When: March 1–2, 2026
Where: Bucharest, Romania
What it’s about
Eastern Europe’s largest crypto event
Crypto Expo Europe draws over 3,000 attendees, 100+ speakers, and 59+ exhibitors across 5,000 sqm of expo space. It’s a broad-tent event — covering crypto trends, DeFi, NFTs, tokenization, and enterprise blockchain — and notably more accessible in price and format than its Western European equivalents.
Regulation as a primary thread
With MiCA now in effect across the EU, compliance discussions have moved from background noise to center stage. Crypto Expo Europe has become a meeting point for legal experts, fintech professionals, and regional enterprises figuring out what the rules mean in practice.
Speakers and networking
Justin Sun (Tron) and Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox) are among confirmed speakers, alongside founders, investors, and fintech operators. The format — 81+ workshops across multiple tracks — is built to serve both newcomers and professionals looking to move deals forward.
Tickets and practical info
Standard pass: €99 + VAT (expo and seminars). Premium: €199 + VAT (adds lunch and VIP lounge). VIP: €399 + VAT (full access including the award gala). Group discounts available for 5+ attendees.
When: March 24–25, 2026
Where: Warsaw, Poland
What it’s about
A blockchain festival, not just a conference
Next Block Expo calls itself a festival, and the format earns it: 5,000+ attendees, 200+ speakers, 80+ Web3 brands, a pitch arena, the NBX Awards, and a full schedule of side events during Polish Blockchain Week. It’s a high-energy environment, deliberately so.
Warsaw as a real Web3 hub
Next Block Expo is a good barometer of how seriously Central and Eastern Europe is being taken in this space now. The agenda — crypto, AI, DeFi, trading, legal compliance, TradFi integrations, RWAs, gaming — is competing directly with what’s on offer in Paris or London.
Speakers and deal flow
Robby Yung (CEO, Animoca Brands), Miko Matsumura (Gumi Cryptos Capital), and Marouane Essaïdi (Solana Foundation) are among the confirmed names, with others from MEXC, BingX, and zondacrypto. Good event for startups looking for early-stage deal flow and enterprises mapping the CEE market.
Tickets and practical info
General pass: $95 USD. Startup, Investor, and VIP tiers go up to $1,089 USD. Video-on-demand access included for 90 days post-event.
When: March 30–April 2, 2026
Where: Cannes, France
What it’s about
The largest annual Ethereum event in Europe
EthCC accredits 6,500+ attendees and pulls over 10,000 people to Cannes across the main event and community-organized side events. It has held onto a reputation for substance — programming is dense, the crowd is technical, and the Cannes setting is incidental. The location is not the point.
Technology and institutional integration
The 2026 edition covers Ethereum’s technical roadmap alongside growing institutional participation: DeFi, RWA tokenization, applied cryptography, and what professionalizing the Ethereum ecosystem actually means for builders. Confirmed speakers include Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Stani Kulechov (Aave), and Jean-Marc Stenger (Societe Generale-Forge), among others.
Community-run structure
What sets EthCC apart from events of similar size is how much of the programming is community-generated. Side events are organized independently, creating a distributed schedule that extends well beyond the main hall.
Tickets and practical info
Full Pass: €500 incl. VAT (4 days, swag and catering). EthCC + Agora (institutional forum): €1,300. EthVC (investor-focused): €1,500. Single day: €125, opening February 23. 400 free student spots available via application on the site. Tickets are non-transferable.
When: April 15–16, 2026 (side events April 11–16)
Where: Paris, France
What it’s about
Where TradFi and digital assets have the serious conversations
Paris Blockchain Week draws 10,000+ attendees and a speaker list pulled from banks, asset managers, regulators, and blockchain foundations. The emphasis is on working through the mechanics of what adoption looks like at an institutional level.
