Warsaw, Poland · Startup Aleph Zero is a Warsaw-founded layer-1 blockchain project focused on privacy-enhancing technology and scalable consensus, using a peer-reviewed proof-of-stake protocol combined with secure multi-party computation. The company was co-founded by Polish researchers Adam Gągol and Antoni Żółtowski. It raised early backing from notable angels including Balaji Srinivasan and operator-angel Piotr Smoleń, and built one of the most active developer communities in Polish web3.
Vienna, Austria · Event One-day Vienna summit bringing together fintech founders, banks, corporates, regulators, and investors. Held with Vienna Blockchain Week and NEOB.ai. Covers digital finance, tokenization, AI, payments, regulation, and enterprise adoption with 500+ attendees and 30+ speakers.
Warsaw, Poland · Startup Billon Group is a Polish-British DLT fintech that built a regulated distributed-ledger platform for tokenized cash payments, secure document delivery, and digital identity. The company is led by Wojtek Kostrzewa (also an active Polish angel) and has worked with major European banks and corporates on enterprise blockchain pilots. Billon's technology has been certified by EU regulators for handling regulated electronic-money flows.
Prague, Czech Republic · Event Europe's largest Bitcoin conference, now in its fourth edition, bringing together 8,500+ enthusiasts, 250+ speakers, and 100+ companies across three stages to discuss Bitcoin technology, economics, sovereignty, and culture.
Bucharest, Romania · Event A week-long fintech, blockchain, and AI gathering across multiple Bucharest venues, positioned as a Central and Eastern Europe fintech hub event with an awards gala. Useful for fintech founders targeting the CEE market and regional investors.
Copenhagen, Denmark · Startup Chainalysis was co-founded in 2014 by Danish entrepreneur Michael Gronager to bring transparency to crypto markets. The company builds blockchain analytics software used by exchanges, regulators, and law enforcement to trace illicit activity and manage compliance risk. Chainalysis grew into a global leader in crypto intelligence, raised major rounds, and built offices worldwide while keeping a Danish engineering footprint. It is one of the most valuable companies with Danish founding roots in the blockchain sector.
Gzira, Malta · Startup Chiliz is the blockchain infrastructure company behind Socios.com, the world's leading sports fan token platform. Founded in Malta in 2018 by Alexandre Dreyfus through the Mediarex Group and headquartered in Gzira, the company develops the Chiliz Chain blockchain and powers officially licensed fan tokens for over 120 sports organisations including Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, and FC Barcelona. Fans use tokens to participate in club polls, unlock exclusive rewards, and access digital collectibles. The company has 220+ employees worldwide with 100+ based in Malta, has raised $66 million in a private token sale, and holds full regulatory authorisation from the Malta Financial Services Authority.
Nicosia, Cyprus · Person Christiana Aristidou is a transnational technology lawyer with over 28 years of experience, specialising in blockchain regulation, AI legal oversight, and cross-border technology law. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of The Hybrid LawTech Firm, a practice that bridges legal expertise with emerging technology across multiple jurisdictions. She is a confirmed speaker at the Cyprus AI Expo 2026, representing the intersection of legal innovation and technology governance.
St. Moritz, Switzerland · Event Organisator Organizer of the Crypto Finance Conference, an exclusive invitation-only event held in St. Moritz since 2018. The intimate gathering brings together 200+ crypto fund managers, blockchain founders, and institutional investors for high-level discussions on digital assets, DeFi protocols, and regulatory frameworks shaping the future of decentralized finance.
St. Moritz, Switzerland · Event Investor-focused blockchain and digital assets conference held in the Swiss Alps, attracting institutional investors, crypto fund managers, and Web3 founders. Features intimate networking in a premium setting with high-net-worth participants. Particularly valuable for blockchain startups seeking Swiss and European institutional capital.
