At a critical juncture where the Lower House of the Japanese Diet has passed the amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (FIEA), formally positioning crypto assets as "financial products," and proposes significantly reducing the income tax rate on eligible crypto transactions from a maximum of 55% to approximately 20% under separate taxation, Asia's flagship Web3 conference, WebX 2026, will grandly unveil a new lineup of global speakers and sponsors in Tokyo.

The biggest highlight this year lies in the significant participation of traditional financial institutions. Global top-tier institutions such as Mastercard, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton, Swift, and SBI Holdings have become key sponsors or sent executives to speak, indicating that capital from traditional financial institutions is accelerating its embrace of the Asian Web3 market. This conference will be held at the Prince Park Tower Tokyo on July 13-14, 2026.

This series of reforms is accelerating the transformation of Japan's crypto asset ecosystem towards investment financial assets, significantly enhancing regulatory certainty and convenience for institutional participation, providing an important layout window with geographic proximity, policy friendliness, and tax optimization for Asian investors, especially Chinese investors. Leveraging clear rules and tax benefits, Japan is becoming a regional hub for digital asset innovation.

Agenda Highlights: Against the backdrop of accelerating institutional adoption and a rapidly evolving regulatory environment, the two-day agenda will focus on the next phase of development in the digital asset industry, including stablecoin applications, AI, tokenization, and the evolution of regulatory frameworks.

Agenda Highlights

Special keynote speech by Tom Lee, Chairman of the Board of Bitmine, as well as panel discussions such as "Asian Crypto Powerhouse: Policy, Liquidity, and Trust Drive Strong Growth" and "Stablecoins in Action: Reshaping APAC Retail Payments."

The agenda will continue to be updated, deeply exploring frontier topics such as tokenized capital markets, digital asset regulation, and artificial intelligence from the perspectives of global financial institutions, tech companies, and policymakers.

Invited Speakers

• Tom Lee (Chairman of the Board, Bitmine)
• Franklin Bi (General Partner, Pantera Capital)
• Yoshitaka Kitao (Representative Director, Chairman, President and CEO, SBI Holdings)
• Giselle Lai (Director of Digital Asset Strategy, Asia Pacific, Fidelity International)
• Christian Rau (Senior Vice President, Digital Assets and Blockchain, Mastercard)
• Carole House (Former White House Advisor, CEO, Penumbra Strategies)
• Chetan Karkhanis (Senior Vice President, Franklin Templeton)
• Fiona Murray (Vice President and Managing Director, Asia Pacific, Ripple)
• David Walsh (Head of Enterprise, Ethereum Foundation)
• Avalon Ingram (Head of Digital Assets Business, Swift)
• Sunayana Tuteja (Former Chief Innovation Officer, Federal Reserve System)
• Takafumi Horie
• More speaker lineup continuously updating

Strong Support from Global Partners

WebX 2026 has received support from top global partners. The newly joined Title Sponsor Advasa, together with Bitbank, bitFlyer, BitLending, eole Inc., SBI Holdings, Simplex, and UPCX, form the main sponsor lineup.

Platinum sponsors include Canton, Sun Sun House, Fireblocks, Gonka, MetaPlanet, and TRON. The deep participation of traditional financial institutions and infrastructure giants highlights that WebX has become a core platform for institutions to explore blockchain adoption and industry collaboration.

WebX Chairman Makoto Aoki stated: "The pace of change in the digital asset field continues to accelerate, thanks to increased institutional participation, advancements in payment infrastructure, and improved regulatory clarity in major markets. WebX will gather the institutions, policymakers, and innovators shaping these developments to create a high-end platform for exchanging ideas, facilitating cooperation, and discussing the future of the industry together."

For the complete conference agenda and full list of speakers and sponsors, please visit: https://webx-asia.com/

About WebX

WebX 2026 is Asia's flagship Web3 and blockchain conference, planned and hosted by Japan's largest crypto media, CoinPost. Since its inception, WebX has become an important platform connecting global Web3, crypto asset, and blockchain ecosystem leaders. The 2025 conference attracted over 14,000 attendees from more than 90 countries. Past speakers have included former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Binance CEO Richard Teng, TRON Founder Justin Sun, and others.

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