Roundtables

As Bitcoin closes out another transformative year, the landscape for 2026 is being shaped by powerful macro forces, incremental capital inflows, and deepening institutional engagement.

Join this Blockworks Roundtable to hear top analysts and builders in the Bitcoin ecosystem as they analyze market performance in 2025 and look ahead to what’s in store for 2026. They’ll break down how trends in onchain activity, institutional market structure, and other macroeconomic forces are converging to further Bitcoin’s role in the global financial system.

Over 20 spot digital asset ETFs have launched so far in the U.S. and many more applications are in the SEC’s queue. As Wall St. looks ahead to the next evolution of digital asset products, the addition of staking-enabled ETFs represents a step function increase in both utility and the opportunity for yield.

Despite the institutional demand for staking-enabled ETFs, two major hurdles remain: a challenging technical integration and unresolved regulatory factors. Join this Blockworks Roundtable to hear from a panel of issuers and service providers as they unpack the most pertinent factors of the next wave of digital asset ETFs mechanics around yield, distribution liquidity, redemption, and regulation.

The competition for mindshare in the crypto industry is fierce. Protocols are constantly fighting to win the attention and loyalty of developers, founders, users, and institutions. Many protocols employ strategies to earn this mindshare using hype, gamified metrics, and short-term thinking, but oftentimes this comes at the cost of sustainability and credibility. 

In this Blockworks Roundtable, industry-leading voices will explore the protocol growth playbook that prioritizes long-term ecosystem health over short-term hype. 

Bitcoin was made for this moment. As capital floods into the premier non-sovereign store of value, new metas and market dynamics are surfacing. With institutions like Strategy charting the course, corporate acquisition vehicles are raising capital at a rapid clip to get Bitcoin on their balance sheets.

But this isn’t just about accumulation. A new paradigm is forming where Bitcoin is no longer seen as a dormant asset. Through lending markets and structured products, HODLers are now putting their Bitcoin to work generating yield while maintaining exposure. ETFs have opened the floodgates to a broader class of allocators, amplifying liquidity and reinforcing Bitcoin’s role as a productive financial primitive.

Join this Blockworks Roundtable to hear from top Bitcoin analysts and builders in the space as they break down these evolving dynamics and explore how Bitcoin is becoming both a deep store of value and an increasingly active player in the capital markets.

In an industry built on decentralization and permissionless access, investor protection in liquid crypto token markets remains a largely unsolved problem. From exploits and conflicts of interest to predatory tokenomics, these markets have matured faster than the mechanisms designed to safeguard participants.

Join this Blockworks Roundtable as leaders from research, legal, and protocol design explore how crypto infrastructure, legal frameworks, and reporting standards can embed meaningful protections for investors without imposing cumbersome requirements on founders and protocols.

Crypto-native security is no longer a niche concern for enterprises and financial institutions, it now sits at the heart of  adoption and growth. In this Blockworks Roundtable, security leaders from across custody, infrastructure, and institutional platforms will explore what’s needed to build end-to-end security frameworks, mitigate emerging threats,  future-proof information systems, and utilize security as a growth enabler.

How do major market events impact order book dynamics? In this Blockworks Roundtable, market practitioners will analyze key metrics such as spread percentages, liquidity depth, order flow imbalances, and more to uncover critical clues for optimal trade timing.

By examining how these indicators shift before and after significant events, listeners will gain early insights into market stress, volatility, and momentum that refine execution and risk management strategies. Designed for both active traders and institutional investors, this Roundtable will show how leveraging advanced, data-driven order book analytics can transform decision-making processes and provide a decisive edge in volatile markets.

As the crypto industry matures and integrates deeper into the global financial system, it faces an evolving, complex threat landscape marked by increasingly sophisticated fraud schemes, heightened regulatory scrutiny, and growing expectations around transparency and auditability.

In this Blockworks Roundtable, risk and compliance professionals will explore the most pressing trends shaping crypto compliance in 2025 such as emerging fraud vectors in token-based ecosystems, how global regulators are cracking down on illicit activity, the evolving expectations around transaction monitoring, audit trails, and data integrity, and strategic predictions for where crypto risk and compliance is heading over the next 12–18 months.