Risch-Rotkreuz, Switzerland · Event Switzerland's leading blockchain conference, in its 8th edition at Hochschule Luzern's Rotkreuz campus in the heart of Crypto Valley, gathering builders, investors, policymakers, and researchers. For a web3 founder it offers direct access to the Zug ecosystem of crypto-friendly regulators, funds, and infrastructure providers.
Zurich, Switzerland · Event Switzerland's largest blockchain, AI and digital-assets business conference at Kongresshaus Zurich. Two days, four stages, 3,000+ attendees and 250 speakers spanning Web3, AI and tokenized finance for founders, investors, institutions and policymakers.
Valletta, Malta · Event Malta's official digital innovation summit organized by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority and Tech.mt. Brings together 2,500+ attendees covering AI, blockchain, IoT, and digital policy. Features the Malta Innovation Awards and a strong government-startup dialogue. Tickets from EUR 100-250.
Limassol, Cyprus · Event A full-day summit at City of Dreams Mediterranean on the convergence of crypto, blockchain and mainstream finance. Sessions cover MiCA and DORA regulation, the Digital Euro and CBDCs, stablecoins, tokenization of real-world assets and institutional digital-asset allocation, through keynotes, fireside chats and panels.
Barcelona, ES · Event Organisator DoinGud is a Web3 community organization and NFT platform founded by Manu Alzuru, built around social impact applications of blockchain technology and the Ethereum ecosystem. It is the founding organization behind ETHBarcelona, Spain's largest Ethereum festival, which it has produced since the inaugural 2022 edition in Barcelona. DoinGud operates as a community-driven initiative supporting DAOs, creators, builders, and activists working at the intersection of decentralization and positive social change.
Oslo, Norway · Startup Dune (formerly Dune Analytics) is an Oslo-founded open blockchain data analytics platform that makes on-chain data from over 60 networks queryable, shareable and collaborative. Founded in 2018 by Fredrik Haga and Mats Olsen — both former Schibsted engineers — the platform is widely used by DeFi protocols, traders and institutional researchers to build and remix on-chain dashboards. Dune raised $69.4 million in a Series B led by Coatue in February 2022, reaching a $1 billion unicorn valuation. As of early 2026, the company employs 143 people.
Lisbon, Portugal · Startup Lisbon-based blockchain derivatives trading platform providing on-chain perpetual futures and options markets with institutional-grade execution infrastructure for algorithmic traders. Raised €1.7M seed at a €17M valuation in May 2026.
Caracas, Venezuela · Person Founder and CEO of Unalivio, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Works on blockchain-based solutions for financial access and crypto adoption in emerging markets.
Barcelona, Spain · Event A multi-day Ethereum festival with 2,500+ attendees and 100+ speakers, blending conference, culture, and a paired hackathon. For web3 founders and developers it offers protocol-level networking, builder-community access, and a hackathon to prototype and recruit.
Cannes, France · Event Europe's largest annual Ethereum conference, organized by the non-profit Ethereum France team and rotating between Paris and Brussels. The 9th edition draws 6,000+ developers, protocol researchers, DeFi founders, and L2 engineers for four days of deep-technical talks, core-dev working groups, and a packed satellite-event calendar of side meetups and hackathons. EthCC is the default summer checkpoint for the European crypto ecosystem — if you're building on Ethereum, this is where the conversations happen. Tickets EUR 600-1,500.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event Organisator ETHGlobal is the leading organiser of Ethereum and Web3 hackathons and summits worldwide, running flagship in-person events and online hackathons that bring together developers, founders and protocol teams to ship onchain applications. Its Lisbon editions anchor Portugal's recurring Onchain Lisbon ecosystem week.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event ETHGlobal's flagship Ethereum hackathon returns to Lisbon. 36 hours of building with hundreds of Web3 developers, sponsor bounties, workshops & mentorship from leading protocols, closing with judged demos and prizes for the best on-chain projects.
