Network States and the New Geopolitical Reality (Remote) 🔰
We are on the verge of fundamental geopolitical shifts, and there are two countries – Israel and India – and two technologies – Crypto and AI – which will have a outsized impact on this era of new digital/physical sovereignty.
A no-holds-barred critique of Ethereum's evolution from cypherpunk dream to corporate bureaucracy. Industry veterans dissect how consensus-seeking culture, architectural overengineering, L2 cannibalization, developer insularity, and glacial execution have impacted Ethereum's promise and market position.
Security and custody experts will dissect the Bybit security incident, exploring systemic vulnerabilities, countermeasures that could have prevented it, and the future of institutional-grade security infrastructure for digital assets.
The Unicorn Blueprint: Lessons from Israel’s Giants 🔰
Three of Israel’s top founders — Eli Ben-Sasson (StarkWare), Idan Ofrat (Fireblocks), and Yoni Assia (eToro)—share their unfiltered insights on building billion-dollar companies at the intersection of cryptography, finance, and blockchain technology.
The Unicorn Blueprint: Lessons from Israel’s Giants 🔰
Itai Elizur
Moderator
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2:00 pm
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2:40 pm
Building in the Trenches 🔰
Veteran builders will share unfiltered insights from the front lines of web3 development and go to market, revealing the unexpected challenges, brick walls they've met along the way, and practical solutions that have defined them as succesfull founders
Industry veterans Matt Kumell, Lou Kerner, and Adam Benayoun examine the striking parallels between previous technological cycles and the current web3 landscape, offering crucial historical lessons for builders and investors navigating today's market cycles.
Staking 2.0 is the next evolution of staking, empowering validators to enhance security and functionality for any application, driving Ethereum’s competitiveness and decentralization.
Fireside with Mike Silagadze Founder & CEO @ EtherFi
Matan Sitbon
Moderator
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4:30 pm
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5:10 pm
Fireside chat with Eric Weinstein 🔰
Crypto's evolution from counterculture to mainstream and the economic implications of systems not based on debt or monetary printing. Alternative units of account challenging traditional value measurements, geopolitical consequences of competing reserve assets, and predictions of crypto's evolutionary trajectory in a changing world order.