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HSC Asset Management Conference Comes to Hong Kong, Bringing Together Global Investors and Industry Leaders

The HSC Asset Management Conference is set to take place in Hong Kong on April 23, 2026, at Hopewell Hotel, Crystal Court, 19F, bringing together leading institutional investors, founders, and financial executives from around the world. The event will serve as a platform for fruitful networking, knowledge sharing, and deal-making across traditional and emerging finance sectors.

This one-day conference is designed to connect global funds, family offices, institutional investors, and asset managers with high-growth companies and founders operating in Web3, AI, RWA tokenization, DeFi, PayFi, fintech, and financial infrastructure. Participants will benefit from focused discussions, high-level panel sessions, and curated opportunities to engage directly with decision-makers.

Senior executives and founders from globally recognized companies — including BlackRock, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Ernst & Young, Galaxy Digital, and Spartan Group — are confirmed as speakers. Attendees will gain unique insights into the latest trends and developments shaping global finance through their expertise.

The conference will feature an exclusive VIP Lounge, offering private, high-value conversations between investors and founders, facilitating strategic introductions and partnership opportunities away from the main sessions.

HSC Asset Management Hong Kong 2026 aims to unite capital allocators, founders, and industry leaders. Together, they will explore key themes driving long‑term value creation, including AI, decentralized finance, real‑world asset tokenization, PayFi, and next‑gen financial infrastructure.

Registration is now open, offering a unique opportunity for participants to engage with leading voices in finance and technology.

For media inquiries, please contact:Email: daria@mpost.io

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HSC Asset Management Conference Comes to Hong Kong, Bringing Together Global Investors and Industry Leaders

The HSC Asset Management Conference is set to take place in Hong Kong on April 23, 2026, at Hopewell Hotel, Crystal Court, 19F, bringing together leading institutional investors, founders, and financial executives from around the world. The event will serve as a platform for fruitful networking, knowledge sharing, and deal-making across traditional and emerging finance sectors.

This one-day conference is designed to connect global funds, family offices, institutional investors, and asset managers with high-growth companies and founders operating in Web3, AI, RWA tokenization, DeFi, PayFi, fintech, and financial infrastructure. Participants will benefit from focused discussions, high-level panel sessions, and curated opportunities to engage directly with decision-makers.

Senior executives and founders from globally recognized companies — including BlackRock, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Ernst & Young, Galaxy Digital, and Spartan Group — are confirmed as speakers. Attendees will gain unique insights into the latest trends and developments shaping global finance through their expertise.

The conference will feature an exclusive VIP Lounge, offering private, high-value conversations between investors and founders, facilitating strategic introductions and partnership opportunities away from the main sessions.

HSC Asset Management Hong Kong 2026 aims to unite capital allocators, founders, and industry leaders. Together, they will explore key themes driving long‑term value creation, including AI, decentralized finance, real‑world asset tokenization, PayFi, and next‑gen financial infrastructure.

Registration is now open, offering a unique opportunity for participants to engage with leading voices in finance and technology.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Email: daria@mpost.io

Telegram: dgvrlchik

 

Pavel Durov announced yesterday that The Open Network has completed a major technical upgrade — one that makes TON ten times faster than it was before. B

lock production is now six times quicker, transactions confirm in under a second, and the network runs on an entirely new consensus mechanism. For a blockchain embedded inside Telegram’s ecosystem of over one billion users, that’s not a minor patch. It’s a foundational shift.

“This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA),” Durov wrote in his Telegram channel.

Six more upgrades are coming. The question the market is already asking: what do the other six look like?

What Actually Changed Under the Hood

The upgrade is built around Catchain 2.0 — a new consensus mechanism that fundamentally changes how the network agrees on transaction validity. Before the upgrade, TON confirmed transactions in approximately ten seconds. As of April 10, 2026, sub-second finality is live on mainnet. Blocks now arrive every 400 milliseconds. A new streaming layer pushes state updates to applications almost instantly rather than waiting for apps to request them through polling.

This is not a benchmark run in a controlled environment. It is a live change on the mainnet that any TON application is running on right now. The gap between a user taking an action and that action being confirmed on-chain has collapsed from multiple seconds to approximately one second — and in many cases, less.

For most blockchains, ten-second finality is acceptable. For a network that lives inside a messaging app where people expect responses in milliseconds, it was a fundamental mismatch. Catchain 2.0 closes that gap in a way that makes TON technically competitive with the fastest chains in the space.

The next step, according to Durov, is cutting transaction fees by six times — bringing the already low cost of using TON down further, which matters enormously for the micro-payment and Mini App use cases that define TON’s roadmap inside Telegram.

Why Speed at This Scale Actually Matters for TON

Sub-second finality is not just a performance improvement — it’s a prerequisite. The applications TON is positioned to support at scale inside Telegram’s billion-plus user ecosystem could not be fully realized at ten-second confirmation times. Payments that feel as instant as sending a message. Trades that execute without lag. Mini Apps that respond with the immediacy users expect from every other digital product they use daily.

None of that was fully achievable before this upgrade. It is achievable now.

TON’s strategic position is unique among blockchains. It is not competing for developer attention on a neutral playing field — it is the native blockchain of the world’s fifth-largest messaging platform, with distribution built in. Every Telegram user is a potential TON user. The bottleneck was never distribution. It was whether the underlying technology could deliver the experience those users would expect.

With sub-second finality on mainnet, that bottleneck is removed — at least at the protocol level. Whether users actually feel the difference depends on what developers do next.

The upgrade requires applications to move from polling-based updates to streaming APIs that push real-time state changes directly to the app. Developers who make that transition will deliver genuinely instant UX. Those who don’t will still appear slow to users, even though the network underneath them is no longer the limiting factor.

The Economic Side of Going Faster

The speed upgrade does not come without trade-offs on the economic side, and it’s worth understanding what changes. More blocks per second means more validator rewards — which strengthens staking incentives and draws more TON into the network as staked capital.

The direct consequence is a rise in annual inflation. TON’s inflation rate is expected to increase from approximately 0.6% to around 3.6% as a result of the higher block frequency.

That’s a meaningful change in tokenomics, and one that the community will be watching closely. The theory is that increased staking participation absorbs the additional supply and rewards settle at a new equilibrium — but equilibrium takes time to establish, and the transition period matters.

For long-term TON holders and validators, stronger staking incentives are positive. For those evaluating TON purely as a store of value, the inflation increase is a factor worth pricing in. The network is optimizing for performance and utility over monetary scarcity — a deliberate trade-off that aligns with TON’s role as infrastructure for Telegram’s ecosystem rather than a Bitcoin-style hard money asset.

TON Price Reacted — But Remains Far From Its All-Time High

The market responded to Durov’s announcement with a modest move. TON price climbed from $1.21 to a daily high of $1.32 following the news, before settling back into flat trading. It’s a reaction that reflects cautious optimism rather than euphoria — the upgrade is real and significant, but the broader market environment remains difficult.

