News Flash live from
#cfcstmoritz
⚡
In this morning’s panel discussion ‘Layer 1 Superpowers: Consensus & Execution At Scale,’ we learned that entities from across the Hedera and Algorand ecosystems, including the HBAR Foundation, the Algorand Foundation, the Hashgraph
In January,
@QredoNetwork
will be present at the CfC St. Moritz as one of our conference partners. Meet Qredo's
@bspector
👉Chief Product and Technology Officer at the conference, where he will be sharing his insights in one of our panel discussions.
On our panel "Layer 1 Superpowers: Consensus & Execution at Scale"
@hedera
Co-Founder & inventor of the hashgraph distributed consensus algorithm,
@leemonbaird
, will be speaking on the topic of opportunities and challenges Layer 1s are currently facing. Welcome to
#cfcstmoritz
!
🎙
@EvanWeb3
, Co-Founder and CEO of
@Mysten_Labs
, the initial contributor to
@SuiNetwork
, is building the internet of tomorrow. In two weeks, he joins our panel on "The Road Ahead for Web3 and Beyond: Unraveling Its True Value." ❄️
Lasse: "Startups have less to lose compared to established companies." Mathias sees the hurdle for
#DeFi
mass adoption not in technology, but in open questions of companies, e.g. in accounting. Highly interesting panel with
@lalleclausen
,
@Mat_CH_IND
,
@StaniKulechov
,
@danreecer_
!
The
@AlgoFoundation
's and Staci Warden's unwavering support and dedication have played a pivotal role in shaping the CfC St. Moritz since the beginning of our partnership. We are looking forward to the second year of close collaboration for the CfC St. Moritz 2024 🏔
Today, we are proud to announce our long-term partnership with
@AlgoFoundation
🤝 As our premier partner, CEO Staci Warden and her team will support various agenda items at the event, from the bespoke social activations, to a panel discussion as well as other initiatives 🎊
"AI needs blockchain!"
In an inspiring talk
@ilblackdragon
from
@NEARProtocol
describes the future development of AI systems in its interconnection with blockchain technology. Utilising decentralised infrastructure he predicts the following stages:
1) Chain abstraction 👉 AI
I am absolutely delighted to have been asked to speak at
@CFCstmoritz
this coming January! Play2Earn gaming is changing the world, and I look forward to sharing the
@GoGalaGames
mission with industry leaders!
Dive into tech's future with
@leemonbaird
's (
@Hedera
&
@SwirldsLabs
) recent article for the CfC St. Moritz knowledge center. 👉Discover how AI & blockchain are not just intersecting,but enhancing each other's capabilities. A must-read for tech innovators!
“We sent a man to the moon. We can send the Dollar to cyberspace.” Yesterday, on stage at
@cfcstmoritz
2020,
@giancarloMKTS
announced the imminent launch of the Digital Dollar Project to help turn that statement into reality. More in today's
@WSJ
article:
What's a trust trap and why are most digital assets today still stored with third-party custodians, despite Bitcoin offering the possibility of completely removing trust from transactions? 🔐
👉 Find out in our newest knowledge article by
@QredoNetwork
:
The afternoon starts with NFTs!
@WilliamEQuigley
(
@wax_io
) discusses where we are today and where we are going with NFTs 2.0. "NFTs will be linked and tokenized to consumer products - every product will have a digital twin"
#cfcstmoritz
🔀Blockchain interoperability: fundamentals, practical cross-chain messaging use cases, and the future
This foundational workshop hosted by
@danreecer_
and
@RobinsonBurkey
of
@wormholecrypto
covered the core principles of cross-chain messaging and its role in achieving a
The
@1inch
Network unites decentralized protocols enabling the most lucrative, fastest and protected operations in DeFi.
@GArentoft
, Head of Product at 1inch Pro, will join our panel
#DeFi
vs. Goliath – DeFi as a catalyst for real world adoption. See you soon! 🏔
Thank you,
@eric_ldn
from
@AlgoFoundation
for reminding us of the importance of storytelling in making complex and relevant information easy to understand.
Especially in our industry, with its complexity and variety of new terms, we can all do our part to make our topics more
Coming together on top of the world: High performance, high speed and high-tech. Through
@krakenfx
partnership with
@WilliamsRacing
,
#cfcstmoritz
is displaying a Williams Racing F1 car. Kraken is providing a special kind of experience for participants by featuring a Williams
„Switzerland has led the charge in many innovative sectors over the years, and with
#cryptocurrencies
comprising part of the fourth industrial revolution, it could make sense for the country to take the lead on this front as well.“
@_BR_JSA
at
#CFC18
💯
📣
@swissborg
is democratising wealth management by making it fun, fair, and community-centric 👉 Founder & CEO
@Cyrus_Fazel
will join us next week to share his vast experience on our panel "Staking And Lending As An Enabler Of The (DeFi) Industry".
