TOKEN 2049 Singapore – Conference Summary
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About Asia Crypto Week & TOKEN2049 Singapore
Asia Crypto Week, organized by TOKEN2049, lasted from 26th September to 2nd October. During this week, Singapore became a vibrant crypto hub featuring 180+ events. The events ranged from networking, educational, party, art, gaming, conference, and summits, culminating with an F1 Grand Prix Race.
TOKEN2049 Singapore conference happened over two days on the 28th & 29th of September at the iconic Marina Bay Sands.
The event gathered high-caliber attendees: executives & founders of Web3 companies, developers, investors, and entrepreneurs eager to share their views on the market and connect.
TOKEN2049 Singapore Welcomed:
- 200+ speakers
- 7,000+ attendees
- 250+ exhibitors
- 200+ journalists
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Asia Crypto Week Agenda
Asia crypto week had over 180 events. The two days ahead of the conference featured 30+ side events ranging from crypto meetups, VIP dinners, Forbes Global CEO Conference, metaverse festival, meet & greets, and more.
Then, from the 28th to 29th September, the conference provided high-quality content and networking opportunities.
Finally, the event finished with an official afterparty on the 30th September, followed by a F1 Grand Prix race on the 2nd October.
TOKEN2049 Singapore Agenda
TOKEN2049 conference happened on the 28th & 29th of September. It offered ~150 sessions in the form of keynotes, fireside chats, and panel discussions. They covered various topics, such as NFTs, The Metaverse, DeFi, Global Macro, Web3, DAOs, and many more.
The event was recorded and published on Youtube, we present stage 1 playlist below.
Some of the Speakers at TOKEN2049 Singapore
- Dan Morehead – Founder & CEO at Pantera Capital
- Cynthia Wu – Founding Partner at Matrixport
- Alexander Höptner – CEO at BitMEX
- Mike Novogratz – CEO at Galaxy Digital
- Mike Belshe – CEO & Co-Founder at BitGo
- Santiago R. Santos – Web3 Investor
- Henry Chang – CEO at Wemade
- Stani Kulechov – Founder & CEO at Aave
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Day 1 – 28th September
The first day offered 74 sessions that covered most crypto topics.
A few key sessions:
- The Great Unwind by Dan Morehead, the Founder and CEO of Pantera Capital
- Women in Crypto by panelists: Irene Zhao Co-Founder of SO-COL, Annabelle Huang, Managing Partner of Amber Group, Gracy Chen from Bitget, and Joanna Ossinger, Crypto Senior Reporter from Bloomberg News.
- DeFi and Institutions: by Sergej Kunz 1inch Network Co-Founder, Haseeb Qureshi Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital, among a few others
Day 2 – 29th September
The second and final day featured 75 sessions in the form of panel talks and keynotes, debating innovations and implementations for the Metaverse, Web3, and Blockchain.
A few key speeches from the day:
- Navigating Crypto as a Venture Fund by Daniel Chen, Partner at Sequoia Capital, Mr. Lasse Clausen Founding Partner at 1kx, Paul Veradittakit, Partner at Pantera Capital, Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner at Dragonfly Capital
- On-Chain: What is Really Happening On The Blockchain? A panel by Alex Svanevik, CEO at Nansen, Ki Young Ju, Founder and CEO of CryptoQuant, Michael Gronager, CEO and Co-Founder at Chainalysis, and Bobby Ong, COO & Co-Founder at CoinGecko
- Roundtable: Crypto Exchanges panel by Constance Wang, COO at FTX, Ben Zhou Co-founder & CEO at BYBIT, Luuk Strijers, Chief Commercial Officer at Deribit and Lennix Lai, Director at OKX.
Closing & Formula 1 Grand Prix
The Asia Crypto week finished with the official TOKEN 2049 afterparty on the 30th and a Singapore F1 Grand Prix. Congrats to Sergio Perez on leading the race & his 4th ever Gran Prix win!
Image credits: TOKEN2049
Final Thoughts
TOKEN2049 Singapore was one of the highlights of the year. It cemented Asia’s position as a key crypto player and showed how mature and advanced the industry is in the region. Furthermore, the event brought together both the Asian as well as the global crypto communities.
180+ side events, 7,000+ attendees, and F1 Gran Prix make it surely a conference worth visiting & not to miss!
We are glad to have had the chance to both attend, as well as be one of the official sponsors of the conference.
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