Description

The Agora 2026 is an institutional-level forum held on 31st March 2026 in Cannes, France. Organized by the crypto market data leader Kaiko, in partnership with the Ethereum Community Conference (EthCC). It’s designed as a high-calibre, unsponsored event where executives and decision-makers from traditional finance and digital-asset markets come together for deep, evidence-driven discussions about the future of financial infrastructure. The event focuses on exploring how capital markets are evolving as trading and settlement move on-chain, with sessions covering market structure, tokenization, perpetual futures, stablecoins, DeFi/CeFi, Layer-1 ecosystems, institutional deployment of crypto, post-trade processing, regulation, and on-chain data systems. It aims to provide clarity on emerging technology and market architecture while facilitating rigorous debate and knowledge exchange among leaders building the next phase of financial markets.   Organized By Kaiko is an international crypto market statistics and analytics organisation that gives institution-grade virtual asset facts, analytics, indices, and studies to financial institutions, asset managers, exchanges, and regulators. Event Highlights Gain precious insights from ninety+ speakers Institutional-focused crypto and digital finance forum Expert panels on marketplace structure, DeFi, tokenization, and law Why Attend Understand how conventional finance and crypto markets are merging Hear insights from top institutional and Web3 leaders Get clarity on the actual global crypto marketplace infrastructure Benefits of This Event Practical insights for institutional adoption of crypto High-cost networking with decision-makers Strategic know-how to stay ahead in virtual finance Event Agenda Digital asset market shape and infrastructure Tokenization and perpetual futures markets Stablecoins and their role in finance Crypto as collateral and liquidity management DeFi vs CeFi marketplace dynamics Institutional investment strategies Layer-1 blockchain ecosystem trends Staking, treasury, and balance-sheet control Digital securities and on-chain finance Post-change processing, clearing, and settlement Regulation, compliance, and market transparency Market statistics, on-chain analytics, and arbitrage mechanisms Speakers Abhishek Jain - Head of international ETF trading Andrew O’Neill - Managing director Ben Brophy - Head of institutional growth Bradley Duke - Managing director Casper Johansen - Partner and Co-founder The Agora 2026 offers clear, institutional insights into the future of on-chain financial markets.