Context matters here. TON hit an all-time high of $7.20 back in 2024, during the peak of the Telegram Mini App boom when developers were flooding into the ecosystem and retail interest was at its highest. The distance between $1.32 and $7.20 is significant, and no single technical upgrade closes it overnight.

What the upgrade does is remove a genuine technical ceiling that was limiting what TON could build. Whether that translates into price recovery depends on what gets built next, how the remaining six MTONGA steps land, and whether the market cycle turns in TON’s favour. The infrastructure is now faster than it’s ever been. The narrative needs to follow.

Pavel Durov announced yesterday that The Open Network has completed a major technical upgrade — one that makes TON ten times faster than it was before. B

lock production is now six times quicker, transactions confirm in under a second, and the network runs on an entirely new consensus mechanism. For a blockchain embedded inside Telegram’s ecosystem of over one billion users, that’s not a minor patch. It’s a foundational shift.

“This was step 1 of 7 to Make TON Great Again (MTONGA),” Durov wrote in his Telegram channel.

Six more upgrades are coming. The question the market is already asking: what do the other six look like?

What Actually Changed Under the Hood

The upgrade is built around Catchain 2.0 — a new consensus mechanism that fundamentally changes how the network agrees on transaction validity. Before the upgrade, TON confirmed transactions in approximately ten seconds. As of April 10, 2026, sub-second finality is live on mainnet. Blocks now arrive every 400 milliseconds. A new streaming layer pushes state updates to applications almost instantly rather than waiting for apps to request them through polling.

This is not a benchmark run in a controlled environment. It is a live change on the mainnet that any TON application is running on right now. The gap between a user taking an action and that action being confirmed on-chain has collapsed from multiple seconds to approximately one second — and in many cases, less.

For most blockchains, ten-second finality is acceptable. For a network that lives inside a messaging app where people expect responses in milliseconds, it was a fundamental mismatch. Catchain 2.0 closes that gap in a way that makes TON technically competitive with the fastest chains in the space.

The next step, according to Durov, is cutting transaction fees by six times — bringing the already low cost of using TON down further, which matters enormously for the micro-payment and Mini App use cases that define TON’s roadmap inside Telegram.

Why Speed at This Scale Actually Matters for TON

Sub-second finality is not just a performance improvement — it’s a prerequisite. The applications TON is positioned to support at scale inside Telegram’s billion-plus user ecosystem could not be fully realized at ten-second confirmation times. Payments that feel as instant as sending a message. Trades that execute without lag. Mini Apps that respond with the immediacy users expect from every other digital product they use daily.

None of that was fully achievable before this upgrade. It is achievable now.

TON’s strategic position is unique among blockchains. It is not competing for developer attention on a neutral playing field — it is the native blockchain of the world’s fifth-largest messaging platform, with distribution built in. Every Telegram user is a potential TON user. The bottleneck was never distribution. It was whether the underlying technology could deliver the experience those users would expect.

With sub-second finality on mainnet, that bottleneck is removed — at least at the protocol level. Whether users actually feel the difference depends on what developers do next.

The upgrade requires applications to move from polling-based updates to streaming APIs that push real-time state changes directly to the app. Developers who make that transition will deliver genuinely instant UX. Those who don’t will still appear slow to users, even though the network underneath them is no longer the limiting factor.

The Economic Side of Going Faster

The speed upgrade does not come without trade-offs on the economic side, and it’s worth understanding what changes. More blocks per second means more validator rewards — which strengthens staking incentives and draws more TON into the network as staked capital.

The direct consequence is a rise in annual inflation. TON’s inflation rate is expected to increase from approximately 0.6% to around 3.6% as a result of the higher block frequency.

That’s a meaningful change in tokenomics, and one that the community will be watching closely. The theory is that increased staking participation absorbs the additional supply and rewards settle at a new equilibrium — but equilibrium takes time to establish, and the transition period matters.

For long-term TON holders and validators, stronger staking incentives are positive. For those evaluating TON purely as a store of value, the inflation increase is a factor worth pricing in. The network is optimizing for performance and utility over monetary scarcity — a deliberate trade-off that aligns with TON’s role as infrastructure for Telegram’s ecosystem rather than a Bitcoin-style hard money asset.

TON Price Reacted — But Remains Far From Its All-Time High

The market responded to Durov’s announcement with a modest move. TON price climbed from $1.21 to a daily high of $1.32 following the news, before settling back into flat trading. It’s a reaction that reflects cautious optimism rather than euphoria — the upgrade is real and significant, but the broader market environment remains difficult.

Context matters here. TON hit an all-time high of $7.20 back in 2024, during the peak of the Telegram Mini App boom when developers were flooding into the ecosystem and retail interest was at its highest. The distance between $1.32 and $7.20 is significant, and no single technical upgrade closes it overnight.

What the upgrade does is remove a genuine technical ceiling that was limiting what TON could build. Whether that translates into price recovery depends on what gets built next, how the remaining six MTONGA steps land, and whether the market cycle turns in TON’s favour. The infrastructure is now faster than it’s ever been. The narrative needs to follow.

One of Asia’s largest Web3 and AI conferences, TEAMZ Summit 2026, officially opened on April 7, 2026, at Happo-en in Tokyo.

Under the theme “Tradition Meets Tomorrow,” this year’s summit is set in the culturally rich and historic Happo-en, creating a one-of-a-kind conference where Japanese tradition meets cutting-edge technology.

TEAMZ SUMMIT 2026 Main Hall

Registration opened at 9:00 a.m., and long lines of attendees formed from the lower basement to outside the venue, reflecting the strong anticipation surrounding the event.

Day 1 Registration Scene

Each floor of the venue was designed around a distinct theme, offering attendees a diverse and immersive experience throughout the summit.The venue featured a wide range of experiences, including the Main Stage, exhibition area, interview zone, networking area, side event area, VIP Lounge, Terrace Bar, Terrace Cafe, commemorative photo area, Terrace DJ area, and lunch area. In addition, attendees enjoyed bonsai installations sponsored by Title, kimono experiences, Dassai Happy Hour, sumo performances, and traditional Japanese street entertainment—creating a dynamic fusion of culture and innovation.On the evening before the summit, TEAMZ hosted a VIP Welcome Dinner for more than 200 VIP guests. Accompanied by fine cuisine and drinks, the gathering provided an exceptional setting for high-quality networking and meaningful connections.In addition, on April 7 and 8, the same venue operated as a VIP Lounge, offering VIP guests an exclusive space for relaxation, networking, meetings, and private conversations.

