Consensus 2026 runs May 5 to 7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Here are the dates, venue, speakers, pass prices and what is new this year.
Miami Beach — Consensus 2026, CoinDesk's flagship crypto conference, runs May 5 to 7 at the Miami Beach Convention Center, its first edition in Miami after Toronto in 2025 and a Hong Kong event in February. CoinDesk expects more than 20,000 attendees from over 100 countries, and it has built the program around institutional finance, stablecoins and AI agents that pay for things. For founders, investors and marketers, it puts regulators, banks and builders in one building for three days.
At a glance
- Dates: Tuesday, May 5 to Thursday, May 7, 2026
- Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida
- Organizer: CoinDesk
- Expected scale (organizer-reported): 20,000+ attendees from over 100 countries; 500+ speakers, with 301 named in the online speaker directory on April 20
- Format: six stages, three summits (Capital Markets, Global Bitcoin, Policy and Regulation) and six tracks (AI, DeFi and Trading, Payments, Privacy, Stablecoins, Tokenization)
- Official site: Consensus 2026
- Conference page: Consensus Miami 2026 on Powerclub Global
Who is on the Consensus 2026 program
The published agenda puts a regulator, a bank and several founders on the main stage on day one. Michael Selig, chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has a fireside on Tuesday afternoon. Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is interviewed by Bullish CEO Tom Farley that morning, and Amy Oldenburg, head of digital asset strategy at Morgan Stanley, follows after lunch. Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Cloudflare chief strategy officer Stephanie Cohen both have Tuesday firesides.
Later days bring PayPal's May Zabaneh on agentic commerce, Tether USA CEO Bo Hines on a stablecoin panel, a keynote from Fundstrat's Tom Lee and a fireside with Greylock partner Reid Hoffman. CoinDesk's directory also lists Michael Saylor of Strategy and Patrick Witt of the President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets. Session times are on the official agenda, and our Consensus Miami 2026 speakers guide covers twelve of them with day, time and stage.
What is new at Consensus 2026
The city is the first change. CoinDesk's press page describes this edition as the conference's Miami debut, and its March 10 announcement framed the move as a return to the United States. Solana Accelerate USA also takes place on May 5 as part of the Consensus program.
The second change is the amount of structured programming around the stages:
- Institutional Summit: May 5, application-only, for asset managers and institutional investors
- Wealth Management Day: May 6, the fourth annual edition, for registered financial advisors
- CoinDesk University: enterprise programs on stablecoins and agentic commerce
- Global Bitcoin Summit: a new summit track alongside Capital Markets and Policy and Regulation
- EasyA Consensus Hackathon and CoinDesk PitchFest: a developer competition on the show floor and a live startup pitch contest
The three themes behind the agenda
CoinDesk names three themes for 2026: Crypto at Scale, Institutional Integration and Agentic Commerce. The first two are familiar: stablecoins and tokenization each have a track, and the Capital Markets Summit covers staking, tokenized private credit and the institutional investor outlook.
Agentic Commerce is the newer bet. It covers software agents that trade, pay and manage money on a user's behalf, and it explains why Cloudflare, Google Cloud, PayPal and Coinbase's x402 team sit on the same agenda as exchanges and token issuers. Teams selling payments, infrastructure or compliance products should read that track first.
How to attend Consensus 2026
Passes are sold on the Consensus registration page. When checked on April 24, the Pro Pass cost $1,049, the Platinum Pass $1,849 and the Piranha Pass $5,999. A Startup Package offered three Pro Passes for $1,049 and is the entry route to PitchFest.
Badge pickup opens at the convention center on Monday, May 4, from noon to 8 p.m. for early collection, then from 8 a.m. on each conference day. The show floor opens at 9 a.m. Bring a government-issued photo ID. Loews Miami Beach is the official hotel.
The organizer also promotes hundreds of side events, including an official opening party, a networking dinner and an afterparty. Our guide to Consensus Miami 2026 side events picks the ones worth an evening.
Frequently asked questions
When is Consensus 2026?
Consensus 2026 runs from Tuesday, May 5 to Thursday, May 7, 2026. Early badge pickup is available on Monday, May 4, from noon to 8 p.m., and many side events begin that day.
Where is Consensus 2026 held?
The conference takes place at the Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Drive, Miami Beach, Florida. The Institutional Summit, Wealth Management Day and partner events have their own access rules, so check each listing.
Who is speaking at Consensus 2026?
Speakers with published sessions include CFTC chairman Michael Selig, Ripple's Brad Garlinghouse, Morgan Stanley's Amy Oldenburg, Solana's Anatoly Yakovenko, Cloudflare's Stephanie Cohen, PayPal's May Zabaneh and Tether USA's Bo Hines. CoinDesk's directory listed 301 speakers on April 20.
How much are Consensus 2026 tickets?
On April 24, 2026, the registration page listed the Pro Pass at $1,049, the Platinum Pass at $1,849 and the Piranha Pass at $5,999, with a three-pass Startup Package at $1,049. CoinDesk raises prices in stages, so confirm the current figure before buying.
Planning for Consensus 2027?
Powerclub Global is a Miami-based conference roadshow and media company. It helps companies plan sponsorships, speaking slots, side events and the follow-up after a conference week. Consensus returns to Miami on May 4 to 6, 2027: see the Consensus Miami 2027 page, read about roadshow management, or schedule a call.