As the global crypto industry accelerates into a new cycle, the narrative for 2025 is about to find a new convergence point in Dubai. The seventh Binance Blockchain Week (BBW) will once again be held in Dubai, marking the second consecutive year that Binance has chosen this city for its annual flagship event.
Choosing Dubai once again reflects Binance's precise judgment of the global Web3 landscape. This city has become the world's fastest-growing Web3 hub, attracting thousands of blockchain companies and capital institutions to put down roots. With open policies, clear regulations, and a vibrant atmosphere of innovation, it provides truly fertile ground for the rapid development of the global crypto industry. It is no longer just a financial hub for the Middle East but a digital center connecting capital and innovation across Asia, Europe, and Africa.
As Binance CEO Richard Teng stated, the UAE has become one of the most dynamic regions for global Web3 development. Thousands of blockchain enterprises have established themselves here, and the clear regulatory framework established by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) provides global Web3 innovators with a stable and predictable development space.
Data also proves Dubai's appeal to the global Web3 community. The previous BBW featured 204 speakers and 307 KOLs. It attracted over 4,600 on-site participants from 126 countries, with more than 60% coming from outside the UAE. Online viewership exceeded 1 million, social media exposure reached 226 million, and interactions surpassed 578,000. Whether measured by breadth of participation or depth of influence, BBW has become one of the most important annual gathering points for the global Web3 community.
BBW, the Davos of Web3
If early blockchain conferences were a carnival for geeks, then BBW 2025 has evolved into the most concentrated intersection of global Web3 power. When you look at the guest list for BBW 2025, you quickly realize that this is not just a conference but a comprehensive aggregation covering compliance policies, technological innovation, financial markets, infrastructure, public chain ecosystems, and mass culture.
In the realm of regulation and policy, His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, UAE Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence and the Digital Economy, will personally participate, demonstrating the national-level importance the Middle East places on digital assets and AI strategy. Also on the list are Bilal Bin Saqib, Chairman of Pakistan's Cryptocurrency Assets Regulatory Authority, and heads of relevant UAE crypto asset departments, forming a complete chain from policy to regulation.
In the traditional finance sector, executives from giants managing trillions in global liquidity—BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Citi, Mastercard—are all present, a direct microcosm of the trend of integration between traditional finance and fintech.
The lineup on the technological front is equally unprecedented. Cloud solution architects and executives from Web2 tech giants like Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, and Alibaba Cloud are gathering. Infrastructure builders like Sandeep Nailwal of Polygon, Lily Liu of the Solana Foundation, Avery Ching of Aptos, and Johann Eid of Chainlink will join application-layer innovators to discuss the shape of the next-generation internet. This coverage of the entire industry chain, from underlying cloud facilities to upper-layer dApps, ensures that BBW's discussions always stay at the forefront of technological development.
Notably, Binance CEO Richard Teng, Co-founder Yi He, and the most talked-about former Binance CEO CZ will all be present this year. This not only marks Binance's unified public stance during the global regulatory reshaping phase but also symbolizes that BBW has become the industry's most important strategic communication venue.
Beyond finance and technology, BBW 2025 also features cross-industry guests. F1 Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and NBA championship center Tristan Thompson are making crossover appearances, showcasing the strong permeation of Web3 culture.
Even noted gold bull and Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff is on the invitation list. This not only demonstrates BBW's openness but also reflects its desire to present the industry's most authentic and sharpest ideological clashes on the same stage. Here, there is not only reinforcement of beliefs but also the exchange of ideas.
The Compound Interest of Time: From Prophecy to Reality
In the crypto industry, true leadership is not about following trends. What can truly penetrate cycles is never the noisy market sentiment but the voices that can discern direction amidst chaos. Foresight is a resource scarcer than capital or technology.
BBW is precisely such a unique entity. It is not merely an annual conference; it is more like a trailer for the industry's future. Looking back at the speeches, themes, dialogues, and judgments from the past six editions, they have been realized with astonishing accuracy over time. The reason a conference can become an industry bellwether is not because it records trends but because it creates them.
The story of BBW began in Singapore in 2019. While most conferences were still discussing the most basic concepts, BBW's stage was already focusing on more creative topics: DeFi infrastructure, on-chain asset management, the cultural potential of NFTs. These directions, once seen as niche explorations, rapidly became global narratives in the following cycles. The 2020 DeFi Summer grew from zero to a market worth hundreds of billions, and the 2021 NFT revolution swept through the worlds of art and branding.
