RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 — Completed RWA Tokenization Conference
RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 brought industry leaders, regulators, institutional investors and asset managers together around digital assets, real-world assets and RWA tokenization at Marina One. Explore the completed programme, speakers, partners and insights shared by RWA leaders.
Digital assets & RWA tokenization guide
RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 was Asia's institutional real-world asset (RWA) tokenization conference, held on 9 October 2026 at Marina One West Tower, 9 Straits View, Singapore 018937. The completed programme ran from 10:00 – 17:00 SGT and included a two-stage agenda, speaker roster, and partner ecosystem.
This page is the completed-edition archive. Browse the published agenda, speakers, partners, awards information, and venue details below. The next announced RWA SUMMIT is Hong Kong 2027.
About RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026
RWA SUMMIT SINGAPORE 2026 brought together regulators, institutional investors, asset managers, and blockchain innovators at Marina One in Singapore's Marina Bay financial district. The archive preserves the completed edition’s published programme and event ecosystem.
The four main pillars of the conference are: RWA Tokenisation (global trends and regional frameworks for tokenising real-world assets, institutional adoption, secondary markets, and regulatory landscape across Southeast Asia); PayFi and Stablecoins (USD, SGD, and regional stablecoins, cross-border settlements, CBDCs, and the future of programmable money in ASEAN); DePin and AI (decentralised physical infrastructure, machine economy, autonomous transactions, and AI-driven fintech innovations); and Institutional Capital (bringing institutional products to retail via tokenisation, investment trends, venture capital, private equity, and family office perspectives).
Speakers at RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026
- Yat Siu — Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands
- Charles d'Haussy — CEO, dYdX Foundation
- Yalini Isweran — Executive Director, Innovation Strategy, DTCC
- Viv Diwakar — Head of Foundation, Canton
- Chetan Karkhanis — Senior Vice President, Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton
- Edwin Mata — Co-Founder & CEO, Brickken
- Julian Kwan — Co-Founder & CRO, IXS
- Peter Kadish — Managing Director, LynxCap Investments
- Pei Chen — CEO, Theoriq
- George Ialovik — Founder, GeoTicker
- Daniel Lee — CEO, Cactus Custody (BIT GROUP)
- Alice Chen — Co-Founder & General Counsel, InvestaX
- Adrian Song — Digital Assets Senior Analyst, Schroders Investment Management
- Heslin Kim — Co-Founder & CBO, Zenith
- Delane Foo — APAC Regional Managing Director, Nethermind
- Aaron Gwak — Founder & CEO, Libeara
- Huong T Tran — Founder & Managing Partner, 6igma Ventures
- Kenneth Bok — Digital Assets Lead, SC Ventures
- Navin Vethanayagam — Chief Brain & Co-Founder, IQ / KRWQ
- Melody He — Co-Founder & Partner, Spartan Group
- Ziqing Ang — Head of Policy — APAC, TRM Labs
- Samee Siddiqui — CEO, Rift
- Terry Culver — President, Digital Finance Group (DFG)
- Andrew McCormick — Head of Institutional & Market Development, Chainlink
- Marcin Kazmierczak — Co-Founder, RedStone
- Thibault — Director, M11 Credit
- Angela Ang — Managing Director, APAC & President, BitGo
- Jacob Kronbichler — Co-Founder & CEO, Nara
- Bridget Li — Co-Founder, Asseto
- Johannes Kern — Managing Director, Frankencoin Association
- Mark Rydon — Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Aethir
- John Cahill — Head of Galaxy, APAC, Galaxy
- João Raza — CEO, Kunda Box
- George Wong — Project Lead, Maat Sino International Pte Ltd
- Shreshtha Kumar — Director of Operations, Propbase
- Charu Sethi — Founder, StableState | GTM & Partnerships Consultant, APAC, OpenRouter
- Aidan Neil — Head of Strategy & BD, Centrifuge
- Andy Goldin — Chief Strategy & Data Officer and Chief of Staff, KAST
- Christopher Andreola — Senior Director, Commercial Strategy, Optimism
- Evan Auyang — Group President, Animoca Brands
- Jean-David Péquignot — Institutional Market Lead & CCO, Coinbase | Deribit
- Jerald David — CEO, Lynq
- Lutz Preussler — Head of Asset Management Business Development, Sygnum Bank
- Olivier Dang — Chief Operating Officer, KAIO
- Tomasz K. Stańczak — Founder, Nethermind
- Al Mochkin — President, REEM Association
- Chris Yin — CEO & Co-Founder, Plume
- Devere B — Senior GTM, Commercial & Operations Executive & Advisor, PRP
- Edwin Cheung — Executive Director, Gate Group
- Herman Stohniiev — Chief Technology Officer, ADI Foundation
- Ken Bassig — DeFi Growth, Pharos Network
- Mark Mariampillai — Head of Business Development & Tokenisation, DigiShares
- Paul Shikhaleev — Head of Sales and Partnerships Operations, Cointelegraph
- Pranav Agarwal — Founding Investor & Director, Investments & Strategy, STBL | Ajna Capital
- Vaibhavv Ali — Minds, Animoca Brands
- Belinda Lim — Head of BD (AI), TOTM Technologies
- Nick See Tong — APAC Regional Lead for Base, Coinbase
- Jonathan Low — CEO, Elephants Inc.
