Vitalik Buterin to Give Keynote at ETHShanghai 2026 on Sept 22

Vitalik's remote keynote keeps him tied to the China-facing builder circuit even without a physical appearance, and the agenda is notable for pairing core Ethereum development with AI × Web3, stablecoins and US equities on-chain — the same convergence of crypto rails and traditional assets that RWA venues are chasing. His framing of blockchain as privacy infrastructure for AI agents pushes that thesis further into identity and sovereignty territory rather than payments alone. Whether the AI-agent privacy angle gains traction with builders, or remains a conference theme, is the open question.