As the industry evolved, so did BBW's host cities—from Singapore to Dubai to Paris, and then from Istanbul back to the more open Middle East. The changing cities reflect the migration of narratives. The 2022 Paris edition was perhaps the most symbolic. Against the backdrop of a global crypto winter, tightening regulations, and recurring trust crises, Binance went against the grain by focusing its theme on cultural integration and regulatory compliance. Many at the time saw this as swimming against the tide. But soon after, the MiCA legislation was enacted, Proof of Reserves became an industry standard, and institutions flowed back in large numbers under strong regulatory frameworks—all of which validated the foresight of the Paris event.
BBW is not about riding the wave; it's about defining the next one.
At the 2023 Istanbul edition, Binance made another bold counter-cyclical prediction. Market sentiment was at its lowest then, liquidity was tight, and many projects were struggling. At this most unpromising moment, BBW put forward the theme "The Next Billion," arguing that Web3 needed to refocus on genuine global users rather than just the industry insiders. Some industry participants at the time considered the theme too idealistic. However, a year later, the approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs, the explosion of L2 scaling solutions, and the accelerated adoption of on-chain identity and payments made the trend of mass adoption truly visible for the first time. "The next billion users" finally transitioned from a slogan to the path forward.
Beyond the foresight of its themes, BBW's real impact is also hidden in the changing composition of its participants. Initially, attendees were mostly developers, entrepreneurs, geeks, and early crypto investors. Today, it's a different scene: Wall Street institutions, sovereign wealth funds, international regulators, Web2 tech giants, and global brand executives are all present. In other words, BBW is no longer confined to the crypto sphere but has become a hub connecting technology, finance, and culture. Web3 is no longer a fringe experiment but an integral part of global industrial upgrading. Binance is one of the central forces driving this transformation.
The history of BBW is a condensed evolution of Web3. It proves that BBW is not just an annual conference but a pre-drawn industry roadmap.
By summarizing and preemptively addressing key issues, Binance demonstrates unparalleled industry foresight and leadership. For builders, investors, and policymakers worldwide, BBW has become an indispensable frame of reference. To know the next stop for Web3, one must pay attention to what Binance Blockchain Week is saying. Because here, what is said ultimately achieves "compound interest" in reality.
The Stable Coordinate Point for the Converging Industry
Looking back at Binance's role in the global Web3 development journey, its influence has long transcended that of a mere trading platform, becoming a key force propelling the industry forward. From the industry's early days to the current era of tens of millions of users, Binance has consistently been one of the earliest and fastest platforms to bring crypto assets into the mainstream. This popularization wasn't achieved through products alone but through persistent user education, localized community building, and deep engagement in emerging markets, giving Web3 the genuine ability to reach the masses. Its commitment to lowering industry barriers and achieving financial inclusion has continuously injected fresh vitality into the global Web3 space, laying the groundwork for the emergence of mass adoption.
Simultaneously, Binance hasn't remained confined to its trading ecosystem. Through core components like BNB Chain and YZi Labs, it continues to provide critical infrastructure and early-stage capital for the next generation of Web3 applications. Many groundbreaking projects have grown from early-stage technical concepts into fully realized applications precisely with the support of Binance's global resource network. What Binance has built is a complete acceleration path from the sprout of innovation to industrial-scale implementation.
Over the past decade, the global development of Web3 has experienced peaks and troughs, witnessing both technological breakthroughs and facing regulatory tests and market cycles. On this curve interwoven with volatility and innovation, Binance has always been a consistently stable coordinate point, aggregating innovative forces from around the world and enabling the industry to see a clearer future amidst complex environments.
And this influence, amplified through the continuous hosting of BBW, has become a global "convergence momentum." BBW makes differences in geography, language, and culture no longer barriers. Whether it's startup teams, seasoned professionals, policymakers, or technical researchers, all can engage in high-speed dialogue and cross-border exchange on the same stage. This connecting power is reshaping how the industry communicates internally.
In fact, BBW has become a bellwether for connecting industry silos and facilitating the efficient flow of knowledge and resources. It doesn't just record trends; it persistently drives them to happen. It observes the industry and shapes it.