1F Terrace: TEAMZ Bar, sponsor flags, and the Binance Japan commemorative photo frame, along with sumo performances, traditional street entertainment, Dassai Happy Hour, and a Terrace DJ experience. VIP Welcome Dinner

VIP Lounge, commemorative photo area, and bonsai installations sponsored by Title

Opening Through Japanese Cultural Performance

The opening performance was presented by Orientarhythm, captivating the audience with a powerful stage production built around the concept of sharing the beauty and coolness of Japan with the world.Tokyo Shin Nonki RenLater in the afternoon, an Awa Odori performance by Tokyo Shin Nonki Ren further energized the venue, drawing the entire audience into a vibrant and unified atmosphere.

Keynote & Session HighlightsOn Day 1, sessions covered a wide range of themes including Web3, AI, finance, regulation, and investment, offering forward-looking insights from across the global industry.Keynote: Opening Address of TEAMZ SUMMIT 2026

Satsuki Katayama, Minister of Finance

Fireside：AI × Blockchain

The session explored the new value created by the convergence of AI and blockchain, as well as the practical initiatives driving real-world adoption.

Yuzo Kano, Representative Director and CEO of bitFlyer, Inc. / Midori Kanemitsu, Executive Officer and CPO of bitFlyer, Inc.Keynote: XRPL’s Potential in Japan and the Role of Community

This keynote highlighted the importance of community in ecosystem growth and examined XRPL’s long-term potential in the Japanese market.

Mai Furukawa, Co-founder of XRPL Japan

Keynote: Convergence Strategy — A Neobank at the Intersection of Crypto, AI, and Fintech

The session presented a new financial model shaped by the convergence of neobanking and Web3.EMURGO CEO Phillip PonFireside：null²ⁿ x null⁴

Fireside: null²ⁿ x null⁴

On April 7, media artist Yoichi Ochiai, Representative Director of the Association for Computation and Nature, announced two new projects derived from “null²,” the signature pavilion of Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai.

The first project, “null²ⁿ,” will launch as a permanent theater in Yokohama Landmark Tower in 2026. The second, “null⁴,” is scheduled to debut in March 2027 at GREEN×EXPO 2027, the 2027 International Horticultural Expo.

Yoichi Ochiai, Media Artist

Norikazu Miyagi, Head of DX Consulting Division, Macnica, Inc.Panel: Finance Between Tradition and the Future

The panel explored the convergence of traditional finance and digital assets, examining how legacy systems and emerging financial models can evolve together.

Takaki Yamada | Head of Japan Business, Institutional Trading, FLOW TRADERS

Naoto Shimoda | General Manager, Digital Strategy Department, SMFG / SMBC

Yuki Tanaka | Head of Global Markets, BlackRock

Hideki Mitsuzuka | Executive Officer & COO, Webull Securities (Moderator)Fireside: AI × Web3: Rebuilding Future Society — Vision and RealityYusuke Narita | Economist

Takeshi Chino | Representative Director, Binance Japan (Moderator)

Panel: The Future of Web3 Payments — How Stablecoins Will Transform Cashless Society

The panel introduced “StarPay-X,” a gateway concept designed to bridge Web2 and Web3, highlighting the transformative potential of stablecoins in next-generation cashless payments.

Li Gang | President & CEO, NetStars Co., Ltd.

Kenta Sakakibara | Country Manager, Circle

Shigeru Sato | Co-Lead, Solana Superteam Japan

Takashi Tezuka | CEO, Startale Japan

Keita Sekiguchi | Deputy Editor-in-Chief, NIKKEI Financial (Moderator)

Afternoon Session: Social Implementation and Global Expansion

Keynote: The Liberal Democratic Party’s AI/Web3 Strategy

This keynote examined the social transformation driven by AI and Web3, offering a forward-looking perspective on Japan’s role and strategic direction in this evolving landscape.

Hideto Kawasaki | Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Affairs

Panel: CBDC × Private Stablecoins — Japan’s Vision for Next-Generation Currency

The panel explored the future of next-generation currency, examining how CBDCs and private stablecoins may coexist and complement each other across financial infrastructure and real-world applications.

Junichiro Hatogai | Director for Digital Currency Planning, Treasury Division, Ministry of Finance

Noritaka Okabe | Representative Director, JPYC Inc.

Tatsuya Saito | Founder & CEO, Progmat

Hiroki Akahoshi | Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu LLC (Moderator)

Panel: Beyond the Smartphone — How AI Agents Will Transform Human Interfaces

The discussion explored the future of user experience in the post-smartphone era, highlighting how AI agents may redefine interfaces, devices, and digital interaction.

Even Realities Founder & CEO Will Wang / Leonis Capital Founder & General Partner Jay Zhao / Trive Digital General Partner Shawn Tan / IVC Partner Ann Chien / Lenovo GM , Head of Software & Managed Services Terence Ng（Moderator）

Will Wang｜Even Realities Founder & CEO

Jay Zhao｜Leonis Capital Founder & General Partner

Shawn Tan｜Trive Digital General Partner

Ann Chien｜IVC Partner

Terence Ng｜Lenovo GM, Head of Software & Managed Services（主持人）

Keynote: Connecting Japan and the GCC — A New Era of Institutional Capital in Web3

The keynote examined emerging capital flows between Japan and the Middle East, highlighting the growing role of institutional investment in the Web3 era.

Fawzi Hamze｜AAC Founder & Chairman

Keynote: Decentralized Identity and Privacy — A New Standard for Next-Generation Social Platforms

This keynote introduced a new framework for identity, privacy, and trust in the next generation of social platforms, pointing toward a decentralized future for digital interaction.

Raul Velazquez｜ENVO Chief Content & Media Officer

Panel: Building Trust in Digital Asset Markets — Regulation, Institutional Investors, and the Next Decade

The panel discussed the role of regulation and institutional participation in shaping a more credible, resilient, and sustainable digital asset market over the next ten years.

Ken Kawai | Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Benjamin Tsai | Co-founder & President, Wave Digital Assets

Marc Piano | Partner, HORIZONS GLOBAL

Hajime Saito | Managing Attorney, Sato Law Office

Robert Frenchman | Partner, DYNAMIS LLP (Moderator)

Fireside: Japan Web3 Reboot — Real Strategies from Entrepreneurs and Investors

This fireside session shared practical insights from entrepreneurs and investors, highlighting the real strategies shaping Japan’s Web3 resurgence.

Takafumi Horie | Entrepreneur

Hirotaka Kunimitsu | Representative Director & CEO, FiNANCiE, Inc.

Panel: DID/VC × AI Agents — Unlocking the Next Generation of Digital IdentityThe discussion focused on the convergence of decentralized identity, verifiable credentials, and AI agents, outlining the future architecture of digital identity.

Tatsuto Fujii | Executive Officer, Head of Digital Strategy, Chief AI Officer, Mizuho Financial Group

Shumpei Tatebayashi | Deputy General Manager, Open Innovation Division, KDDI Corporation

Kantaro Fujimori | CEO / Founder, VESS Labs

Yuya Higuchi | Director, Biometrics & Vision AI Division, NEC; Web3 Thought Leader (Moderator)

Panel: Building in a Bear Market — New Strategies for Web3 Investment

The panel explored how investors can identify value, allocate capital, and build long-term conviction during market downturns.

