Asia’s Largest Web3 Event TOKEN2049 Hits 200 Sponsorship Milestone, Announces New Headline Speakers – Press Release Bitcoin News

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SINGAPORE — 8 July 2022 — TOKEN2049, Asia’s premier crypto conference, has announced a new lineup of title sponsors and speakers for its upcoming Singapore edition that will run from September 28-29. This year marks the conference’s Singapore debut, making for an exciting week of activities as some of the world’s most cutting-edge projects gather at what is set to be the crypto industry’s first major in-person event in Asia ahead of the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2022 race weekend.

In recognition of the growing excitement surrounding the event, TOKEN2049 Singapore’s list of sponsors grew to 200 firms over the past three weeks. New additions to the line-up of title sponsors include the next generation crypto spot and derivatives trading exchange OKX; leading hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger; one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges Kucoin; exchange of digital assets AAX; the world’s largest platform for copying cryptocurrency derivatives Bitten; and homegrown Singaporean crypto exchange Coinhakowhich secured its major payment institution license earlier this year.

A notable addition to this year’s title sponsor lineup is a leading South Korean gaming company WE MADEbest known as the creator of the leading MMORPG series Legend of Mir which sees over 120 million players worldwide. WE MADE has been servicing blockchain games since 2020, and currently 14 titles are onboard their platform WEMIXincluding MIR4, the number 1 MMORPG to earn.

A WEMADE spokesperson said: “With the industry growing at unprecedented levels and the amount of innovation it is channeling globally, TOKEN2049 and the important conversations it will catalyze could not have come at a better time.”

As the flagship event of Asia Crypto Week, the conference is expected to draw 3,000 attendees from around the world. This year’s impressive lineup includes Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of AAVE, the leading open source and non-custodial liquidity protocol; Haseeb Kureshi, Managing Partner of Dragonfly Capital; and Eli Ben-Sasson, co-founder and president of Starkware and co-inventor of zkSTARK, the privacy-preserving cryptographic proof.

Panels and keynotes at the event are set to address a broad agenda – from the evolving regulatory landscape and institutional investment trends to the emergence of the metaverse, Web3, and what this will ultimately mean for the industry as mainstream awareness intensifies.

The Singapore event is set to be the largest in TOKEN2049’s history amid the token economy’s enormous potential to transform industries and societies around the world. In a testament to growing interest among a wider mainstream audience, McLaren Racing Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo, the new brand ambassador for world-leading crypto trading app and web3 platform OKX, will also speak at the conference ahead of Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix 2022 race. , shares his views on digital assets and the evolving nature of fan engagement.

Additional speakers at this year’s conference include Justin Sun, founder of Tron, the open source Proof-of-Stake blockchain platform, and Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, the decentralized Ethereum scaling platform.

Raphael Strauch, founder of TOKEN2049, commented on the 200 sponsor milestone: “The numbers don’t lie and this overwhelming interest and energy only bodes well for the industry. I am excited to see the conversations and solutions that will emerge from Singapore in September.”

As part of Asia Crypto Week, attendees can expect to attend a full range of side events, including Pantera Blockchain Summit Asia, Milken Institute Asia Summit and Algorand AVM Singapore, with many more to be announced in the coming weeks.

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TOKEN2049 is a leading Web3 event, held annually in Singapore and London, where decision makers in the global crypto ecosystem connect to exchange ideas, network and shape the industry. TOKEN2049 is a global meeting place for entrepreneurs, institutions, industry insiders, investors and those with a strong interest in the crypto and blockchain industry.

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