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Binance has lined up Changpeng Zhao, BlackRock’s Dan Maley, Visa’s Nischint Sanghavi and BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes for Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok on November 28–29, alongside officials from Kazakhstan and Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City. The lineup, announced November 11, puts regulators and Wall Street asset managers on the same stage as crypto’s biggest names.
Among the announced participants are Gizzat Baitursynov, Kazakhstan’s vice minister of artificial intelligence and digital development, and Shaun Tan, head of crypto and fintech growth at Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City.
Their participation brings perspectives from jurisdictions seeking to develop digital finance policies and attract businesses. Binance framed the discussions around how regulatory choices influence investment and market development.
“Regulatory innovation is no longer confined to traditional financial centers. Increasingly, emerging jurisdictions are shaping the future of digital finance,” said Richard Teng, Binance’s co-chief executive.
Teng said the frameworks and financial infrastructure countries establish will influence where capital moves and where companies expand.
The policy component of Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok will sit alongside discussions involving the businesses building and using those systems. The announcement identifies the participants but does not set out specific policy proposals or regulatory agreements expected from the gathering.
Institutional finance will have a prominent presence at Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok, with speakers representing asset management, securities trading and payment networks.
The announced executives include Dan Maley, BlackRock’s Asia-Pacific head of digital assets; Roger Bayston, Franklin Templeton’s head of digital assets ecosystem development; and Kelly Sohn, head of digital asset at Mirae Asset Securities (HK) Limited.
Visa will be represented by Nischint Sanghavi, its head of digital currencies for Asia Pacific. Yuki Jinguji, PayPay Corporation’s head of financial business development, is also scheduled to participate.
The lineup extends to businesses focused on blockchain-based financial products. These include Min Linn, managing director and head of global business development at Ondo Finance, and Yoshi Yokokawa, co-founder and chief executive of Alpaca.
Their participation gives Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok a platform for examining how payments, investment products and tokenization intersect. The announcement does not disclose individual session titles or identify any product launches tied to their appearances.
Other speakers include United Stables chief executive Athena Y, BNB Chain chief business officer Thomas Chen and Ella Zhang, managing partner and head of YZi Labs.
The crypto industry contingent at Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok includes Arthur Hayes, chief investment officer of Maelstrom; Sushant Singh, who works on Tether’s Asia-Pacific expansion; and Matthew Roszak, chairman of Bloq.
Changpeng Zhao, founder of Binance and Giggle Academy, is also among the announced speakers.
Research and data providers will contribute additional perspectives. Nansen chief executive Alex Svanevik, Kaiko head of research Anastasia Melachrinos and DeFiLlama head of business development Roosa Kivisto are scheduled to participate.
The programme also includes Coin Bureau founder Nic Puckrin and CoinDesk research lead Joshua de Vos.
“As traditional finance and digital assets converge, our focus remains constant: improving access, strengthening user protections, and delivering seamless experiences,” said Yi He, Binance’s co-chief executive and co-founder.
Binance’s own leadership team will address several areas of the business at Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok. Alongside Teng and Yi He, the roster includes chief marketing officer Eowyn Chen, Asia-Pacific head SB Seker and VIP and institutional head Catherine Chen.
Exchange and trading head Shunyet Jan, payments and fiat vice president Thomas Gregory, product vice president Jeff Li, deputy chief compliance officer Antonio Alvarez Lorenzo and Binance TH chief executive Nirun Fuwattananukul are also listed.
Ahead of Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok, the company will host a Binance Live session on November 17 at 11:00 UTC, or noon in Nigeria, through Binance Square.
The session will preview the conference themes and feature guests, alongside an advertised $5,000 red packet giveaway. Binance said more conference speakers would be announced in the coming weeks.
The Bangkok gathering follows previous editions in Singapore, Istanbul, Paris and Dubai. Organisers expect thousands of developers, institutional investors, fintech executives and policymakers to attend, although that remains an attendance expectation rather than a confirmed count.
Celo is the title sponsor, while Kite and Plasma are platinum sponsors.
According to the November 11 announcement, early-bird tickets for Binance Blockchain Week Bangkok were available for $29 through the event website. The initial speaker list establishes the conference’s main focus: the regulatory decisions, payment systems and investment infrastructure shaping the relationship between traditional finance and digital assets.
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