Vineet Budki | CEO, Sigma Capital

James Wo | Founder & CEO, DFG

Tobias Bauer | GP & Co-founder, TBV

Kiichi Abe | CSO, HYPERITHM

Renee Francis | Founder & Director, TAKE 3 (Moderator)

Panel: Talent Strategy in the Age of Web3 and AI — Aligning Education, Industry, and National Policy

The panel examined how education, industry, and public strategy can work together to cultivate the talent needed for the next wave of innovation.

Dr. Joe Hüg | Lead Organizer & Licensee, TEDxInnovationU

Gary Surdam | Entrepreneur

John Fung | CMO, AVATAR48

Steve Ngok | CSO, DORA FACTORY

Kangyong Sun | Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School (Moderator)

Panel: What Will the Crypto Asset Market Look Like in 2026?

Tomoya Hasegawa | Market Analyst, bitbank Inc.

Kaso Nishi | Crypto Asset Analyst

Genki Oda | Chairman, Japan Virtual and Crypto Assets Exchange Association (JVCEA)

Marin Matsushima | Crypto Asset Analyst, Monex Securities Co., Ltd.

hajimex | President & CEO, Shibuya Web3 University

Keynote: What Does Trust Mean in the Age of Decentralization? — The Mission of Layer1 in 2026

This keynote explored how trust can be rebuilt in a decentralized era, emphasizing the critical role Layer1 infrastructure will play in the future of the ecosystem.

Charles Hoskinson | CEO & Founder, INPUT OUTPUTDay 1 Summary

From Awa Odori and sumo performances to diverse exhibitions and interactive experiences, the venue remained energized throughout the day. More than a showcase of the latest in Web3 and AI, TEAMZ Summit 2026 created a uniquely inspiring environment by blending technological innovation with Japanese culture.

It was a day that truly embodied the spirit of “Tradition Meets Tomorrow.”

TEAMZ Summit 2026 Day2 Held

〜A Total of 10,625 Visitors Over Two Days, with the 10th Anniversary Edition in 2027 Also Announced〜

TEAMZ Summit 2026 Day2

On April 8, 2026, TEAMZ Summit 2026, held at Happo-en in Tokyo, entered its second day and continued to generate strong excitement. Over the two days, a total of 10,625 visitors attended, powerfully demonstrating its presence as one of Asia’s largest conferences in the Web3 and AI sectors

Day2 Begins with Japanese Culture

Day2 opened with a kabuki performance symbolizing Japan’s traditional culture.

Blended with the historic atmosphere of Happo-en, the performance created a symbolic opening that embodied the theme “Tradition Meets Tomorrow.”

Keynote·Session Highlights

On Day2, sessions focused on more practical and macro-level themes, including policy, finance, infrastructure, enterprise adoption, and global capital.

Summit Host : Janik Adorf

Keynote: Japan’s Digital Strategy and the Future of the Nation

From a government perspective, the session outlined Japan’s digital policy and the national strategy driven by Web3 and AI.

Head of the Digital Society Promotion Headquarters, Takuya Hirai

Keynote: Bridging Crypto Finance and Traditional Finance in Japan

The session explained, from a global perspective, the convergence of crypto assets and finance in international markets.

 

TRON Founder H.E. Justin Sun

Keynote: Integrity Economy: Why Digital Trust Will Become the New Global Currency

Cardano Foundation CEO　Frederik Gregaard

Panel: Layer1 as Foundational Infrastructure in the Age of Tokenization

The panel discussed the role and evolution of Layer1 as foundational infrastructure in the tokenization era.

Litecoin Foundation APAC Managing Director Robbie Coleman / Aptos Labs Head of APAC Suhan Zhao / midnight Country Manager Taro Kimura / Ethereum Foundation Asia Ecosystem Development Lead Adrian Li / Altius CEO Annabelle Huang (Moderator)

Panel: Web3 × AI 2026: From Decentralized Infrastructure to Autonomous Economies

The session presented the potential of new economic models enabled by decentralized infrastructure and AI.

Mitsubishi UFJ Innovation Partners Chief Investment Officer Takashi Sano / Sony Bank Ltd. Head of DX Business Planning Kano Kanamori / Matsuo Institute Executive Vice President Kim Gangsu / NTT docomo Business Security Strategist | AI Agent Developer Jack / Osmanthus United LLC CEO Huang Ying (Moderator)

Panel: Self-Custody 2.0 — Security, UX, and the Future of Institutional Adoption

The panel discussed the future of next-generation wallets from the perspectives of security, user experience, and institutional adoption.

Trust Wallet Business Development Nick DiSisto / LEDGER APAC Regional Lead Takatoshi Shibayama / EXODUS Head of Partnerships Pascal Kurzawa / HYPERNATIVE VP of Asia Pacific Shawn Lim / tangem Global Retail Business Development Manager Lee Skinner / THE BLOCK Head of APAC Frederick Tan (Moderator)

Panel: Bringing the World On-Chain

The session shared initiatives and visions for the social implementation of Web3.

STARTALE Group CEO Sota Watanabe / SBI VC Trade Co., Ltd. President & CEO Tomohiko Kondo / STARTALE Japan CEO Takashi Tezuka (Moderator)

Afternoon Session: Implementation Phase and Global Capital

The afternoon session began with a taiko drum performance, followed by even more energetic discussions.

Fireside: Ethereum in 2026: Infrastructure, Institutional Investors, and the Global Economy

The discussion explored Ethereum’s role in infrastructure, institutional investment, and the global economy.

ethereum foundation Head of Institutions, APAC Tiena Sekharan / Bitcoin.com News News Lead David Sencil

Fireside: The Age of Digital Ownership: The New Economic Sphere Created by Web3

The session discussed the new economic sphere brought about by Web3.

animoca BRANDS Co-founder Yat Siu / Bitcoin.com News News Lead David Sencil

Keynote: The Future of Finance Will Run on Crypto Rails

The keynote explained liquidity design that supports the growth of Web3.

SecondSwap Founder & CEO Kanny Lee

Fireside: Yellow: The Internet of Value for the Agent Economy

The discussion explored new forms of value and the potential of infrastructure in the agent economy.

yellow Captain Alexis Sirkia / yellow Developer Evangelist Steven Zeiler

Panel: Web3 Implementation Strategy for Japanese Enterprises — From PoC to Full Deployment

The panel discussed the steps and challenges involved in moving from PoC to full-scale implementation.

EMURGO Founder & Chairman Ken Kodama / Digital Asset Markets, Inc. Director Tsugio Kato / FINX JCrypto Inc. President & CEO Chen Haiteng / G.U.Group Inc. President & CEO Hidekazu Kondo / Rakuten Wallet, Inc. CIO & Executive Officer Yasuhiro Sasaki (Moderator)

Panel: Capital Trends in 2026: Where Is Smart Money Heading in Web3?

