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GBA announces the full attendee list for its 2026 conference on money, governance, and law, set for Sept 29-Oct 2.
The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) has disclosed the complete list of governments, regulators, and companies expected at the Future of Money, Governance & the Law (FoMGL) 2026. The event runs from September 29 to October 2 in Washington, D.C., and New York City.
The four-day schedule begins September 29 in Washington, D.C., with a private Capitol Hill Roundtable and visits to members of Congress and their staff. Day two, September 30, includes the Summit Conference, the Annual Achievement Awards, and an evening gala reception at the historic Whittemore House. The program wraps up October 2 with a FinTech Summit at the United Nations Headquarters (subject to final room confirmation), in New York.
Confirmed government and multilateral participants include the World Bank Group and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. Diplomatic missions such as the embassies of Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Gabonese Republic are attending, along with the permanent missions of Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Zambia to the UN, and Kenya’s Parliament.
On the U.S. side, attendees include the Office of House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill and Rep. Sean Casten. Also participating are the Departments of the Treasury, Justice, and Health & Human Services, the IRS, NASA, FEMA, and the Securities & Exchange Commission, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Small Business Administration. State and local government delegations come from the District of Columbia, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Utah, Wyoming, and New York City.
Confirmed industry attendees comprise Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, Circle, Cardano, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Capital One, Mastercard, Meta, Anchorage Digital, and Chainaysis Government Solutions. Professional services and advisory firms such as EY, King & Spalding, FTI Consulting, and Grant Thornton are also on the list.
BeInCrypto, a subsidiary of BeInNews Media Group, is participating as a lead Media Partner. Academic institutions include New York University, Cornell University, the University of Notre Dame, and Carnegie Mellon University.
Government employees at the federal, state, and local levels can attend free of charge with registration.
Registration for FoMGL 2026 is currently open.
About FoMGL 2026
The Future of Money, Governance & the Law (FoMGL) serves as GBA’s flagship annual conference, held from September 29 to October 2, 2026, across Washington, D.C., and New York City. The gathering brings together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders on topics such as digital asset and crypto policy, institutional finance and fintech, asset tokenization, artificial intelligence, decentralized finance, and quantum technology. Federal, state, and local government employees can attend at no cost with registration.
About GBA
The GBA counts members in more than 500 government offices globally, spread across over 50 working groups. It has created the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM), a framework for assessing the maturity, integrity, and trustworthiness of blockchain solutions, showcased by the Blockchain Assurance & Standardization Dynamic Coalition, recognized by the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The IGF is convened by the UN Secretary-General as a global forum for dialogue on internet governance. The GBA links public-sector requirements with private-sector expertise across various blockchain and emerging-technology issues.
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