Bitcoin Asia 2026 Announces First Wave of Speakers Including Balaji Srinivasan for Hong Kong Event

Bitcoin Asia 2026 has announced its first wave of confirmed speakers for the two day conference taking place August 27 and 28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The event is organized by BTC Inc, a subsidiary of Nakamoto Inc (NASDAQ: NAKA), and presented by Metaplanet.

Key Highlights

• Bitcoin Asia 2026 runs August 27 and 28 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre

• Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School and author of The Network State, headlines the lineup

• Confirmed speakers include Metaplanet CEO Simon Gerovich, Nakamoto Inc CEO David Bailey, and TRON founder Justin Sun

• Pakistan’s Minister of State Bilal Bin Saqib and Hong Kong Legislative Council member Johnny Ng are among the policy voices confirmed

• Organizers expect more than 10,000 attendees from over 125 countries

Nashville, Tennessee. Bitcoin Asia 2026 today confirmed its first wave of speakers for a conference organizers are calling Asia’s largest Bitcoin gathering. Headlining the event is Balaji Srinivasan, founder of Network School and author of The Network State, one of the most recognized voices at the intersection of Bitcoin, technology, and sovereign network theory.

Srinivasan joins a lineup spanning institutional capital, legislative policy, macro finance, and Bitcoin development, at a moment when Hong Kong has positioned itself as a hub for institutional crypto activity across the region.

East Meets West on the Main Stage

“We are incredibly excited to bring together the East and West bitcoin markets, industries, and communities to build through this bear market and continue to explore the ways bitcoin is changing the world around us,” said Brandon Green, CEO at BTC Inc.

This year’s programming centers on the convergence of Eastern and Western Bitcoin ecosystems at a defining moment for institutional adoption. Sessions will span macro and monetary policy, corporate treasury strategy, Bitcoin infrastructure, and the regulatory market across Asia, themes that echo how Hong Kong regulators have been courting major banks to help scale tokenized markets.

Confirmed Speakers Span Finance, Policy, and Bitcoin Infrastructure

Additional confirmed speakers include Dr. Hon. Johnny Ng, Kit Chong MH, JP, a member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and Bilal Bin Saqib, Pakistan’s Minister of State and Chairman of the Pakistan Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.

Justin Sun, founder of TRON and advisor to WBTC and HTX, is also confirmed to speak. Sun’s HTX exchange has drawn regulatory scrutiny in the past, including UK sanctions tied to alleged Russia ties, a background that adds weight to his participation in a conference built around institutional legitimacy. Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, one of the world’s largest derivatives trading platforms, rounds out the exchange side of the roster.

The corporate treasury conversation will be led by Simon Gerovich, CEO of Metaplanet, Japan’s largest corporate Bitcoin holder and the event’s title sponsor. Metaplanet’s aggressive accumulation strategy has drawn comparisons to its rivalry with MicroStrategy over who holds the larger corporate Bitcoin position. David Bailey, CEO of Nakamoto Inc (NASDAQ: NAKA), will also speak, following a year in which Nakamoto navigated a steep stock decline before restructuring its share count.

Also confirmed are Hugh Hendry, founder of Acid Capitalist and a former global macro hedge fund manager known for his public conversion to Bitcoin as a monetary asset, and Matt Cole, Chairman and CEO of Strive, a publicly traded Bitcoin treasury and structured finance company. Strive’s approach sits alongside a broader wave of firms building out disciplined Bitcoin accumulation programs even during choppy markets.

Rounding out the lineup are John Riggins, CEO and co founder of Moon Inc, a leading operator in Hong Kong’s prepaid products market, Caspar Wong, CEO of Web3Labs and a key figure in Hong Kong’s Bitcoin ecosystem, and Koji Higashi, co founder of Diamond Hands, a leading Bitcoin community organization in Japan.

A Test of Institutional Custody and Infrastructure

With corporate treasuries, sovereign officials, and exchange executives sharing the same stage, the conference is likely to draw attention to how institutions actually hold and secure their Bitcoin positions, a question institutional custody providers have been racing to answer as more corporate balance sheets add Bitcoin exposure.

The policy dialogue expected from Bilal Bin Saqib and Johnny Ng also arrives as jurisdictions across Asia continue refining their digital asset frameworks, a process that runs parallel to the kind of scrutiny shaping stablecoin oversight and broader crypto regulation worldwide.

Scale and Attendance

Bitcoin Asia 2026 is expected to welcome more than 10,000 attendees from over 125 countries for two days of main stage programming, investor sessions, policy dialogue, and open source development discussions. Additional speakers will be announced in the weeks ahead.

Ticketing and other information is available at asia.b.tc. Press credentials can be requested at asia.b.tc/contact/press pass.

BTC Inc is the operator of Bitcoin Magazine, the Bitcoin Conference, and Bitcoin for Corporations, and is a subsidiary of Nakamoto Inc (NASDAQ: NAKA), a publicly held Bitcoin company that owns and operates a global portfolio of Bitcoin native enterprises.

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