The eighth Future Blockchain Summit ran with Fintech Surge inside Expand North Star at Dubai Harbour, 12-15 October 2025: 150 exhibitors, 120 speakers and 1,000+ investors by the organiser's count, with a Digital Assets Forum on the programme.
Organised by Dubai World Trade Centre. Speakers announced in the organiser's press release included Binance CSO Jimmy Su, Hashgraph CEO Eric Piscini, KuCoin CEO Oliver Stauber, Solana Foundation president Lily Liu and Gate CBO Kevin Lee. The brand has since become the GITEX Future Digital Assets Forum (FDX) inside GITEX GLOBAL, 8-10 December 2026. Source: expandnorthstar.com press release, gitexfdx.com, checked 4 Sep 2026.