- Alina Sysoeva — Head of PR and Crisis Communications Lead, Drofa Comms
- Faradj Abutalibov — Sr. Advisor, Middle East Market Development, Stellar Foundation
- Daren Guo — Co-Founder, Reap
- Myrtle Anne Ramos — Founder & CEO, Block Tides
- Natalie Grin — APAC Business Developer, Advisor
- Ivan V. Ivanov — Founder & CEO, UVC GROUP & RWA WEEK
Event Agenda — 9 October 2026
RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 featured two concurrent stages: the RWA Stage and the Stablecoins & PayFi Stage. The published programme is preserved in this completed-edition archive.
RWA Stage
- 10:00 – 10:10 — Opening: Opening
- 10:10 – 10:30 — Fireside Chat: Bonds tokenization case - challenges and opportunities, investor perspective and distribution pathway
- Peter Kadish — Managing Director, LynxCap Investments
Moderator: Mincole Zhang — Senior Project Manager, Finloop
- 10:30 – 10:45 — Keynote: The End of the Minimum Ticket
- Yat Siu — Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Animoca Brands
- 10:45 – 11:20 — Panel: Global Trends and Regional Framework, Tokenization Cases
- Yalini Isweran — Executive Director, Product Management & Innovation Strategy, DTCC
- Viv Diwakar — Interim Head of Foundation, Canton Foundation
- Angela Ang — Managing Director, APAC & President, BitGo
- Al Mochkin — President, REEM Association
Moderator: Belinda Lim — Head of BD (AI), TOTM Technologies
- 11:20 – 12:00 — Panel: DeFi & RWA: Institutional Adoption and Retail Opportunities
- Charles d'Haussy — CEO, dYdX
- Ziqing Ang — Head of Policy, APAC, TRM Labs
- Jacob Kronbichler — Co-Founder & CEO, Nara
- Delane Foo — APAC Regional Managing Director, Nethermind
Moderator: Aidan Neil — Head of Strategy & BD, Centrifuge
- 12:00 – 12:20 — Break: Break
- 12:20 – 12:35 — Keynote: Open Source Physical Infrastructure
- Tomasz K. Stańczak — Founder, Nethermind
- 12:35 – 13:10 — Panel: AI in RWA Tokenization Industry, Agents Economy Integration
- Julian Kwan — CEO & Co-Founder, IXS
- Herman Stohniiev — Chief Technology Officer, ADI Foundation
- Mark Rydon — Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Aethir
- Samee Siddiqui — CEO, Rift
Moderator: Charu Sethi — Founder, StableState | GTM & Partnerships Consultant, APAC, OpenRouter
- 13:10 – 13:25 — Fireside Chat: Tokenizing the geological data — bridging the gap in the mining industry
- Ivan V. Ivanov — Founder & CEO, UVC GROUP & RWA WEEK
- George Ialovik — Founder, GeoTicker
- 13:25 – 14:10 — Panel: Investments, M&A, liquidity in RWA space
- Terry Culver — President, Digital Finance Group (DFG)
- Melody He — Co-Founder & Partner, Spartan Group
- Huong T Tran — Founder & Managing Partner, 6igma Ventures
- Kenneth Bok — Digital Assets Lead, SC Ventures
- Pei Chen — CEO, Theoriq
Moderator: George Wong — Project Lead, Maat Sino International
- 14:10 – 14:50 — Panel: Financial Products Tokenization: Stocks, Bonds, T-Bills, MMFs
- Aaron Gwak — Founder & CEO, Libeara
- Peter Kadish — Managing Director, LynxCap
- Jean-David Péquignot — Institutional Market Lead, Coinbase & CCO, Deribit
- Bridget Li — Co-Founder, Asseto
Moderator: Edwin Cheung — Executive Director, Gate
- 14:50 – 15:10 — Break: Break
- 15:10 – 15:50 — Panel: RWA infrastructure for institutions — challenges, trust, security
- Chetan Karkhanis — Senior Vice President, Digital Assets Client Engagement, Franklin Templeton
- Adrian Song — Digital Assets Senior Analyst, Schroders
- Andrew McCormick — Head of Institutional and Market Development, Chainlink
- Ken Bassig — DeFi Growth, Pharos Network
Moderator: Alice Chen — Co-Founder & General Counsel, InvestaX
- 16:00 – 16:30 — Awards: RWA WEEK Awards
- 16:30 – 17:00 — Networking: Networking
Stablecoins & PayFi Stage
- 11:20 – 12:00 — Panel: Global Stablecoin Adoption and Growth
- Johannes Kern — Managing Director, Frankencoin Association