Policy and digital finance front and center
The 2026 agenda covers MiCA, market structure, tokenization, custody, stablecoins, and AI-blockchain convergence. Speakers include Dr. Nouriel Roubini (NYU), Natasha Cazenave (ESMA), Nikhil Sharma (BlackRock), and people from Fidelity, Deutsche Bank, and Invesco. The 150+ sessions run from founder pitches to policy debates to private dinners at Versailles.
Worth knowing
If there’s one event on this list built specifically for banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers trying to understand where digital assets land within regulated frameworks, this is it.
Tickets and practical info
Pro passes: €999 early bird, €1,199 standard (expo and main stages). VIP Investor: €1,999 (adds investor meetups and private breakfasts). All passes include a networking app and food and drinks. Book at tickets.parisblockchainweek.com and use code VOYAGER15 at checkout for 15% off your ticket.
When: May 28–29, 2026
Where: Rotkreuz, Switzerland
What it’s about
The most substantive blockchain gathering in Switzerland
Now in its 8th edition, Crypto Valley Conference sits in an unusual spot: it’s not a mass-market expo, and it’s not a pure developer event. It brings together academics, engineers, government officials, and institutional players in a format built around rigorous discussion.
The agenda follows the money and the research
The 2026 program covers institutional yield generation, global digital asset regulation, geopolitics, RWA tokenization, stablecoins and CBDCs, on-chain asset management, and blockchain VC strategy — 125+ speakers across 40+ presentations and 7 masterclasses.
Speakers and format
Pascal Gauthier (Ledger), Thomas Moser (Swiss National Bank), Frederik Gregaard (Cardano Foundation), Lily Liu (Solana Foundation), and Dominic Williams (DFINITY) are among confirmed names. There’s also a Lake Zug boat cruise, which is a small detail but consistent with the conference’s emphasis on actual relationship-building.
Tickets and practical info
Pricing had not been released at time of writing. Previous editions ranged from €200–500. A call for papers is open. Sign up via the official website for updates.
When: June 2–3, 2026
Where: Istanbul, Türkiye
What it’s about
The biggest Web3 event in the Europe-Asia corridor
Istanbul Blockchain Week draws 5,000+ attendees across a main summit, exhibition floor, DeFAI hackathon, and a showcase that has featured over 17,000 projects in previous editions. It operates at a scale that puts it in direct conversation with the larger Western European events.
DeFi, AI, and autonomous economies
The 2026 agenda covers blockchain, DeFi, AI, RWA tokenization, stablecoins, and privacy — spread across fireside chats, roundtables, and workshops over two days. Past speakers include Justin Sun (TRON) and Kostas Chalkias (Mysten Labs); the 2026 lineup is forthcoming.
Real government engagement
One of Istanbul Blockchain Week’s more unusual features is direct participation from Turkish regulatory bodies — the Capital Markets Board of Türkiye has had a presence at past editions. That makes it particularly useful for projects trying to get a read on how regulation is moving in the region.
Tickets and practical info
Attendee: €299. Pro: €449 (adds RWA stage and lunch). VIP: €1,999 (full premium access). Separate pricing for Turkish residents. Hotel partnerships offer 20% off accommodation.
When: June 30–July 1
Where: Berlin, Germany
What it’s about
Europe’s largest AI-focused tech event
GITEX AI Europe is the European arm of GITEX Global, one of the world’s biggest tech exhibitions. The Berlin edition focuses on AI across 14+ stages and country pavilions — covering GenAI, policy and ethics, deep tech, quantum computing, cybersecurity, green tech, mobility, and digital finance in one sprawling program.
Startups compete alongside the incumbents
The Supernova All-Stars Pitch Competition (€100,000 prize) brings early-stage companies into direct contact with investors and enterprise buyers. The event pulls startups, government delegations, and large corporations simultaneously — which makes it wide-ranging, but also creates cross-sector interactions that more focused events can’t offer.
Speaker caliber
Geoffrey Hinton is among the featured names, alongside 500+ speakers from governments, global tech companies, and emerging AI labs. The event is a strong signal of Berlin’s growing role in European AI policy conversations.
