Blockchain Life 2026 Returns to Dubai on December 1–2
Partner announcement. This material is published in partnership with the organisers of Blockchain Life. The figures and programme details below come from them.
Blockchain Life returns to Dubai on December 1–2, 2026, at Festival Arena. It is the seventeenth edition of a forum that has been running since 2017, and the organisers expect more than 15,000 attendees from over 130 countries.
The two days sit inside a longer week. The organisers count more than 100 side events around the city between November 27 and December 6, and in practice that is where a large share of the meetings happen.
For readers in the region the draw is less the stage than the floor: two days in which exchange executives, mining hardware vendors, fund managers and regulators are in the same building. Dubai has been the forum’s home since 2022, and the December slot now opens one of the busiest tech and business weeks of the year in the city.
What is on the programme
Three stages carry 200+ speakers — founders and executives of major projects, investors, representatives of Tier 1 funds and traders. The expo runs alongside with 200+ booths from exchanges, mining manufacturers, infrastructure providers, and Web3 and AI teams.
- 15,000+ attendees from 130+ countries
- 200+ speakers across three stages
- 200+ booths at the expo
- 30,000+ people across the side events, by the organisers’ count
New this year is the international debut of the AI Future Forum 2026, a separate track on practical applications of artificial intelligence, robotics, and the places where AI meets crypto. It is included with every ticket.
The main programme is built around trading, mining, blockchain infrastructure and finance, with a separate stage for investments and institutions and a Web3 consumer track covering wallets, identity, gaming and SocialFi. Startup Pitch puts finalists in front of funds on stage. The forum closes with an afterparty at one of the city’s clubs.
Tickets
Three tiers are on sale at the time of writing: Standard from $189, Business from $329 and VIP from $999 at early-bird prices, which rise as the date approaches. Checkout is processed in dirhams, so the final figure can differ slightly.
The full programme, the speaker list and the schedule are on our event page. Registration is on the organisers’ site: blockchain-life.com.