The session analyzed global capital flows and investment strategies.

PLAY.FUN Founder & CEO Justin Waldron / C² ventures Founder & Managing Partner Ciara Sun / mendoza ventures Venture Partner Kojiro Moriwaka / Gallet Capital CEO Nicolas Gallet / TRIVE Managing Partner Daryl Lim / GIMA Group, Inc. President, CEO & Founder Kevin Soltani (Moderator)

Fireside: HashPort Special Fireside: How AI and Web3 Will Transform Japan’s Future

The discussion focused on the social transformation driven by the convergence of AI and Web3, as well as the future of Japan’s policy and industry.

Deputy Chair of Diet Affairs Akihisa Shiozaki / HashPort President & CEO Hironobu Yoshida

Panel: New Assets and Agentic Payments — Connecting Income and Everyday Life

Through a multi-perspective discussion on new asset concepts and the progress of agentic payments, the panel explored how earning opportunities and daily life will become increasingly connected.

Iole Inc. CEO Yugo Takino / Osaka Digital Exchange Co., Ltd. President & CEO Kimio Mikazuki / Slash Vision Labs Founder & CEO Shin / UPBOND CEO Shun Mizuoka (Moderator)

Panel: Trust Infrastructure in the Web3 Era — The Next Internet Built by Identity, Security, and Data

The session discussed a new internet shaped by trust, identity, and data.

iagon CEO Navjit Dhaliwal / Hashlock Co-founder Jock Haslam / Terminal 3 Co-Founder & CEO Gary Liu / RELIQUE CMO Yuma / Bitcoin.com News COO Jason Sheman（Moderator）

Keynote: Making Japan a Digital Asset Nation — Web3 and National Growth Strategy

Leader of the Democratic Party for the People and Member of the House of Representatives, Yuichiro Tamaki

Panel: Tokenization of Real-World Assets (RWA): A New Market Opportunity Worth Trillions of Dollars

The panel presented the potential of the RWA market, which is considered to represent a multi-trillion-dollar opportunity.

Gold Dollar (USDKG) Deputy CEO for International Cooperation Elena Chigibaeva / MIDAS Co-Founder & COO Jesper Cheng / Banca d’Italia Japan Deputy Representative Dr. Andrea Perin / AetheriumX Head of Americas Mike Neet / EMURGO Global Marketing Lead Nathaniel Acton (Moderator)

Day2 Summary 〜And Toward the Next Stage〜

At the closing, a taiko drum performance was presented once again, bringing the two-day event to an exciting and fitting conclusion. In addition, a BTC raffle worth 1 million yen was held, further energizing the venue.

BTC Raffle

It was also officially announced at the venue that TEAMZ Summit 2027 (10th Anniversary) will be held on April 6 and 7, 2027, drawing great anticipation and cheers from attendees.

TEAMZ CEO Tianyu Yang

Summary

Over two days, TEAMZ Summit 2026 welcomed 10,625 participants, becoming a venue where attendees could experience both the cutting edge of Web3 and AI and the reality of social implementation. Blending Japanese culture with advanced technology, this event went beyond being a conference and served as a “platform for implementing the future,” delivering new value and inspiration to participants from around the world.

We look forward to seeing you again next year at the stage of the 10th Anniversary of TEAMZ Summit.

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Опытные участники рынка знают: на главной сцене слушают доклады, а реальные сделки и партнерства происходят за ее пределами. Пока в залах обсуждают тренды и теорию, на закрытых встречах — делятся рабочими арбитражными связками, обсуждают листинги и договариваются о сотрудничестве.

Если вы планируете быть в Москве во время Blockchain Life 2026, 13 апреля — дата, которую стоит зафиксировать в календаре в первую очередь.

В этот вечер в пространстве «Дымзавод» пройдет Bitget x ArbitrageScanner Pre-Party — закрытая встреча для трейдеров, фондов, команд и тех, кто хочет зайти в неделю форума уже с нужными контактами и инсайтами.

Оставить заявку на участие в Pre-Party — https://luma.com/9jr9u9h5

3 причины, почему этот ивент нельзя пропустить:

Концентрация сильных игроков рынка

Главная ценность таких ивентов — не сцена, а люди в комнате. На подобных встречах обычно собираются: — трейдеры, которые реально работают с объемами — команды продуктов и сервисов — фонды и private investors — люди, у которых есть доступ к ликвидности и инструментам

И ключевой момент:  они приходят не выступать, а общаться.

Организаторы — не просто партнеры, а инфраструктура индустрии.

Bitget сегодня — это 125 миллионов пользователей и доступ к активам, которые недоступны на других биржах (акции, ETF, сырье). Представители биржи на ивенте — это прямой доступ к информации о новых листингах и VIP-условиях для трейдеров.

ArbitrageScanner — главный софт 2026 года для тех, кто зарабатывает на разнице цен. Это сообщество профессионалов, которые публично показывают кейсы с доходностью 15-25% в месяц на фандинге и арбитраже фьючерсов. Это единственный сканер в мире, который поддерживает DEX, и что самое главное – поддерживает арбитраж по Spot + Features, Features + Features, Features + Spot – самым низкорисковым и прибыльным стратегиями, где сейчас больше всего денег. 

Основные инструменты:

Арбитраж фьючерсов и Фандинг: Самый прибыльный инструмент 2026 года. Сервис находит связки “спот+фьючерс” или “фьючерс+фьючерс”, позволяя ловить спреды по 15–25% в месяц на ставках финансирования.

Анализ блокчейн-адресов и ИИ-поиск: Инструмент анализирует кошельки по 272! критериям, помогая находить инсайдеров и “умные деньги”, которые покупают активы за часы до пампа.

Скринер CEX/DEX: Мониторинг разницы цен в реальном времени. Рекорд клиента — 150% к депозиту за один день на волатильности топовых монет.

Чилловый нетворкинг 

Тут можете забыть о скучных визитках. Формат вечера в “Дымзаводе” — это авторское крипто-меню, коктейли и музыка. Согласитесь, в такой атмосфере гораздо проще и приятнее познакомиться, чем слушать заготовленный текст с трибуны.

Тайминг: С 19:00 до 02:00.

Секретные гости: В 20:35 и 22:00 появятся спикеры, чьи имена не афишируются в паблике.

Это абсолютно БЕСПЛАТНО (по аппруву)

Организаторы, в первую очередь, собирают качественное комьюнити, поэтому Вы можете получить Standard Pass за 0 рублей, просто оставив заявку на Luma. Главное — успеть, так как количество мест в “Дымзаводе” ограничено.

Что обсудят на встрече?

