Blockchain Leaders Summit Tokyo 2025 Sponsors and Speakers Unveiled by B Dash Ventures and Hashed

• This relationship demonstrates BLS Tokyo’s function as an Asian bridge, encouraging cooperation between Web3 innovators.
• In addition to Hub71’s commitment, prominent international Layer 1 projects like Aptos, Avalanche, Solana, and Sui will be Platinum sponsors.

The sponsors and featured speakers for the Blockchain Leaders Summit Tokyo 2025 (BLS Tokyo 2025), which will take place on August 27, 2025, were announced today by B Dash Ventures Inc., a prominent venture capital firm in Japan, and Hashed, a top Web3 venture capital firm worldwide.

With Hub71, the innovation ecosystem centered in Abu Dhabi and supported by Mubadala Investment Company, one of the biggest sovereign wealth funds in the United Arab Emirates, joining as the Title Sponsor, this year’s summit stands apart from the others. This relationship demonstrates BLS Tokyo’s function as an Asian bridge, encouraging cooperation between Web3 innovators in Japan and the quickly growing UAE technology sector.

In addition to Hub71’s commitment, prominent international Layer 1 projects like Aptos, Avalanche, Solana, and Sui will be Platinum sponsors. The event’s stature and influence will also be further demonstrated by the participation of SMBC Nikko Securities, one of Japan’s leading securities firms, and DeFimans, a Web3 business consultancy based in Japan. Along with well-known Web3 players and exchanges based in Japan, like NOT A HOTEL DAO, YOUR RIGHTS, bitFlyer, and Japan Open Chain, the event is also being sponsored by emerging Web3 innovators like Solayer, waveX, World, Backpack Exchange, Blockdaemon, Humanity Protocol, IOST, INTMAX, LayerZero, Minara, Nethermind, Presto, Stacks, The Sandbox, and Uniswap Labs. Their involvement strengthens BLS Tokyo’s standing as an all-encompassing bridge platform that links the Web3 ecosystems in Japan and throughout the world.

Masao Shimazaki, Deputy Director-General of the Strategy Development and Management Bureau at the Financial Services Agency (JFSA), Government of Japan; Caroline D. Pham, Acting Chairman at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC); Peter Abou Hachem, Head of Growth & Strategy at Hub71; Ala Shaabana, Co-Founder at Bittensor; Yat Siu, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Animoca Brands; Genki Oda, Chairman at JVCEA (Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association); Makoto Kimura, CEO at YOUR RIGHTS and former board member at MAPPA; David Allan Katz, Vice President, Strategy and Policy for Asia Pacific at Circle Internet Group; and Ken Kashiwagi, Partnerships & Strategic Initiatives Lead, Japan at Mysten Labs are among the featured speakers.

Simon Kim, CEO of Hashed, remarked:

“The Blockchain Leaders Summit 2025 is not merely a convergence of technology and capital; it is a stage for designing a new order of trust and collaboration. When the UAE and Japan—two epicenters of innovation—interlace their visions and experiences, the blockchain ecosystem gains the power to redefine the very architecture of our shared future.” He added, “This summit will serve as a true arena of connection and creation, where leaders of the global Web3 ecosystem engage in profound dialogue not only with Japan’s major institutions but also with the UAE’s most pivotal organizations.”

Ryuichi Nishida, Director at B Dash Ventures, commented:

“This year’s Blockchain Leaders Summit will be larger and more diverse than ever, bringing together world-class Web3 projects, regulators, and corporate leaders. We are delighted to work with our sponsors from Japan and around the globe to further advance Japan’s Web3 ecosystem and create new opportunities for collaboration and business on the global stage.”