Dutch Blockchain Week 2026 is confirmed!
Dutch Blockchain Week
June 22–28
Everywhere in Amsterdam
DBW Summit
June 24–25
Johan Cruijff ArenA
Our biggest edition ever. Two summits. 40+ side events. Thousands of professionals.
Who raced on the @GiniCapitalNL simulators during #DBW26? 🏎️
A huge thank you to our Experience Partner Gini Capital for bringing one of the most popular activations to the Summit.
Did you set a fast lap time? 👇
#Web3#Crypto#Blockchain
At @DutchBlockWeek, our Director of Global Affairs @jg13nn joined a panel on national blockchain adoption with Juan Carlos Reyes (President, El Salvador's National Digital Assets Commission) and Michal Ptáčník (legal counsel, Liberland).
The conversation ran deep, into understanding El Salvador's positioning and mindset behind making #Bitcoin legal tender to how a micronation runs governance on-chain.
Having a vantage point from BGA programmes and engagements with global governments and UN agencies on #blockchain impact, Glenn discussed on the realities of the industry:
➡️ A wallet given to citizens is not inclusion; it's access, but that's a major start where El Salvador did well. The unbanked lack trust, identity, and infrastructure, not an app.
➡️ Differentiating real national blockchain adoption from a simple press release boils down to whether such adoption survives a change of government regime, if there is infrastructure underneath, and who actually benefits.
It was an open and honest conversation about where the reality actually stands and the direct perspectives from a country.
Our thanks to the DBW team for organising this and having us part of it.
One last round at de Karavaan! ⚽
After the afterparty, we closed out DBW26 with a watch party for the Netherlands vs Tunisia, organized with @bitvavocom. Cold drinks all round and the Oranje on the big screen. Thanks to everyone who stuck around to the end.
#DBW26 #DutchBlockchainWeek
I'm still thinking about @DutchBlockWeek because SO much happened that I don't even know how to fit it into one post, so I'll share it piece by piece. And the VIP Opening Night feels like the right place to start.
First, I've finally realised I really LOVE smaller events. Put around 100 founders and C-level people in one cosy bar, and everything feels different. You actually get to know people instead of rushing from one introduction to another, and somehow it never feels overwhelming.
There was a jewellery giveaway, an open bar, and an atmosphere that made it easy to enjoy every conversation and every person.
Huge thank you to Chris and the entire DBW team for putting together such a thoughtful start to the week. I'm really grateful I got to be there.
Before the ArenA, there was the @litecoin Summit.
Two days that got DBW26 off to a great start, with the Litecoin community out in force. A strong lead-in to an unforgettable edition. Thank you to the @LTCFoundation and everyone who joined us.
#DBW26#DutchBlockchainWeek #Litecoin
👋Great conversations at @DutchBlockWeek with our Co-Founder & CEO, Maxime Seiler, joining leaders from @talostrading , @bunq and @Bitwise to discuss the evolution of digital capital markets.
The debate has moved beyond if institutions will adopt digital assets—it's now about building the liquidity, market structure and 24/7 infrastructure to support them.
The future of markets is already here. 🚀
Get in touch today: https://t.co/eDxGxAr5nc
https://t.co/29CPjSDlkF
If the DBW26 VIP Night looked like a good time, that's because it was. 🥂
Good people and even bigger smiles to celebrate the week.
#DBW26#DutchBlockchainWeek
Last week, the MN Fund team attended @DutchBlockWeek again.
It's exciting to see how fast the industry is growing. Over the years, the ecosystem has matured rapidly, with institutional parties taking the lead. It reaffirms that the market is slowly merging with TradFi.
What stood out this year: fewer conversations about hype, more about infrastructure. Custody, compliance, tokenization, on-chain settlement. The questions have shifted from "why crypto" to "how do we integrate it."
For us, it's a validation of the approach we've taken from the start: institutional-grade infrastructure, systematic execution, and a strategy built for the long term.
Looking forward to next year.
The Main Stage was at the heart of #DBW26.
A great discussion during “When TradFi trades bits, not bonds” with Frank van Zegveld (@talostrading), Joe Wilson (@bunq), Stephanie Laurent (@Bitwise_Europe), Maxime Seiler (@stsdigital_io) and host Jan Scheele.
#Web3#Crypto #Blockchain
That's a wrap on @DutchBlockWeek 🇳🇱
A week of builders, side events, new faces, and @solana right in the middle of it
Demo Day was our highlight, full recap dropping next week 👀
The Dutch web3 scene is very much alive. Until next year, @DutchBlockWeek 🙌