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A full house for a panel session at the previous edition

Where Japan’s On-Chain
Finance Leaders Meet.

March 4, 2027Thu

Otemachi Sankei Plaza(directly connected to Otemachi Station)Free admission, subject to approval

Co‑hosted byPacific Meta GroupCredit Saison
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Past speakers from

  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
  • Mizuho Bank
  • KDDI
  • Mitsui & Co.
  • Nomura Holdings
  • JCB
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Optimism
  • Aptos
  • Solana Foundation
  • a16z crypto
  • Dfns
  • Ondo
  • Base
  • Coincheck

February & October 2026

Past Speakers

Policymakers, financial institutions, corporates and global players: the leaders shaping on-chain finance in Japan, now and next.

  • Masaaki Taira

    Member of the House of Representatives

    Former Minister for Digital Transformation

  • Akio Isowa

    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

    Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer, Group CDIO

  • Nobuhiro Kaminoyama

    Mizuho Financial Group

    Senior Managing Corporate Executive, Group CDO

  • Toshinori Sasaki

    Nomura Holdings

    Head of Digital Asset Strategy Department

  • Shinichiro Itozaki

    Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities

    Senior Deputy General Manager, Markets Engineering Office

  • Katsumi Mizuno

    Credit Saison

    Representative Director, President & COO

  • Shinsuke Waka

    Mitsui & Co.

    Executive Coordinator

  • Kazuhito Hadano

    Sony Group

    Senior General Manager, Onchain Business Strategy Division

  • Tomoaki Yamaguchi

    JCB

    General Manager, Innovation Division

  • Tomohiko Kondo

    SBI VC Trade

    Representative Director and President

  • Michihiko Kasai

    au Coincheck Digital Assets

    Representative Director and President

  • Noritaka Okabe

    JPYC

    Representative Director

  • Kosuke Mori

    Credit Saison

    Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer & CEO of Saison International

  • Takashi Hioki

    Mizuho Bank

    General Manager, Payment Business Department

  • Daiki Mukai

    Franklin Templeton Japan

    Head of Wealth Retail / Head of ETF Business

  • Avery Ching

    Aptos Labs

    CEO

  • Robbie Petersen

    a16z crypto

    Investment Partner

  • Candace Kelly

    Stellar Development Foundation

    Chief Legal & Policy Officer

  • Hiromitsu Shimoirisa

    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

    Director, Digital Strategy Department

  • Min Lin

    Ondo Finance

    Managing Director, Global Business Development

  • Looi Qin En

    Onigiri Capital

    Managing Partner

  • Keita Nakamura

    Mercoin

    CEO

  • Naohiko Ueno

    Toyota Blockchain Lab

    Analyst

  • José Fernández da Ponte

    Stellar Development Foundation

    President & Chief Growth Officer

  • Taisuke Isono

    SMBC Nikko Securities

    Head of Nikko Open Innovation Lab

  • Isao Uesaki

    Nomura Asset Management

    Head of Investment Department

  • Yasufumi Fuke

    DCP

    Executive Officer, Deputy Head of Sales Strategy Division

  • Kaya Kanamori

    Sony Bank

    Dept. Head, DX Business Planning Dept. / BlockBloom Inc. Executive director

  • Soichiro Tokuriki

    Coincheck

    Executive Officer / Head of Institutional Sales / General Manager, Financial Institutions Strategy Department

  • Juntaro Iwase

    Optimism / OP Labs

    Managing Director, Japan and Southeast Asia

  • Tatsuya Saito

    Progmat

    Founder & CEO

  • Hideki Ikeda

    Japan Financial Elan Technologies

    Executive Officer and CTO

  • Kelvin Tan

    DBS

    Head of Tokenisation for Global Financial Markets

  • Clarence Chan

    BNY

    CEO, Investments Singapore & Head of Investment Oversight and Client Solutions APAC

  • Andrea Gerali

    Banca d'Italia

    Chief Representative Tokyo Office

  • Kevin Flannery

    Sompo Digital Lab

    President

  • Nathanael Lim

    Mishcon de Reya

    Special Counsel

  • Logan Allin

    Fin Capital

    Founder & Managing Partner

  • SungMo Park

    a16z crypto

    Head of APAC GTM

  • Hyuckjae David Park

    Base

    East Asia Lead

  • Kenta Sakakibara

    Circle

    Country Manager for Japan

  • Alex Lim

    LayerZero

    Head of APAC (Executive Director, Asia Stablecoin Alliance)

  • Phillip Pon

    EMURGO

    CEO

  • Lai Chung Ying

    D3 Labs

    CEO

  • Felix Eigelshoven

    DFNS

    Managing Director, Head of APAC & Global Partnerships and Ecosystem

  • Bryan Bodner

    OpenAssets

    Chief Business Officer

  • Kanny Lee

    SecondSwap

    CEO

  • Kevin Susanto

    Indonesia Blockchain Council

    Vice Chairman

  • Jordan Kang

    Pruv Finance

    Chief Commercial Officer

  • Hans de Back

    Onigiri Capital

    Managing Partner

  • Keisuke Kimura

    Onigiri Capital

    Venture Partner

  • Bruno Batavia

    Valor Capital Group

    Director of Emerging Technology

  • Koichi Fujikawa

    Jugemu Labs

    CEO

February & October 2026

Companies on Our Stage

  • Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
  • Mizuho Bank
  • SMBC Nikko Securities
  • Nomura Holdings
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities
  • Nomura Asset Management
  • Credit Saison
  • Mitsui & Co.
  • KDDI
  • Sony Innovation Fund (Sony Group)
  • Sony Bank
  • JCB
  • Franklin Templeton Japan
  • Mishcon de Reya
  • SBI VC Trade
  • DCP
  • Coincheck
  • au Coincheck Digital Assets
  • Mercoin
  • Progmat
  • JPYC
  • Japan Financial Elan Technologies
  • a16z crypto
  • Fin Capital
  • Onigiri Capital
  • Aptos Labs
  • Optimism
  • Stellar
  • D3 Labs
  • EMURGO
  • LayerZero
  • Dfns
  • Ondo
  • Base

THEMES

Themes

A full house for a panel session at Blockchain Summit 2026 Autumn
01

Stablecoins

What stablecoins mean for payments,
remittances and cross-border finance,
and what it will take to scale them.

A panel session with international speakers at the previous edition
02

Tokenized Deposits

How banks and corporates are putting
tokenized deposits to work, and what
it means for financial infrastructure.

A talk on the main stage at the previous edition
03

Security Tokens

Where security tokens stand as capital
markets go digital, and the regulatory
and operational questions ahead.

A panel session on bringing government bonds on-chain at the previous edition
04

Tokenized JGBs & ETFs

The new markets opened up by tokenized
government bonds and ETFs, and the
road to commercial deployment.

The main stage at Blockchain Summit 2026 Autumn (October 5, 2026)
The after-party at the February 2026 edition

PAST EVENTS

Past Editions

Each edition has drawn a strong audience from financial institutions, corporates and tech companies.

October 5, 2026Mon

Otemachi Sankei Plaza

  • 350+

    Attendees

  • ~60%

    Manager level & above

  • 30+

    Speakers

  • 11

    Sessions

Event Report

February 25, 2026Wed

Tekko Building

450+ attendees· ~70% manager level & above· 13 sessions

Official partner event of Japan Fintech Week 2026, hosted by the Financial Services Agency of Japan

Event Report

BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2027 SPRING

See you in Otemachi
on March 4, 2027.

March 4, 2027ThuOtemachi Sankei Plaza

Free admission, subject to approval

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