The North American Blockchain Summit (NABS) returns on November 18-19, 2026 at the National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas. The organizer is the Digital Infrastructure Network, the organization formerly known as the Texas Blockchain Council.
This year’s theme is “Blueprints.” It marks a deliberate shift toward the important work of building North American digital infrastructure. The programme covers energy supply, data-center development, quantum readiness and regulatory frameworks. Tickets are limited and include both days of sessions plus the evening reception on November 18. Registration is open at northamericanblockchainsummit.com.
Major General Patrick Henry Brady, a living Medal of Honor recipient, has been confirmed as a speaker at the summit. Brady flew more than 2,500 combat missions in Vietnam and evacuated more than 5,000 wounded personnel.
Giovanni Capriglione’s legislative record
Giovanni Capriglione, President of the Digital Infrastructure Network, has a long track record of translating digital-asset policy into statute in the Texas legislature. In January 2023 he filed HB 1666 to protect Texas consumers who hold digital assets with third-party custodians. The bill required companies to verify with the Texas Department of Banking that they do not commingle consumer funds with corporate assets and that they maintain adequate reserves. Capriglione said that more than 8.5 million Texans had invested in cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, most of them held by custodians, and that several companies had already betrayed that trust. The bill passed both chambers and was signed into law in June 2023. It took effect that September and remains the clearest consumer-protection rule Texas has for digital-asset custody.
The Texas Blockchain Council publicly supported the measure throughout the legislative process. Capriglione described it as the product of months of conversations with stakeholders, consumer advocates and colleagues. The bill was part of a broader push. Capriglione has also been involved in the legislation that created Texas’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
In the new organization’s August rebranding announcement, Capriglione said the opportunity is bigger than any one technology or sector. The Digital Infrastructure Network is designed to bring together companies working on AI, digital assets, quantum, data centers and the capital and energy systems that support them.
From Texas Blockchain Council to Digital Infrastructure Network
The rebrand is more than a name change. The former Texas Blockchain Council had already moved beyond a narrow digital-asset brief. As bitcoin miners pivoted to compute for hyperscalers, the Council had also started to shift. Under Capriglione, who took the presidency in January 2026 after founder Lee Bratcher stepped down, the organization has positioned itself at the intersection of technology, energy and infrastructure. The new tagline is “Power with Purpose.”
Disruption Banking has tracked the evolution of the organization and the wider ecosystem. In June we noted that the North American Blockchain Summit (NABS) was shifting from foundation-building to blueprint-drafting under Capriglione’s leadership. We listed confirmed sponsors including IREN, RIOT Platforms, Cormint and Vega Energy Advisors, and described the event as the place where energy strategy, capital formation and regulatory clarity would be worked out.
The Stand with Crypto collaboration
One of the most consistent features of recent Summits has been the involvement of Stand with Crypto. At the 2025 event the organization was a partner alongside Riot Platforms, Luxor and Cardano. Its leaders ran a panel moderated by Wade Preston that brought together state chapter presidents from Georgia, California, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Michigan. The discussion focused on grassroots advocacy, education and the practical work of humanizing digital assets for policymakers.
That alignment with the Digital Infrastructure Network is natural. Stand with Crypto’s strength is mobilizing users and builders at the state and federal level. The Digital Infrastructure Network’s strength is the operator, energy and policy relationships inside Texas and beyond. Together they cover both the political constituency and the physical infrastructure. The 2025 Summit also saw the North American Blockchain Association announce a partnership with the Blockchain Association on stablecoin policy coordination, including work related to the GENIUS Act.
What the Summit is for in 2026
Capriglione’s vision is clear. NABS is where the people building the next generation of digital infrastructure meet the policymakers and capital partners who can help them scale. This year the focus is energy, data centers, quantum readiness and clear rules that let serious companies operate. Texas already has the power, the land and the policy track record. What is needed now, Capriglione said, are the partnerships and the blueprints that turn that advantage into lasting North American leadership.
The event is not another place to hear that digital assets are important. It is a place where operators who need power and cooling sit with energy developers, data-center builders, quantum researchers and the legislators who write the rules.
Disruption Banking has covered the Summit and the organization behind it for several years, from the early consumer-protection legislation through the leadership transition and the rebrand. The 2026 edition is the clearest statement yet that the work has moved from establishing the category to specifying how North American digital infrastructure will actually be built and governed. The blueprints to achieve this are what remain to be discussed.
Join us at NABS26 where our editorial team will be in attendance for the fourth-year running.
Author: Andy Samu
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Andrew Samu
Andrew Samu, Editor-at-Large at Disruption Banking, shapes the publication’s global coverage of banking, capital markets and digital assets. Based at London’s Level39, he combines market analysis with a strong commercial perspective, informed in part by his role as Commercial Director at Verita HR.
