Dutch Blockchain Week is back, running June 22-28 in Amsterdam with the main summit taking over the Johan Cruijff ArenA on June 24-25. Organizers have lined up speakers from Visa, Mastercard, Kraken, Bitwise, Fireblocks, Chainlink, the Dutch Ministry of Finance, Ripple, Deloitte, and PwC – plus Litecoin creator Charlie Lee. The event positions itself as one of Europe’s biggest blockchain gatherings, and this year’s edition lands squarely in the middle of the EU’s MiCA regulatory rollout.
Who’s on stage and who’s sponsoring
The speaker list reads like a who’s-who of both crypto and traditional finance. Litecoin’s Charlie Lee is confirmed, but so are executives from Visa, Mastercard, Kraken, Bitwise, Fireblocks, Chainlink, and Ripple. The Dutch Ministry of Finance is sending a representative, underscoring how much policymakers will be in the room. Bitvavo is the main partner; Ripple is the gold partner and is also co-hosting the VIP Night and Afterparty. Other backers include Visa, Mastercard, Deloitte, PwC, Fireblocks, Kraken, OKX, Bybit EU, zerohash europe, Coinmerce, and Talos.
Over 40 side events and a dedicated breakout track
The week isn’t just the main stage – there are more than 40 side events scattered across Amsterdam. A breakout program is being hosted by Bitvavo, cloud provider OVHcloud, Watsonlaw, zerohash europe, and Monflo. That means there’s a lot of smaller, focused gatherings for people who want to get into the weeds on compliance, custody, or European regulation.
MiCA is the elephant in every room
Europe is entering the MiCA era, and the summit’s agenda reflects it. Sessions will cover stablecoins, tokenization, institutional adoption, digital asset infrastructure, compliance, payments, AI, and custody. The EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets regulation is reshaping how exchanges, custodians, and even banks handle digital assets. Amsterdam is trying to position itself as a regulated hub – and this conference is a big part of that push.
What Amsterdam is hoping to prove
Dutch Blockchain Week has been around for years, but this edition feels different. With MiCA live and enforcement ramping up, the city wants to show it can host a world-class, compliant crypto event. The combination of regulators, big tech, and crypto natives under one roof – at Ajax’s stadium, no less – sends a signal. The summit runs June 24-25, but side events kick off a few days earlier. Whether MiCA will actually be the blessing industry insiders hope for is a question delegates will likely debate in every panel room and coffee line.
