Key Points
▶ Charles Hoskinson keynotes the Government Blockchain Association Future of Money, Governance and the Law 2026 summit at the National Press Club in Washington DC on September 30, 2026.
▶ He also participates in a Capitol Hill Roundtable on September 29 alongside government leaders from the US Treasury, SEC Crypto Task Force, IRS, and World Bank.
▶ Confirmed industry attendees include Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, Circle, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Mastercard, Capital One, and Meta.
▶ The conference runs September 29 to October 2, across Washington DC and New York City, closing with a FinTech Summit at UN Headquarters.
▶ The event is co-hosted with the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund and the UN Internet Governance Forum’s Blockchain Assurance coalition. Hoskinson’s keynote immediately precedes the Cryptopoly Gala at the historic Whittemore House.
▶ Government employees and civil servants attend at no cost. The event coincides directly with the US Senate’s most active period on the CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act.
Charles Hoskinson, founder of Cardano and co-founder of Ethereum, will keynote the Government Blockchain Association’s Future of Money, Governance and the Law 2026 summit at the National Press Club in Washington DC on September 30, 2026. His address will precede the conference’s Cryptopoly Gala reception at the historic Whittemore House, where presidents have previously walked the halls.
The summit brings together a speaker lineup that crosses every boundary the crypto industry has been trying to bridge for years: the UN, the World Bank, the SEC’s Crypto Task Force, the US Treasury, the IRS, and Congress sitting in the same room as executives from Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, Circle, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Mastercard, Capital One, and Meta. The conference runs across two cities and four days, September 29 to October 2, opening on Capitol Hill and closing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
The announcement, first published on August 11, 2026, by the Government Blockchain Association, positions Hoskinson’s participation as connecting decentralised infrastructure expertise with the public policy work of the Hoskinson Government and Policy Center. GBA Executive Director Gerard Dache described his keynote as “critically relevant as governments and financial institutions confront the convergence of artificial intelligence, blockchain, and quantum technology.”
What Is the Government Blockchain Association?
The Government Blockchain Association (GBA) is a US-based international nonprofit founded by Gerard Dache. It acts as a connector between government agencies and blockchain technology, operating across more than 500 government offices in over 50 countries through 50-plus working groups. It is not a regulator, not a government agency, and does not have binding authority over policy. It is a membership and advocacy organisation that facilitates education, professional development, and public-private collaboration around blockchain adoption in the public sector.
Its most substantive output is the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM), a framework for assessing the maturity, integrity, and trustworthiness of blockchain implementations in government contexts. The GBA also operates the Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain Assurance and Standardization, which is formally recognised by the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF). That UN recognition is the basis for the New York FinTech Summit being held at UN Headquarters: the GBA has an active institutional relationship with the IGF, not simply a venue booking.
Think of it as sitting in the same category as the Chamber of Digital Commerce or the Blockchain Association in Washington DC: a trade and advocacy body that speaks to government rather than for government. Its convening power is real. The Future of Money, Governance and the Law is its flagship annual conference, and the attendance profile it attracts, foreign embassies, UN missions, senior SEC and Treasury officials, Congressional staff, and central bank representatives, reflects a decade of deliberate relationship-building with the public sector rather than just the crypto industry.
Why FoMGL Matters: Government, Industry and Regulation in the Same Room
What is the GBA?
The Government Blockchain Association is an international nonprofit that connects government entities and public institutions with blockchain technology solutions. It operates in over 500 government offices worldwide across more than 50 working groups. Its most notable framework is the Blockchain Maturity Model (BMM), a standard for assessing the integrity and trustworthiness of blockchain implementations. The GBA’s blockchain assurance coalition is formally recognised by the United Nations Internet Governance Forum. The Future of Money, Governance and the Law is its flagship annual conference.
The FoMGL conference is not a typical crypto industry event. The audience composition is what distinguishes it. Alongside the usual crypto industry attendees, confirmed participants this year include representatives from the embassies of Armenia, Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, permanent UN missions from Mexico, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Zambia, Kenya’s Parliament, and senior staff from the US Office of House Financial Services Committee, the Departments of Treasury, Justice, and Health and Human Services, the IRS, NASA, FEMA, the SEC, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Small Business Administration.
This attendance profile matters because of timing. The conference runs September 29 to October 2, 2026, which is the Senate’s most active legislative period on digital asset legislation. The CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act are both advancing through the Senate in the same window. Congressional staff from the House Financial Services Committee including Chairman French Hill’s office and Representative Sean Casten’s office are confirmed attendees. A conference that brings Hoskinson, Ripple, Circle, and Coinbase into the same room as SEC staff and Treasury officials at exactly the moment those bills are advancing is not incidental.