Milan, Italy · Event Italy's largest Ethereum and Web3 conference, with 2,000+ attendees and 100+ speakers at the Leonardo da Vinci museum. A useful wedge event for web3 and crypto founders targeting the Italian and Southern-European builder community.
Barcelona, Spain · Event Leading European blockchain and Web3 conference in Barcelona, bringing together 3,000+ crypto founders, investors, and enterprise blockchain leaders. Features startup pitching, regulation panels, and fintech innovation talks. Covers DeFi, tokenization, and institutional digital assets. Particularly relevant for Web3 startups seeking European market visibility.
Zug, Switzerland · Startup GAIMIN is a Web3 distributed cloud infrastructure platform that uses gamers' unused computing power, including GPUs, for HPC and AI workloads. The company reported more than USD 1.79M in funding, launched the GMRX token, partnered with ecosystems such as Movement Labs and BNB Chain, and secured cloud-compute support from Aethir's ecosystem fund. In decentralized resource and staking markets, it competes with larger platforms such as Lido, Kiln, and Ubitus.
Tbilisi, Georgia · Startup Blockchain infrastructure startup operating from Tbilisi since 2020, building a crypto-biometric network where one human equals one node. Humanode uses Proof-of-Uniqueness and Proof-of-Existence protocols based on biometric face scanning to establish Sybil resistance without revealing identity. The network is built on Polkadot infrastructure and in 2024 recorded a Nakamoto Coefficient of 236 — the highest decentralisation score ever measured for a blockchain. The project has raised approximately $23 million.
Kyiv, Ukraine · Event Ukraine's largest crypto and Web3 gathering, returning for its fourth edition at Parkovy with 3,000+ attendees and 50+ speakers across a main stage and workshop track. 2026 emphasis is on AI integration in Web3, with BingX, OKX, and MEXC headlining.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Fifth edition of Türkiye's flagship Web3 conference at Hilton Bomonti, gathering founders, developers, investors, and policymakers across DeFi, AI agents, real-world asset tokenization, stablecoins, and layer-2 scaling.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Sixth edition under the theme 'Smart, Embedded, and Tokenized', hosting the Web3 Summit, Digital Finance Summit, plus dedicated tracks on AI in Finance, TradeTech, Fintech for Businesses, and Women in Fintech.
Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor Angel investor and board member at COBIN Angels, Kasia is based in Switzerland and helps connect Swiss and Polish startup ecosystems. She is vice-president of the Swiss-Polish Blockchain Association and brings specialization in health economics. Her portfolio and advisory focus include Bitfold and early-stage teams using blockchain in healthcare data management and security.
Miami, United States · Person Web3 advocate and public speaker known for the 'Crypto at the Border' initiative, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Speaks internationally on crypto adoption, financial inclusion, and the social impact of blockchain.
Valletta, Malta · Event A major Web3 and blockchain conference leveraging Malta's pioneering Virtual Financial Assets Act and progressive crypto regulation. Attracts 4,000+ attendees including DeFi founders, token issuers, and regulators. Features a startup pitch competition, hackathon, and expo floor. Tickets from EUR 200-500.
New York, United States · Person Project Lead at Bancor Protocol, a decentralized liquidity and DeFi protocol, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Works on automated market-making and on-chain liquidity infrastructure.
Berlin, Germany · Person Founder and CEO of Bonuz, a Web3 social and identity platform, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Builds decentralized social and reputation infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg · Venture Capital MiddleGame Ventures is a Luxembourg-headquartered fintech-focused venture capital firm co-founded in 2016 by Michael Meyer and Patrick Pinschmidt, with Pascal Bouvier as Managing Partner. The firm has deployed over €300 million across 50+ companies and raised a €150 million third fund with an initial close, backed by the Luxembourg Future Fund successor (SNCI). It focuses on open finance, embedded fintech, blockchain/crypto infrastructure, and automated financial data across Europe and North America. Portfolio includes Bitpanda, Carta, Keyrock, and Minna Technologies, with four unicorns and one IPO among its exits.