Tickets and practical info
A single-day visitor pass is €30; two days is €30 at early bird pricing (€50 after). For those who want full conference access — stages, sessions, the works — the All Access Conference Pass is €225 early bird (€450 regular). The Premium Pass sits at €2,000 for top-tier access.
When: July 8–9, 2026
Where: Paris, France
What it’s about
An AI summit built for executives
RAISE Summit is oriented toward enterprise adoption and capital allocation, not technical depth. With 9,000+ attendees, 2,000 companies, 350+ speakers, and 80% C-level participation, the conversations here are about ROI, strategy, and deployment, not research for its own sake.
Four tracks, one agenda
Programming runs across Foundation (AI infrastructure), Friction (governance), Frontier (innovation), and Future (long-term trends). RAISE also runs the world’s largest AI hackathon alongside the main event and Machina, a dedicated robotics and embodied intelligence program.
Speaker lineup
Mark Cuban, Vlad Tenev (CEO, Robinhood), Eric Schmidt (Former Google CEO), and Marcelo Claure (CEO, Claure Group) are among the 2026 speakers. The tone throughout is capital and strategy — who’s deploying AI, how, and at what cost.
Tickets and practical info
Pro: €999. VIP: €1,899 (adds Machina access, valued separately at €699). VIP Max: €3,499 — limited spots, full access. Early bird available now. Some tiers include hackathon entry.
When: September 15–16
Where: Dortmund, Germany
What it’s about
Two days, two distinct audiences
Day 1 of CONF3RENCE is B2B-focused; Day 2 is open to the public. The split is deliberate — it lets the event serve enterprise buyers and institutional attendees without abandoning the community side that makes these gatherings useful for developers and curious outsiders alike.
Web3 and frontier tech in an unusual venue
The agenda spans Web3, AI, blockchain, metaverse, and AR/VR, with a focus on where emerging tech meets actual business adoption. Speakers include Bastian Schuetz (Global Lead, Virtual & Mixed Reality Solutions), Frederik Gregaard (CEO, Cardano), and others from tech and Web3.
The venue itself — Kokerei Hansa, a converted industrial coking plant and UNESCO World Heritage site — gives the event an atmosphere that no convention center can manufacture. It’s worth noting for anyone who cares about where they spend two days.
Tickets and practical info
Regular: €199 (both days, keynotes, expo, and a free hardware wallet). VIP: €499 (adds a stadium tour, exclusive areas, and the after party). Day 2 is free with a mandatory ticket — limited supply, so book early.
When: September 16–17
Where: Barcelona, Spain
What it’s about
One of the largest blockchain events in Europe by raw numbers
European Blockchain Convention consistently pulls 6,000+ attendees, 300+ speakers, and 200 exhibitors across multiple stages at Fira Barcelona Montjuïc. The programming covers blockchain, digital assets, institutional adoption, DeFi, and security — broad by design, built to serve a diverse attendee base.
An exchange-heavy speaker lineup
The 2026 speaker list features CEOs and regional directors from OKX, Bullish, Bybit EU, and Bitpanda. That concentration of exchange leadership is telling — if you work in trading infrastructure, market structure, or products that touch exchanges, the networking value here is unusually high.
Barcelona’s place in the calendar
EBC has become a defining event in the Barcelona Web3 calendar year after year, which says something about the city’s standing as one of Europe’s more active blockchain communities.
Tickets and practical info
General pass: €500 early bird, rising to €1,100 at late pricing (excl. 10% VAT, 2-day). VIP: €800–€1,600. President tier (premium networking): €2,499–€7,000. Early bird is currently ongoing. Group rates and student discounts may be available.
Keeping Track Beyond This List
This list covers 10 events, but the European calendar runs much deeper — developer hackathons, policy roundtables, community meetups, and country-specific gatherings run throughout the year, often alongside or just before the larger events above. Browse the full list at Web3Voyager, and if you’re organizing an event, you can submit it for review.
Dates, pricing, and speaker lineups change. Always check directly on each event’s official website before registering.