The Full Programme: Four Days Across Washington DC and New York
FoMGL 2026 Programme: September 29 to October 2
Sept 29
Capitol Hill
Private Capitol Hill Roundtable and Hill Visits
Hoskinson joins government leaders and industry executives for private roundtable discussions with members of Congress and their staff. Office of House Financial Services Chairman French Hill and Rep. Sean Casten confirmed. Treasury, SEC, IRS, and World Bank participants.
Sept 30
National Press Club
Summit Conference: AI, Blockchain, Quantum and Financial Services
Full-day summit with headline keynote by Charles Hoskinson. Sessions on digital asset regulation, tokenization, DeFi, and quantum technology. Confirmed speakers include Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio (UN Joint Staff Pension Fund), Jarod Koopman (US Treasury/IRS), Landon Zinda (SEC Crypto Task Force), Thomas Puschnik (World Bank), Lauren Belive (Ripple), Corey Then (Circle), Robin Cook (Coinbase).
Sept 30 Eve
Whittemore House
Annual Achievement Awards and Cryptopoly Gala
Evening reception at the historic Whittemore House, a Georgian mansion where presidents have previously been hosted. Cryptopoly gala format: guests trade crypto-themed cards and movie money for prizes.
Oct 2
UN Headquarters NY
FinTech Summit at United Nations Headquarters
One-day summit held at the United Nations during the UN General Assembly. Co-hosted by GBA, the UN Internet Governance Forum Blockchain coalition, and the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund. BeInCrypto launches its Legal and Regulatory Expert Council here. Complimentary for all registered FoMGL guests.
Sources: GBA official announcement Aug 11 2026, BeInCrypto partnership announcement Sep 3 2026, Bitcoin Ethereum News Sep 2026 | @cryptonewsbytes
Who Is Speaking: The Confirmed Speaker List
Charles Hoskinson
Founder of Cardano and Midnight, Co-Founder of Ethereum
Keynote speaker. September 30 National Press Club. Also participating in Capitol Hill Roundtable September 29. Hoskinson Government and Policy Center represents his public policy work.
Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio
Chief Information Officer, UN Joint Staff Pension Fund
UN representative leading the pension fund’s blockchain and digital asset exploration. The UNJSPF is a co-host of the New York FinTech Summit.
Jarod Koopman
Executive Director of Cybercrime Unit, US Treasury / IRS
Senior US government figure. Koopman is also the IRS-CI Chief who issued the fake IRS crypto letter fraud alert in July 2026. His participation signals active US government engagement on crypto compliance.
Landon Zinda
Senior Advisor, SEC Crypto Task Force
Directly connected to the SEC’s evolving digital asset oversight and regulatory clarity work. Participation alongside Circle and Coinbase makes this a de facto regulatory dialogue session.
Thomas Puschnik
Senior Specialist, World Bank Group
World Bank’s digital finance and blockchain representative. The World Bank is among the confirmed multilateral attendees.
Lauren Belive
Representative, Ripple
Ripple’s policy and government affairs participation at a conference that includes the SEC Crypto Task Force is particularly notable given Ripple’s multi-year SEC litigation history.
Corey Then
Representative, Circle
Circle is the issuer of USDC and a primary beneficiary of the GENIUS Act’s regulatory framework. Circle’s participation alongside SEC staff is a direct extension of its regulatory positioning.
Robin Cook
Representative, Coinbase
Coinbase’s government affairs and policy representative. Coinbase is also the operator of Base, the chain on which LAPTOP memecoin launched the week before this conference.
Why Hoskinson’s Participation Is Strategically Significant
Hoskinson has appeared at government-adjacent events before, but the FoMGL format is different in an important way. This is not a crypto conference that has invited government observers. It is a government-aligned event that has invited crypto founders. The GBA is an international nonprofit with formal UN recognition and 500-plus government offices as members. When Hoskinson keynotes here, he is speaking to career government officials, foreign diplomats, and Congressional staff as the primary audience, not to the crypto community.
