Sneak peek at Web3 events in October, important summits not to be missed.
Written by angelilu, Foresight News
October is the month of many exciting Web3 events around the world! This month’s events span across Asia, Europe, and America, covering multiple mainstream public chain ecosystems and fields.
Mainnet 2024 is underway, and Ethereum Kuala Lumpur 2024 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, focusing on the development of the Ethereum ecosystem. Bitcoin enthusiasts should not miss the Future of Bitcoin Conference in Belgium, and Permissionless III will be held in Salt Lake City, USA, focusing on DeFi and Web3 innovation. Zebu Live 2024 will be held in the UK and will explore the impact of emerging technologies on finance. Developers can also pay attention to Pragma San Francisco to focus on blockchain infrastructure construction.
In Asia, Shanghai will host the 2024 Blockchain International Week, which will include technology sharing and project demonstrations. Hong Kong Fintech Week and Solana Hacker House Hong Kong will be held in Hong Kong.
In addition, Avalanche Summit LATAM will be held in Latin America, Cosmoverse 2024 will focus on the Cosmos ecosystem, and Chainlink SmartCon will focus on decentralized oracle technology. The finale is the highly anticipated Binance Blockchain Week, which will gather global blockchain elites in Dubai as a perfect ending to the October run.
Finally, Binance Blockchain Week will bring together global blockchain practitioners in Dubai to conclude the October event.
Foresight News has selected the October "Meeting Guide" for you and invites you to join us for the global Web3 feast.
Mainnet 2024
Time: September 30 to October 2, 2024
Location: New York, USA
Highlights: Mainnet 2024 is an annual summit hosted by Messari. It was held in New York, USA from September 30 to October 2. It is also one of the largest annual crypto events in New York. It is a cross-border event from cryptocurrencies, Wall Street and the Washington government, aiming to help the crypto industry gain more support from new institutions and policymakers. In addition to crypto people such as 1kx partner Diana Biggs and Haun Ventures CEO and founder Katie Haun, the guests also included politicians such as well-known blockchain advocates Congressman Tom Emmer and US Senate candidate Bernie Morena.
Ethereum Kuala Lumpur 2024
Date: October 4 to October 6, 2024
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Highlights: Ethereum Kuala Lumpur 2024 (ETHKL24) will be held at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia from October 4 to October 6, with the summit to be held from October 5 to 6 and the hackathon to be held from October 4 to 6. Guests include well-known crypto people focusing on the Ethereum ecosystem. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin will attend online, and Ethereum Foundation Devcon team leader Skylar Weaver, Etherscan CEO and founder Matthew Tan, Manta Network co-founder Victor Ji, Coingecko CEO and co-founder TM Lee, ENS developer Makoto Inoue and others will attend the event.
Future of Bitcoin Conference
Date: October 5, 2024
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
Highlights: The Future of Bitcoin Conference, a Bitcoin-themed crypto summit, will be held in Antwerp, Belgium on October 5. The conference is hosted by the Dutch crypto trading platform Bitvavo. Guests attending include Aaron van Wirdum, editor-in-chief of Bitcoin Magazine, and several podcasters who focus on the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Permissionless III
Date: October 9 to October 11, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, USA
Highlights: Permissionless III is the third crypto summit held by Blockworks. This year, it was held in Salt Lake City, USA from October 9 to October 11. The topics of concern include the US election, consumption, re-staking and Layer2, multi-chain, Al x Crypto, Bitcoin revival, etc. Guests included Chris Dixon, founder and managing partner of a16z Crypto, Samara Cohen, chief investment officer of BlackRock ETF and index investment, Congressman Tom Emmer, Paul Grewal, chief legal officer of Coinbase, Caroline D. Pham, commissioner of the US CFTC, and Sreeram Kannan, founder of EigenLayer.
Zebu Live 2024
Date: October 10 to October 11, 2024
Location: London, England
Highlights: Zebu is one of the largest Web3 events in the UK. The 2024 event will be held in London, UK from October 10 to October 11. The topics of concern range from artificial intelligence and blockchain to sustainable development and digital transformation. Guests include Animoca Brands Investment CEO Robby Yung and 1inch Network co-founder Sergej Kunz. At the same time, London Web3 Week will be held from October 7 to 17.
