On December 18, 2024, the #IOST Japan Community Annual Meeting was held at XEX ATAGO GREEN HILLS in Tokyo. The venue is located near Tokyo Tower, with a magnificent view of the city skyline. The event was hosted by OKJ and Aptos, and co-organized by IOST and Mask. IOST CEO Blake also attended the event.
This annual meeting brought together more than 100 Web3 industry elites from around the world, including representatives from various project communities, executives from cryptocurrency exchanges, leaders in Japan's Web3 industry, and representatives from internationally renowned projects.
CryptoBaby, a well-known influencer in the Japanese cryptocurrency space, served as the host of the event. OKJ COO Mr. Hakkaku first gave an opening speech, reviewing OKJ’s achievements in 2024 and sharing their vision for 2025.
Later, in the following project exchange session, Thomas from Aptos, Yan from Mask Network, and Blake from IOST spoke successively. Blake highlighted IOST’s breakthrough progress in the field of Web3 payment solutions and shared the exciting community activity plan to be launched in 2025.
Finally, Thomas from Aptos and Mr. Hakkaku from OKJ raised their glasses together to thank the Web3 community for its various activities and positive contributions in 2024.
After the toast, participants actively communicated while enjoying Tokyo's delicious food and beautiful scenery, and had a relaxing and enjoyable time.
Also, check out Blake's special message to the community from Tokyo:
https://x.com/IOSToken_jp/status/1869703002992562277
Introduction to IOST
Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Singapore, IOST has received support from top global investment institutions such as Sequoia Capital, Matrix and ZhenFund. Today, IOST is fully upgraded to a Web3 decentralized payment network through PayPIN. Through PayPIN, IOST has built a decentralized Web3 payment network that aims to completely change the payment experience in the Web3 field.
Based on IOST 3.0, PayPIN uses chain abstraction layer, decentralized identity (DID) and unified payment protocol to achieve seamless cross-chain payment and multi-chain asset management. To further improve performance and scalability, PayPIN integrates Layer-2 solution PayFi, which can connect to a wider blockchain ecosystem and support multiple payment scenarios.
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