Именно в таких условиях чаще всего возникают контакты, которые затем перерастают в партнерства, сделки или совместные проекты. Что вы получите на мероприятии, без завышенных ожиданий, но честно:

— новые контакты, которые потом превращаются в сделки — понимание, какие стратегии сейчас реально используются — доступ к людям, до которых сложно дотянуться онлайн — ощущение «контекста рынка», которое не получить из Twitter

Если вы торгуете или хотите системно зайти в трейдинг, интересуетесь арбитражем / фандингом, строите продукт в крипте или просто хотите пообщаться с людьми и обрести новые знакомства – вам точно нужно быть на мероприятии.

FAQ для участников:

Где именно пройдет встреча? 

Москва, Комсомольский проспект, 21/10 (“Дымзавод”).

Когда начинать? 

13 апреля в 19:00. Приходите к началу регистрации, чтобы гарантированно пройти контроль на входе.

Как получить VIP? 

Если вы представляете фонд, медиа или вы крупный трейдер — укажите это в заявке. VIP-статус дает доступ в эксклюзивную зону и персональное общение с организаторами.

С учетом общего контекста Blockchain Life, подобные сайд-ивенты выглядят не как дополнение, а как важная часть общей картины. И если рассматривать поездку на конференцию как инвестицию — времени, денег и внимания — то игнорировать такие форматы, вероятно, не самая эффективная стратегия.

Подать заявку на участие в Bitget x ArbitrageScanner Pre-Party можно по ссылке:https://luma.com/9jr9u9h5

16 апреля в Москве состоится ASCN Business Event — закрытый офлайн-ивент, где AI-агенты и no-code автоматизация становятся инструментом реального роста бизнеса. Сайд-ивент проходит в рамках Blockchain Forum, ожидается 500–700 участников.

На мероприятии вы сможете не просто слушать лекции, а реально тестировать готовые решения ASCN.ai:

внедрять AI-агентов в маркетинг, продажи и операционку;

видеть результаты в реальном времени — лиды, экономию ресурсов, рост KPI;

изучать пошаговые методики для управления агентами и масштабирования процессов;

открывать новые возможности монетизации навыков и автоматизаций.

Если вы предприниматель, топ-менеджер, автоматизатор или специалист, который хочет увеличить эффективность процессов и получать доход от AI, это событие даст инструменты и знания, которые можно применить сразу после воркшопа.

Регистрация: https://luma.com/kbe1kym3

Что будет на мероприятии 16 апреля

 

16 апреля вы увидите, как AI-агенты и no-code автоматизация реально решают бизнес-задачи. Каждый сегмент найдет ответы на свои боли и готовые инструменты для внедрения.

Как пример, автоматизаторы и начинающие специалисты: нет клиентов, сложно монетизировать навыки? Используйте no-code builder, публикуйте решения в маркетплейсе и запускайте White-label проекты. Кейсы: блогер заработал $18 000 за месяц, контент-завод с $200 принес 100 заявок и 7 клиентов.

Основной зал: тренды AI для бизнеса и маркетинга, кейсы лидеров рынка.

Воркшоп-зал: практический разбор внедрения готовых решений ASCN.ai.

Демонстрация платформы: запуск AI-агентов в реальном времени.

Networking: общение с предпринимателями, автоматизаторами, крипто- и AI-аудиторией.

Как автоматизировать бизнес с AI и легально работать с криптой: ASCN.ai и Cifra Markets

На мероприятии будут панельные дискуссии по внедрению ИИ в бизнес, а также в трейдинг и процессы в крипте. На рынке криптовалют сегодня один из главных рисков — не курс, а происхождение средств и их обмен. И один из партнеров мероприятия – Cifra Markets – как раз закрывает этот вопрос. Это легальный сервис с лицензией на цифровые активы, где вы работаете в понятном контуре, а не через сомнительные схемы.

Здесь вы получаете «белую» крипту от юрлица, все операции проходят финмониторинг, а переводы идут по банковской логике (рубли → рубли) с прозрачным назначением. Без P2P, без переводов от физлиц и без лишних рисков со стороны банка.

Почему выбирают Cifra Markets: — минимальные риски блокировок и проблем по 161-ФЗ — прозрачный курс без скрытых комиссий — документы и выписки для подтверждения дохода — возможность легально платить налог с прибыли

Если посмотреть на Cifra Markets отзывы, пользователи чаще всего отмечают стабильность, прозрачность и отсутствие «сюрпризов» в процессе работы. Сервис подходит и для новичков, и для тех, кто уже сталкивался с рисками, и для работы с крупными объемами. По сути, это переход от «серой» крипты к нормальной финансовой модели, где всё понятно, проверяемо и безопасно.

Если говорим про рынок автоматизации, на рынке есть десятки конструкторов workflow — n8n, Zapier и другие. Но главное для бизнеса и автоматизаторов — не создавать агента, а получать результат: лиды, экономию, рост KPI и новые источники дохода.

Что вы получаете с ASCN.ai:

Готовые решения: лидген, маркетинг, продажи, операционка — берете и запускаете;

Marketplace: 50+ шаблонов для быстрого внедрения;

Обучение: пошаговые инструкции и курсы для автоматизаторов и бизнеса;

Turnkey Automation: внедрение агента под ключ с обучением команды и поддержкой 24/7;

White Label: создавайте свое AI-агентство и продавайте готовые решения;

Реферальная программа: пожизненные выплаты с маркетплейса и заказов автоматизации;

Отзывы пользователей: «ASCN.ai ускорил внедрение агентов до нескольких дней. Процессы автоматизированы, команда сосредоточена на стратегии, результаты пришли сразу.»

ASCN.ai реально экономит время, сокращает расходы и повышает конверсию, а предприниматели и автоматизаторы получают измеримый результат с первых дней внедрения.

Если хотите протестировать, как AI-агенты приносят прибыль и оптимизируют процессы, это именно та платформа и мероприятие, где вы увидите результат своими глазами.

Тарифы и доступ на мероприятие

Free Pass ($0) — базовый вход на мероприятие, воркшопы и нетворкинг.

Business Pass (от $99) — Получаете доступ к лаундж зоне (кальяны, напитки, фуршет), возможность пообщаться с топовыми инфлами и спикерами ивента, а также доступ к сервису ASCN.ai на месяц

Важно: попасть на ивент можно только с действующей подпиской. Уже подписаны? Оставьте заявку на Luma или напишите в поддержку.

Регистрация на мероприятие

Вывод 

ASCN.ai  — это не просто конструктор AI-агентов, а проверенное решение для бизнеса и профессионалов, которые уже используют платформу и видят реальные результаты:

Экономия ресурсов и рост продаж благодаря готовым AI-решениям;

Управление агентами как системой, ускорение процессов и повышение KPI команды;

Быстрое внедрение готовых workflow и масштабирование бизнес-процессов без кода;

Монетизация навыков: создавайте шаблоны, запускайте White-label проекты и зарабатывайте на автоматизациях;

Обучение и поддержка, чтобы внедрение прошло эффективно и безопасно.

