24 days ago • cointelegraph
Here’s why STX, CFX, SSV, AGIX and GRT are the top performing assets in February
Despite Bitcoin’s muted monthly performance, STX, SSV, CFX, AGIX and GRT surged higher, likely because of popular market narratives.
73 days ago • cryptodaily
Building Blocks Event for Web3 Startups Announced for ETH TLV With Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross
Tel Aviv, Israel, 10th January, 2023, ChainwireBuilding Blocks 23, a web3 builder-focused event, will be hosted in central Tel Aviv on February 7, 2023. Hosted by top Israeli companies as part of ETH TLV, the one-day Building Blocks event will bring together Ethereum developers and communities.
A series of workshops, panel discussions, and informal events will take place across Tel Aviv throughout ETH TLV. Building Blocks 23 organizers Collider, Fireblocks, and MarketAcross, in conjunction with StarkWare, will guide delegates through the art of creating a successful web3 business.
“On the global stage, Tel Aviv plays an out-sized role in innovative startups with proven track records,” said Idan Ofrat, Co-founder and CTO at Fireblocks. “With the emergence of web3, we are excited to co-host Building Blocks 23 and to support the city’s forward-thinking startup culture, bringing together the best collective experiences and insights that the country has to offer.”
Building Blocks 23 will form a day-long event for the foundations of web3 entrepreneurship. Founders and builders will share personal knowledge and experience of the industry’s ups and downs. The lessons, mistakes, and success stories of successful web3 builders will be recounted for the benefit of those whose web3 journey has just begun.
A series of talks will cover lessons and experiences of building in web3, mastering leading protocols, and staying on course in the face of market turbulence. Topics will also include fundraising, finding product market fit, building a security-first organization, growing a community, and building teams and culture in a distributed setting. In addition, a series of practical workshops will cover such matters as treasury management, developing sustainable tokenomic frameworks, and effective marketing and branding.
“Israel has always been a builders' hub,” said Itai Elizur, COO of MarketAcross. “Innovation is part of our DNA. Naturally, the narrative has shifted from Israel being a startup nation to a web3 nation. Tel Aviv is an ideal host as it continues to be a tech engine for a top-notch community of developers.”
Eylon Aviv, Principal at Collider, said: “We're excited to finally be hosting a global web3 conference in Tel Aviv. Our partners from abroad have been asking us for years when we'll be bringing an event to the city, and we're thrilled to be able to make it happen. We can't wait to bring together experts from around the world to share their knowledge and insights with the vibrant and dynamic blockchain community in Tel Aviv.”
Guest speakers confirmed for Building Blocks 23 include blockchain skeptic and Ethereum expert Udi Wertheimer, SSV Network CEO Alon Muroch and a wide range of representatives from The Graph, Safe, Avalanche, AAVE and Solidus Labs.
About Collider VC
Founded in 2018, Collider is a venture capital fund focused on digital assets and early-stage startups to support the next generation of companies, protocols, and products that are building the digital native economy.
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About MarketAcross
Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, MarketAcross is the world's leading blockchain PR and marketing firm. It provides a complete end-to-end marketing solution for blockchain firms across the globe.
MarketAcross has helped many of the industry's largest exchanges and blockchain projects, including Polkadot, Solana, Binance, Polygon, Crypto.com, Huobi, and eToro, build their brands among cryptocurrency and blockchain audiences.
Learn more: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn
About Fireblocks
Fireblocks is an enterprise-grade platform delivering a secure infrastructure for moving, storing, and issuing digital assets. Fireblocks enables exchanges, lending desks, custodians, banks, trading desks, and hedge funds to securely scale digital asset operations through the Fireblocks Network and MPC-based Wallet Infrastructure. Fireblocks serves over 1,500 financial institutions, has secured the transfer of over $3 trillion in digital assets and has a unique insurance policy that covers assets in storage & transit. Some of the biggest trading desks have switched to Fireblocks because it's the only solution that CISOs and Ops Teams both love.
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135 days ago • cryptodaily
Israel Crypto Conference Returns to ZOA Tel Aviv on December 7
Tel Aviv, Israel, 9th November, 2022, ChainwireThe winter edition of Israel Crypto Conference (ICC) is returning to ZOA Tel Aviv on December 7. The day-long event will bring together industry leaders, blockchain companies, and the wider crypto community for a series of insightful keynotes and panel discussions.
At ICC winter edition, delegates will have an opportunity to discuss the broader impact of blockchain technology and to hear about the ways in which it is positively impacting people’s lives.
Topics under the spotlight include an institutional appetite for crypto, the emergence of new use cases, and the ways in which the industry is evolving to better meet consumer demand.
There will be a particular focus on web3, with ICC tackling such issues as:
Correlation between DeFi, TradFi, and CBDCs
Entrepreneurship: how to fund ventures in crypto winter
Regulatory trends and how the industry adjusts to comply
Metaverse and NFTs
How web2 players will enter web3
Improving blockchain security to reduce attack vectors
Spotlight on new layer-1 and layer-2 networks
Over 600 delegates are expected to attend the event at ZOA Tel Aviv Daniel Frish 1, which will be tailored to the needs of two specific groups. The main conference will unfold in the ZOA House theater in Tel Aviv, where a series of panels and presentations have been lined up.
There will also be a separate workshop for builders and developers that’s focused on ways in which the underlying technology can be utilized to greater effect.
Partners confirmed for the event include SCRT Labs, SSV Network, Fuse.io, Chainalysis, AWS, Social Wisdom, Masterkey, Crymbo, Barclays, SquarePeg, Ethereum Foundation, and Chromia, Speakers, and sponsors interested in becoming part of the Israel Crypto Conference are invited to contact [email protected]
About Israel Crypto Conference
ICC is Israel’s premier blockchain event. Hosted in Tel Aviv, the bi-annual conference brings together leading crypto companies and financial experts from across Israel and beyond. Delegates can look forward to a varied programme that includes practical talks, workshops, and panel discussions together with networking opportunities.
For more information, visit: https://www.israelcrypto.io/events/israel-crypto-conferenceContactIsrael crypto [email protected]+972544543172