity outlets... which link is the real bottleneck? In the afternoon of April 20, the thematic forum “Tokenization: A Bridge Between the Real World and the Digital Economy” co-hosted with Anvita will take place in Venue Two · Cloud. Yat Siu, Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands, Richa, Head of Brand and Public Relations at MSX, Leo Lin, Co-founder of Arkreen, Chen Shanlong, Head of Asia for XDC Network, Marques McCammon, President of Karma Automotive, Nazmus Saquib, CEO of Oak Network, Zhang Baolong, Chief Strategy Officer of Empowered Love, Junny Ho, Chairman of Kaspa Foundation, Sunny Ng, CEO of PANONY & PANews, Cynthia Wu, Founding Partner and Chief Business Officer of BIT, Henry Zhang, Founder and CEO of DigiFT, Jakob Kronbichler, Co-founder of Clearpool, Jeremy Ng, Founder and CEO of OpenEden, Arion Ho, Founder and CEO of ENI, Chris Yin, CEO & Co-founder of Plume, Zhang Chenguang, Product Head of Ant Financial’s Anvita and CEO of ZAN, Zhou Zhou, Deputy Editor of Foresight News, Jason Huang, Executive Director and President of Xiexin New Energy Holdings, Wish Wu, Co-founder and CEO of Pharos Network, and other guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will engage in deep dialogues, tackling the core issues of asset RWA from concept to scaling, and exploring how to build the bridge between the real world and the digital economy.

April 21

Main Venue · Mountain

On April 21, the main venue will continue to focus on core topics. In the morning, discussions will center around the theme of “AI x Crypto: A New Generation of Financial Infrastructure”. Feng Qingfeng, Global CEO of Lotus Technology, Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, Adeniyi Abiodun, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Mysten Labs, Kai Xu, COO of MEET48, Franklin Bi, Partner at Pantera Capital, Mykolas Majauskas, Senior Policy Director at Bybit, 曾煜超, Managing Director of Futu Holdings, Sun Yuchen, Founder of TRON, Global Advisor for Huobi HTX, and B.AI Consultant, YQ Jia, Founder of Altlayer, Peter H.K. Koh, Executive Director and Group CEO of Oceanus Group, Nina Rong, Growth Executive Director of BNB Chain, Chef Kids, CEO of Pancakeswap, Sungmo Park, Head of Asia Pacific at a16z, and many other speaking guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will discuss the integration between AI and the crypto world, addressing the underlying reconstruction logic of financial infrastructure.

The afternoon of 21 will usher in another highly anticipated thematic forum, “RWA Ultimate Q&A.” Anna Liu, CEO of HashKey Tokenisation, Yao Shijia, Co-Head Analyst at Guotai Junan Securities Industry Policy Research Institute, Zhao Yao, Senior Research Fellow at the National Financial and Development Laboratory (online), Qiao Zhe Yuan, Head and Partner of the Virtual Asset Business Department at JunHe, Chen Bin, General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain, Diao Zhi Hai, Head of International Wealth Management at China International Capital Corporation, Partner of King & Wood Mallesons Fei Si, Gavin Wang, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of SNZ Holding & SNZ Capital, Celine Tan, Head of Liquidity Distribution at BNY Mellon Investment Management Hong Kong, Kelly Sohn, Head of Digital Asset Strategy at Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited, Xu Ping, Managing Director of Global Investment Banking at JPMorgan and Head of China Financial Technology, Victor Jung, Head of Digital Assets at Hamilton Lane, Li Bo Wei, Partner of HashKey Tokenisation, John Cahill, COO of Galaxy Digital Asia, Abdelhamid Bizid, Managing Director at BlackRock Group, Min Lin, Managing Director and Global Business Development Head at Ondo Finance, and other big names (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will explore together the pathway to real implementation from domestic new policy interpretation to global regulatory trends, from asset filing to on-chain issuance, discussing practical pathways and future visions.

Venue One · Wind

As the barriers between traditional capital and crypto assets gradually dissolve, these two asset forms, which originally operated on parallel tracks, are moving towards deep coupling. Is this a fleeting market trend or a long-term institutional change? On the morning of April 21, the thematic forum “New Trends of Coin-Stock Linkage” co-hosted with Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT) will be held in Venue One · Wind. Zhu Jun Wei, Executive Chairman of Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT), Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, and Phil Kang, CEO of Zhuorui Financial Group, among other significant guests will deliver speeches, and there will also be a special segment presented by Solana Company (NASDAQ: HSDT). A roundtable discussion specially presented by Sina Finance will gather key guests including Zhao Lan, Head of Sina Finance Hong Kong Station, Livio Weng, CEO of Bitfire, Wu Jun Yu, Director of Digital Asset Business at Huaxia Fund (Hong Kong), Lyu Zhi Hong, Partner at Deloitte China Hong Kong and a member of the Third Generation Internet (Web3.0) Development Task Force, and other notable guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) for dialogue.