Reykjavik, Iceland · Startup Monerium is an Icelandic fintech company founded in 2015 that issues regulated stablecoins — most notably EURe, an onchain euro — on public blockchains. In 2019 it became the world's first entity to receive an e-money license for blockchain-based token issuance under EU regulations, granted by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Iceland. Monerium is authorised as both an Electronic Money Institution and a Virtual Asset Service Provider and enables Web3-native IBAN payments across Ethereum, Polygon, and Gnosis Chain.
Sibiu, Romania · Startup MultiversX, formerly known as Elrond, is a Romanian-founded Layer 1 blockchain platform designed for high throughput, low latency, and low transaction costs through an adaptive state sharding architecture. The network can process over 15,000 transactions per second and supports smart contracts, DeFi applications, NFTs, and the metaverse ecosystem. Founded in 2017 by brothers Beniamin and Lucian Mincu along with Lucian Todea, the company rebranded to MultiversX to reflect its broader vision beyond blockchain infrastructure into metaverse and Web3 applications. MultiversX has built one of the most technically ambitious blockchain platforms to emerge from Europe and anchors Romania's position in the global Web3 ecosystem.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event A Web3 and creative-economy summit bundling eight sub-events — including the Non Fungible Conference, Stablecoin Day, an agents-vs-agents hackathon, and Longevity Day — at Lisbon's Unicorn Factory. Useful for web3, AI, and creative-tech founders wanting exposure to major brand sponsors and the crypto-creative crossover.
Sofia, Bulgaria · Person Blockchain and software engineer at LimeChain, building decentralised applications and distributed-ledger systems. He is an announced speaker at the DEV: Challenge Accepted 2026 conference in Sofia.
Paris, France · Event Organisator Organizer of Paris Blockchain Week, one of Europe's premier Web3 conferences held annually in Paris since 2019. The multi-day event draws over 9,000 attendees including crypto founders, DeFi builders, and institutional investors, featuring hackathons, startup pitch competitions, and side events across the city's blockchain ecosystem.
Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor A fintech entrepreneur (ex-CEO of Turbine Analytics), Piotr co-founded Data Ventures and also invests personally in tech startups. He has shown particular interest in blockchain and DeFi startups and is ranked among the top crypto-focused angels in Poland with investments in blockchain companies. Associated startups: Aleph Zero (blockchain platform) and multiple fintech/crypto ventures.
Lisbon, Portugal · Event Pragma Lisbon is a curated single-track Web3 summit organised by ETHGlobal, featuring high-signal talks from industry leaders for founders and builders. Held the day before the ETHGlobal Lisbon hackathon as part of the Onchain Lisbon week, it focuses on protocol design, scaling and the future of onchain applications.
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Person Co-founder and CEO of HELLO Labs, a Web3 entertainment and media company, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Develops blockchain-based interactive media and content platforms.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Startup A Luxembourg-based RegTech company founded in 2015 by Pierre Gerard and Laurent Kratz, specialising in blockchain analytics and AML/CFT compliance for digital assets. Its platform monitors transactions across 21+ blockchains and serves over 200 clients in more than 40 countries, including exchanges, custodians, banks, and regulators. Clients include PwC and Swisscom, and the company raised a pre-Series A round backed by Tioga Capital and CV VC.
Valletta, Malta · Event The world's largest iGaming and emerging tech expo, held at the Malta Maritime Hub (MFCC). Attracts 25,000+ attendees, 800+ sponsors and exhibitors covering gaming, blockchain, AI, and fintech. Malta's regulatory framework for digital assets makes this a key event for Web3 and gaming startups. Tickets from EUR 300.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Startup A Luxembourg-headquartered digital securities marketplace founded in 2018 by Arnab Naskar, Tobias Seidl, and Lennart Ante. STOKR operates an EU-regulated issuance platform for security tokens built on Bitcoin's Liquid Network, serving both professional and retail investors. The company is registered as a VASP with the CSSF and surpassed $1 billion in tokenised asset volume by 2025.
