As the global crypto industry accelerates into a new cycle, the industry narrative for 2025 is about to converge in Dubai. The seventh annual Binance Blockchain Week (BBW) will once again be held in Dubai, marking the second consecutive year that Binance has chosen Dubai as the venue for its flagship annual event.
Binance's decision to choose Dubai again reflects its accurate assessment of the global Web3 landscape. The city has become the world's fastest-growing Web3 hub, attracting thousands of blockchain companies and capital institutions. Its open policies, clear regulations, and vibrant innovation environment provide fertile ground for the rapid development of the global crypto industry. It is no longer just a financial hub in 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 Web3 development globally. Thousands of blockchain companies have established themselves there, and the clear regulatory framework established by the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) provides a stable and predictable development space for global Web3 innovators.
The data further demonstrates Dubai's appeal to the global Web3 community. The previous BBW featured 204 speakers and 307 KOLs, attracting over 4,600 on-site participants from 126 countries, with more than 60% from outside the UAE. Online viewership exceeded 1 million, social media exposure reached 226 million, and interactions exceeded 578,000. In terms of both breadth of participation and depth of influence, BBW has become one of the most important annual gatherings for the global Web3 community.
BBW, Web3 Davos Forum
If early blockchain conferences were a geek's paradise, then BBW 2025 has evolved into the world's most concentrated power hub in Web3. Looking at the lineup of speakers at BBW 2025, you'll quickly realize that this is not just a conference, but a comprehensive convergence covering compliance policies, technological innovation, financial markets, infrastructure, public blockchain ecosystems, and popular culture.
In the areas of regulation and policy, the UAE Minister of AI and Digital Economy, His Excellency Omar Sultan Al Olama, is personally involved, demonstrating the Middle East's national-level emphasis on digital assets and AI strategies. The list also includes Bilal Bin Saqib, Chairman of the Crypto Asset Regulatory Authority of Pakistan, and other officials from UAE cryptocurrency-related departments, forming a complete chain from policy to regulation.
In the traditional financial sector, executives from giants managing trillions of dollars in global liquidity, such as BlackRock, Franklin Templeton, Citigroup, and Mastercard, were all present, a direct reflection of the trend of integration between traditional finance and fintech.
The technical lineup is equally unprecedented, with cloud solution architects and executives from Web2 technology giants such as Google Cloud, AWS, Microsoft, and Alibaba Cloud gathering together. Infrastructure builders such as Sandeep Nailwal of Polygon, Lily Liu of the Solana Foundation, Avery Ching of Aptos, and Johann Eid of Chainlink will discuss the next generation of the Internet with application-layer innovators. This full-chain coverage from underlying cloud infrastructure to upper-layer dApps ensures that BBW's topics always stay at the forefront of technological development.
It's worth noting that Binance CEO Richard Teng, co-founder He Yi, and the most talked-about former Binance CEO CZ will all be present this year. This not only signifies Binance's unified and public stance during this period of global regulatory reshaping, but also symbolizes that BBW has become the most important strategic communication platform in the industry.
In addition to finance and technology, BBW 2025 also introduced cross-industry guests, with F1 Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and NBA champion center Tristan Thompson making appearances, demonstrating the powerful penetration of Web3 culture.
Even renowned gold bull and Bitcoin critic Peter Schiff was among the invitees, demonstrating BBW's openness and its desire to present the industry's most authentic and incisive clashes of opinions on a single stage. Here, there's not only a testament to shared beliefs, but also a battle of ideas.
The compounding effect of time from prediction to reality
In the crypto industry, true leadership isn't about following trends. What truly transcends cycles isn't the clamor of market sentiment, but rather the voices that can discern direction amidst chaos. Foresight is a scarcer resource than capital or technology.
BBW is such a unique entity. It's not just an annual conference, but more like a preview of the industry's future. The speeches, themes, dialogues, and judgments from the past six editions, in retrospect, have almost all proven remarkably accurate over time. A conference becomes an industry trendsetter not because it records trends, but because it creates them.