The afternoon session is co-hosted with Arkreen for the thematic forum “Smart Hardware: The Physical Entry and Scene Extension of Web3.” Guests including Merlin Ostermann, Co-founder of Arkreen, Alven Lin, Partner at Summer Capital Fintech and Blockchain, Ben Zhai, CEO of Robo.ai, Chen Jian Qiu, Executive Director of Gangzi Robotics Group, Yiming Wang, Founder and CEO of JDI Global, Patty Tu, Business Research Manager & Innovation and R&D of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Innovation Research Institute Limited, KK, Founder of Hash Global, Wallace Leung, General Manager of Saifang Technology (Hong Kong), Liu Tao, CEO of Starise Tech Limited, Samuel C. Greenwood, Global Advisor of VeZoom, Jerrina Yu, Marketing Director of FutureMoney Group, Shukyee Ma, Chief Strategy Officer of Plume, Peter CHEN, Director of Institutional Development at Tether Asia, Steven Wang, Chief Product Officer of Goldwarts Limited M2M Pay, Peng Zhao, Founder of the Internet of Things Think Tank, Henrique Centieiro, Chief Investment Officer of Maverick Capital, Rohan JT, Chief Marketing Officer of Roam, Gao Yuan, Co-founder of Gradient Network, and other guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will discuss how Web3 can make smart hardware an asset with sustainable revenue and the compliance and grounding thresholds that must be crossed for scaling.

Venue Two · Cloud

From cross-border settlement to AI intelligent agent payment, stablecoins are penetrating payment networks at an unexpected speed. On April 21, the thematic forum “Stablecoins and the Web3 Payment Revolution” co-hosted with RD Technologies will take place all day in Venue Two · Cloud. Rita Liu, CEO of RD Technologies, Athena Yu, CEO of United Stables, Toby Poon, COO of BAXS, John, Head of Asia Pacific at TON Foundation, Leon Li, Solution Architect at Google, Alan Qi, Founder of inftech.ai, JAG FOO, Partner at Safeheron, Michael Wong, Partner and Chief Business Officer at TokenPocket, Arda Senoz, Head of Alchemy Pay Ecosystem, Daqi, Chief Product Officer of RD Technologies, Zack Yang, Co-founder of FOMO Group, Justin, Head of Asia Pacific at Ava Labs, Vincent Yang, Co-founder and Chief Business Officer at Obita, Will Wu, Head of Asia Pacific at Bitget Wallet, Jessica Cao, CEO of Huma Asia Pacific, Stanley, Partner for Asia Pacific at Hivemind, Debra, CCO of RD Innotech, Shiv Shankar, CEO of Boundless Network, Jacky Chong, Head of Compliance at Aspire Hong Kong, Daniel Lee Cheok Ching, CEO of Cactus Custody, Raj Kamal, CEO of TransFi, Stephen Browne, CEO of Sorted Wallet, Justin Chan, Head of International Business at RD Technologies, Osman Mendoza, Head of Alfred Business, and other guests (speaking guests are introduced in the order of appearance) will deeply discuss regulatory pathways of compliant stablecoins, the landing possibilities of agency payments, regulatory differences among Europe, America, and Asia, and practices in emerging markets.

April 22 & 23

From April 22 to 23, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and many heavyweight guests along with numerous ecosystem partners will present several exciting Side Event activities on the four stages of “mountain, wind, cloud, sea.”

Main Venue · Mountain

On April 22, the Ethereum Application Alliance will hold the “Ethereum Application Assembly” at the main venue · mountain, featuring Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and other heavyweight guests discussing the maturity of Ethereum's infrastructure and the explosion of application layers, AI × Ethereum, RWA and institutional adoption, the integration of hardware and the physical world, security and trust, and future prospects.

Registration link: https://luma.com/89bnj2h4

On April 23, Bitfire New Fire Technology will host the “2026 Hong Kong Institutional Wealth Management Summit” at the main venue · mountain, focusing on private banking-level digital asset custody services and institutional wealth management, deeply exploring institutional configuration practices, compliance and risk control frontiers, AI-enabled wealth management, the integration of RWA and coin-stocks, and the standards of digital wealth transmission and services.

