BlockCon Punta Cana 2026

BlockCon Punta Cana 2026 is a four-day Web3 and finance retreat set for 25–28 November 2026 at the Barceló Bávaro resort in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. It is run by BlockCon, whose co-founders are chief executive Raymond Ratti and chief operating officer Laura Suárez León. The audience it targets is banks, companies, platform operators and innovators rather than the gambling trade, and the event pairs conference panels with resort-style networking. The official site lists the subject areas as stablecoins, payments across borders, tokenised real-world assets, fintech, prediction markets, and policy and regulation, plus a startup and venture capital matchmaking session. iGaming is not on the current list, although the commercial team includes an iGaming sales and partnerships role. The organiser cites more than 50 speakers, 65+ countries and 90+ companies, and puts the C-level share of participants at 50%. Named speakers include Shaikh Ali Sultan Al Nuaimi of the Ajman royal family, BOF Investments and Ajman Bank; Carl Dudley, expansion manager at Tether; Juan Carlos Reyes, president of El Salvador's National Commission for Digital Assets; Buenos Aires Province senator Mario Ishii; and Julio César Valentín, the Dominican Republic's superintendent of insurance. Partners named on the site include Tether, Blockchain Factory, Venturis 13, Tutellus and Makachain. Three passes are on sale. The Community Pass, at $195 (previously $395), covers three mornings of panels from 9:00 to 13:00 and the exhibitor area, without hotel or retreat activities. The Business Pass, at $595 (previously $795), adds afternoon networking, private meetings and food and drinks until 17:00 across four days. VIP All-Inclusive, at $1,495, includes three nights at the hotel, banking and Web3 roundtables, and golf, casino and cigar-and-rum-room experiences. For gambling affiliates the relevance is indirect. The sessions on stablecoins, cross-border payments and prediction markets are close to the payment questions crypto-friendly operators face, but the event is not built around player acquisition. A day-by-day programme had not been published as of 31 October 2026.