Unchained Summit India 2026
About the event
Aeternum organizes Unchained Summit India on November 5 and 6, 2026, at Courtyard by Marriott Mumbai International Airport in Andheri East. The conference is for institutional finance teams, investors, founders, developers, exchanges, policymakers and advisers working with digital assets and Web3.
Two-day program
November 5 focuses on markets, finance and digital assets. Its announced topics are regulation and policy, tokenization and real-world assets, trading and markets, institutional adoption, stablecoins and payments, wealth and portfolio management, capital markets, and custody, liquidity and prime services.
November 6 focuses on Web3 infrastructure and emerging technology. Its announced subjects are AI and agentic systems, DeFi, blockchain scaling and infrastructure, security and digital trust, staking and network economics, consumer Web3 applications, emerging technologies, and interoperability and chain abstraction.
Across the program, the organizer's topic descriptions also cover India's digital-asset regulation, taxation and compliance; tokenized funds, securities and commodities; payment rails for settlement, remittances, treasury and commerce; machine payments and decentralized intelligence; and enterprise blockchain uses in settlement, trade, identity, data and tokenization.
Announced speakers
The current India roster includes:
- S B Seker, Head of APAC at Binance; Praneeth Srikanti, Partner at Ethereal Ventures; and Prabal Banerjee, Co-Founder of Avail.
- Sanat Rao, Chief Investment Officer at Monarq Asset Management; Sumit Gupta, Co-Founder of CoinDCX; and Ashish Singhal, Co-Founder of CoinSwitch.
- Dilip Chenoy, Chairperson of Bharat Web3 Association; Roshan Prabhakar, Head of Product for India at Coinbase; Rajagopal Menon, Vice President at WazirX; and Saumya Saxena, Global Builder Lead at Base.
- Aishwary Gupta, Global Head of Business at Polygon Labs; Kunaal Patel, Head of Institutional for Asia and MENA at Ondo Finance; Haley Lowy, Chief of Staff at SingularityNET; and Dinesh Dahiya, Vice President at OpenZeppelin.
- Punit Agarwal, Founder and CEO of KoinX; Jaideep Reddy, Partner at Trilegal; and Uttam Singh, Senior Developer Relations Engineer at Alchemy.
The organizer maintains the full India speaker roster.
Unchained Pitch Challenge
The Pitch Challenge takes place on November 5 within the summit. It accepts applications from Web3 startups under five years old, including protocols, DeFi projects, tokenized real-world asset projects and cross-chain tools. Teams may be at any funding stage. Applications should demonstrate product or technical strength, together with traction or an innovative roadmap.
Applicants submit a pitch deck for advisory-panel review. Only selected finalists are invited to pitch on stage, and winners are announced during the summit. The organizer describes press exposure and potential investor introductions as benefits; the page does not promise investment or a cash award.
The pitch application page contains conflicting cutoffs: its timeline says applications close October 25, with finalist selection on October 30, while its application callout says October 30. Applicants should confirm the cutoff with the organizer rather than rely on the later date.
Tickets and attendance
Early-bird tickets are listed at US$149 for Standard and US$229 for VIP through October 26, 2026, with tax included. Standard includes conference sessions, networking and exhibition areas, lunch and coffee breaks. VIP adds access to the VIP and speaker lounge. The published last-chance prices are US$199 and US$299 respectively.
Only registered ticket holders may attend the summit and its networking events, and payment secures the booking. Registration may remain available until the first day if capacity allows. The FAQ specifies prior written authorization 90 days before the summit for ticket substitutions. The event is conducted in English without translation services, and the organizer encourages business-formal or smart-casual dress.
Personal audio/video recording is permitted. Publishing or transmitting recordings requires permission, with an exception for clips under one minute used in blogging or press coverage.
The venue address is C.T.S. No. 215, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400059.