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 Global Onchain Summit Singapore 2026 — Source: CoinGape
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 <li>Franklin Templeton SVP Chetan Karkhanis confirmed as a featured speaker at Global Onchain Summit Singapore 2026.</li>
 <li>The summit will bring together leaders from digital assets, banking, asset management, regulation, and onchain finance.</li>
 <li>With speaker slots filling quickly and new institutional participants being announced, only a limited number of speaking opportunities remain available.</li>
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Global Onchain Summit:- In a major announcement, Global Onchain Summit Singapore 2026 has confirmed Chetan Karkhanis as a featured speaker for its inaugural edition. Chetan is a Senior Vice President at the leading tradfi giant Franklin Templeton.
The summit will take place in Singapore on October 6. It is organized by CoinGape, one of the leading media in digital assets space with millions of readers worldwide.
As the institutional-grade summit, the Global Onchain Summit will bring together leaders from traditional finance, digital assets, policy, and market infrastructure ecosystem.
Karkhanis is expected to share <a href="https://coingape.com/podcast/inside-franklin-templetons-journey-into-tokenization/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Franklin Templeton’s tokenization journey</a>, digital assets, and institutional adoption. His session will focus on how large financial institutions are approaching blockchain-powered financial products and the evolution of capital markets on-chain.
<h2 id="who-is-global-onchain-summit-s-speaker-franklin-svp-chetan-karkhanis">Who Is Global Onchain Summit’s Speaker, Franklin SVP Chetan Karkhanis?</h2>
Based in Singapore, Chetan Karkhanis currently serves as Senior Vice President at Franklin Templeton. In his role, he leads Franklin Innovation Research Strategies and Technologies (FIRST) initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region.
His work focuses heavily on digital assets, tokenization, and next-generation wealth solutions. He also leads commercial efforts related to digital asset products while working closely with regulators, and institutional clients.
Over his 12-year tenure at Franklin Templeton, Karkhanis has held several leadership positions. Before taking on his current role, he also served as Senior Product Management Lead for APAC.
Prior to that, he was Head of Corporate Strategy. There he worked directly with senior leadership on strategic planning, fintech innovation, and long-term growth initiatives.
His experience across strategy, product development, and digital assets has made him one of the key voices of Coingape-powered<a href="https://globalonchainsummit.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> Global Onchain Summit.</a>
<h3 id="summit-to-feature-special-awards-ceremony">Summit to Feature Special Awards Ceremony</h3>
With the event less than four months away, speaker and partner slots for the Global Onchain Summit Singapore 2026 are filling quickly.
Commenting on the announcement, Abhinav Agarwal, COO of CoinGape, said, “We are entering a phase where tokenization, stablecoins, and blockchain-based financial infrastructure are moving from experimentation to real-world adoption. The Global Onchain Summit is designed to bring together the people and institutions driving that transformation and facilitate meaningful conversations,” Agarwal said.
Alongside the summit, CoinGape will also host the awards announcement ceremony of its Onchain Awards 2026 as part of closing. The awards feature a distinguished jury panel of Visa, Sharplink among other panelists.
Interested people looking to participate in the summit can register at: <a href="https://luma.com/5c8pnpl2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Link to Register.</a> Further, executives and people looking to participate in the summit as the Speaker can apply at: <a href="https://globalonchainsummit.com/#speakers" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Link to Apply as Speaker</a>
<h3 id="about-the-global-onchain-summit-organizer-coingape">About the Global Onchain Summit Organizer, CoinGape</h3>
The Global Onchain Summit is organized by CoinGape, the leading global digital asset publication covering cryptocurrency, blockchain, Web3, regulation, and financial innovation. Since 2016, its team of journalists, editors, researchers, and review specialists has delivered trusted news, market insights, Voice of Web3 podcast, institutional research, and industry reports to readers across major global markets.
Today, CoinGape reaches more than 25 million readers worldwide. Its audience spans from investors, builders to policymakers, and institutions seeking reliable coverage of the rapidly evolving digital asset ecosystem.
<a href="https://coingape.com/author/sneha-agrawal/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">About the author</a>
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Franklin Templeton SVP Chetan Karkhanis to Speak at Global Onchain Summit Singapore 2026

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