As the Japanese House of Representatives passes an amendment to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, officially designating crypto assets as “financial instruments,” and plans to significantly reduce the income tax rate on eligible crypto trading from a maximum of 55% to about 20% with separate taxation, Asia's flagship Web3 conference WebX 2026 will hold a grand announcement in Tokyo of a new round of global speakers and sponsors.

This year’s highlight is the substantial participation of traditional financial institutions, with global top institutions such as Mastercard, Fidelity International, Franklin Templeton, Swift, and SBI Holdings becoming major sponsors or sending executives to speak, indicating that capital from traditional financial institutions is rapidly embracing the Asian Web3 market. The conference will be held at the Prince Park Tower Tokyo on July 13-14, 2026.

This series of reforms is accelerating Japan's crypto asset ecosystem transition to investment-grade financial assets, significantly enhancing regulatory certainty and the ease of institutional participation, providing a geographically proximate, policy-friendly, and tax-optimized important window for investors in Asia, especially China. Japan is becoming a regional innovation hub for digital assets with clear rules and tax benefits.

The agenda highlights, set against the backdrop of accelerating institutional adoption and rapidly evolving regulatory environments, will focus on the next phase of development in the digital asset industry over two days, including stablecoin applications, AI, tokenization, and the evolution of regulatory frameworks.

Agenda Highlights

Special keynote speech by Tom Lee, Chairman of Bitmine, and panel discussions on “Asia's Crypto Powerhouses: Policies, Liquidity, and Trust Driving Strong Growth” and “Stablecoins in Action: Reshaping Retail Payments in the Asia-Pacific.”

The agenda will continue to be updated, exploring cutting-edge 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 Bitmine)
• Franklin Bi (General Partner of Pantera Capital)
• Kitano Yoshitaka (Representative Director, Chairman, President and CEO of SBI Holdings)
• Giselle Lai (Director of Digital Asset Strategy, Asia-Pacific of Fidelity International)
• Christian Rau (Senior Vice President of Digital Assets and Blockchain at Mastercard)
• Carole House (Former White House Advisor, CEO of Penumbra Strategies)
• Chetan Karkhanis (Senior Vice President of Franklin Templeton)
• Fiona Murray (Vice President and Managing Director, Asia-Pacific of Ripple)
• David Walsh (Corporate Director of the Ethereum Foundation)
• Avalon Ingram (Head of Digital Assets at Swift)
• Sunayana Tuteja (Former Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Reserve System)
• Takafumi Horie
• More guests are being continuously updated.

Global Partners Strongly Support

WebX 2026 receives support from top global partners. The newly added Title Sponsor Advasa, along with Bitbank, bitFlyer, BitLending, eole Inc., SBI Holdings, Simplex, and UPCX, forms the main sponsorship lineup.

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

WebX Chairman Makoto Aoki said: “The pace of transformation in the digital asset space is continuing 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, fostering collaboration, and discussing the industry's future.”

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

About WebX

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

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