KBW2026 Announces Second Wave of Sponsors Including Ripple, Hanwha Financial Group, Mirae Asset

Asia's leading digital asset conference 'KBW2026 With Upbit' has unveiled its second wave of sponsors. The lineup includes global blockchain companies, domestic financial groups, asset management firms, telecom and security enterprises, as well as AI projects, making this year's KBW partner portfolio more diverse.

KBW2026 organizer Factblock announced on the 16th that Ripple, Hanwha Financial Group, BTQ, Mirae Asset Management, SK Telecom, and Ahnab Blockchain Company will join as gold sponsors. Venis, Kite AI, Sui, Paros, and Genoland are silver sponsors.

This lineup features participation from financial institutions including Hanwha Financial Group and Mirae Asset Management. Hanwha Financial Group is expanding its blockchain-based overseas remittance and digital asset custody services, while Mirae Asset Management signed a business agreement with On Tempo Finance in June to advance tokenization of GlobalX ETF products.

Ripple provides infrastructure for global payments and digital asset custody for enterprises and financial institutions. BTQ develops next-generation security technologies protecting digital assets and financial infrastructure, including quantum-resistant cryptography (PQC). SK Telecom and Ahnab Blockchain Company, a subsidiary of Ahnab Security, joined as gold sponsors.

Other participants include Elsa, an AI-based crypto agent platform supporting digital asset trading and management through natural language requests, and $TRUMP, Donald Trump's meme coin. Venis is a privacy-focused generative AI platform, while Kite AI offers blockchain infrastructure for identity verification and payment authorization within user-defined limits. Sui aims for high processing performance and scalability as a Layer 1 blockchain. Paros provides blockchain infrastructure for on-chain tokenization of physical assets and institutional finance, and Genoland develops smart contract platforms using Gno language.

Policy education partner American Innovation Project is also participating. Previous major partners include Upbit, 0G, BRV, BitGo, Stable, Trias, and Got Network. KBW2026 will be held from September 29 to October 1 at the Seoul Walkerhill Hotel & Resort. An invitation-only 'Upbit Institutional Summit' for institutional and financial sector representatives will take place on September 29, followed by the main conference on September 30 to October 1.

Factblock CEO Park Wi-ik stated, 'This year's KBW features not only crypto-native companies but also enterprises and institutions from finance, asset management, telecom, security, AI, and policy sectors. You can witness the rapid expansion of the digital asset industry into traditional finance and advanced technology across all fields at the KBW2026 venue.'