TechFlow News, June 30. According to official information, the "12th Global Blockchain Summit" organized by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs will open on September 23 at the Grand Ballroom, 1st Floor, Hyatt on the Bund, Shanghai, as the core event of the International Week. During Shanghai Blockchain Week, technical workshops, project roadshows, academic seminars, and ecosystem parties will also be held simultaneously at multiple landmarks in Shanghai.
This summit is themed "Blockchain New Economy · Smart Chain Symbiosis". Since the first summit themed "Blockchain New Economy · Blueprint" opened in Shanghai in 2015, the summit welcomes its 12th edition this year. Past guests include former President of Bank of China Li Lihui, Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Wanxiang Blockchain Chairman Xiao Feng, former Chief Strategy Officer of Alibaba Zeng Ming, Father of Smart Contracts Nick Szabo, Turing Award Winner Silvio Micali, Polkadot Founder Gavin Wood, Protocol Labs Founder Juan Benet, Solana Co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Chainlink Co-founder Sergey Nazarov, among others.
This summit's topics will focus on the symbiotic logic of AI and blockchain, the substantive shift of traditional finance, the new landscape of stablecoins and payments, scaling paths for RWA, and other current topics. Registration for the 2026 Shanghai Blockchain International Week series of events is now open globally, with early bird tickets priced at 499 RMB.
