Cryptic

TOKEN2049 Singapore 🇸🇬 Recap. This year’s only @TOKEN2049 brought the global crypto industry together in Singapore for a week of meetings, side events and conversations across the ecosystem. From the main stage at TOKEN2049 to the @solana Capital Summit, @okx Now and events across the city, it was another opportunity to connect with founders, exchanges, investors, traders and institutions. A few takeaways from the week: 1. Stablecoins are becoming a bigger part of the financial system. The conversation is moving beyond trading pairs and exchange liquidity. Stablecoins are increasingly relevant to payments, cross-border transactions and financial infrastructure, with growing interest in how they can connect crypto with traditional finance. 2. Competition among trading platforms is intensifying. Exchanges are competing for traders through better products, liquidity, execution and new trading opportunities. Prediction markets and the expansion of on-chain trading are adding new dimensions to that competition. In an increasingly crowded market, distribution and user retention matter as much as ever. 3. Institutional interest continues to grow. Tokenization, digital asset infrastructure and the integration of crypto into traditional financial markets were important themes throughout the week. Institutions are looking beyond speculation toward practical applications, market infrastructure and opportunities to participate in the digital asset economy. 4. Distribution remains a competitive advantage. With so many projects competing for attention, building a good product is only part of the equation. Reaching the right audience, establishing trust and converting attention into adoption remain major challenges for crypto businesses. For @Cryptic_Web3, it was another opportunity to strengthen relationships across the ecosystem, meet new teams and stay close to where the market is heading. We partnered with events throughout the week, including @ZoomexOfficial, HSC Singapore, @LBankLabs VIP and @PrincipiaLabs_. I also joined ZOOMEX’s panel, “Where’s the Edge? Trading Crypto and Beyond,” discussing trading, conviction and risk management. TOKEN2049 is always a reminder of how quickly this industry evolves. The narratives change, new competitors emerge and capital moves, but fundamentals, execution and distribution remain critical to building lasting businesses. Until next time, Singapore. 🇸🇬

Satoshi Dinner Club Seoul 🇰🇷 | @kbwofficial edition. 21 decision-makers. One table. An evening of authentic Korean dining and meaningful conversations. No panels. No pitches. Just good food, genuine conversations, and relationships that go beyond the conference floor. Proud to have hosted this edition with @Cryptic_Web3 alongside our partners at @Satoshidinner and @alpheanetwork, bringing together the people who make this industry special. A big thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make it happen @instelmakh @QuintenFrancois, @GavinVDL, @punk3690. Until the next one. 🥂

Next week I’ll be in Seoul for Korea Blockchain Week @kbwofficial. 🇰🇷 Looking forward to supporting our clients in the Korean market and catching up with friends, partners, and builders across the industry. We’re also hosting a private dinner (@Satoshidinner) and supporting several other events as a partner or sponsor. Events we’re involved with: LBank VIP event: luma.com/wdes484o?tk=uN4tTi Satoshi Dinner Club: luma.com/w9w5k8ku HSC: luma.com/HSC_Seoul?tk=n9HqG4 House of Web3: luma.com/va3fal7c If you’re going to KBW, let’s connect. 👋

Satoshi Dinner Club is back this week for @kbwofficial. Co-hosted by us at @Cryptic_Web3 & @alpheanetwork. From Paris 🇫🇷 to Seoul 🇰🇷. 21 seats. A private location in the heart of Seoul. 1 October. Founders, VCs, investors and builders from across the ecosystem. Invited and approved guests only. luma.com/w9w5k8ku

European Blockchain Convention (@EBlockchainCon) is happening in Barcelona 🇪🇸 this week. Europe’s institutional crypto scene will be in one place. And, we at @Cryptic_Web3 are bringing Convergence back together with our co-hosts @KenomicAI & @pipo_stocks. Founders, investors, institutions, banks, protocols & industry leaders. All in one room. Guestlist includes: @tether, @DeutscheBank, @bancosantander, @Polymarket, @binance, @trondao, @Cardano_CF @DraperVC, @coinbase. & more. 🔗 luma.com/5gmf3h7j

