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TOKEN2049 opens in Singapore with 25,000 attendees, focusing on RWAs, DeFi, and AI as crypto faces regulatory and market challenges.
Author: Tanishq Bodh
Published On: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 22:06:30 GMT
September 30, 2025 — TOKEN2049, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency conferences, kicks off tomorrow at Marina Bay Sands, bringing together more than 25,000 attendees from 4,000 companies across 160 countries. The sold-out event, running October 1–2, arrives as the sector faces U.S. regulatory pressures and Bitcoin’s uneven climb toward $70,000. While tokenized assets and AI integration dominate the agenda, lingering questions about scalability and compliance frame the summit as both a showcase and a stress test for the industry.
Delegates describe TOKEN2049 as a critical moment for gauging crypto’s resilience. Institutional interest in real-world asset (RWA) tokenization and payments systems is strong, with silver sponsor Cregis set to demo enterprise-grade MPC wallets. Still, investors express fatigue at familiar talking points. “It’s the same players rehashing old ideas,” one attendee remarked, noting unresolved questions around scaling and regulatory clarity. Panels will feature discussions on Solana staking, Hyperliquid’s DeFi derivatives, and stablecoins shaping Asia’s financial networks.
The event unfolds against volatile market backdrops: Bitcoin trades below the $70,000 mark, while regulatory scrutiny in the U.S. casts uncertainty over crypto’s near-term growth. Critics also flag environmental and logistical concerns, from visa issues to the carbon impact of large-scale events. Skeptics question whether TOKEN2049 can push the industry beyond marketing hype to tangible adoption. Organizers counter with innovation showcases, experiential networking zones, and the Nexus Startup Competition, aimed at surfacing new solutions.
TOKEN2049 Week spans September 29 to October 5 with more than 500 side events. Highlights include the Tokenized Capital Summit for high-net-worth investors, the DeSci Summit on biotech-Web3 convergence, and afterparties like The Best Event at MARQUEE. Circle, ChainUp, and other major players headline discussions, while builders join the TOKEN2049 Origins Hackathon to prototype new dApps. For Singapore, which markets itself as a regulatory safe harbor under MiCA-like frameworks, the summit reinforces its role as Asia’s Web3 hub.
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