Crypto conference networking: 5 steps, 844 decision makers

Crypto conference networking runs in 5 steps: pre-book the meetings, work the attendee list before you arrive, put the side events on the calendar beside the main stage, follow up inside 48 hours, and log every conversation against the event page. NAUT tracks 11 crypto conferences held between 29 July and 17 November 2026, and the 4 that run from 3 November carry 252 companies and 844 decision makers, 736 of whom have at least 1 verified channel on file, read on 1 November 2026.

How this was measured: on 1 November 2026, NAUT's data was read for all 11 crypto conferences it holds an event page for. Each page carries a source-backed roster, built from the official speakers, sponsors and partners pages of the conference, with the capture date on the page itself. The 4 rosters for November were captured on 9 October 2026 and the conferences keep adding speakers, so each one is a snapshot of a published programme and not a complete attendee list. The decision-maker counts resolve live from NAUT, which means they move as NAUT adds people at those companies. Across all 11 conferences the rosters hold 1,143 companies and 3,514 decision makers, 3,111 of them with a channel on file. 1 person page was left out of these counts because the record is archived in NAUT's CRM.

Crypto conference networking, the 5 steps

The job at a conference is a short list of named people and a reason to talk to each one. The steps below are ordered by when they happen, from 2 weeks out to the week after.

• The roster is published before the doors open, so the shortlist is a desk job, not a floor job.
• A company name is not a contact. The person with the title is.
• Side events are where the scheduled conversations happen, and NAUT logs them per conference.
• A note sent on day 3 competes with everything else that person's inbox got that day.
• The conference ends and the list stays. Logged against an event page, it is the warm list for the next one.

Step 1: pre-book the meetings from the published roster

Crypto conference leads start on the published roster. Every conference publishes its speakers, sponsors and partners weeks ahead, and that published programme is what NAUT's event pages are built from. Devcon 8 runs 3 to 6 November 2026 at the Jio World Centre in Mumbai with 54 companies and 143 decision makers on its NAUT page. Digital Asset Summit London 2026 follows on 10 and 11 November at the Hilton Park Lane with 64 companies and 310 decision makers, the largest decision-maker count of the 4. Pick the 10 to 15 accounts you actually want before you book a flight, and send the meeting request against the roster rather than against a badge scan.

Step 2: work the attendee list, by title

A crypto event attendee list turns into work once you read it by job title, and the 4 November rosters hold 252 companies between them. NAUT's page for each conference lists the companies and then the people at those companies with a decision-making title, which is how 252 companies become 844 names. Names on the November rosters include Keone Hon, Co-Founder and CEO of Monad, tracked at both Devcon 8 and Digital Asset Summit London 2026; Larry Fink, Chairman, Co-Founder and CEO of BlackRock, tracked at DAS London; and at Devcon Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Coinbase, and Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Circle. Polygon is on the Devcon roster as a speaker company. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

Step 3: put the side events on the calendar

Crypto conference side events are scheduled, invite-led and small, which makes them the part of the week where a BD conversation gets 20 minutes instead of 2. NAUT logs side events for 5 of the 11 conferences on its pages, 466 of them in total. At TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 that was 279 side events against a main roster of 251 companies, and at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 132 side events against 98 companies. Read the side-event list the way you read the agenda: pick the 3 hosted by the accounts on your shortlist, then ask for the invite from someone already going.

Step 4: follow up inside 48 hours, on the channel they use

Write the note while the conversation is still the most recent one that person had. The channel matters as much as the timing: of the 844 decision makers at the 4 November conferences, NAUT's data shows 650 with a LinkedIn on file, 444 with a Telegram and 41 with an email, and 736 with at least 1 of the 3. Telegram carries most crypto BD traffic and LinkedIn carries most of the institutional side, which is visible in the split per conference: Solana Breakpoint 2026 holds 166 Telegram handles against 222 LinkedIn profiles, while DAS London holds 151 against 250. Check which channels a person has on file on their NAUT page before the conference, so the follow-up goes out without a research step in front of it.

Step 5: log it against the event page

The reason to log is the next conference. 4 crypto conferences run inside 15 days in November 2026, and people repeat across them: Keone Hon is tracked at both Devcon 8 on 3 November and DAS London on 10 November. A note that says who you met, at which event, and what they asked for turns the second event into a follow-up rather than a fresh introduction. NAUT's event pages are the index to work from, with the roster, the people and the channels in 1 place per conference.

Which crypto conference should a BD team work next?

Digital Asset Summit London 2026 carries the most decision makers of the 4 ahead, 310 across 64 companies, and Solana Breakpoint 2026 is second at 296 across 80. The table below compares the 4 on roster size and reachability, ordered by start date.

People is the decision makers on each NAUT event page and Reachable is how many of them carry at least 1 verified channel.

