
Stablecoins
What stablecoins mean for payments,
remittances and cross-border finance,
and what it will take to scale them.
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March 4, 2027Thu
Otemachi Sankei Plaza(directly connected to Otemachi Station)Free admission, subject to approval


Past speakers from















February & October 2026
Policymakers, financial institutions, corporates and global players: the leaders shaping on-chain finance in Japan, now and next.

Masaaki Taira
Member
Former Minister for Digital Transformation

Akio Isowa
Sumitomo
Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer,

Nobuhiro Kaminoyama
Mizuho
Senior Managing Corporate Executive,

Toshinori Sasaki
Nomura
Head of Digital Asset Strategy Department

Shinichiro Itozaki
Mitsubishi
Senior Deputy General Manager,

Katsumi Mizuno
Credit
Representative Director,

Shinsuke Waka
Mitsui
Executive Coordinator

Kazuhito Hadano
Sony
Senior General Manager,

Tomoaki Yamaguchi
JCB
General Manager,

Tomohiko Kondo
SBI
Representative Director

Michihiko Kasai
au
Representative Director

Noritaka Okabe
JPYC
Representative Director

Kosuke Mori
Credit
Director,

Takashi Hioki
Mizuho
General Manager,

Daiki Mukai
Franklin
Head of Wealth Retail /

Avery Ching
Aptos
CEO

Robbie Petersen
a16z
Investment Partner

Candace Kelly
Stellar
Chief Legal &

Hiromitsu Shimoirisa
Sumitomo
Director,

Min Lin
Ondo
Managing Director,

Looi Qin En
Onigiri
Managing Partner

Keita Nakamura
Mercoin
CEO

Naohiko Ueno
Toyota
Analyst

José Fernández da Ponte
Stellar
President &

Taisuke Isono
SMBC
Head of Nikko Open Innovation Lab

Isao Uesaki
Nomura
Head of Investment Department

Yasufumi Fuke
DCP
Executive Officer,

Kaya Kanamori
Sony
Dept. Head,

Soichiro Tokuriki
Coincheck
Executive Officer /

Juntaro Iwase
Optimism
Managing Director,

Tatsuya Saito
Progmat
Founder &

Hideki Ikeda
Japan
Executive Officer

Kelvin Tan
DBS
Head of Tokenisation for Global Financial Markets

Clarence Chan
BNY
CEO,

Andrea Gerali
Banca
Chief Representative Tokyo Office

Kevin Flannery
Sompo
President

Nathanael Lim
Mishcon
Special Counsel

Logan Allin
Fin
Founder &

SungMo Park
a16z
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,

Phillip Pon
EMURGO
CEO

Lai Chung Ying
D3
CEO

Felix Eigelshoven
DFNS
Managing Director,

Bryan Bodner
OpenAssets
Chief Business Officer

Kanny Lee
SecondSwap
CEO

Kevin Susanto
Indonesia
Vice Chairman

Jordan Kang
Pruv
Chief Commercial Officer

Hans de Back
Onigiri
Managing Partner

Keisuke Kimura
Onigiri
Venture Partner

Bruno Batavia
Valor
Director of Emerging Technology

Koichi Fujikawa
Jugemu
CEO
February & October 2026
































THEMES

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

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

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

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


PAST EVENTS
Each edition has drawn a strong audience from financial institutions, corporates and tech companies.
Otemachi Sankei Plaza
350+
Attendees
~60%
Manager level & above
30+
Speakers
11
Sessions
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
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BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT 2027 SPRING
March 4, 2027ThuOtemachi Sankei Plaza
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