MANILA, Philippines — Greater than 12,000 native and worldwide delegates gathered on the SMX Conference Middle Manila for Philippine Blockchain Week (PBW) 2026, reworking the venue right into a hub for expertise, innovation, entrepreneurship, gaming, leisure, and public coverage.
Held over three days beneath the theme Decoded: Deployed, the fourth version marked a turning level within the nation’s digital transformation. Quite than explaining what blockchain, synthetic intelligence, and digital belongings can do, PBW 2026 demonstrated how these applied sciences are already being deployed throughout authorities, finance, enterprise, and on a regular basis life.
The official opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of Philippine Blockchain Week 2026, led by distinguished authorities officers, organizers, companions and business leaders. From left to proper: Raj Timothy Nandwani, Catz Jalandoni, Donald Lim, Chezka Gonzales, Dita-Angara Mathay, Abdul Malik Melvin Castelino, Janelle Barretto, Dr. Kamal Anand, Steve Ivsan, and Eliezer Rabadon.
The occasion featured over 150 audio system from world wide, with greater than half representing worldwide markets, sharing insights on blockchain, AI, cybersecurity, governance, and entrepreneurship.
PBW opened with Way forward for Belief: A Leaders Discussion board on Expertise and Governance, bringing collectively senior authorities officers, regulators, enterprise leaders, and expertise pioneers to debate how rising applied sciences can strengthen transparency, governance, and public belief. The discussion board strengthened a central message: innovation succeeds not solely via expertise, however via the establishments and partnerships that allow its accountable deployment.
From Imaginative and prescient to Motion
For PBW Co-Founder Chezka Gonzales, the occasion mirrored a imaginative and prescient that started 5 years in the past.
“My private objective has all the time been easy: to place Filipinos on the world stage and the Philippines on the worldwide blockchain map—to showcase Filipino expertise, innovation, and resilience to the world,” she mentioned.
“Philippine Blockchain Week is greater than a convention. It’s a platform the place conversations grow to be partnerships, partnerships grow to be corporations, and corporations create alternatives for Filipinos,” she added.
That imaginative and prescient got here alive as startups met buyers, enterprises related with innovators, regulators exchanged concepts with business leaders, and communities explored new alternatives within the digital financial system.
Higher Left: Chezka Gonzales, Co-Founding father of Philippine Blockchain Week, inaugurates PBW 2026 with a welcome handle.
Higher Proper: Smash Pay Battle Evening caps off Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 with an action-packed finale on June 20.
Decrease Left: P-pop woman group KAIA takes the Viral Stage with a reside efficiency at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026.
Decrease Proper: Rise In and Stellar Philippines host the “Construct on Stellar” workshop, bringing collectively builders and Web3 builders at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026.
A International Platform
The occasion welcomed audio system and delegates from throughout Asia, Europe, the Center East, and North America to contribute insights on rising applied sciences and digital transformation.
Among the many most anticipated audio system was Michael Terpin, broadly often known as the “Godfather of Crypto.”
“The Philippines has been a pacesetter in innovation for a few years. Social media has performed a serious function in incubating new platforms right here, and Axie Infinity grew to become a worldwide phenomenon due to the Philippines,” he mentioned, additional proving that the Philippines is not merely collaborating within the international expertise dialog—it’s more and more serving to form it.
PBW 2026 additionally highlighted the convergence of expertise, tradition, and group. The launch of Viral PH spotlighted the creator financial system, whereas the ALT+TAB Gaming and Music Competition introduced collectively gaming, esports, music, creators, and reside leisure. Attendees additionally joined hackathons, startup showcases, esports tournaments, networking classes, and the Founders Area, the place startups related with buyers and ecosystem companions.
From Dialog to Deployment
The convention theme got here to life via discussions on tokenized real-world belongings and sensible blockchain purposes. Varun Chugh, Exterior Monetary Advisor of BiGod Token, defined how tokenization is modernizing conventional belongings.
“Gold has served as a retailer of worth for hundreds of years, but it stays probably the most tough belongings to transact. At BiGod, we goal to make that asset easy, accessible, and cross-border. We now have already demonstrated this through the use of our token to facilitate funds right here at Philippine Blockchain Week,” he mentioned.
His remarks captured the essence of Decoded: Deployed: rising applied sciences are not future ideas however sensible options addressing real-world challenges at present.
Higher: Moderator Benjamin Fletcher leads a panel dialogue with (from left) Raj Nandwani, International Head of BD and IMA at Binance; Alice Truong, Vice President at Nuvei; and Chengyi Ong, Director of APAC Coverage at Circle, on Scaling the Way forward for Finance: Funds, Stablecoins & International Adoption at Philippine Blockchain Week 2026.
Decrease: Moderator Vit Jedlička, President of Liberland, facilitates a candid alternate with (from left) Varun Chugh, Exterior Monetary Advisor at Bingold Inc.; Rebecah Dausen, PH Nation Lead at XDC Community; Jessica Wu, Head of APAC at Bitpanda Enterprise; and Kritesh Tripathi, Co-Founding father of XPHERE, throughout the From Bodily to Digital: Bringing Actual-World Belongings On-Chain panel at PBW 2026.
Constructing the Future Collectively
Philippine Blockchain Week 2026 was made doable via the assist of its sponsors, exhibitors and ecosystem companions, together with BiGod Token, Binance by Blockshoals, Vaulnox Worldwide, Smashpay Inc., Predict Protocol, Creatachain, Cash.PH, KMC Options, MEXC Ventures, O2 Ramp, Orca, Universe Professional, Meteon Run, NSpire, The Govt Centre, Comm&Sense PR, DvCode Applied sciences, Inc., Naheal, Lumina Occasions, Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and San Miguel Beer.
With greater than 12,000 attendees, over 150 audio system, and numerous collaborations shaped, PBW 2026 demonstrated that the Philippines has developed from an rising participant right into a rising drive within the international digital financial system.
Decoded: Deployed was greater than a theme. It mirrored the place the business stands at present.
The longer term is not being imagined. It’s already being constructed.