Pragma San Francisco
Date: October 16 to October 17, 2024
Location: London, England
What to watch: Pragma San Francisco will be held at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, USA, from October 16 to 17. This event is a one-day in-person summit hosted by ETHGlobal, mainly for developers, focusing on intimacy and high-quality talks. Immediately afterwards, the Ethereum hackathon event ETHGlobal San Francisco will be held in San Francisco, USA from October 18 to 20.
Avalanche Summit LATAM
Time: October 16 to October 18, 2024
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Highlights: Avalanche’s annual summit LATAM will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from October 16 to October 18, where Avalanche will launch an important upgrade of Avalanche - Avalanche 9000. Guests attending the summit include Ava Labs CEO Emin Giin Sirer, Lamina1 CEO and co-founder Rebecca Barkin, Dragonfly general partner Rob Hadick, etc.
2024 Shanghai International Blockchain Week
Date: October 17, 2024
Location: Shanghai, China
Highlights: The 2024 Shanghai Blockchain International Week will open in October. The "10th Blockchain Global Summit" hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Lab on October 17 will be presented at the Shanghai Innovation and Creative Design Institute (former site of Leshide Institute of Technology, No. 505 East Changzhi Road). From October 11 to 19, dozens of side events such as technology sharing and project demonstrations, art markets and academic seminars are also planned to be held at various venues in Hongkou, Shanghai. The 10th Blockchain Global Summit will be themed "Technology for the Future" and stand on the shoulders of "giants" to continue the vitality of the industry. The summit will set up multiple special forums and interactive sessions to enable participants to have a deeper understanding of the various application areas of blockchain technology and explore new directions for future development with peers and like-minded people. At the same time, the ETHShanghai 2024 Summit will be held in Shanghai on October 16, co-organized by core members such as ETHPanda, TinTinLand and ChainFeeds.
Cosmoverse 2024
Date: October 21 to October 22, 2024
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Highlights: Cosmoverse 2024, the annual Cosmos conference, will be held in Dubai from October 21 to 22, focusing on the Cosmos ecosystem, interoperability, and more. Every year, the Cosmos community will travel to a new city, including Lisbon in 2021, Medellin in 2022, and Istanbul in 2023. Guests attending the summit include Osmosis co-founder Sunny Aggarwal, Babylon co-founder Fisher Yu, Overclock Labs CEO and co-founder Greg Osuri, and others.
Solana Hacker House Hong Kong
Date: October 24 to October 26, 2024
Location: Hong Kong, China
Highlights: Solana Hacker House Hong Kong was held in Hong Kong from October 24 to October 26. It was a three-day offline event, including speeches, panel discussions and workshops by industry thought leaders, personal guidance from Solana Labs and Solana Foundation team members, and participating guests had the opportunity to communicate with the Solana ecosystem team.
Hong Kong FinTech Week
Date: October 28 to November 1, 2024
Location: Hong Kong, China
Highlights: Hong Kong FinTech Week will be held from October 28 to November 1, 2024. It is one of the largest and most influential fintech events in Asia, including eight professional forums, each focusing on a different financial field, including blockchain and digital assets forums and artificial intelligence.
https://www.hongkong-fintech.hk/zh/fintech-week/index.html
Binance Blockchain Week
Time: October 30 to October 31, 2024
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Highlights: Binance will hold Binance Blockchain Week at the Dubai Coca-Cola Arena from October 30, 2024 to October 31, 2024. The theme of this year's event is "Potential Energy", which means that potential energy drives the development of the industry. It will discuss the current status of the industry, the obstacles overcome, and the next development direction. Guests include Binance Co-Founder He Yi, Binance CEO Richard Teng, etc.
Chainlink SmartCon
Time: October 30 to October 31, 2024
Location: Hong Kong, China
Highlights: Chainlink's annual Web3 conference SmartCon will be held in Hong Kong from October 30 to 31, focusing on topics including tokenization transformation, financial market infrastructure, DeFi and traditional finance, RWA, etc. This year's SmartCon features a new, dedicated capital market stage, providing a place for the world's largest financial institutions and pioneers from the blockchain industry to showcase how to bring the market to the chain and unlock the tokenized asset economy.
