Solana Breakpoint 2026 London adds Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid as speakers

Revolut Chair Martin Gilbert, former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and former Chancellor Sajid Javid will join the speakers at Solana Breakpoint 2026 in London, the Solana Foundation said on October 27. The second wave of speakers brings political figures and financial institutions into a conference focused on building capital markets on Solana.

Key takeaways

• Olympia London will host Breakpoint from November 15 to November 17, 2026.
• The speaker lineup spans UK politics, payments, investment and blockchain development.
• The program separates assets already onchain from emerging uses of programmable capital.

Solana Breakpoint 2026 heads to London in November

Solana Breakpoint 2026 will take place at Olympia London from November 15 to November 17, 2026. The event brings together UK political leaders, City figures, financial institutions and developers working on internet capital markets.

The organizer, the Solana Foundation, is a nonprofit based in Zug, Switzerland, whose work supports the network’s decentralization, growth and security. Its latest speaker announcement adds representatives from Westminster, the City and Washington alongside companies building on Solana.

Political figures join payments and investment executives

The second speaker wave includes ICE Europe President Hester Serafini and Standard Life Chair Sir Nicholas Lyons, a former Lord Mayor of the City of London, alongside Gilbert, Johnson and Javid.

Other policy speakers include Patrick Witt, former executive director of the White House’s President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, and Lord Vaizey of Didcot, a House of Lords member and former minister for culture and the digital economy.

Payments and investment participants include Zelle’s Alexandra Lang, Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan, Mastercard’s Christian Rau and Barclays Head of Digital Assets Scott Lucas. Payoneer’s Rowland Berry and Y Combinator Visiting Partner Nemil Dalal are also scheduled to speak, as are representatives from Ramp, PrimeRevenue, Baillie Gifford and Invesco.

The onchain-assets lineup includes Backpack founder and CEO Armani Ferrante, DTCC’s Val Wotton, BNY’s Patrick Corker and Bullish Chairman and CEO Tom Farley. Network and application speakers include Helius CEO Mert Mumtaz, Anza CEO Brennan Watt, Jupiter COO Kash Dhanda and Ellipsis Labs/Phoenix CEO Eugene Chen.

They join previously named speakers including Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana), Solana Foundation President Lily Liu, MoneyGram’s Anthony Soohoo, Allfunds’ Annabel Spring and Bridge’s Zach Abrams.

Agenda splits current onchain assets from future markets

The program for Solana Breakpoint 2026 in London divides its capital-markets discussions into two themes: institutional assets already onchain and emerging applications of programmable capital.

The Supercycle, Today

Day one examines stablecoins, payments and tokenized real-world assets already operating on Solana. Sessions will also address the macroeconomic forces accelerating the development of onchain financial infrastructure.

The Supercycle, Tomorrow

Day two turns to AI agents, consumer applications and new forms of ownership. Its focus includes new markets enabled by programmable capital.

Foundation puts London’s financial role at the center

The Solana Foundation is positioning London as a potential hub for next-generation financial infrastructure. In its release, it placed the conference against the backdrop of the UK’s debate over retaining capital, company listings and talent in London.

Liu said decisions about where future capital markets will be built are happening now, with UK policymakers and City leaders helping shape them. She described Breakpoint as a meeting point for those figures and founders already issuing tokenized equities, stablecoins and payment networks on Solana.

“London has a real opportunity to become the place where that future is built,” Liu said.

The Foundation plans to release further speaker names and the complete agenda before the November event.

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