Solana (SOL) Breakpoint 2026 adds UK political and market figures to London lineup
Solana (SOL) Foundation said it has added another wave of speakers to Breakpoint 2026, broadening the London conference lineup with figures from UK politics, finance, payments and market infrastructure. The announcement matters because the event is being framed around the network’s effort to connect blockchain builders with institutions and policymakers in a major capital-markets center.
Evidence and context
In the foundation’s October 27, 2026 announcement, newly added speakers include Revolut chair Martin Gilbert, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Chancellor Sajid Javid and former White House digital assets adviser Patrick Witt. The list also names executives and leaders from Zelle, DTCC, Mastercard, Backpack, Bitwise, Barclays, Y Combinator, Jupiter and Helius. Breakpoint 2026 is scheduled for November 15-17 at Olympia London, according to Solana.
The foundation said the program is built around its “Token Supercycle” theme, which it says centers on stablecoins, tokenized assets, payments and AI-driven activity moving onchain. Solana’s notice splits the agenda into sessions on “The Supercycle, Today,” covering stablecoins, payments and real-world assets, and “The Supercycle, Tomorrow,” covering AI agents, consumer applications and new forms of ownership. The organizer also said additional speakers and the full agenda will be announced ahead of the event.
Solana President Lily Liu said in the announcement that “the next generation of capital markets will run around the clock, settle in seconds and be open to anyone with an internet connection,” and argued that decisions about where those markets are built are being made now. She said Breakpoint will bring UK policymakers and City leaders together with founders building tokenized equities, stablecoins and payment networks on Solana. Those comments reflect the organizer’s view of the conference’s purpose rather than a confirmed market outcome.
The event is the first UK edition of Solana’s annual conference. Background material supplied with the announcement says the foundation expects more than 8,000 attendees from over 100 countries, but those figures are organizer projections rather than confirmed attendance data. Solana’s native token, SOL, was trading at $100.12 as of October 27, 2026, down 1.90% over 24 hours, with a market value of $58.73 billion, according to the provided market data.