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World Summit AI brings together on October 7 and 8, 2026, near Amsterdam, nearly 10,000 participants and 300 speakers expected, according to the organizer. The published program includes no sessions dedicated to crypto, but it gives a large place to AI agents, software capable of acting alone, which payment networks are already preparing to settle in stablecoins. Cointribune explains what a crypto reader can learn there, who speaks, and how much the ticket costs.

On October 5 and 6, 2026, CoinFerenceX brings together founders, investors and Web3 projects at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, two days before TOKEN2049 opens. Entry is free, the VIP pass costs $399, and 2,119 people were registered on September 30, according to the event ticketing. Cointribune details what this summit offers, what it seeks and what you can gain based on your profile.

World Summit AI returns to Amsterdam on October 7 and 8, 2026 for its tenth edition, at Taets Art and Event Park. The summit annually brings together companies, major tech groups, researchers, investors, and public decision-makers around artificial intelligence. Cointribune is a media partner for the 2026 edition and provides a discount code for its community.

Since September 14, 2026, holders of SPYx, QQQx, and NVDAx on Kraken can place these tokenized stocks in vaults that deploy them on onchain lending markets. Yield shown during the launch period: 2% net of fees for both ETFs, 1.8% for Nvidia, paid in the same asset. For an investor holding these positions over several years, the benefit is concrete. The mechanism producing this yield deserves to be understood before allocating anything.

Up to €400 offered at registration, 8% bonus on USDT deposits until October 8, 2026, and, since Tuesday, September 22, account protection up to €100,000 (€250,000 for VIP 1 to 3, €500,000 for VIP 4 and above) with no subscription or activation fees: OKX aligns three arguments for anyone still hesitating to open an account. The first is a welcome gift, the second a limited-time offer, the third, OKX Shield, a new feature that reimburses if a third party takes control of your account and withdraws funds, and it's worth looking at exactly what it covers before activating.

MERGE Madrid returns on October 27, 28 and 29, 2026, between the Bolsa de Madrid for the institutional summit and the Palacio de Cibeles for the main congress. The event positions itself as the meeting point between banks, regulators and the crypto ecosystem in Southern Europe and Latin America. Cointribune is the media partner of the edition and provides a discount code for its community.

MEXC, a pioneer in 0-fee digital asset trading, today launched "Test Your Wall Street DNA," a new campaign built around the theme "Different Traders.

While other conferences line up promises, MERGE Madrid sets up shop where institutional money actually gets decided: inside the historic Madrid Stock Exchange building, then inside one of the Spanish capital's most iconic buildings. From October 27 to 29, 2026, the event presents itself as the reference point for institutional crypto in Southern Europe and Latin America, a deliberate bridge between traditional finance and digital assets. A discounted rate is reserved for the Cointribune community.

The world's largest crypto event returns to Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, on October 7 and 8, 2026. Feature of this edition: with Dubai postponed to 2027, TOKEN2049 Singapore is the only major brand gathering this year, which focuses the attention of an entire sector over two days. A reduced rate is reserved for the Cointribune community.

Europe was not lacking in conferences on artificial intelligence. What it lacked, according to the organizers of the AI Summit Barcelona, was a place where the people building AI come with what they have already done, not what they promise to do. On September 22 and 23, 2026, the World Trade Center in Barcelona, on the waterfront, hosts the second edition of this summit which aims to be the European stage of applied AI. And the scale jump is spectacular: about 1,500 participants last year, more than 10,000 expected this year.

Canopy has announced it completed its first named protocol upgrade, Banyan (v2.0), live and with no downtime. The company, which builds a framework for launching onchain apps and sovereign blockchains, ran a network-wide consensus change through its Canopy Auto Update feature. The headline is not only the technical feat: according to Canopy, the same in-place upgrade ability now belongs to every application built on its infrastructure.

SINGAPORE, 10 September 2026 – TOKEN2049, the world’s largest digital assets conference series, announced the line-up for AFTER 2049, the official closing event of this year’s Singapore edition. Global house icon Claptone headlines, joined by Madrid’s Crusy. Taking place on 9 October 2026 at the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Observation Deck, the night’s lineup is completed by returning acts ANONM and Hong Kong’s Leon (FR), along with Milam and Mo-Shi. 

The 12th edition of the European Blockchain Convention brings together the biggest names in finance moving on-chain in Barcelona on September 16 and 17, 2026. Over two days, the conference aims to bring together in one place an ecosystem usually scattered across European financial centres: banks, asset managers, custodians and crypto-native players. A special rate reserved for the Cointribune community accompanies the event.