The 5th edition of Paris Blockchain Week, the leading conference on blockchain and Web3, and Europe’s largest gathering of thought leaders, innovators, and experts from around the world, concluded at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris on April 9–11, 2024.
Introduction
The conference attracted over 9000 attendees and more than 500 speakers, including notable figures such as Richard Teng, CEO of Binance; Kingsley Coman, international French football player and Lingo ambassador; Jeremy Allaire, co-founder, chairman, and CEO of Circle; Tim Draper, founder and managing partner at Draper Associates. Also featured were Blaise Matuidi, football legend and Web3 investor, and many others.
Key Speakers and Participants
The conference hosted prominent speakers such as Marina Ferrari, French Secretary of State for Digital Affairs; David Marcus, CEO and co-founder of Lightspark; Jan Van Eck, CEO of Van Eck; Arianna Simpson, General Partner of Andreessen Horowitz; Ryan Selkis, co-founder and CEO of Messari; Mo Shaikh, co-founder and CEO of Aptos; Verena Ross, Chair of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA); Jiten Varu, Head of FinTech & Web3 — Industry Leader EMEA at Amazon Web Services; Eric Anziani, President and COO of Crypto.com; Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple; Karina Fernandez, General Manager of Emerging Digital Technologies at Shell, and others.
The Future of Web3 and Blockchain Technologies
Today, with companies from all over the world participating in the Web3 and blockchain industry, awareness of the developments and advancements made through the Paris Blockchain Week will lead to many more breakthroughs in the future. Web3 includes elements of distributed networks, the Semantic Web, and virtual spaces, and blockchain is considered one of its core technologies. Blockchain provides a mechanism to record data transactions in a distributed ledger and prevent tampering. Thus, Web3 can be described as a decentralized, next-generation Internet that utilizes blockchain technology.
The 5th edition of Paris Blockchain Week showcased significant achievements and opportunities in blockchain and Web3 technologies. It is expected that this progress will drive further development in the industry in the future.
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