Off Stage, Episode 06 is live with Tajinder Virk @nattyvirk, Founder and CEO of @BlockmazeRWA and Co-founder & Group CEO of @FINVASIA Highlights from the interview: 00:52 From Wall Street to Finvasia to Blockmaze 03:47 A Guinness World Record for regulatory licences at launch 06:22 Dealing.com and 24,000+ tokenized stocks from one account 09:17 Why creating a token doesn't create a market 11:33 The community capital market, and paying for coffee with an Apple share 17:21 What India got right in its first tokenized bond pilot 19:16 The one regulatory decision that would let India lead in tokenization 21:55 Why derivatives are a zero-sum game for retail traders 24:00 Why five Finvasia brands moved to the UAE 25:34 Blockmaze's north star for the next 2 to 3 years 26:39 What this November means for India's Web3 builders 27:46 Blockmaze's plans for India at IBW2026 Watch the full conversation.

Aditya Singh (@CryptooAdy) is your MC at IBW2026 on Day 1. Co-founder of @CryptooIndia, a leading content platform dedicated to tracking India's regulatory updates, clearing up industry misinformation, and highlighting consumer awareness and safety. He is known for investor education and for leading a widely-signed public petition on India's crypto tax policy. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Debangana Ghosh (@debanganaghosh4) joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Principal Correspondent at @moneycontrolcom, India’s largest financial news platform, covering technology, crypto, business and policy. 8+ years in journalism, with a record of breaking exclusive stories, in-depth analysis, and interviews with some of the biggest names in global and Indian tech. Her beat includes crypto trading, crypto regulation in India, tokenisation and AI. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

We are one week away from IBW2026 Who’s making the trip to Mumbai? Drop your excitement in the comments ⤵

Pi42 (@Pi42Exchange) joins IBW2026 as Silver Sponsor. Launched in February 2024, Pi42 runs crypto perpetual futures margined in INR, so Indian traders don’t have to convert to USDT first. The contracts have no expiry date, and the exchange now lists 500+ trading pairs. In October 2025 it added INR-margined crypto options, with contracts starting at ₹10. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Praneeth Srikanti (@bees_neeth) joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Investment Partner at Ethereal Ventures (@etherealvc) Before Ethereal, he did venture investing at Consensys and worked on bits and bytes at Microsoft. His focus areas include verifiability, investing and new markets on new rails. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Amit Mehra (@amitm_eth) joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Partner at @borderless_cap, managing investments in Web3 and AI startups and helping them scale. Before Borderless, he was Founding Principal at Unicorn India Ventures and Advisor at Woodstock Fund. 10+ years of hands-on experience across token and equity markets, tokenomics design and board-level strategy. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Vipul Agrawal joins Future Asset Forum as a speaker. Serial entrepreneur and Founder & CEO of @weareryllo, with ventures across technology, entertainment and consumer platforms. Previously founded Mugafi and co-founded Rutogo, acquired by ixigo, and Randomly Club. INSEAD alumnus and angel investor in 30+ startups, focused on building technology-driven businesses around intellectual property. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Mudrex joins India Blockchain Week Conference 2026 as Gold Sponsor. Founded in 2018 by IIT alumni and backed by Y Combinator, @officialmudrex now serves over 30 lakh users and processes $5 billion in annual trading volume. Its app covers 650+ coins, crypto SIPs, and futures, with INR deposits via UPI. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Rishabh Bansal joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Chief of Staff at @weareryllo, driving initiatives across AI, entertainment, sports and Web3. Before Ryllo, he was at Urban Company, where he led multiple service categories. Alumnus of Mesa School of Business, with ventures built across travel, commerce and branding. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Sameer Pathak (@kingsameer) joins Future Asset Forum as a speaker. President, Pickleball at Times Group, building its pickleball and Padel businesses. Previously CEO of the Global Chess League, whose live event reached 160+ countries. Before that, led marketing at Coca-Cola India and South West Asia across FIFA, the Olympics and IPL. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Ritu Sajnani joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Executive Director at Cosmic Trade, a digital asset platform. She works closely with fintech and Web3 founders on legal and strategic matters, and has set up and expanded fintech practices across several Tier 1 law firms, solving complex problems across technology, business and regulation. 1-2 November. Mumbai

Ashutosh Dubey joins IBW Institutional Forum as a speaker. Head of Innovation & Special Projects at @JioFinance1. Before Jio Financial Services, he was Senior Vice President at Kotak Mahindra Bank and Senior Lead at NPCI. His work spans UPI, CBDC, asset tokenisation and agentic AI architectures across regulated financial ecosystems. Currently pursuing a Ph.D. 1-2 November. Fairmont Mumbai.

Shravya Aggarwal joins IBW2026 as a speaker. Investor at @NorwestVP, focused on growth investments across financial services and fintech. Before Norwest, she was at Apax Partners, evaluating growth and buyout opportunities across a range of industries. 1-2 November. Mumbai.

Harshil Agarwal joins IBW Institutional Forum as a speaker. Partner at @TLPAdvisors, specialising in digital assets, fintech, tokenised finance and emerging technology regulation. Formerly Legal Counsel at VARA and at Polygon. He advises clients on licensing, compliance, transactions and cross-border strategy, with a focus on the UAE and MENA region. 1-2 November. Fairmont Mumbai.