Events / Past event
Bitcoin Amsterdam 2026
- When
- Nov 5–6, 2026
- Where
- SugarFactory, Halfweg (near Amsterdam), Netherlands
- Run by
- BTC Inc.
- November 5 to 6, 2026, at the SugarFactory in Halfweg, just outside Amsterdam, after a corporate day in the city on November 4. Fifth edition, run by BTC Inc.
- The big themes were banks moving into bitcoin, Europe's DAC8 tax-reporting rule, self-custody, and whether money will flow from AI back to bitcoin.
- On Bitstamp, bitcoin fell from a high of $81,105 on November 4 to a close of $75,971 on November 5.
Start here
- Keynote: Jack Mallers
The closing keynote. Jack Mallers walks through the Bitcoin white paper and the eight works it cites.
- Your Mom Uses ChatGPT but Not Bitcoin
Fred King asks why people use ChatGPT but not bitcoin, and compares ways to send $200 from the US to Belarus.
- Europe's Monetary History and Future: Austrian Economics, Banks and Bitcoin
A panel traces Europe's money from Amsterdam's 17th-century exchange bank to the euro, and asks where bitcoin fits.
Watch
Full-day livestreams
Day 1 livestream (full day)
Day 2 livestream (full day)
Keynotes and talks
Keynote: Jack Mallers
Europe's Monetary History and Future: Austrian Economics, Banks and Bitcoin
Will Capital Flow Back Into Bitcoin From AI?
Bitcoin Monoculture Is Over. Is That a Good Thing?
How Media and Propaganda Primed Us for Bitcoin
₿e the Change
Your Mom Uses ChatGPT but Not Bitcoin
Staat vs. de Markt (State vs. the Market: How Much Government Do We Need in Money?)
Je Bitcoinplan Opbouwen (Building Your Bitcoin Plan: Investing, Taxes and More)
How Bitcoin Changes the Outlook for Real Estate as an Investment Class
Four Forces Behind the Long-Term Bull Case for Bitcoin
The Nexus of Institutional Investment, Capital Markets and Digital Assets
Creating a Bitcoin Brand
Making Bitcoin More Accessible for the Masses
Is It Time to Find a Bitcoin-Life Balance?
Decentralized Health: Self-Custody for Your Body
Building Consensus: The Future of Bitcoin Upgrades
Bitcoin Is Political, but Not Partisan
The MiCA Strategy: How to Play the Regulatory Game
The Evolution of Financial Services: Adapting to a New Era of Technology
After 100%: Wealth Management for Bitcoin Holders
Passen BTCTC's Bij de Filosofie van 'Je Eigen Bank Zijn'? (Do Bitcoin Treasury Companies Fit the Idea of Being Your Own Bank?)
Mining by the Numbers: The Financial Side of Bitcoin Mining
Red Teaming Elliptic Curve Cryptography
How to Avoid the Risk of Ruin
A History of Bitcoin Forks: From Bitcoin Cash to Zcash to eCash
Bitcoin for Corporations
Strive Panel on Bitcoin-Backed Credit for Institutions, with TD Cowen, Treasury (Khing Oei) and The Block
Strive Panel on Bitcoin Yield, with Arch Lending and LQWD
From the floor
There Is No Best Hardware Wallet, Rob Segers of Bitsaga
Who Uses Bitcoin in El Salvador? (Alejandra Guajardo of Miss Bitcoin)
What happened
Corporate dayWed, Nov 4
Bitcoin for Corporations holds a closed-door symposium at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam. Topics include company bitcoin reserves, MiCA (the EU's rulebook for crypto firms) and institutional money.
▶ Watch: Strive Panel on Bitcoin-Backed Credit for Institutions, with TD Cowen, Treasury (Khing Oei) and The BlockOn Bitstamp, bitcoin reaches $81,105, its high for the week.
Day 1Thu, Nov 5
Doors open on more than 60 sessions over two days. Stages include the Treasury Stage, the Proof-of-Work Stage and The Deep, a room for top-tier ticket holders.
▶ Watch: Day 1 livestream (full day)Early bitcoiner Martti Malmi joins Alex Waltz and Aaron van Wirdum on how Bitcoin's first years could have gone wrong.
Théo Mogenet of Bull Bitcoin takes on DAC8. This EU rule has required crypto platforms to collect users' transaction data for tax offices since January 1, 2026. The first reports are due in 2027.
Fred King (CryptoSnake) asks why everyone's mom uses ChatGPT but not bitcoin.
▶ Watch: Your Mom Uses ChatGPT but Not BitcoinDutch outlet Block #9 found the expo floor quieter that morning than in 2025, with fewer visitors and booths, according to UNN.
On Bitstamp, bitcoin closes the day at $75,971.
Day 2Fri, Nov 6
Rahim Taghizadegan, Willem Middelkoop and Thomas Bollen on Europe's monetary history and where bitcoin fits.
▶ Watch: Europe's Monetary History and Future: Austrian Economics, Banks and BitcoinPanels on who controls the mining stack and whether self-custody will ever be safe, with the teams behind BitBox, BitVault and Wesatoshis Labs.
Bitcoin Core contributor Sjors Provoost and Aaron van Wirdum explain the newest Bitcoin Core release live on stage.
- 1 p.m. CET
Jack Mallers sits down with Robert Breedlove in The Deep.
A Dutch-language panel, State vs. the Market, with Paul Buitink and Simon Lelieveldt.
▶ Watch: Staat vs. de Markt (State vs. the Market: How Much Government Do We Need in Money?)- 4:15 p.m. CET
Jack Mallers of Strike gives a keynote on the main stage.
▶ Watch: Keynote: Jack Mallers
After the event
BTC Inc. starts posting sessions on The Bitcoin Conference YouTube channel on November 6. We add them here as they go up. Bitcoin Amsterdam returns in 2027; dates are not announced yet.