Prague, Czech Republic · Startup Tatum is a developer platform that unifies dozens of blockchain protocols into a single API, allowing enterprises to build crypto features without specialized blockchain teams. The platform abstracts wallet creation, transactions, and smart contract interactions into simple endpoints. By 2026, Tatum positions itself as the “Stripe for crypto infrastructure,” serving banks and fintechs that want to launch regulated digital-asset services. Its focus is on reliability and developer speed rather than speculative crypto exposure.
Belgrade, Serbia · Startup Tenderly is a Belgrade-based blockchain development platform that provides smart contract monitoring, debugging, simulation, and infrastructure tools for Web3 developers. The platform allows teams to test transactions, simulate contract interactions, and set up real-time alerting before deploying to mainnet, significantly reducing the risk and cost of bugs in decentralized applications. Tenderly has raised over $40 million from investors including Spark Capital and Accel, and is used by leading DeFi protocols and blockchain teams globally. It is one of Serbia's highest-profile venture-backed startups and a key piece of developer tooling infrastructure in the Web3 ecosystem.
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg · Startup A Luxembourg fintech founded in 2017 by Luc Falempin and Daniel Coheur that provides an institutional-grade, no-code tokenisation platform for the issuance, transfer, and lifecycle management of digital securities on public blockchains. The company's T-REX (Token for Regulated EXchanges) open standard enables compliance-native security tokens. Tokeny tokenised over €28 billion in assets between 2017 and 2023 and was acquired by Apex Group in May 2025.
Riga, Latvia · Event UN:BLOCK is a two-day blockchain, fintech and AI conference held in Riga, drawing around 3,000 attendees from 50+ countries and 700+ companies. Day one focuses on blockchain, digital assets and AI agents, while day two covers fintech, payments, banking regulation and financial infrastructure. The event is backed by the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia (LIAA).
Oradea, Romania · Event 5th edition of CEE's premier fintech festival at Oradea Fortress with 700+ delegates from 40+ countries; tracks span banking digital transformation, AI roadmap, InsurTech, next-gen payments, digital assets, and sustainable finance.
Narva, Estonia · Event The sixth edition of Estonia's emerging-tech festival, held at Vaba Lava in Narva on the EU's eastern edge. Gathers builders, founders, and operators around Web3, AI, and creative industries with a substance-over-hype focus — a rare flagship tech event outside the capital.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Organisator Organiser of Web3 Warsaw, positioned as Eastern Europe's largest blockchain and Web3 conference and the anchor of Warsaw Blockchain Week. The two-day event spans themed stages on tech, NFT, gaming, and AI, plus a hackathon, an awards night, and dozens of curated side events.
Warsaw, Poland · Event Web3 Warsaw 2026 is positioned as Eastern Europe's largest blockchain and Web3 conference, anchoring Warsaw Blockchain Week. The two-day event expects thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers across themed stages spanning tech, NFT, gaming, and AI, and includes a hackathon, an awards night for startups and founders, and dozens of curated side events.
Istanbul, Turkey · Event Webrazzi's anniversary edition fintech conference at Wyndham Grand Istanbul Levent, bringing together Turkish industry leaders to discuss digital banking, open banking, blockchain integration, AI-driven financial applications, and digital payments.
Warsaw, Poland · Angel Investor A prominent Polish business leader (ex-CEO of ITI Group and mBank), Wojtek pivoted to fintech entrepreneurship and angel investing. As CEO of blockchain fintech Billon Group, he personally invested in Billon and other tech ventures. He was honored as Business Angel of the Year in 2018 for his consistent support of startups. His angel investments include Billon (DLT payments), Quedex (crypto exchange), and AdEmotion (AI marketing). Associated startups: Billon Group, Quedex, AdEmotion.