- Navin Vethanayagam — Chief Brain & Co-Founder, IQ / KRWQ
- Evan Auyang — Group President, Animoca Brands
- Daniel Lee — CEO, Cactus Custody
Moderator: Paul Shikhaleev — Head of Sales and Partnerships Operations, Cointelegraph
- 12:00 – 12:20 — Break: Break
- 12:20 – 12:55 — Panel: Cross-Border Infrastructure Development: Competitive Landscape, Winners and Losers
- John Cahill — Head of Galaxy, APAC
- Christopher Andreola — Senior Director, Commercial Strategy, Optimism
- Pranav Agarwal — Founding Investor & Director, Investments & Strategy, Ajna Capital
- Heslin Kim — Co-Founder & CBO, Zenith
Moderator: Nick See Tong — APAC Regional Lead for Base, Coinbase
- 12:55 – 13:30 — Panel: Institutional PayFi: Connecting Legacy Wealth, Digital Assets, and On-Chain Settlement
- Jerald David — CEO, Lynq
- Lutz Preussler — Head of Asset Management Business Development, Sygnum Bank
- Jonathan Low — CEO, Elephants Inc.
- Olivier Dang — Chief Operating Officer, KAIO
Moderator: Alina Sysoeva — Head of PR and Crisis Communications Lead, Drofa Comms
- 13:30 – 14:00 — Panel: How Many Crypto Cards Do We Need?
- Daren Guo — Co-Founder, Reap
- Faradj Abutalibov — Sr. Advisor, Middle East Market Development, Stellar Foundation
- Andy Goldin — Chief Strategy & Data Officer, KAST
Moderator: Devere B — Senior GTM, Commercial & Operations Executive & Advisor, PRP
- 14:00 – 14:30 — Panel: Tokenized Private Credit as Collateral: Unlocking Institutional DeFi & PayFi Yields
- João Raza — CEO, Kunda Box
- Thibault Labidi — Director, M11 Credit
- Marcin Kazmierczak — Co-Founder, RedStone
- Chris Yin — CEO & Co-Founder, Plume
Moderator: Myrtle Anne Ramos — Founder & CEO, Block Tides
- 14:30 – 15:10 — Break: Break
- 15:10 – 15:50 — Panel: Real Estate Tokenization: The Most Promising or the Most Challenging Space?
- Edwin Mata — CEO & Co-Founder, Brickken
- Shreshtha Kumar — Director of Operations, Propbase
- Mark Mariampillai — Head of Business Development & Tokenisation, DigiShares
Moderator: Natalie Grin — APAC Business Developer, Advisor
- 16:00 – 16:30 — Awards: RWA WEEK Awards
- 16:30 – 17:00 — Networking: Networking
Partners and Supporters
RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 is supported by organisations across the RWA, tokenization, digital-asset, and institutional-finance ecosystem.
- TRM Labs
- REEM
- Animoca Brands
- Asseto
- BitGo
- Coinbase
- Gate
- IXS
- KAIO
- Kunda Box
- Libeara
- Nethermind
- Plume
- Propbase
- PRP
Venue: Marina One West Tower, Singapore
RWA SUMMIT Singapore 2026 was held at Marina One West Tower, 9 Straits View, Singapore 018937. Marina One is an integrated development in Singapore's Marina Bay financial district, accessible from Downtown, Marina Bay, and Shenton Way MRT stations. The event programme included auditorium, breakout, and networking spaces.
RWA WEEK Awards 2026
RWA WEEK Awards 2026 recognises excellence, innovation, and leadership in the global real-world asset tokenization ecosystem. Community voting ran from 16 August to 15 September 2026 and is now closed. The jury-approved programme includes 12 award categories and 60 finalists: AI + RWA Integration, DeFi + RWA Integration, PayFi Infrastructure, Tokenization Infrastructure, Tokenization Platform, Regional Innovation, Rising Star — RWA Startup, Stablecoin Adoption, Tokenized Fixed Income, Tokenized Real Estate, Custody Provider, and Law Firm.
The awards were presented as part of RWA SUMMIT Singapore on 9 October 2026. Review the awards and finalists at rwaweek.com/award.
About RWA SUMMIT Global Series
RWA SUMMIT is a conference series dedicated to institutional real-world asset tokenization. The series spans Hong Kong, Dubai, and Singapore. After Singapore 2026, the next announced event is RWA SUMMIT Hong Kong 2027 on 3 February 2027. The organiser is UVC LIMITED. Explore the full series at rwasummit.global.