Hey everyone, I’m Jiabao! I just had a super exciting “Token2049” trip in Singapore, and now I’m here to talk to you about my wonderful experiences and feelings this week.
Arrived at Sands check-in on the 17th. Hey, the super cool F1 car from last year is on display on the first floor again. From the 18th to the 19th, it is the main venue of Token2049. Compared with last year, the total number of visitors this time is not as large as the event in Dubai. There are quite a few exhibits from Asia, but it feels that the number of Asian visitors is far less than that of foreign visitors. There are more than 200 exciting side events around. In order to attract popularity, each company has really tried its best. Many platforms have organized morning jogging, breakfast appointments, and coffee appointments. I wonder if any friends have gotten up early to participate? There are also EVG, BearChain, OKX, etc., which have invited the famous DJ Soda! Bitget and RaveDAO even generously booked Zouk and invited 100 top DJs to help! HTX found a web3 rapper, and the lyrics are very interesting. He complained about "cutting leeks" at the beginning. The advantage of living upstairs in the Sands is that the Marquee on the B1 floor is very lively every night. Every day, big public chains like SUI are active here. I heard that USDC will be deployed on SUI. Famous NFTs like Azuki rented out the place for a party until 2 or 3 o'clock. I also took the opportunity to meet many new friends in the Southeast Asian community and well-known overseas institutions. There is also a company called LastShop, which actually chartered a bus and integrated a conference route to pick everyone up and drop them off at various venues for free. This idea is simply amazing.
At Token2049, I was deeply impressed by several guests. The first was Snowden, who was involved in the "Prism Gate" incident many years ago. His video speech mainly conveyed the following point of view: the world has changed dramatically, but the invasion of citizens' privacy by intelligence agencies has not decreased, but has become more covert and extensive with the development of technology. Large-scale surveillance has become a reality. However, this also highlights the unique power of decentralized encryption technology. The purpose of designing a system based on the worst possible situation is to avoid those inevitable results. He also mentioned the process of Durov's arrest for resisting the control of Telegram by the old forces, as well as the recent explosion of the BP machine in Lebanon. This makes people sigh that in this era of the Internet of Things, it is very likely to be used by various forces and then become a "bomb of everything". Another person who impressed me was Iggy, who released a meme called "Mother". This well-known European and American female rapper with a big peach buttocks has a strong marketing ability. The afterparty she organized was so hot that it spread rapidly like a virus and became popular all over the Internet. Many foreign stars and artists, such as JJ Lin, appeared at the ARC event. V God appeared at the venue for several consecutive days with a canvas bag on his back. I didn’t expect that the two of them would magically merge! The main theme is cross-border and out of the circle!
From September 20th to September 21st, Solana Breakpoint was held. This is the largest and most influential ecological conference in the Solana ecosystem, which conveys important information such as value judgment, future direction, and wealth code. There are very few Asian guests at this conference. 80% of the participants are Europeans and Americans, and there are many exhibitors that I have never heard of before. There are a lot of new news here, such as Circle will cooperate with Solana to launch AI agents, and Franklin Templeton plans to launch mutual funds on Solana. On the 20th, I was fortunate to be the guest host of "Why Depin on Solana", and the atmosphere of the hackathon on the scene was simply explosive. Eric, a representative of the Solana super team from Silicon Valley, and anqiliu, a venture capital under Temasek, made accurate comments on the on-site projects, and also selected the first and second prizes of this Solana hackathon, coral and xpin, one is a web3 mobile phone and the other is a decentralized platform that supports multi-device connection.
During the Token2049, I saw DMCX's NFC bracelet, which can be added to Twitter by just touching it. NEO's NFC card can directly enter the game battle, which is novel and interesting, and has a great customer acquisition effect. The big guys who have gone to Singapore have held club party-style meetups in Singapore, as well as various yachting activities. Friends who usually don't meet in China, all meet in Singapore! I looked at the data, solana, sui and some memes rose during the conference! However, there is little infrastructure for technological innovation during this conference week, and all I can see is depin and defi! The F1 race kicked off on the 20th and lasted for three days. In the past, Token2049 was just riding on the traffic of F1, but now, it should be considered a mutual achievement. The whole of Singapore is full of racing themes. At night, the whole city is full of roaring engines, which is so passionate. Every shopping mall has some commemorative F1-themed T-shirts, and even the wine menus of Manhattan bars feature some customized F1 racing-themed cocktails, creating an immersive and special experience throughout the city!
In short, this trip was very fruitful and I was very happy. Let's see you at the next token2049! #sui链 #solana生态 #token2049 #Breakpoint2024