We’re back. The 6th edition of Convergence by @Cryptic_Web3 is coming to Barcelona. 🇪🇸 Co-hosted by @KenomicAI, we’re bringing together founders, builders, investors, institutions, banks, protocols, and industry leaders during @EBlockchainCon. As the industry continues to converge with traditional finance, the right conversations and connections matter more than ever. No oversized conferences. No meaningless networking. Just high-quality people, meaningful conversations, and strategic connections. See you in Barcelona. Join us: luma.com/5gmf3h7j Nos vemos en Barcelona! 🇪🇸

$150,000 prize pool for 10X Founders Demo Day v2.0. Not a trophy. Something better. A full go-to-market stack that normally takes nine months and half a treasury to assemble. Capital, Audits, CMC listing, Media, Marketing, Growth, Market Making. All of it, handed to one winning team. Proud to have @Cryptic_Web3 in the lineup next to @injective, @SonicLabs, @1inch, @Galxe, @CoinMarketCap and @Cointelegraph. Special thanks to @InspiraLabsHQ for organizing this. 8 founders. One stage. August 25. Apply: luma.com/mie9hpvt

Last week, @ProofofTalk at the Louvre Palace in Paris 🇫🇷. @Cryptic_Web3 served as official Media Partner, supporting the event on the Media and Marketing side. I was also personally invited by the organization as one of their influential voices. Thank you to the @ProofofTalk team for having us. World class execution. One of the sharpest events this industry has seen. All I can say is I am honestly impressed. The organization, the venue, the people who showed up and spoke on stage. CEO of Franklin Templeton (@FTI_US), CIO of @Mastercard, CIO of SWIFT, Tom Lee @fundstrat of Bitmine, Adam Back @adam3us , @StaniKulechov of @aave. 2,500 attendees, 90% decision makers, representing $18 trillion in AUM. This was THE place to be. The person next to you at lunch runs a fund, builds a protocol, or signs off on a bank’s digital asset strategy. A few takeaways from my side: 1. TradFi is no longer exploring, it is shipping. Franklin Templeton announced its @moonpay partnership for tokenized products live on stage. @Citi unveiled its Tokenization 2030 report. @EuroclearGroup confirmed its tokenization of Europe’s €300B commercial paper market launches Q4 this year. These are not pilots anymore. These are product launches. 2. Stablecoins were the loudest conversation in every room. The Stablecoin Roundtable put the @bankofengland, @BlackRock, @Paxos and @aave at one table. When regulators and asset managers sit together voluntarily, the infrastructure phase is over. Now it is about distribution. 3. Decentralized AI earned a seat at the institutional table. The @bittensor track was not a side show. Institutions are starting to treat decentralized compute as an asset class, not a science project. 4. No pay-to-speak changes everything. Every voice on stage earned it. You feel the difference in the quality of every panel. More events should take note. 5. The real alpha was offstage. Capped attendance means the person next to you at lunch is a decision maker, not a tourist. Three conversations at this event were worth more than 300 booth visits anywhere else. The convergence of TradFi and Crypto is not a narrative anymore. It is a calendar with delivery dates. Proof of Talk was the event you had to be at. See you in 2027.

Day 1 of Balkan Blockchain Summit (@balkansbs) was a blast. • Panel with @ruthybuilds @MeyadeCurfs @Katia_Finance • Private dinner in the mountains of Kosovo with the organizers and sponsors of BBS. • Meeting @RachelConlan the CMO of @binance • Special thanks to @shineDUDES @cryptolbn and the rest of the @balkansbs team for organizing this and the amazing hospitality. Looking forward to Day 2.

A room you can't buy your way into. But you might earn a seat. @proofoftalk takes place June 2–3 at the Palais du Louvre and attendance is capped at 2,500 with some of the most carefully curated minds in Web3, finance and AI. I have 10 nomination spots, and I am giving you the opportunity to be part of it. They have been sold out two years in a row. If you're building something serious, investing with conviction, or operating at a level most people only talk about, this is your shot. Apply below. The Content Council team of Proof of Talk will review and select up to 10 people who will earn a complementary pass. → Apply here: proofoftalk.io/community/

Honored to receive the Crypto Visionary Award in the Netherlands by @BeursinsideNL. A meaningful moment not just personally, but for what it represents. We’re seeing crypto and digital assets move from speculation to real infrastructure, real companies, and real impact. Grateful to be building in this space alongside an incredible team at @Cryptic_Web3 and the broader ecosystem pushing the industry forward. This is just the beginning. Source: beursinside.nl/winnaars-cash…