NIKKEI NADA Digital Asset Conference 2026
Overview
A digital asset conference co-hosted by Nikkei's media business division and N.Avenue. It expands and renames the Digital Securities Forum, held for five years with the Financial Services Agency's endorsement, to mark Nikkei's 150th anniversary. Under the theme of the next common sense of capital markets, regulators, financial institutions, and blockchain companies discuss policy design and market implementation across stablecoins, tokenized deposits, RWA, and crypto ETFs. Free with advance registration.
Program
- Main hall: opening and guest remarks, then 9 talks and panels (9:20 to 17:20)
- Topics include digital money, security tokens, tokenized government bonds and crypto ETFs, closing with a session by the three megabanks and two major brokerages
- Speakers include Yoshio Horimoto (FSA), Seiji Kihara (House of Representatives) and Christopher Perkins (Franklin Templeton)
- Workshops (hands-on and small-group sessions) run in parallel in sub-venues
- Booth exhibition and networking; the reception is by lottery
Speakers
- Yoshio Horimoto (Director-General, Asset Management and Insurance Supervision Bureau, Financial Services Agency; 2026)
- Seiji Kihara (Member, House of Representatives; 2026)
- Yosuke Inaida (Executive Officer and Head of Digital Company, Nomura Holdings and Nomura Securities; 2026)
Foundation
- Founded
- 2026
- Founder
- Nikkei Media Business / N.Avenue Inc.
Its predecessor, the Digital Securities Forum (endorsed by the Financial Services Agency), was co-hosted by the two companies for five years, drawing a cumulative 4,470 participants over five editions of discussion among financial institutions, corporations, and regulators around security tokens. With advances in blockchain technology and regulation, it was expanded into a new conference centered on digital assets to mark Nikkei's 150th anniversary. The program combines keynotes and panels with workshops, exhibit booths, and networking.
Transition
- 2021 Co-hosting of the predecessor Digital Securities Forum began, running five editions with a cumulative 4,470 participants
- 2023 Digital Securities Forum 2023 held under the theme 'A new chapter opens for the security token market'
- 2025 Digital Securities Forum 2025 held December 2 at KABUTO ONE
- 2026 Renamed and expanded into the NIKKEI NADA Digital Asset Conference to mark Nikkei's 150th anniversary, on November 20 at Toranomon Hills
Sponsors
GOLD
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ケネディクス株式会社 -
ソラナ財団
SILVER
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野村ホールディングス株式会社 -
株式会社BOOSTRY -
株式会社大和証券グループ本社 -
SMBCグループ -
三井物産デジタル・アセットマネジメント株式会社
BRONZE
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アンダーソン・毛利・友常法律事務所 -
Digital Platformer株式会社 -
株式会社Progmat -
日鉄ソリューションズ株式会社 -
東海東京証券株式会社
Source: official sponsor list (as of October 9, 2026)
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