His keynote on September 30 immediately precedes the Cryptopoly Gala, which means it is the last substantive session of the Washington DC day. That positioning, combined with the Capitol Hill Roundtable the day before, suggests Hoskinson is being used as a bridge figure: someone who can articulate the case for decentralised infrastructure to regulators and policymakers who have been immersed in two days of policy discussion. The Hoskinson AI privacy remarks CNB covered from September 12 showed he is actively framing Cardano and Midnight around real-world policy concerns about AI and data sovereignty. Those themes are directly aligned with the FoMGL conference topic.
The conference also arrives at an important moment for Midnight. The Midnight OFAC FinCEN comment CNB covered filed in July 2026 placed Midnight directly into the US regulatory conversation about stablecoin compliance and privacy. With SEC, Treasury, and IRS staff in the room on September 30, Hoskinson has a direct opportunity to advance that conversation in front of the decision-makers who will determine how the GENIUS Act’s privacy provisions are interpreted.
The Industry Attendee List: Who Is in the Room
The confirmed industry participation at FoMGL 2026 is unusually broad for a policy conference. Alongside Hoskinson and the Cardano ecosystem, confirmed attendees include: Coinbase, Binance, Ripple, Circle, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Capital One, Mastercard, Meta, Anchorage Digital, and Chainalysis Government Solutions, alongside professional services firms including EY, King and Spalding, FTI Consulting, and Grant Thornton.
The combination of Binance and Ripple at the same policy event alongside SEC Crypto Task Force staff and Treasury officials is notable given both companies’ recent regulatory histories. Binance resolved a $4.3 billion DOJ settlement in 2023. Ripple settled its SEC litigation in 2024. Their presence at this conference represents the post-settlement normalisation of both companies’ relationships with US regulators, and signals that the industry is increasingly engaging with policy processes rather than fighting them.
Frequently Asked Questions
When and where is the GBA Future of Money, Governance and the Law 2026?
The conference runs September 29 to October 2, 2026, across two cities. September 29 is a private Capitol Hill Roundtable in Washington DC. September 30 is the main Summit Conference at the National Press Club in Washington DC, including Hoskinson’s keynote and the evening gala at the Whittemore House. October 2 is a FinTech Summit at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, held during the UN General Assembly.
What is Charles Hoskinson speaking about at the GBA summit?
The conference theme is ‘The Impact of AI, Blockchain, and Quantum on Financial Services.’ The programme examines how rapidly advancing technologies are transforming financial institutions, government regulation, and the global economy. Hoskinson is expected to address decentralised infrastructure, digital identity, and governance themes aligned with his Cardano and Midnight work and the Hoskinson Government and Policy Center’s public policy research.
Who else is speaking at the GBA FoMGL summit?
Confirmed speakers include: Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio (UN Joint Staff Pension Fund), Jarod Koopman (US Treasury/IRS), Landon Zinda (SEC Crypto Task Force), Thomas Puschnik (World Bank), Lauren Belive (Ripple), Corey Then (Circle), and Robin Cook (Coinbase). The full speaker list is at gbaglobal.org/fomgl/speakers/
Can government employees attend for free?
Yes. The GBA has confirmed that government employees and civil servants attend the Future of Money, Governance and the Law 2026 at no cost. Registration and details are at gbaglobal.org/fomgl
What is the Capitol Hill Roundtable on September 29?
The Capitol Hill Roundtable is a private session on September 29, 2026, where Hoskinson joins government leaders and industry executives for discussions with members of Congress and their staff. Confirmed Congressional participation includes the Office of House Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill and Representative Sean Casten’s office.
Further Reading
Hoskinson’s September 12 remarks on AI privacy and Midnight’s private environments. The AI and data sovereignty themes he raised there are directly aligned with the FoMGL conference topic of AI, blockchain, and quantum impact on financial services.
The OFAC FinCEN comment Midnight filed in July 2026. With SEC and Treasury staff in the room at FoMGL on September 30, Hoskinson can advance this regulatory conversation directly with decision-makers.
The legislative context for the FoMGL timing. The CLARITY Act and GENIUS Act are both advancing through the Senate in the same window as the conference, making the Capitol Hill Roundtable on September 29 particularly significant.
Sources: GBA official announcement August 11 2026 (primary: mycarrollcountynews.com via Korewire), GBA attendee confirmation September 2026 (primary: gbaglobal.org/blog, BeInCrypto, Bitcoin Ethereum News), BeInCrypto partnership announcement September 3 2026 (gncrypto.news, coinotag.com), GBA Meetup event listing (meetup.com/gba-mia), govevents.com FoMGL New York listing, gbaglobal.org/fomgl official conference page | Published September 16, 2026 | CryptoNewsBytes.com | Not financial advice.
