What to expect at the TUM Blockchain Conference 2026
Finance Loop is a community partner of the TUM Blockchain Conference 26. The conference takes place on 29-31 October 2026 at the House of Communication in Munich, and members of the Finance Loop network get 10% off every ticket with this code: TBC26FINANCELOOP10
The TUM Blockchain Club, the student blockchain club at the Technical University of Munich, organizes the conference. It is the largest blockchain conference in Munich: the 2025 edition drew more than 1,200 attendees and 125 speakers to 57 talks and 12 panels. One ticket covers all three days. You do not need to be a student or a blockchain expert to attend.
29 October: TUM Blockchain Conference Day
Thursday, 29 October is the TUM Blockchain Conference Day, with talks and panels from zero-knowledge cryptography to production systems. Researchers from IBM Research Europe, the University of Cambridge and TU Wien are on the speaker list.
30 October: Digital Assets Day by Bundesblock
If you work at a bank, an asset manager or in payments, plan for Friday, 30 October. For the first time, Bundesblock, the German blockchain association (Blockchain Bundesverband), curates the second conference day as the Digital Assets Day. Policymakers, regulators, financial institutions and corporates meet on three parallel stages: the Main Stage, the Executive Forum and the Future Stage.
The draft agenda starts with capital markets and money: digital securities and market infrastructure, portfolio construction with digital assets, European banking consortia, the path from the digital euro to stablecoin rails, and corporate treasuries with agentic AI payments. Later sessions cover tokenization of real-world assets, custody and digital identity, and regulation under MiCA, DAC8 and DORA.
Speakers confirmed for the TUM Blockchain Conference 2026 include Franziska Huber of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Niclas Voigt of Commerzbank, Manfred Richels of the Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Dr. Lewin Boehnke of Crypto Finance (Deutsche Börse Group), Alexander Höptner of AllUnity, Martin Kreitmair of Tangany, Radoslav Albrecht of Bitbond, Ramin Ghafari of Siemens, Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler of Bundesblock and Birgit Hass of The Finfluencer Circle.
30 and 31 October: TUM Blockchain & AI Hackathon
On 30 and 31 October, the TUM Blockchain & AI Hackathon gives builders of all levels two days to build alongside the conference, with €10,000 in prizes from BSV Association and Cardano. Side events run from 28-31 October.
Why Finance Loop partners with the TUM Blockchain Conference
The Digital Assets Day covers two of the four Finance Loop tracks, Investment & Digital Assets and Payments & Digital Money. Finance Loop members from Germany, Austria and Switzerland work on these topics at banks, asset managers and fintechs. In Munich they meet the students and researchers of the TUM Blockchain Club and the founders on the speaker list.
The partnership adds to ties that already exist. Finance Loop is a member of Bundesblock, the curator of the Digital Assets Day, and lists the Web3 Talents program of the TUM Blockchain Club in its academy. As a community partner, Finance Loop appears in the conference's partner listing and is on site in Munich.
Event details and 10% discount
Conference name: TUM Blockchain Conference 26
Dates: 29-31 October 2026
Location: House of Communication, Munich, Germany
Organizer: TUM Blockchain Club e.V.
Tickets: Student €9, Self-funded €79 (with approval), General Admission €249, VIP €499, each for all three days
Conference website: conference26.tum-blockchain.com
Tickets: luma.com/tbc26
10% discount for the Finance Loop network: enter the code TBC26FINANCELOOP10 when you book on Luma. The code works for any number of tickets.
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