BBW's story began in Singapore in 2019. While most conferences were still discussing the most basic concepts, the BBW stage was already focusing on more creative topics: DeFi infrastructure, on-chain asset management, and the cultural potential of NFTs. These areas, once considered niche explorations, quickly became global narratives in the following cycles. The DeFi Summer of 2020 saw it grow from zero to a market worth hundreds of billions, and the NFT revolution of 2021 swept through the world of art and branding.
As the industry has evolved, so too has the city of BBW, moving from Singapore to Dubai, then to Paris, and finally back to the more open Middle East from Istanbul. This shift in cities reflects a changing narrative, with the 2022 Paris edition perhaps being the most symbolic. Against the backdrop of a global crypto winter, increasingly stringent regulations, and recurring trust crises, Binance went against the grain, focusing on cultural integration and regulatory compliance. Many at the time considered this a contrarian move, but soon after, the MiCA Act was enacted, PoR became the industry standard, and institutions returned in large numbers under a stronger regulatory framework—all of which validated the foresight of the Paris edition.
BBW isn't about following trends; it's about defining the next wave.
At the 2023 Istanbul event, Binance made another bold prediction against the odds. Market sentiment was at its lowest point, liquidity was tight, and many projects were struggling to survive. At this most pessimistic moment, BBW launched "The Next Billion," arguing that Web3 needed to refocus on a truly global user base rather than just the industry. At the time, some industry users considered the theme too idealistic. However, a year later, the approval of a Bitcoin spot ETF, the explosive growth of Level 2 blockchains, and the accelerated implementation of on-chain identity and payments made the trend of mass adoption truly visible for the first time. "The next billion users" finally transformed from a slogan into a reality.
Beyond the forward-thinking nature of its theme, BBW's true impact lies in the shift in its participant demographics. Initially, attendees were primarily developers, entrepreneurs, geeks, and early crypto investors. Now, the landscape is entirely different, with Wall Street institutions, sovereign wealth funds, international regulators, Web2 tech giants, and global brand executives all in attendance. 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 a crucial component of global industrial upgrading. Binance is one of the central forces driving this transformation.
The history of BBW is a condensed history of the evolution of Web3. It proves that BBW is not just an annual conference, but a pre-drawn industry roadmap.
By summarizing and proactively addressing key issues, Binance has demonstrated unparalleled industry foresight and leadership. BBW has become an indispensable benchmark for global builders, investors, and policymakers. To understand the next step in Web3, pay attention to what Binance Blockchain Week is saying. Because what's discussed here will ultimately have a "compound interest" effect in reality.
Stable coordinates of the aggregation industry
Looking back at Binance's role in the global Web3 development, its influence has long transcended that of a mere trading platform, becoming a key force driving the industry forward. From the industry's early days to today's era 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 solely through its products, but rather through long-term commitment to user education, building localized communities, and deep involvement in emerging markets, enabling Web3 to truly reach a wider audience. Binance's dedication to lowering industry barriers and achieving financial inclusion has allowed it to continuously inject fresh blood into the global Web3 landscape, laying the foundation for large-scale applications.
Meanwhile, Binance hasn't stopped at the trading ecosystem. Through core components like BNB Chain and YZi Labs, it continues to provide critical infrastructure and early-stage capital for next-generation Web3 applications. Many groundbreaking projects have grown from early technological concepts to truly implemented applications with the support of Binance's global resource network. Binance has built a complete accelerated path from the inception of innovation to industrialization.
Over the past decade, the global Web3 development has experienced both peaks and troughs, witnessing technological breakthroughs as well as facing regulatory challenges and market cycles. On this fluctuating and innovative trajectory, Binance has consistently served as a stable benchmark, aggregating innovative forces from around the world and enabling the industry to see a clearer future amidst a complex environment.
This influence, amplified by the continued success of BBW, has been further amplified into a global "convergence force." BBW eliminates barriers of geography, language, and culture, enabling startups, seasoned professionals, policymakers, and technology researchers to engage in rapid dialogue and cross-disciplinary exchange on the same stage. This connectivity is reshaping communication methods within the industry.
In fact, BBW has become a trendsetter connecting industry silos and facilitating the efficient flow of knowledge and resources. It not only records trends but also continuously drives them forward. It observes the industry and shapes it.
