European Blockchain Convention
The European Blockchain Convention is a conference in Barcelona about blockchain technology and crypto assets. The event brings technology teams together with investors and financial institutions working in this sector. Conference discussions cover the development of digital products and the technical and regulatory conditions for using them.
Blockchain projects involve technical design as well as questions about products, regulation and market adoption. The European Blockchain Convention combines conference sessions with an exhibition and meetings between participants. Attendees can discuss these questions with people developing the technology and organizations considering how to use it.
Who organizes the convention
The convention is run by the European Blockchain Convention organization and has been held in Barcelona for years, with the twelfth edition in September 2026. The program combines presentations with business meetings between financial institutions and digital asset providers.
For the September 2026 edition, press coverage names more than 6,000 attendees from over 70 countries and 300 speakers, in a report by FF News. The same coverage notes that the edition landed after the MiCA rules took full effect, which shifted the audience toward banks and asset managers.
Tokenization, custody and settlement
Market structure and institutional adoption lead the agenda: how a bank books a digital asset, who settles it, and which licenses it needs under MiCA. Tokenization of real-world assets, stablecoins, custody and settlement follow, with questions about licensing, transaction processing and client access.
Web3 infrastructure and investment complete the program. The infrastructure sessions matter to institutions that must decide whether to run their own node infrastructure or buy it, a decision that sits with technology teams long after the asset decision is made.
Who attends, and what Barcelona adds
The conference brings together exchanges, banks, asset managers, protocol teams and policymakers. The conference is a place for a compliance officer and a trading desk to meet potential counterparties for their institutions.
The convention draws a Southern European audience, including Spanish, Portuguese and Italian institutions. The 2026 edition has its own page at European Blockchain Convention 2026.
When is the European Blockchain Convention 2027?
The next European Blockchain Convention is scheduled for September 23 and 24, 2027 in Barcelona. Confirm the venue and registration details with EBC before booking accommodation.
How does EBC differ from a crypto-native conference?
EBC is built around institutional business, so the questions on stage are licensing, custody, settlement and distribution. A developer conference such as EthCC goes deeper into the technology, and a bitcoin-only event such as BTC Prague covers one asset. The overview of crypto conferences in Europe explains which kind answers which question.
What does MiCA mean for the agenda?
MiCA gives the convention its practical subject matter: a European bank or asset manager now has a rulebook to work with, so the sessions deal with how to apply it. That covers licensing routes, the treatment of stablecoin issuance, and what a supervisor expects of custody and record keeping. Finance Loop covers the same ground in its Risk & Compliance track.
The European Blockchain Convention and Finance Loop
Finance Loop brings together professionals working with digital assets in European finance, including the professions represented at the convention: product owners at banks, portfolio managers, compliance officers and the infrastructure providers who serve them. Finance Loop covers the convention's subjects in its Investment & Digital Assets and Risk & Compliance tracks, from tokenization to MiCA.
Finance Loop is a professional network supporting the institutional use of emerging technologies in finance, such as AI, tokenization, stablecoins, and DeFi. Finance Loop helps its members build skills and personal networks in these fields: Investment & Digital Assets, Payments & Digital Money, Digital Infrastructure & Sovereignty, and Risk & Compliance.