NEW YORK — The upcoming Consensus Miami 2026 conference is set to witness a significant shift in the crypto landscape, with top institutional players such as Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan attending as both speakers and sponsors. This unprecedented participation will be on full display from May 5-7, as a diverse range of traditional finance heavyweights, federal policymakers, and crypto pioneers gather to explore the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets. Notable attendees include CFTC Chairman Michael Selig, Senator Ashley Moody, and White House official Patrick Witt, alongside debut sponsors Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan, who join returning partners Fidelity, Mastercard, Bridge by Stripe, and many more. The conference expects over 15,000 attendees, with institutional attendance nearly doubling to roughly 35% of the audience, representing an estimated $10 trillion in assets under management.
According to Brad Spies, Vice President of Consensus, 'We have reached a moment in which finance, crypto, tech, and policy are strongly converging forces.' The lineup includes headliners such as Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko, Strategy's Michael Saylor, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Bullish CEO Tom Farley, alongside Cloudflare Chief Strategy Officer Stephanie Cohen, Shark Tank's Kevin O'Leary, and Tether U.S. CEO Bo Hines.
Key topics include the future of stablecoins, agentic commerce, tokenization, and quantum computing's implications for the industry. The conference kicks off with its Institutional Summit, convening institutional investors and asset managers to discuss how new capital should flow into digital assets.
The following day brings Wealth Management Day, tailored specifically for financial advisors, addressing how high-net-worth individuals can engage with digital assets and how crypto fits into IRA retirement accounts. For the wealth management community, the timing feels urgent, with financial advisors slowly adopting and becoming more familiar with crypto topics.
Charles Schwab, which is preparing to launch Schwab Crypto for its millions of retail investors, is formally participating in Consensus for the first time this year. Matthew Tuttle, who leads leveraged ETF issuer Tuttle Capital Management, is coming to Consensus to deepen his understanding of stablecoins and tokenization, technologies he sees as inevitable forces in the fund industry.