Edinburgh Decentralised Finance Summit 2026

Unlock the future of decentralized innovation at the Edinburgh Decentralised Finance Summit 2026 on 1 September 2026 at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. This premier DeFi conference brings together leading innovators, investors, researchers, developers, policymakers, and fintech professionals to explore the future of decentralized finance. The event offers information, insightful discussions, and networking opportunities, from autonomous AI agents and blockchain security to institutional DeFi and tokenization. Featuring insightful keynotes, informative panels, fireside chats, and lightning speeches from the most renowned speakers in the industry.

Organized By

Blockchain Scotland is a renowned organization focused on promoting innovation, collaboration, education, and industrial expansion across decentralized technologies to enhance Scotland's blockchain ecosystem.

Event Highlights

• Latest developments in Institutional DeFi, Tokenisation, and Autonomous Finance.
• 25+ expert speakers and connect with 300 blockchain professionals.
• Participate in keynote sessions, panel discussions, fireside chats, and lightning talks.
• Network with developers, investors, financial institutions, regulators, and Web3 innovators.

Who Can Attend?

• Blockchain and Web3 developers
• DeFi founders and startup teams
• Institutional investors and asset managers
• Fintech professionals and banking leaders
• Academics and cybersecurity experts
• Crypto enthusiasts and blockchain students

Detailed List of Topics

• DeFi lending, vaults and onchain credit
• Liquid staking, restaking and validator decentralisation
• Bitcoin DeFi and hybrid Layer 2 architecture
• Layer 2 scaling and zkEVM rollups
• Stablecoins, payments and onchain banking
• Smart wallets and account abstraction
• Tokenised real-world assets and onchain yield
• DeFi insurance and onchain risk management
• Oracles, data and decentralised intelligence
• Agentic finance and autonomous AI agents
• AI governance
• Decentralised compute and verifiable machine learning
• Smart contract security and wallet protection
• Institutional DeFi, derivatives and prime brokerage
• DAO governance and onchain coordination
• Capital allocation, market making, and DeFi research
• Policy, regulation, and digital asset clearing
• Energy DeFi and regenerative finance

Confirmed Speakers

• Matthew Fisher- CEO of Katana
• Dominic Marley- Institutional Relations, Lido Finance
• Tobias Vogel- CEO of Conensys Dilligence
• Evangelos Pappas- Lead Infrastructure Engineer, Covenant AI

Be part of the Edinburgh DeFi Summit where DeFi, blockchain, tokenization, AI, digital assets, and institutional finance converge to shape the future of decentralized innovation and create valuable global connections.