"Build For Miracle": TOKEN2049 Peripheral Events Detailed Agenda Revealed

The leading Web3 cryptocurrency conference in Asia, TOKEN 2049, will be held on September 13-14, 2023, at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore. During this grand event, the "Build For Miracle" series of theme activities organized by BlockBeats in collaboration with MetaStone Group, Cregis, and BuidlerDAO will also take place at the Parkroyal Collection Hotel, a top-rated five-star hotel in Singapore, on September 11.

This event, through Demo Day, industry summits, and networking receptions, aims to help excellent teams and projects develop, explore Web3 development trends, and build industry ecosystems and collaborations. The event will also feature heavyweight guests, including founders and Co-Founders of various projects, as well as academic and technical experts, to present a benchmark event with rich formats and high-quality content.

On the day of the conference, there will be 14 keynote speeches and 4 panel discussions, attracting the deep participation of over 30 top-notch projects and VC institutions in the crypto field, as well as inviting heavyweight guests from academia to share their perspectives. Conference highlights include Liron Hayman, the Business Director of StarkWare, delving into the explosive growth points of zk Rollup; TN Lee, Co-Founder of Pendle, predicting the next trend of LSDFi; and Irene Wu, Strategic Director of LayerZero, revealing the latest breakthroughs in omnichain technology.

In addition, Laura Shi, the Head of International Expansion at Consensys, Dave, the Director of Developer Relations Engineering at Taiko, Victor Ji, Co-Founder of Manta Network, and other representatives from public chain projects will jointly explore the opportunities in the "ZK narrative". Meanwhile, prominent Web3 VCs such as Yoann Turpin, Co-Founder of Wintermute, and Momir Amidzic, Investment Director at IOSG Ventures, will discuss "narratives worth paying attention to in the future bull market".

 Parkroyal Collection Hotel (Image from the internet)

For more event highlights, please see the following text; Here is the complete schedule of this event:

Event Schedule 

Keynote Speech by Special Guests (Morning Session)

9:45 - 10:00 Yawn, StepN

Yawn is the co-founder of Find Satoshi Lab, the developer of the well-known "move to earn" lifestyle app StepN. Since its establishment in 2021, StepN has quickly become one of the most popular Web3 applications with a highly active community, with a monthly active user base of 2-3 million.

10:00 - 10:15 Professor Zhu Feida, Singapore Management University

Professor Zhu Feida is the Vice Dean of the School of Computing and Information Systems at the Singapore Management University. His main research areas include large-scale data mining, blockchain and distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, social network and new media data mining and analysis, data-driven business intelligence, and innovation research.

10:15 - 10:30 David Song, Green Link Digital Bank

David Song is the Head of Digital Assets and Innovation Department at GLDB. Before joining GLDB, David was the Chief Information Officer at River Valley Capital and has held various positions at Bank of China, Teradyne, Keysight, and Ericsson. David holds dual master's degrees from Southeast University and AIT Ireland, as well as a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Southeast University.

10:30 - 10:45 Marco, Cregis

Marco is the Chief Marketing Officer of Cregis, a self-custody wallet. Cregis aims to provide a secure, user-friendly, versatile, and professional digital asset collaboration management service platform in the Web3 domain.

10:45 - 11:00 Ola, ArrayFi

Ola is the CEO of ArrayFi, a smart contract platform. ArrayFi aims to achieve decentralized applications powered by its proprietary AI algorithm, ArrayGo, on top of its network. The system is expected to have various use cases, including payments, remittances, and investments.

11:00 - 11:15 Guojing Tang, Pionex

Guojing Tang is the CEO of Pionex US. He previously served as the CEO of Huatai GreatWall Capital Management and worked as a commodity structurer and trader at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley. Guojing Tang holds a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Maryland, College Park.

11:15 - 11:30 Hara, Jasmy

Hara is the CEO of Jasmy Lab, a Japanese decentralized platform developer. Jasmy is a blockchain platform that focuses on providing data security and sharing services in the Internet of Things era.

