Ecosystem Activities03A · FIELD NOTE 2026

Digital assets · Institutional adoption · Capital markets

HSC Conference 2026

15 August 2026 · 11:00–17:00Hilton Saigon · Ho Chi Minh City
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WHY IT MATTERS

A focused Conviction Week side event where institutions, investors, infrastructure operators and builders examined how digital assets can move into real financial systems under an evolving regulatory framework.

0140+ speakers
0211:00–17:00 full-day program
03Institutional & digital-native capital
04Curated projects and market access

AGENDA & CONTENT

The programme at a glance

Opening Speech

Opening remarks and framing for the HSC Conference main stage.

Who Gets the Next Billion

Infrastructure, AI and RWAs in the race for smart capital.

Business Blockchain Adoption

Moving beyond pilots into real financial infrastructure.

Recipe for a Borderless Neobank

A keynote on launching cross-border financial infrastructure.

One Market, Many Venues

How institutions navigate fragmented liquidity across venues and chains.

Institutional Digital-Asset Adoption

What custody, compliance, policy, risk and operating models look like in practice.

The Tokenization Era

The infrastructure is here; the next questions concern distribution, liquidity and product–market fit.

The Adoption Gap

Why mature Web3 infrastructure has not yet reached the mass market.

Stablecoins Won the Payments War

What follows payment-rail adoption: trade finance, settlement and cross-border utility.

Global AI Landscape

Opportunities, lessons and strategic implications for Vietnam.

KEY MESSAGES

What matters beyond the stage

01

Institutional adoption is operational

Trust does not come from narrative. Custody, compliance, data, risk controls and settlement must work under real market conditions.

02

Stablecoin utility is already visible

The clearest example in the event recap was trade finance: exporters receive fiat faster while stablecoins handle settlement behind the scenes.

03

Liquidity remains fragmented

One market across many venues makes discovery, routing, risk management and reporting critical infrastructure layers.

04

RWAs move from concept to distribution

Tokenization is only the first step. Products also need quality assets, distribution, liquidity and a workable legal framework.

05

Vietnam needs market-entry pathways

A builder community is not enough. International operators need sandboxes, VIFC pathways, local partners and mechanisms for real pilots.

PRODUCTS & STARTUPS

Products, infrastructure and ventures showcased at HSC Conference 2026.

Curated from official speakers, agenda and partner sources

Multi-chain market data & trading intelligence

Tokenized U.S. Treasury products for on-chain finance

Tokenized Treasuries and equities distribution

Indonesian rupiah-backed stablecoin infrastructure

Institutional digital-asset custody

Omnichain liquidity and trading infrastructure

Cross-border payment infrastructure

Digital identity, AI-enabled Web3 and policy infrastructure

AN ECOSYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

HSC asked a more practical question than the usual crypto-adoption narrative: which infrastructure is reliable enough for institutions to move assets on-chain, how fragmented liquidity can be connected, and which products solve real payment, custody, compliance and asset-distribution needs. Its value lies in converting dialogue into due diligence, pilots and market-entry pathways.

Swiss Entrepreneurship Program

SWISS EP

Connect experts and partner organisations with substantive digital-asset dialogue, then identify relevant use cases for follow-up after Conviction Week.

Swiss EP Vietnam

PEOPLE & ORGANISATIONS

Profiles behind the network

Stakeholder Directory
PEOPLE · 12

Click a profile to open its background and institutional relationship.

ORGANISATIONS · 13

Institutions represented across the HSC Conference 2026 programme.

DEPENDENCY & RELATIONSHIP MODEL

How institutional requirements connect infrastructure, products and market outcomes.

6 / 6 communities active
01 · REQUIREMENTS

Trust, policy and institutional risk

Compliance, custody, identity, governance and reporting determine whether institutions can participate.

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02 · MARKET RAILS

Payments, liquidity and custody

Stablecoins, trading venues, data and secure asset infrastructure connect fragmented markets.

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03 · PRODUCTS

RWA, settlement and intelligence

Operators turn infrastructure into usable treasury, tokenisation, trading and cross-border solutions.

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04 · OUTCOMES

Diligence, pilots and market entry

Qualified follow-up converts conference relationships into institutional use cases, partnerships and investment.

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