Bangkok Attracts Regulators, Stablecoin Giants, and K-Pop to Southeast Asia Blockchain Week
Bangkok, (ANTARA/PRNewswire) - Senior officials from Thailand and Indonesia will gather with leading figures from SCBX, Bitkub, Circle, Tether, and Ascend Bit, a blockchain company owned by Thailand’s CP Group, at the Southeast Asia Blockchain Week 2026 (SEABW 2026), to be held on May 20–21 at ICONSIAM Hall, Bangkok. Organized by Hashed and ShardLab, the innovation and Web3 research arm of Hashed and SCBX, the event comes as Southeast Asia increasingly positions itself as a hub for the next phase of global Web3 adoption.
As Southeast Asia emerges as one of the world’s most watched digital asset markets, SEABW 2026 makes Bangkok the meeting point for public and private sector leaders shaping how this technology is adopted in practice.
The policy agenda is central to the event program. From Thailand, delegates from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Thailand Digital Asset Association (TDA) will explain how the host country approaches digital innovation, regulatory reform, and long-term ecosystem development. From Indonesia, Muhammad Neil El Himam, Deputy for Creative Economy and Digital Technology at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy/Creative Economy Agency (EKRAF), will bring a perspective from a country whose digital economy is increasingly influential in the region. The result is a rare cross-sector meeting on how Southeast Asia’s largest markets view Web3, a discussion now shaped by government, regulators, industry, and politics.
The Thai industry will be represented by Kaweewut Temphuwapat, Chief Innovation Officer of SCBX and Chief Executive Officer of SCB 10X, and Atthakrit Chimplapibul, one of the founders of Bitkub. They will join Apinand Dabpetch, Group Head of Wallet and Growth at True Money and Managing Director of Ascend Bit, a blockchain unit of Ascend Group, a subsidiary of CP Group that operates True Money.
These three represent established financial groups driving large-scale innovation, local digital asset exchanges helping to bring this asset class into the Thai mainstream, and a blockchain company from one of the country’s largest consumer fintech platforms. Their presence reinforces SEABW 2026’s position in Thailand’s evolving financial infrastructure and the country’s growing role in the region’s digital asset economy.
This local presence is complemented by a roster of regional and global speakers aligned with this year’s overarching theme. David Katz from Circle will discuss policy perspectives and strategies for regulated digital assets and USDC in Asia-Pacific. Regional leaders from Tether, Ploy Boonyavee and Eddy Christian Ng, will discuss the growing role of stablecoins in payments, market access, and cross-border transaction settlement in Southeast Asia.
Also joining are StraitsX, Ripple, BitGo, Anchorage Digital, Canton, Avalanche, Solana Foundation, Xapo Bank, Token X, and AWS to discuss AI, payment infrastructure, institutional custody, tokenization, and real-world implementations. This combined program demonstrates the market’s direction toward more practical use cases, stronger institutional participation, and deeper integration between on-chain finance and the broader financial system.
Outside the main stage, specially curated roundtables will open up space for deeper discussions about adoption challenges and opportunities specific to the region, providing a more strategic and implementation-oriented dimension.
The event also stands out from typical conference formats with a performance by K-pop group tripleS. Managed by Modhaus, tripleS is built on an on-chain fan governance system where NFT holders can vote on group decisions. This demonstrates how digital culture, fandom, and entertainment are increasingly converging with technology in Asia.
“Southeast Asia is at a pivotal point in digital finance, and Bangkok is where that conversation is happening. SEABW 2026 reflects our belief that the next chapter of financial technology will be built on open collaboration between regulators, innovators, and institutions across the region — and SCBX is proud to be at its center,” said Kaweewut Temphuwapat, Chief Innovation Officer of SCBX & Chief Executive Officer of SCB 10X.
“Bangkok is where important conversations about the future of digital assets in Southeast Asia are taking place this year, where regulatory clarity meets institutional momentum in a way that few other markets can match. SEABW 2026 is built at that intersection, as well as on what happens next when digital assets and AI converge into an agentic economy. Our job is to bring regulators, institutions, and builders into one room so that the next phase of adoption in the region is shaped through dialogue, not separately,” said Hojin Kim, CEO of ShardLab.
Sponsorship support spans the entire ecosystem. Local support comes from SCBX, SCB 10X, and InnovestX, along with Thai exchanges Bitkub and Bitazza Thailand, and tokenization platform Token X. Regional and global support includes Tether, Solana Foundation, and Xapo Bank, while AWS, SOOHO.IO, AriqoX, Tiger Research, and StayGold expand the program into infrastructure, security, and research.
Overall, these partners cover payments, tokenization, exchanges, custody, and institutional adoption, making SEABW 2026 a regional forum shaping the digital finance, technology, and cultural agenda of Southeast Asia.
Registration for SEABW 2026 is now open at https://www.seablockchainweek.org/. The event will be held on May 20–21 at ICONSIAM Hall, Bangkok.
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