#cfcstmoritz
For the upcoming conference this January, we are excited to partner with
@ConcordiumNet
– 🔒 the first non-permission-based public blockchain that global businesses can trust and with ID at the protocol level.
Welcome to the CfC St. Moritz! 🎊
Our partner
@HiveBlockchain
is the first publicly traded crypto miner, listing on the Toronto Venture Exchange in 2017⚡️ Next week, Executive Chairman
@bulldogholmes
, will be joining us on a panel on «Brave new world: Looking for authenticity and sustainability in crypto mining»
"Companies need to ensure the basics while building the complex." - Nick Percoco
Does crypto have a problem with "due diligence"?
Who better to explain it to us at
#cfcstmoritz
than Nick Percoco (
@c7five
) from
@krakenfx
.
To reduce the risk of having a problem, a few simple
Welcome,
@stablehouse_io
– a people-first platform, empowering everyone to invest, learn & earn from sustained, high-interest returns on digital currencies🔒 CEO
@philippebek
will be joining us for a chat on the «Challenges of liquidity providers enabling certainty for investors»
In
@fgthiel
's workshop, we discussed why bitcoin mining can be important for balancing the power grid & how to harness unused energy ➕ How miners can mine in a sustainable & cost-effective way that even goes beyond renewables like wind & solar - using energy from landfills.
Welcome home to our 90+ speakers who have travelled from all over the world for
#cfcstmoritz
2024. It's wonderful to have you back in the Swiss Alps 🏔 We're more than ready for great conversations and knowledge sharing over the coming days.
Only 8 weeks left until the world’s most exclusive investor conference on
#cryptocurrencies
and
#blockchain
investments.
Save the date and apply now:
🔹 🔹
📅 January 16-18, 2019
📍 Suvretta House,
@StMoritz_ch
, Switzerland 🇨🇭
#CFCon19
Barney Mannerings (
@vegaprotocol
) on the 2 key
#cypherpunk
legacies in
#DeFi
: permissionless innovation & privacy: "Today it's possible to develop a multi-million dollar business - you just use an internet server, build a website & app." Projects such as
@monero
focus on privacy.
„Bitcoin is still an experiment, but theres a more than 50% chance that
#Bitcoin
will succeed and reach one million in less than 10 years. 20% chance it completely fails.“ -
@Wences
Casares.
#CFConUSA
🚀In January,
@NEARProtocol
Co-Founder
@ilblackdragon
will join us on stage in St. Moritz to talk about "The age of AI". How will the rise of AI intersect with the world of crypto finance & how will blockchain technology advance as a result of AI’s seemingly limitless potential?
An agenda highlight we're looking forward to on our second conference day: «NFT 2.0 – The evolution of digital assets from gaming to commerce and the open metaverse» 🧬 by
@WilliamEQuigley
, CEO & Co-Founder of
@WAX_io
👾
CEO of
@Ledger
,
@_pgauthier
, presents the importance of security for your bitcoins. „To steel 3 tons of gold you need an army...in crypto it is very easy“. With a show of hands it was signified that a large amount of the audience utilises
@Ledger
already.
#cfcstmoritz
Once upon a time, a Swiss mountain village awoke from hibernation. 1864, pioneers created a legendary destination. Now, new pioneers conquer new horizons.
Thank you all for being part of CfC St. Moritz. We will be sharing more highlights of CfC St. Moritz 2020 soon.
#cfcstmoritz
Are
#NFTs
needed in a
#metaverse
? Florent Moulin, Dan Keyworth, Jake Brukhman & David Wachsman shed light on
#metaverse
and
#NFT
powered economies. The answer: They are crucial, especially if you want to profit from secondary markets. You need another coin for payments.
🚂 What do the rail system, phone system and early internet have in common? Early days volatility 📈 And according to
@Scaramucci
at the
#cfcstmoritz
2023: "If you get turned off by the volatility of an emerging market, you may miss a great investment opportunity."
Sébastien Borget, David Namdar, Andrew Kessler & David Wachsman discuss the possibilities of
#playtoearn
and
#gaming
. The field and the possibilities are huge. Still, it's healthy to maintain some skepticism, says
@namdar
.
