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Crypto Fest 2026

Crypto Fest 2026 is Cape Town’s premier annual Web3 event, returning for its eighth edition. Bringing together a diverse community of innovators, industry leaders, and blockchain enthusiasts, the conference explores the rapidly evolving world of cryptocurrency, blockchain, and decentralized finance (DeFi). Attendees can expect exclusive networking opportunit…

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43Speakers
25Sponsors
40On the bill · sessions
56Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Crypto, in alphabetical order.
Benhur Mwamba
Blake Player
Chief Commercial Officer · VALR
Callan Richardson
Head of Growth - Africa · Bitget
Carel de Jager
CEO and Founder · Silver Sixpence
Carel van Wyk
CEO and Co-Founder · MoneyBadger
Charne’ Thompson
Director and Founder · Thompsons Legal Alliance
Christo de Wit
Country Manager South Africa · Luno
Dale Russell
Director · Moore Blockchain and Digital Assets JHB Pty Ltd
Deven Moodley
Executive Head of Value-Added Services, Financial Services and Mobile · Pick n Pay Group
Dr. Allan Davids
Director of the Financial Innovation Hub in the School of Economics · University of Cape Town
Dr. Wiehann Olivier
Partner | Head of FinTech and Digital Assets · Forvis Mazars South Africa
Elçin Güven
Worldwide Digital Assets Sales · IBM
Elli De Gouveia
Lead for Solana in South Africa · Solana
Elo Mukoro
CEO and Co-Founder · Cr3dentials
Gideon Rossouw
Executive: Web3 Enablement · Nedbank
Graeme Tennant
CEO · Nottingham Road Asset Management
Hannes Wessels
General Manager · Binance South Africa
Hari Chaitanya
Head of Investor Services, Africa · Standard Bank Group
Illia Polosukhin
Co-founder at NEAR Protocol · NEAR Protocol
Jerome Brink
Director - Tax & Exchange Control · Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc
Joshua Yau
Julian Kanjere
Co-founder · Mandla Money
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
RippleDiamond
Ubuntu TribeDiamond
PremierGold
Premier Financial ServicesGold
AltcoinTrader
Amber GroupPremier
BinancePremier
BitgetPremier
BybitWorkshop
Chainalysis
CoinWExhibitor
FonBnk
HTX (formerly Huobi)
IBMPremier
Idatco
Luno
Mazars (Forvis Mazars)
Metis Africa
OKX
Opera
PolygonTitle
StellarWorkshop
TRON DAO
VALR
Xago
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Agenda

Selected from 40 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00am - 09:10am GMT+2

    Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies

  • 09:00am - 09:10am GMT+2Plenary Room

    Welcome Address by Master of Ceremonies

  • 09:10am - 09:35am GMT+2

    Crypto Asset Management Opportunities in South Africa

  • 09:10am - 09:35am GMT+2Plenary Room

    Crypto Asset Management Opportunities in South Africa

  • 09:35am - 10:00am GMT+2

    Bitcoin, AI, and the Future of Open Digital Systems

  • 09:35am - 10:00am GMT+2Plenary Room

    Bitcoin, AI, and the Future of Open Digital Systems

  • 10:00am - 10:20am GMT+2

    Driving Mass Crypto Adoption in Africa: Solana’s Grassroots Approach to Decentralised Innovation

  • 10:00am - 10:20am GMT+2Plenary Room

    Driving Mass Crypto Adoption in Africa: Solana’s Grassroots Approach to Decentralised Innovation

  • 10:00am - 11:30am GMT+2

    Workshop 1: Navigating Secure Digital Asset Operations: Exploring IBM Digital Assets Haven

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 56 companies show up — and 7 bet on three roles at once?

56 companies. seven are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
7All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
31Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Ripple·Bitget·IBM·Luno·Polygon·VALR·Xago

Speakers by seniority

74% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1330%
  • Founder / Owner819%
  • Director / Head of1126%
  • Manager / Lead49%
  • Engineer · IC12%
  • Other roles614%

Of 43 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01RippleSp·D2V
  2. 02BitgetSp·P1V
  3. 03IBMSp·P1V
  4. 04LunoSp1V
  5. 05PolygonSp·T1V
  6. 06VALRSp1V
  7. 07XagoSp1V
  8. 08AltcoinTraderSp
  9. 09Amber GroupSp·P
  10. 10BinanceSp·P
  11. 11BybitSp·W
  12. 12ChainalysisSp
  13. 13CoinWSp·E
  14. 14FonBnkSp
Sponsors by tier
diamond2
8% of 25
gold2
8% of 25
title1
4% of 25
premier4
16% of 25
exhibitor1
4% of 25
workshop2
8% of 25
unspecified13
52% of 25
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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