11:30 - 11:45 Elliot Hil, Verasity

Elliot Hil is the Chief Marketing Officer of Verasity, an advertising optimization protocol. Verasity is a protocol and product layer platform for esports and video entertainment, allowing video publishers to significantly increase engagement and advertising revenue on any platform.

Keynote Speech by Distinguished Guests (Afternoon Session)

1:30 - 1:45 Irene Wu, LayerZero

Irene Wu is the strategy executive of LayerZero. She previously worked as an investor at Insight Partners and as a user experience designer and engineer at IDEO and J.P. Morgan. In addition, she has studied computer science at Harvard University.

LayerZero is an interoperability protocol that utilizes the principle of lightweight nodes. In April of this year, LayerZero Labs completed a Series B financing round with a valuation of $3 billion, with participation from a16z Crypto, Christie's Auction House, Sequoia Capital, Samsung Next, BOND, Circle Ventures, and OpenSea Ventures.

1:45 - 2:00 Elvin Ng, veDAO

Elvin Ng is the APAC Business Director of veDAO. veDAO is an AI-driven Web3 investment decision-making platform that uses sentiment indicators and on-chain and off-chain data analysis to discover trends and capture alpha accurately. By creating AI advisors, veDAO helps users invest efficiently and profitably.

2:00 - 2:15 Leon, MetaStone Group

Leon is the founder of MetaStone Group. Established in 2017, MetaStone Group is an investment group focused on web3.0 and high technology. Its main operations include primary VC, secondary market hedge funds, quantitative funds, FOF, and multiple innovative sub-funds in the fields of NFT and DeFi, with a total size of hundreds of millions of dollars. Web3.0 investment projects include Consensys, Scroll, Alterverse, HyperOracle, Unity, and more.

2:15 - 2:30 Andrew Zhang, Xinhuo Technology

Andrew Zhang is the Chief Technology Officer of Newfire Technology, which is committed to building a leading one-stop compliant digital asset service platform and bridging the traditional financial and digital asset worlds.

2:30 - 2:45 TN Lee, Pendle

TN Lee is a co-founder of Pendle. Pendle Finance is a decentralized DeFi protocol that enables tokenization and trading of future yields. As a yield derivatives protocol, it introduces the interest derivatives market from traditional finance to DeFi, making it more accessible to everyone. Pendle helps unlock the full potential of yields, enabling users to execute advanced yield strategies such as fixed income and long income.

In August this year, Binance Labs announced its investment in the DeFi yield protocol Pendle Finance.

2:45 - 3:00 Liron Hayman, StarkWare

Liron Hayman is the Chief Business Officer of StarkWare. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, and has 5 years of industry experience in the field of data science. He has previously worked as a data scientist at Intuit Israel R&D. Liron is very interested in the practical applications of introducing STARK proofs to blockchain and is committed to exploring the possibilities of adopting this technology with various teams.

In May 2022, StarkWare announced the completion of a $800 million Series D financing round worth $1 billion, led by Greenoaks Capital and Coatue, with participation from other existing and new investors including Tiger Global. Following the completion of the Series D financing, StarkWare's total funding has reached $262 million.

Exciting Roundtable Discussion

"Opportunities in the ZK Narrative"

3:00 - 3:40 Roundtable: "Opportunities in ZK Grand Narrative"

Host: Jack, Executive Editor of BlockBeats

Guests:

Alvaro Fernndez, Opside Business Director: Prior to joining Opside, Alvaro Fernndez had 6 years of experience in the Web3 field, serving as an investor, advisor, and strategist.

ZK-RaaS (ZK-rollup-as-a-service) provider Opside announced the completion of a $4 million seed round of financing in April this year, led by Web3.com Ventures.

Laura Shi, Consensys Head of International Expansion: Laura Shi has over 10 years of experience in investment consulting and asset management, with a deep understanding of the market and expertise across multiple industries and business cycles.

