The Future of Capital Markets Lugano 2026

The Future of Capital Markets Lugano 2026 will be held on October 22 at Lugano Arte e Cultura in Lugano, Switzerland. The one-day forum will converge investors, issuers, regulators, and professionals from traditional finance and digital assets to deliberate on the implications of Bitcoin, tokenisation, and decentralised technologies for capital raising, management, and access.

Organised By

Bitfinex Securities and Blockstream Capital Partners are bringing the forum to Lugano as part of their wider work connecting traditional finance, digital assets, and capital markets. Their previous events have brought industry professionals together across Europe and Latin America to discuss developments in digital finance and regulation. 

Event Highlights

• How Bitcoin treasury companies are developing and what could come next.
• What financial institutions need to know before moving from learning about Bitcoin to investing in it.
• Sessions covering institutional Bitcoin adoption
• Exploration of tokenised funds, equities, and other assets
• Conversations around Bitcoin lending and credit markets
• Focus on the infrastructure needed for onchain capital markets
• 2026 market review and outlook for 2027

Why Attend The Future of Capital Markets?

1. Hear from people working directly across Bitcoin, tokenised assets, and digital finance.
    See how tokenisation is being applied to different areas of the capital markets, from securities to investment products.
2. Get a practical view of what could help — and what could make things harder — as more financial institutions start working with Bitcoin.
3. Learn about the requirements for connecting various elements of the Bitcoin market to operate as a whole.
4. Meet with market participants in the fields of finance and digital assets, and engage in dialogues with investors, issuers, regulators, and other industry experts.
5. Meet the diverse participants, from investors, issuers, regulators, and professionals within both traditional finance and digital assets.

Topics to be Discussed

• Bitcoin treasury companies and their role in corporate finance
• Institutional Bitcoin education and investment decisions
• Tokenisation of funds, equities, and alternative assets
• Bitcoin performance and the impact of wider economic changes
• Tokenised securities and real-world assets
• Regulation and the development of digital capital markets
• Fixed income and tokenised collateral
• How Bitcoin is being used in custody, payments, and financial services

Agenda Highlights

What’s Next for Bitcoin Treasury Companies?

• What’s changing for Bitcoin treasury companies and where they go from here.
• From Knowledge to Allocation: Institutional Bitcoin Education
• What institutions need to know before investing in Bitcoin.
• Funds, Equity and Beyond – The Next Wave of Tokenisation
• How tokenisation is moving into funds, equities, and other assets.
• Constructing a fully integrated Bitcoin financial ecosystem
• How custody, lending, payments and other financial services can be combined around Bitcoin

Speakers

• Paolo Ardoino – CEO, Tether; CTO, Bitfinex Securities
• Adam Back – CEO, Blockstream
• Samson Mow – CEO, JAN3
• Raphael Zagury – CEO, Twenty One Capital; Founder, Elektron Energy
• Adam Lawrence – Co-founder & CEO, RWA.xyz

Join The Future of Capital Markets on 22 October 2026 at Lugano Arte e Cultura in Lugano and discover what investors, issuers and digital-asset executives are saying about Bitcoin, tokenisation and the future of capital markets.