Registration link: https://luma.com/9mz5wyps

Venue One · Wind

On April 22, W3SA-HK will host the “Web3.0 Standardization and Globalization Summit” at Venue One · Wind, discussing the thriving development of blockchain and new-generation information technology, and exploring how to promote the advancement of the Web3.0 industry through standardization and help enterprises integrate into the wave of disruptive innovation through internationalization.

Registration link: https://luma.com/z5akgehj

On April 23, the TON Foundation will hold the “TON AI Builders Day and Telegram AI Ecological Co-creation Summit” at Venue One · Wind, gathering developers, project parties, and industry leaders to explore the infinite possibilities of AI × TON ecology. The event includes AI Agent practical workshop, TON ecological AI hackathon project Demo display, AI x Web3 roundtable, and Agentic payment roundtable, among other rich segments.

Registration link: https://luma.com/xu9ywvih

Venue Two · Cloud

On April 22, HashKey Exchange will host the HashKey Exchange Asia Forum at Venue Two · Cloud, deeply discussing the integration of compliance, liquidity, and opportunities, focusing on the Asian and Middle Eastern capital corridors, on-chain capital and wealth reconstruction, revaluation of institutional-level assets, the global liquidity explosion, and the technology export of compliant exchanges.

Registration link: https://luma.com/1llsfy55

On April 23, DRK Lab, in collaboration with the University of Sydney and the Academic Secretariat of the Ethereum Foundation, will hold the “Web3 Scholar Summit 2026” at Venue Two · Cloud, presenting top academic papers and cutting-edge technical insights that have undergone rigorous selection, focusing on research directions such as smart contract security, blockchain systems and cryptography, governance economics, and regulation.

Registration link: https://luma.com/oq6d14ws

Open Stage · Sea

Additionally, the Open Stage themed “Sea” upholds the principles of openness, inclusiveness, and diversity, akin to rivers flowing into the sea, bringing participants a knowledge feast that combines deep perspectives and interactive experiences.

During the four-day event, teams such as 0G, Delta, De-commerce Singularity Technology x Web3Labs, HappyPlanet, IOSG x Boundless, K-Prop, and TCG.ZONE (arranged in alphabetical order) will take turns to present, bringing cutting-edge shares and exciting performances, showcasing the exploration frontiers of a diverse ecosystem. Moreover, diverse launch ceremonies and performances like traditional Chinese quartet and folk crafts will also take the stage, adding a different rhythm to this industry gala.

On April 20, IOSG x Boundless will hold the “Institutional Integration: From Compliance to Business” thematic event at Open Stage · Sea, sharing and discussing the prerequisites and pathways for institutional entry.

Registration link: https://luma.com/fz9bril4

On April 21, HashKey Capital will hold the “Capital Next: New Order, New Value, New Opportunities” event at Open Stage · Sea, discussing the institutionalization of digital assets, the reshaping of global regulatory frameworks, and the deep intersection points between traditional finance and Web3, intensively exploring trends in institutional-level digital asset allocation, RWA solutions, and institutional investment matrices.

Registration link: https://luma.com/m40w0yqp

On April 22, De-commerce Singularity Technology x Web3Labs will hold “Four-Dimensional Resonance: Reshaping the Global Financial New Infrastructure 2026” at Open Stage · Sea, exploring the four core dimensions of RWA, AI, prediction markets, and compliance payments, and deeply discussing the value anchor points of on-chain assets, the evolution of AI Agents towards “digital employees,” and how compliant payments can bridge the last mile of global value transfer.

Registration link: https://luma.com/51i8cxi9

On April 22, 0G will hold the House of AI: Building Blockchain for AI Agents event at Open Stage · Sea, engaging in in-depth discussions on building blockchain infrastructure aimed at AI Agents.

Registration link: https://luma.com/5yb1ju61

On April 23, HashKey Chain will hold the “On-chain Financial Summit: Co-building On-chain Financial Infrastructure” at Open Stage · Sea, deeply discussing the future development of on-chain financial infrastructure.

Registration link: https://luma.com/qx4gu41m

From the resilience and height of mountains to the flow and transformation of wind, from the connectivity and future of clouds to the inclusiveness and depth of the sea, we thank the global ecosystem partners for their strong support. It is the convergence of all forces that enables us to jointly build this feast of ideas spanning “mountain, sea, wind, and cloud,” exploring the deep integration of Web3 with AI, finance, technology, and other diverse fields, and witnessing the infinite possibilities of openness, collaboration, and co-construction.

As the tides surge in the Fragrant Harbour, winds from all four seas converge. From April 20 to 23, join us by the Fragrant Harbour, gathering the wisdom of the world to launch this top-tier event of Web3 that spans “mountain, sea, wind, and cloud,” and explore the evolutionary direction of the future digital world.

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