Ethereum infrastructure development company ConsenSys announced a Series D funding round of $450 million with a valuation of $7 billion in March 2022, led by ParaFi Capital, with participation from Temasek, SoftBank Vision Fund II, Microsoft, Anthos Capital, Sound Ventures, C Ventures, Third Point, Marshall Wace, TRUE Capital Management, and UTA VC, among others.

Dave, Taiko Developer Relations Engineering Manager: Taiko is an Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution based on ZK-Rollup, and is building the world's first ZK-Rollup (Type 1 zkEVM) equivalent to Ethereum to maximize technical and ideological compatibility. Taiko's permissionless design maximizes decentralization and security, while supporting the reuse of all Ethereum tools and code to ensure the smoothest development experience.

As of now, Taiko has raised $22 million through two rounds of financing: the first round was a seed round of $10 million led by Sequoia China, completed in the third quarter of 2022; the second round was a Pre-A round of $12 million led by Generative Ventures this year.

Victor Ji, Co-founder of Manta Network: Victor Ji graduated from the Kennedy School of Harvard University and as an investor, he is one of the earliest advocates of ZK and modularity.

In July of this year, Manta Network, the privacy protection protocol of the Polkadot ecosystem, the developer p 0x labs completed a Series A financing round of $25 million with a valuation of $500 million. The round was jointly led by Polychain Capital and Sequoia Capital China, with participation from Alliance, CoinFund, and SevenX Ventures.

Tiancheng Xie, Co-founder and CTO of Polyhedra: Polyhedra is a team focusing on developing Web3 full-stack infrastructure using ZKP (Zero-knowledge proof) technology, with a focus on blockchain interoperability, scalability, and privacy.

Early-stage ZK infrastructure company Polyhedra Network has completed two rounds of financing totaling $25 million this year: the first round was a strategic round of $10 million led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, completed in February of this year; the second round was a Pre-A round of $15 million led by Polychain Capital, completed in April of this year.

"Narratives Worth Watching in the Future Bull Market"

3: 40 - 4: 20 Roundtable: "Narratives Worth Paying Attention to in the Future Bull Market"

Host: Zhang Shuhao, Executive Editor of BlockBeats

Panelists:

Nico, Head of North American Investments at MetaStone Group: MetaStone Group was established in 2017 as a comprehensive investment group, with business covering the primary and secondary markets. It invests in outstanding projects and companies in various areas such as blockchain metaverse, blockchain gaming, VR, AR, and NFT, with an asset management scale of $1 billion.

Yoann Turpin, Co-founder of Wintermute: Wintermute Trading is a cryptocurrency market maker focusing on high-frequency algorithmic trading and market-making services. It is dedicated to proprietary trading and providing market-making services to crypto projects (ICOs and listings) and crypto exchanges.

Matthew Graham, Founder of Sino Global Capital: Since 2013, Matthew has been actively involved in the blockchain industry, providing support to numerous renowned entrepreneurs and companies in complex market environments. In 2015, he founded SGC, initially as a sell-side institutional tech investment platform, focusing on strategic cooperation and investment for international tech companies in emerging markets. Matthew has been a key driver behind SGC's long-term strategic vision and mission.

Momir Amidzic, Investment Director at IOSG Ventures: IOSG Ventures is a cryptocurrency fund founded in 2017. As an investment-driven company, IOSG assists project founders in developing community-driven protocols that have the potential to reshape the landscape of the cryptocurrency field.

Ian Emerson, Investment Partner at Fabric Ventures: Since 2020, Ian has been an investment partner at Fabric Ventures, a London-based venture capital firm focused on gaming, media, and vertical consumer markets. Ian holds a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and Management from Imperial College London, as well as a degree from Imperial College Business School. As a leading European Web3 fund, Fabric Ventures is dedicated to supporting the most ambitious founders in the Web3 space, collectively building an open economy.

Jademont, Founding Partner of Waterdrip Capital: Jademont has been involved in blockchain since 2012 and has been active in multiple blockchain open-source communities. Currently, he is engaged in the investment incubation of blockchain projects and research on blockchain applications.

