Consensus 2026

AI agents are not very useful if they can't pay for things. They can reason, generate, summarize, and automate, but the moment an agent needs to access a paid API, trigger a workflow, or transact with another service, the experience breaks down. That's what makes x402 so interesting. This week at Consensus in Miami, Coinbase Developer Platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), EasyA , and Consensus 2026 are teaming up for the "Agentic Track" at the EasyA x Consensus Hackathon. Builders will use Coinbase’s x402 protocol together with AWS cloud infrastructure to define what agentic commerce looks like in practice. And here's the best part- builders get free Kiro credits to build their AI Agents and solutions. #Kiro is an agentic IDE that helps developers go from prototype to production faster, with advanced agents that handle specs, testing, and code generation so you can focus on shipping what matters. I've been spending a lot of time at the intersection of Web3 infrastructure, AI, and developer adoption, and this is exactly the kind of builder motion the market needs more of. Less narrative. More game-changing software that scales 💪 If you're building with AI agents, crypto payments, developer infrastructure, or on-chain applications, this is a track worth following. Looking forward to seeing what teams ship in Miami. 🚀 #AWS #Coinbase #Base #x402 #Kiro #AgenticCommerce #AIAgents #Web3 #Startups #Consensus2026

🚨𝘼𝙇𝙈𝙊𝙎𝙏 𝙎𝙊𝙇𝘿 𝙊𝙐𝙏 This Consensus is set to be unlike any other. The entire digital assets ecosystem is making their way to Miami as you read this. Every major bank, blockchain, policymaker, and market mover will be there for decisions that will determine the next decade of the global economy. Don't risk being the only one left on the sidelines. Register now, while you still can → https://lnkd.in/eniDHFUU

Congratulations to the startups heading to Consensus Miami next week! For CoinDesk PitchFest 🎤✨ BetterX • Brickken • Coinbax • CreditBridge • DeFa by InvoiceMate • GetC by MOTMX • LinkFin Technologies • MIDAO • Mycelia Signal by Jonathan Bulkeley • Paravel Citadel DAO LLC • SureMark Digital • Tashi Network For the Agentic Commerce Side Quest 🤖💲 BlockRun.AI • Divigent • Heimworks • Ocular • Proofivy See you in South Beach! Join us as we watch these founders take the stage to pitch their vision and battle it out for first place.

OPINION: Signal in the age of infinite noise https://lnkd.in/euFBQwcA

𝗧-𝗠𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝟭𝟬 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗶! The caliber of who you could meet and make deals with is unmatched: 🧳 20,000 decision-makers, 72% director level or above 🏦 Asset managers, hedge funds & institutional investors from 125+ firms ⚖️ Legal, policy & compliance professionals representing 150+ firms 🔗 Every major L1 protocol and DeFi ecosystem present 🤖 AI, agentic commerce & machine learning leaders from 120+ companies 🌎 RWA & tokenization builders from across 6 continents 💰 Payments & stablecoin innovators from 200+ companies 💡 1000+ Startups from across the globe From traditional finance and institutional investors to crypto-native builders, policy and legal professionals, payments innovators, and AI pioneers: no other event brings the full digital assets ecosystem together like this. Are you ready to join them?

Something remarkable is happening in finance — and honestly, it's been happening for a decade. In 2015, when most of the financial world was still dismissing crypto as a fringe experiment, CoinDesk took a gamble and produced Consensus for the first time with Citi as its Title Sponsor. That wasn't a coincidence. It was a statement of intent: that the future of finance wouldn't be built by one world replacing the other, but by both worlds coming together. Ten years later, that vision has never been more validated. This May 5-7 at Consensus 2026 in Miami, our sponsor roster tells the whole story. J.P. Morgan. Morgan Stanley. Fidelity. Charles Schwab. DTCC. Swift. S&P Global. FTSE Russell. Broadridge. Mastercard. PayPal. Stripe. AWS. Google Cloud. KPMG. PwC. Grant Thornton. Ropes & Gray. Alongside Coinbase, Circle, Bullish, Grayscale, Galaxy, Ripple, OKX, Anchorage Digital, GoMining, BitGo, Paxos, and Solana. Many conferences claim to be the crossover event for financial services and digital assets. Consensus actually is. It always has been. We've spent ten plus years building a professional, welcoming, and trusted environment where the architects of the existing financial system and the builders of the next one can engage seriously — without the noise, without the hype, and without the barriers. We looked at the major finance and crypto conferences. Each is excellent at what it does. But no conference matches the specific combination that Consensus has: 1) major finance institutions, 2) top-tier crypto native firms, and 3) blue chip B2B. That crossover is Consensus's identity and unique positioning. It has been since day one. The world is finally catching up to what we always believed. We'll see you in Miami. 🌴 https://lnkd.in/d7CAjyhe

We’re proud to welcome Anchorage Digital as a 5 Block Sponsor for Consensus 2026 in Miami. Meet us in South Beach this May to explore how Anchorage Digital, America's first federally chartered crypto bank, is providing the custody, trading, and financing infrastructure that institutions need to engage with digital assets at scale.

🌐 Brad Garlinghouse built Ripple into the backbone of cross-border payments, and $XRP into one of the most traded assets in crypto. What does the next phase of institutional payments actually look like? We're asking the Ripple CEO on the Consensus Miami stage.

⚠️ JUST IN: Changpeng Zhao. Mainstage. Miami. Join us May 5–7 at Consensus 2026 for a live conversation with crypto's most followed voice.