Не откладывайте на потом: оформляйте подписку и приходите на ASCN Business Event 16 апреля в Москве, чтобы протестировать платформу, увидеть кейсы внедрения и забрать готовые решения для своего бизнеса или проектов.

 

Закрытая Pre-Party от Bitget x ArbitrageScanner в Москве. Где обсуждают арбитраж, трейдинг и реальные сделки во время Blockchain Life.

Опытные участники рынка знают: на главной сцене слушают доклады, а реальные сделки и партнерства происходят за ее пределами. Пока в залах обсуждают тренды и теорию, на закрытых встречах — делятся рабочими арбитражными связками, обсуждают листинги и договариваются о сотрудничестве.

Если вы планируете быть в Москве во время Blockchain Life 2026, 13 апреля — дата, которую стоит зафиксировать в календаре в первую очередь.

В этот вечер в пространстве «Дымзавод» пройдет Bitget x ArbitrageScanner Pre-Party — закрытая встреча для трейдеров, фондов, команд и тех, кто хочет зайти в неделю форума уже с нужными контактами и инсайтами.

Оставить заявку на участие в Pre-Party — https://luma.com/9jr9u9h5

3 причины, почему этот ивент нельзя пропустить:

Концентрация сильных игроков рынка

Главная ценность таких ивентов — не сцена, а люди в комнате. На подобных встречах обычно собираются:
— трейдеры, которые реально работают с объемами
— команды продуктов и сервисов
— фонды и private investors
— люди, у которых есть доступ к ликвидности и инструментам

И ключевой момент:  они приходят не выступать, а общаться.

Организаторы — не просто партнеры, а инфраструктура индустрии.

Bitget сегодня — это 125 миллионов пользователей и доступ к активам, которые недоступны на других биржах (акции, ETF, сырье). Представители биржи на ивенте — это прямой доступ к информации о новых листингах и VIP-условиях для трейдеров.

ArbitrageScanner — главный софт 2026 года для тех, кто зарабатывает на разнице цен. Это сообщество профессионалов, которые публично показывают кейсы с доходностью 15-25% в месяц на фандинге и арбитраже фьючерсов. Это единственный сканер в мире, который поддерживает DEX, и что самое главное – поддерживает арбитраж по Spot + Features, Features + Features, Features + Spot – самым низкорисковым и прибыльным стратегиями, где сейчас больше всего денег. 

Основные инструменты:

Арбитраж фьючерсов и Фандинг: Самый прибыльный инструмент 2026 года. Сервис находит связки “спот+фьючерс” или “фьючерс+фьючерс”, позволяя ловить спреды по 15–25% в месяц на ставках финансирования.

Анализ блокчейн-адресов и ИИ-поиск: Инструмент анализирует кошельки по 272! критериям, помогая находить инсайдеров и “умные деньги”, которые покупают активы за часы до пампа.

Скринер CEX/DEX: Мониторинг разницы цен в реальном времени. Рекорд клиента — 150% к депозиту за один день на волатильности топовых монет.

Чилловый нетворкинг 

Тут можете забыть о скучных визитках. Формат вечера в “Дымзаводе” — это авторское крипто-меню, коктейли и музыка. Согласитесь, в такой атмосфере гораздо проще и приятнее познакомиться, чем слушать заготовленный текст с трибуны.

Тайминг: С 19:00 до 02:00.

Секретные гости: В 20:35 и 22:00 появятся спикеры, чьи имена не афишируются в паблике.

Это абсолютно БЕСПЛАТНО (по аппруву)

Организаторы, в первую очередь, собирают качественное комьюнити, поэтому Вы можете получить Standard Pass за 0 рублей, просто оставив заявку на Luma. Главное — успеть, так как количество мест в “Дымзаводе” ограничено.

Что обсудят на встрече?

Именно в таких условиях чаще всего возникают контакты, которые затем перерастают в партнерства, сделки или совместные проекты. Что вы получите на мероприятии, без завышенных ожиданий, но честно:

— новые контакты, которые потом превращаются в сделки
— понимание, какие стратегии сейчас реально используются
— доступ к людям, до которых сложно дотянуться онлайн
— ощущение «контекста рынка», которое не получить из Twitter

Если вы торгуете или хотите системно зайти в трейдинг, интересуетесь арбитражем / фандингом, строите продукт в крипте или просто хотите пообщаться с людьми и обрести новые знакомства – вам точно нужно быть на мероприятии.

FAQ для участников:

Где именно пройдет встреча? 

Москва, Комсомольский проспект, 21/10 (“Дымзавод”).

Когда начинать? 

13 апреля в 19:00. Приходите к началу регистрации, чтобы гарантированно пройти контроль на входе.

Как получить VIP? 

Если вы представляете фонд, медиа или вы крупный трейдер — укажите это в заявке. VIP-статус дает доступ в эксклюзивную зону и персональное общение с организаторами.

С учетом общего контекста Blockchain Life, подобные сайд-ивенты выглядят не как дополнение, а как важная часть общей картины. И если рассматривать поездку на конференцию как инвестицию — времени, денег и внимания — то игнорировать такие форматы, вероятно, не самая эффективная стратегия.

Подать заявку на участие в Bitget x ArbitrageScanner Pre-Party можно по ссылке:
https://luma.com/9jr9u9h5

Changpeng Zhao — the founder of Binance, better known as CZ — has published his autobiography. “Freedom of Money” went on sale this week, written in part on a broken laptop during his prison sentence. All proceeds go to charity. The book is already generating significant attention — not just because of who wrote it, but because of what’s in it.

Ray Dalio, Larry Fink, His Majesty the King of Bhutan, Zhang Yong, and Matt Roszak contributed quotes for the book. That’s a roster that tells you something about where CZ sits in the global finance and business landscape, regardless of the legal chapter he just closed.

The first draft took four months to write. Editing took nearly six more. The result is a first-person account of Binance’s rise, its regulatory battles, and the moments that shaped one of the most consequential figures in crypto history — told by the person who lived them.

Sam Bankman-Fried Asked for Billions “Like Ordering a Sandwich”

The detail that’s already circulating fastest is the one about Sam Bankman-Fried. During a phone call, SBF — on a completely serious note — asked CZ for a couple of billion dollars. CZ’s description of the moment is deadpan: it was delivered as casually as asking for a sandwich.

CZ is clear in the book that he never intended to buy FTX. The letter of intent that briefly made headlines during the exchange’s collapse was, in his telling, a formality — a way to assess the situation and protect users, not a genuine acquisition offer. What followed is now crypto history: FTX collapsed within days, taking billions in customer funds with it.

The book also offers CZ’s account of why FTX fell as fast as it did. His analysis points to a specific moment: Caroline Ellison publicly announced she was willing to buy FTT tokens at $22. The market read that price as a ceiling, not a floor — and began shorting aggressively. The token collapsed. The rest unraveled from there.