"Is Modularity the Infrastructure for Building the Next Generation of Public Chains?"

4:20 - 5:00 Roundtable: "Is Modularity the Infrastructure for Building the Next Generation of Public Chains?"

Host: Aaron, MetaStone Group Research Director

Guests:

Nick White, Celestia Co-founder: Nick White is the co-founder and COO of Celestia. He was previously a co-founder of Harmony and a senior AI expert at Zeroth.ai. He graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering. Celestia is a modular blockchain network built on top of Ethereum L2 Rollup. The blockchain and all VMs can use Celestia as a data availability layer and consensus layer, not just EVM.

Modular blockchain team Celestia Labs announced the completion of $55 million in Series A and B financing in October 2022, led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital.

Nick Dodson, Fuel Labs CEO: Fuel Labs is building a new execution layer to scale the next generation of blockchain applications. FuelVM is designed to be modular and can serve as the execution engine for any blockchain.

Ethereum scaling solution Fuel Labs announced the completion of $80 million financing in September 2022, led by Blockchain Capital and Stratos Technologies.

David, Radius Co-founder: Radius was the first to introduce a trustless shared sorting layer that provides an economical and sustainable solution for Rollup while protecting its users from harmful MEV impacts.

Shared sequencer solution Radius announced the completion of a $1.7 million Pre-Seed financing round in June this year, led by Hashed, with participation from Superscrypt, Lambdaclass, and Crypto.com.

Alvin Kan, APAC Head of the Sei Foundation: Sei is a Layer 1 blockchain built on Cosmos, optimized for seamless digital asset exchange.

Sei Network announced a $80 million valuation and completed a $30 million financing round in April this year, with participation from Jump Capital, Distributed Global, Multicoin Capital, Asymmetric Capital Partners, Flow Traders, Hypersphere Ventures, IOBC Capital, and Bixin Ventures.

Kartin, Co-founder of Hyper Oracle: Hyper Oracle is a programmable zkOracle network designed to provide high-scale computation for Ethereum. Hyper Oracle relies on Ethereum's security using zero-knowledge proofs, instead of relying on staking mechanisms.

ZK oracle network Hyper Oracle announced the completion of a $3 million seed funding round in January this year, led by dao 5 and Sequoia China Seed Fund, with participation from MetaStone Group, Foresight Ventures, FutureMoney Group, and others.

"Development Trends and Challenges in the Web3 Top Track"

5:00 - 5:30 Roundtable: "Development Trends and Challenges in the Web3 Top Track"

Moderator: Rocio, Investor Relations Partner at Commonwealth Capital

Guests:

William, PlayEstates CEO: PlayEstates is a digital platform that tokenizes real-world assets (RWA) such as real estate into NFTs. By leveraging blockchain technology and tokenization, PlayEstates enables ownership fragmentation of properties through Property NFTs (PNFTs), allowing users to invest in real estate from anywhere with prices as low as $10.

Tommy Deng, Beosin General Manager: Beosin is a blockchain security company that provides a comprehensive range of blockchain security products and services, including code security audits before project launch, security risk monitoring during project operation, early warning and blocking, recovery of stolen virtual currency assets, and security compliance KYT/AML.

Jerry Zhou, Aibit Exchange COO: Aibit is a digital asset derivatives trading platform based in Singapore. It focuses on providing investors with comprehensive digital financial asset services, including contract trading, spot trading, fiat trading, and various wealth management products.

Herbert Sim, Websea COO: Websea is a Web3 digital asset trading platform designed for young people worldwide. It features a dual account security system, intelligent copy trading, and other innovative services, helping more young people enter the Web3.0 world conveniently, quickly, and safely.

Singapore Marina Bay Sands (Image source: Internet)

After the keynote speeches and panel discussions, the organizers will host a networking cocktail party for the attendees to freely interact and connect with each other. The event is expected to continue until 22:00 on the same day. Currently, there are already over 600 registered participants. Please click the link to register.