Company counts run 54 at Devcon 8, 64 at DAS London, 54 at Singapore Blockchain Week and 80 at Solana Breakpoint. Venues are NAUT's record: Jio World Centre in Mumbai, Hilton Park Lane in London, Johor on 13 November before the Singapore programme, and Olympia in London. The DAS London dates and venue are confirmed on the official Blockworks event page, and the Singapore Blockchain Week dates are confirmed on the official site, which lists a Johor immersion day on 13 November.

How many leads does crypto conference networking produce per event?

On NAUT's rosters the answer runs from 95 to 310 named decision makers per conference for the 4 in November, with a company count of 54 to 80. The chart ranks the 4 by decision makers on NAUT's event pages.

A bigger exhibitor floor does not mean a bigger named list. Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 and Devcon 8 both hold 54 companies on NAUT's pages and sit 48 names apart, because the companies on the Devcon roster carry more people with a decision-making title on NAUT. Devcon's roster also runs 4 days against Singapore Blockchain Week's 5, so length of programme is a poor proxy too.

Where do the side events sit in crypto conference networking?

NAUT logs side events for 5 of the 11 crypto conferences it tracks in 2026, 466 across those 5. The list below is ranked by the number of side events NAUT logs for each conference.

Events is the side events NAUT logs, Firms the companies on the main roster and People the decision makers.

2 of those 5 logged more side events than main-roster companies: TOKEN2049 Singapore at 279 against 251, and Korea Blockchain Week at 132 against 98. The 6 other conferences on NAUT, among them ETHRome 2026 and European Blockchain Convention 12, have no side events logged on NAUT as of 1 November 2026, which is a gap in NAUT's record rather than a statement that none ran. For the 4 November conferences, that means the side-event planning still runs off each organiser's own list and the host accounts on your shortlist.

What this changes for a founder raising and an investor sourcing

• A founder raising can read DAS London's 310 decision makers for the institutional names and Breakpoint's 296 for the Solana ecosystem, then pre-book from the roster instead of queueing after a panel.
• An investor sourcing deals gets 1,143 companies across the 11 rosters, filterable by the conference that matches a thesis, each with its team on its NAUT page.
• A BD lead working all 4 November conferences is looking at 15 days, 252 companies and 844 names, which is a pre-booked calendar rather than a walk-up.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto events calendar: 4 conferences in November, 244 companies and Devcon 8 Mumbai: 54 teams on the programme and who runs them.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes, for the companies and people on these rosters. A call to GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/monad with the header Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY returns Monad with its team, including Keone Hon, who NAUT tracks at both Devcon 8 and DAS London 2026, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/people/keone-hon?include=private reveals that person's private channels. Each data call costs 5 credits, the first private reveal for a person costs 10 and is a permanent unlock, the documented parameters sit at naut.so/docs/api, and plans start at $49 a month for 3,000 credits at naut.so/pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on these conference rosters unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to reach them.

Crypto conference networking FAQ

How should a BD team work a crypto conference for leads?

In 5 steps: pre-book meetings from the published roster, read the attendee list by job title, add the side events hosted by your target accounts, follow up inside 48 hours on the channel the person has on file, and log each conversation against the event page. For the 4 crypto conferences running 3 to 17 November 2026, NAUT's pages give 252 companies and 844 decision makers to run that against, read on 1 November 2026.

Which crypto conferences are still ahead in November 2026?

4 on NAUT's record: Devcon 8 in Mumbai on 3 to 6 November, Digital Asset Summit London 2026 on 10 and 11 November, Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 on 13 to 17 November across Johor and Singapore, and Solana Breakpoint 2026 in London on 15 to 17 November.

Which crypto conference has the most decision makers to meet?

Of the 11 conferences NAUT tracks in 2026, TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026 holds the largest roster at 916 decision makers across 251 companies, and it ran on 7 and 8 October 2026. Of the 4 still ahead, Digital Asset Summit London 2026 is the largest at 310 decision makers across 64 companies.

Where can I find these 844 decision makers and their contact channels?

On NAUT. Each of the 4 November conferences has an event page listing its companies and the people at them, 736 of the 844 carry at least 1 verified channel, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/monad returns the same team rows for a company at 5 credits a call. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for those people unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

How many side events run alongside a crypto conference?

It varies widely on NAUT's record: 279 logged for TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026, 132 for Korea Blockchain Week 2026, 31 for Coinfest Asia 2026, 19 for Malaysia Blockchain Week 2026 and 5 for Bitcoin Asia 2026. The 6 other conferences NAUT tracks in 2026 have none logged as of 1 November 2026.

Sources

• Digital Asset Summit London 2026 dates and venue: Blockworks event page
• Singapore Blockchain Week 2026 dates and the Johor day: official site
• Larry Fink title at BlackRock: BlackRock leadership page
• Rosters, decision-maker counts, channel counts and side-event counts: NAUT's event pages, read 1 November 2026