Boston Blockchain Association
Week of November 9, 2026
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What's Inside?
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Agenda Updated: Roundtables Added to Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum on 12/1
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Just Announced: 2026 Boston Blockchain Community Holiday Party on 12/3
- The BBA Website Has a New Look!
- Other Upcoming Events:
- Digital Assets Forum on 11/13
- Consensus Hong Kong on 2/1 — 2/3
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Digital Asset Summit New York 2027 3/30 — 4/1
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Featured Must Read: Binance Says Hackers Used Fake Job Interview, Internal AI Tool in $6.3 Billion Breach (The Block)
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Corporate Member News: 2026 Election Results: Track the Crypto Vote with Stand With Crypto
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Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum
Tuesday, December 1, 2026
1:00 PM — 6:30 PM
Boston, MA
📣 Agenda Update: Roundtables Added 📣
The networking program for the 5th Annual Boston Institutional Digital Assets Forum has been expanded to include a dedicated one-hour session from 3 – 4PM featuring six interactive, topic-focused roundtables. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange insights, explore emerging opportunities, and connect directly with industry peers and experts on the U.S. regulatory landscape for digital assets; the convergence of traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure; the growing role of stablecoins; tokenization and onchain capital markets; digital asset market structure, custody and clearing; and building trust in AI-enabled finance.
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The Boston Blockchain Association (BBA) and TABB Group are proud to present the 5th Annual Boston Institutional Digital Asset Forum, taking place on December 1, 2026, at Federal Reserve Plaza. As institutional adoption of digital assets accelerates, this year's forum will provide timely insights into the trends, technologies, and regulatory developments reshaping the market. Discussions will explore the evolving U.S. regulatory and market structure landscape, the convergence of traditional finance with blockchain-based infrastructure, and the expanding role of stablecoins across investment portfolios, payments, central banks, and the broader financial ecosystem. Featuring distinguished keynote speakers and expert panelists from across the industry, the forum will showcase real-world use cases, emerging products, and practical strategies for operating in an increasingly mature digital asset market. Whether you are expanding an existing digital asset strategy or evaluating new opportunities, this event will provide the insights, perspectives, and connections needed to navigate the next phase of institutional adoption.
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2026 Boston Blockchain Community Holiday Party
Thursday, December 3, 2026
4:30 PM — 6:30 PM
Boston, MA
Come join us to celebrate the end of 2026 and everything we've accomplished this year! You are cordially invited to the 2026 Boston Blockchain Community Holiday Party, a community-wide event hosted by the Boston Blockchain Association and the Fidelity Center for Applied Technology. The event will take place in Fidelity’s first-floor meeting space at 245 Summer Street, just steps away from South Station, with an afterparty to follow at a nearby restaurant (TBD). (*Security will close doors to new arrivals at 6 PM.) Space is limited to the first 150 registered guests. Please use your legal name to register; everyone must register and show proper ID. Holiday attire is welcome, or come as you are. Food and drinks hosted by FCAT will be served. We can't wait to see you there!
Please note that photographs will be taken throughout the Holiday Social event. By attending this event you hereby consent to having your photo/likeness posted publicly and on social media.
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The BBA Website Has a New Look! | |
We're excited to share our revamped website, designed to better reflect the quality of our programming, the strength of our partnerships, and the community we've built since 2017.
Our new website brings this work into sharper focus, making it easier to discover upcoming events, learn about our corporate partners, access resources, and find opportunities to engage with the BBA. Whether you're an individual professional, an organization, or an institutional partner, there's more to explore and more ways to get involved.
A huge thank you to Anne Schmidt, Keri Lorincz, Eric Roux, Trevor Talley, Ryan Levesque, Doug Mehne, and all the volunteers who helped bring this project to life. Your time, hard work, and support made this possible, and we're excited to share the results!
Explore the new website
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Digital Assets Forum
Friday, November 13, 2026
New York City, NY
Digital Assets Forum comes to New York on November 13, bringing together leaders from across asset management, banking, market infrastructure, and the institutional digital asset ecosystem. The event will feature more than 50 sessions across two stages, along with private roundtables, pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings, an exhibition area, and opportunities to connect with fund managers, allocators, and other institutional participants. Featured speakers include Sandy Kaul of Franklin Templeton, Tobias Adrian of the IMF, Maxwell Stein of BlackRock, Ryan Rugg of Citi, Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge Capital, Adam Back of Blockstream, Matthew Ducie of DTCC, Kathleen Wrynn of Invesco, and Will Peck of WisdomTree, with additional speakers still to be announced.
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Consensus Hong Kong
February 1 – 3, 2027
Hong Kong
Consensus Hong Kong returns February 1 – 3, bringing together executives, investors, builders, and policymakers from around the world to explore the forces shaping the next phase of digital assets and financial technology. Produced by CoinDesk, the event is expected to draw 10,000 attendees from more than 100 countries, with programming focused on digital assets at scale, tokenization, stablecoins, DeFi, AI, and the emerging agentic economy. Discussions will examine how institutions across Asia are putting blockchain and AI into production, from real-world asset tokenization and payments infrastructure to autonomous financial systems and enterprise adoption. Since its debut in 2025, Consensus Hong Kong has brought together more than 20,000 participants as a gateway for global capital to connect with Asia’s rapidly evolving digital asset ecosystem.
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Digital Asset Summit New York 2027
March 30 – April 1, 2027
New York City, NY
Blockworks’ Digital Asset Summit New York returns March 30 – April 1, bringing together leaders from across asset management, banking, fintech, payments, policy, and digital assets to explore the continued evolution of the onchain economy. The three-day event is expected to convene more than 3,500 attendees, 1,400+ institutions, and 200+ speakers, representing more than $3.8 trillion in assets under management. Programming will cover onchain capital markets, stablecoins and global payments, fintech and enterprise innovation, institutional investment, U.S. digital asset policy, and DeFi and risk management. Attendees will include asset managers, allocators, financial institutions, crypto companies, service providers, policymakers, and regulators shaping the next phase of digital asset adoption.
Click here to register
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Featured Must Read
Binance Says Hackers Used Fake Job Interview, Internal AI Tool in $6.3 Billion Breach (The Block)
Binance says hackers used a fake job interview, malware and a compromised internal AI tool to carry out the $6.3 billion attack on its wallet infrastructure, which the FBI has linked to North Korea. According to Binance’s incident report, attackers spent months targeting employees and ultimately used stolen credentials to authorize unauthorized transactions. The exchange says it has frozen or intercepted about $2.85 billion in assets, replenished 98% of impacted assets and strengthened its security controls. Binance also reported detecting and preventing 57 suspected North Korea-linked cyber threats in 2026, highlighting the growing sophistication of social engineering and AI-enabled attacks targeting digital asset infrastructure.
Click here to read the article
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Corporate Member News
2026 Election Results: Track the Crypto Vote with Stand With Crypto
Stand With Crypto’s Crypto Election Updates page provides live updates on U.S. House and Senate races and how the results are shaping crypto representation in Congress. Visitors can follow individual races, browse results by state, view Stand With Crypto’s letter grades for candidates based on their positions on crypto, and see the running tally of pro-crypto representation in the House and Senate. Results are provided by Decision Desk HQ and remain unofficial until certified.
View the 2026 election updates
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Thanking Our Corporate Member | |
The BBA salutes Ripple, a leading provider of digital asset infrastructure for financial services. Send cross-border payments in real-time, engage with tokenization and digital assets, and meet regulatory compliance requirements—all in one place.
Thank you for the knowledge you bring to the table and for expanding blockchain’s influence in Boston!
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