Conviction 2026: Vietnam’s Premier Blockchain & Digital Asset Economy Event Makes Its Triumphant Return
Ho Chi Minh City braces for the main event. The region's definitive convergence of code and capital is back—bigger, bolder, and laser-focused on the next frontier.
The Stage Is Set
Forget the hype cycles and the noise. Conviction 2026 cuts through it all, assembling the architects building Vietnam's digital future. We're talking core protocol developers, DeFi pioneers, institutional allocators, and the regulatory minds shaping the framework. This isn't a spectator sport; it's a builder's summit.
Beyond Trading: Building an Economy
The conversation has matured. The focus shifts from mere price action to tangible utility—how blockchain technology bypasses legacy bottlenecks, unlocks new asset classes, and rewires value transfer for a nation on the rise. Real-world asset tokenization, scalable infrastructure, and seamless cross-border settlement take center stage.
Why This Year Is Different
The pieces are in place. Regulatory clarity is emerging, developer talent is exploding, and institutional capital is no longer just watching—it's participating. The event arrives at an inflection point, connecting the dots between technological capability and massive economic opportunity. It's about moving from promise to production.
The Bottom Line
Conviction 2026 delivers more than talk. It forges the partnerships and sparks the ideas that will define the next five years of growth. For anyone serious about the space—from a founder coding in a garage to a fund manager allocating nine figures—this is the one calendar entry that matters. Miss it, and you're betting against the momentum of an entire ecosystem. Just remember, as one VC famously quipped, 'In crypto, the 'future of finance' is always 18 months away—conveniently after the next fund's lock-up period.'
Bringing Together Blockchain Leaders, Digital Asset Stakeholders, and Policymakers
Over the last few years, crypto has taken over the world. In more established hubs like Singapore, Hong Kong, or Dubai, blockchain infrastructure has already been deeply embedded into their financial infrastructure.
Unlike these regions, Vietnam is still at an earlier but strategic stage, presenting a Stellar opportunity to design blockchain-native regulatory and financial frameworks right from the beginning.
To help the nation take advantage of this massive opportunity, Vinh The Nguyen, Co-founder and CEO of Ninety Eight, is hosting Conviction 2026, a forum for creators, visionaries, retailers, and decision-makers to come together and harness blockchain and digital assets to build a new economic layer.
Nguyen is also the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Blockchain Association (HBA) and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia (Finance & Venture Capital) honoree. Under his leadership, Conviction has positioned itself as a bridge between policy ambition and technological execution.
To be held in the coming months, Conviction 2026 will gather global policymakers, financial institutions, builders, and innovators to explore how blockchain, digital assets, and AI are being adopted as foundational systems shaping the future of finance.
As the key stakeholders assemble on May 8 and 9, 2026, in Ho Chi Minh City, they will advance the dialogue around crypto beyond market HYPE to infrastructure expansion, institutional engagement, policy development, and practical deployment.
Conviction has already proven its capabilities. Last year, the event started with a bold point, amplifying the resonance of blockchain & AI. With 26,000+ registrations, 150+ speakers, 100+ exhibitors and participating companies, and 32 million media reach, Conviction 2025 demonstrated the conference’s ability to convene at institutional scale.
Vietnam’s Blockchain and Digital Asset Platform for Global Institutional Alignment
Digital assets have already begun converging with mainstream financial systems on the global level. This comes as stablecoins surpass a $300 bln market cap and emerge as cross-border payment and settlement rails, over $21 billion of capital markets and real-world assets are tokenized, and AI-driven financial systems transform compliance, risk management, and operational efficiency.
With emerging markets across APAC becoming a critical crypto validation field, recording $2.36 trillion transaction volumes, led by Vietnam, India, and Pakistan, this creates a decisive window for action.
The time is clearly now to bridge Vietnam’s local momentum with global financial infrastructure.
Against this backdrop, Conviction 2026 will serve as a strategic convening platform to align policy, capital, technology, and execution.
The idea is to look for scalable pathways beyond experimentation with the event’s focus on financial infrastructure and markets, capital market development and asset tokenization, stablecoins as settlement infrastructure, and blockchain as foundational technology for next-generation financial centres.
On the policy front, the event will conduct discussions on regulatory frameworks for digital assets, policy sandbox models, and institutional risk management and compliance using AI.
Broader economic considerations will include digital finance and programmable money, Web3 in consumer and enterprise applications, and lessons from global markets and implications for emerging economies.
Conviction 2026 has already been officially recognized by the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee as part of the city’s 2026 activity plan.
So, as crypto gains mainstream adoption, Ninety Eight is organizing the event to MOVE conversations to actual real-world implementation, help build a next-generation financial hub with blockchain as its core, and connect Vietnam to the global digital asset economy.