❄️A few months ago, we announced the
@AlgoFoundation
as our premier partner for the next 3 years. What a great match! ✨ Thank you,
@StaciW_DC
,
@eric_ldn
, Daniel Yang– and the whole team at Algorand Foundation – for your contribution to an excellent event experience!
#cfcstmoritz
„Having money on the phone comes easily to the younger generation.“ In the fireside chat
@namdar
, enthustiastly discusses Technology insights with
@lighting
CEO,
@starkness
- „making cheap, fast, private transactions available to anyone around the world“.
We are so excited to share the official
#CFC18
aftermovie! 3 intense days full of great keynotes, panels, talks, with an high profile crowd of
#crypto
and
#blockchain
experts and enthusiasts in the beautiful winter wonderland of
@stmoritz_ch
🎥
Yesterday at
#cfcstmoritz
,
@ShapeShift
founder and
#ogdecentralist
@ErikVoorhees
commented on his involvement in an interesting new project called Morpheus, which explores the intersection of blockchain and AI. He also shared his point of view on the now officially approved
Three days full of educational insights, industry updates, new connections, shared chair lift rides & laughs behind CfC St. Moritz masks ❄️ THANK YOU to everyone who made it up to St. Moritz ✨
We will be sharing photos and videos of our keynotes and panel discussions soon🎥
We are kicking off
#cfcstmoritz
with
@ericvanderkleji
moderating an insightful fireside chat with
@winklevoss
and
@tylerwinklevoss
, where they shared how they first discovered crypto: „We found Bitcoin in Ibiza. A guy recognized us and came up to us and introduced us to Bitcoin.“
Honored to have
@TimDraper
for the Crypto Finance Conference USA. He has won the
#Bitcoin
US Marshall’s auction in 2014, investing in over 50
#crypto
companies, and having led investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others. See you in California. 🇺🇸
#CFConUSA
🍄
@C_Angermayer
on his discovery of psychedelics and its benefits on mental health and how the «disease of ageing» can be reversed. With scientific experiments, he is working on introducing psychedelics to politics for conflict solution.
#cfcstmoritz
From cryptocurrency to creative currency 🎨: What are the financial opportunities in the metaverse? How does blockchain fit into the equation & what can we learn from the history of crypto’s past for this new horizon?
@rebeccabarkin
,
@surrealucidity
,
@viewfromhk
&
@davidwachsman
Cin cin! 🥂
@krakenfx
is hosting the legendary Thursday night
#cfcstmoritz
afterparty! 🎊 The team at Kraken will additionally host a lunch roundtable discussion & share their knowledge in one of our panel discussions on staking and lending as an enabler of the (
#Defi
) industry.
We’re excited to welcome
@patron_io
on board as a
#CFCon
sponsor. Patron Japan based company and building a
#decentralized
influencer marketing platform to eliminate inefficiencies in branded content and social media. Read more:
#CFConUSA
🇺🇸
📣 We're starting our speaker announcements with the author of five books and founder of
@SkyBridge
&
@saltconference
,
@Scaramucci
🎊 He's one of
@Cointelegraph
's Top 100 Influencers in Crypto & Blockchain 2022 & one of
@worthmag
's 100 Most Powerful People in Global Finance 2016.
Todays workshop explores how
@Gigaglobal
is mobilizing 5B$ of investment capital, including crypto to finance emerging market telecoms infrastructure & also how the project uses applied blockchain to monitor and pay for school 📚connectivity in realtime.
#Unicef
#cfcstmoritz
Next stop: CfC St. Moritz 2020
Let's continue our journey to the future world of crypto finance and blockchain.
Today is the day, we open the 4th Crypto Finance Conference in the amazing Suvretta House in the middle of the breathtaking nature of the Swiss Alps.
#cfcstmoritz
Two more days until we gather for the CfC St. Moritz 2022 at the prestigious Suvretta House – surrounded by the probably most beautiful alpine landscape Switzerland has to offer 🏔
The
#CFC18
organizers on stage closing the conference. It has been an incredible gathering of old and new
#crypto
enthusiasts with outstanding content in a beautiful venue!
See you at
#CFC19
! Until then - let‘s build the future of
#CryptoFinance
🚀
"When the banks do not come to Crypto, Crypto comes to the banks. It is the one way, or the other." Dr. Stephan A. Zwahlen,
@nikolajsen_BTCS
,
@guido_buehler
and Eric Sarasin about the challenges of banking in the world of blockchain and crypto.
#cfcstmoritz