The Calls He Got Wrong — Ethereum, LUNA, and Gary Gensler

The most revealing sections of “Freedom of Money” are the ones where CZ is honest about his mistakes. There are several.

In 2013, CZ met Vitalik Buterin and learned about Ethereum from the beginning. He didn’t invest. His reasoning at the time: he wasn’t convinced the idea was actually buildable. Ethereum went on to become the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world and the infrastructure layer for most of DeFi. CZ acknowledges the miss directly.

The LUNA story is different in character but equally costly. Binance invested $3 million in LUNA back in 2018. By the time the Terra ecosystem began collapsing in 2022, that position had grown to $1.6 billion on paper. CZ chose not to sell.

His stated reason: he didn’t want to accelerate the panic and make things worse for the market. The position went to near zero. It’s the kind of decision that’s easy to second-guess from the outside and much harder to judge from inside the moment.

The Gary Gensler section will get attention. In 2019, CZ met Gensler and offered him an advisory role at Binance. Gensler declined, saying he wanted to lead the SEC instead. A few years later, with Gensler as SEC Chair, the regulator filed a major lawsuit against Binance. CZ doesn’t editorialize heavily on the irony — he doesn’t need to.

From Rural China to the World’s Largest Exchange

The book covers CZ’s full arc, and the early chapters are worth reading on their own terms. He grew up in rural China, the youngest in his class, catching fish and shrimp. The family moved to Hefei, then kept moving — a pattern of relocation that CZ says formed his habit of not accumulating things. He saw Shanghai for the first time just days before leaving for Vancouver.

High school in Canada was defined by volleyball — he captained the school team for four consecutive years — and by work. McDonald’s at 14. Dishwashing at 15. Driver’s license at 16, followed by night shifts at a gas station. It’s not the background most people associate with the founder of a trillion-dollar exchange.

He joined Bloomberg in 2001 as a senior engineer on futures trading systems. Promoted in under six months, he was leading a 60-person development team at 25. By 28, earning $390,000 a year, he cashed out his year-end bonus and quit. The Bitcoin moment came in 2013 at a poker game in Shanghai. A friend mentioned Bitcoin casually.

Another suggested putting 10% of assets into it. CZ made his first trade and, by his own account, was completely shocked — convinced immediately that blockchain was a revolutionary technology for money. He sold his Pudong apartment and went all-in on Bitcoin. Then Mt. Gox collapsed, the price crashed from $600 to $200, and stayed flat for a year and a half. He never sold.

After stints at Blockchain.info and OKCoin, he co-founded Bijie Tech — a trading system technology company for exchanges. That experience showed him every link in the exchange business from the inside. Then he built Binance.

What the Book Actually Is

“Freedom of Money” is filled with photographs from CZ’s personal archive — the family’s move to Vancouver, his first computer, pictures with Vitalik Buterin and Gary Gensler, and the urgent relocation of Binance’s offices out of China after the 2017 crypto ban.

It’s not a redemption narrative. It’s not a PR exercise. It reads, based on what’s emerged so far, like someone who went through one of the most public falls in crypto history and came out the other side still willing to be honest about the decisions that didn’t work — the investments he missed, the coins he didn’t sell, the call he made on FTX, and the colleague who became his regulator.

That combination of candor and consequence is what makes it worth reading — regardless of where you stand on CZ or Binance.

Changpeng Zhao — der Gründer von Binance, besser bekannt als CZ — hat seine Autobiografie veröffentlicht. "Freiheit des Geldes" wurde diese Woche verkauft, teilweise auf einem defekten Laptop während seiner Haftstrafe geschrieben. Alle Einnahmen gehen an wohltätige Zwecke. Das Buch zieht bereits erhebliche Aufmerksamkeit auf sich — nicht nur wegen der Person, die es geschrieben hat, sondern auch wegen des Inhalts.

Ray Dalio, Larry Fink, Seine Majestät der König von Bhutan, Zhang Yong und Matt Roszak haben Zitate für das Buch beigesteuert. Das ist eine Liste, die Ihnen etwas darüber erzählt, wo CZ in der globalen Finanz- und Geschäftswelt steht, unabhängig von dem rechtlichen Kapitel, das er gerade geschlossen hat.

Grayscale Research has published a comprehensive analysis of quantum computing threats to Bitcoin and the broader crypto ecosystem, authored by Zach Pandl, Grayscale’s Head of Research.

The conclusion is nuanced and goes against the loudest voices in the debate: there is no quantum threat to public blockchains today — but preparation cannot be delayed, because when breakthroughs come, they may arrive suddenly rather than gradually.

The report comes as quantum computing advances faster than most of the industry anticipated, with Grayscale’s analysis of Google Quantum AI’s latest research suggesting that progress tends to happen in sudden leaps rather than incremental steps. For an industry built on cryptographic security assumptions, that non-linearity matters enormously.

Bitcoin Is Less Vulnerable Than You Think — But Not for the Reasons Most People Cite

The quantum threat to crypto is not uniform. Grayscale’s research makes clear that risk levels differ significantly depending on how a blockchain is architected.

As the report states:

“Potential security vulnerabilities from advanced quantum computers depend on whether the blockchain uses a UTXO model (like Bitcoin) or an account model (like Ethereum), whether consensus derives from proof-of-work or proof-of-stake, whether there are smart contracts, whether there was a setup process (as with certain privacy tools), and the amount of time between blocks.”

By these measures, Bitcoin scores relatively well from a pure engineering standpoint. It uses the UTXO model, runs on proof-of-work consensus, has no native smart contracts, and certain address types are structurally not quantum vulnerable — provided they are not reused after spending.

Solana and XRP Ledger are already experimenting with post-quantum cryptography, which Grayscale notes as a positive signal for the broader ecosystem.

The good news is straightforward: post-quantum cryptography already exists. The technical path forward is clear. The problem is execution — and for Bitcoin specifically, that problem is less technical than it is social.

The 1.7 Million BTC Problem Nobody Wants to Talk About

The most politically charged element of Bitcoin’s quantum exposure involves approximately 1.7 million BTC still stored on early P2PK addresses — a legacy address format from Bitcoin’s earliest days that carries higher quantum vulnerability than modern address types. Of that 1.7 million BTC, roughly 1 million coins are believed to belong to Satoshi Nakamoto, with private keys that are either lost or permanently inaccessible.

This is where the engineering problem ends and the social problem begins. Pandl identifies three options available to the Bitcoin community:

The first is to burn the coins — permanently removing them from the supply by sending them to an unspendable address.

The second is to deliberately slow their release by limiting the rate at which spending from vulnerable addresses is permitted — a kind of controlled exposure management.

The third is to do nothing and accept the risk as it stands.

Each option carries significant implications. Burning Satoshi’s coins would reduce Bitcoin’s total supply and raise profound questions about who has the right to make that decision on behalf of the network. Limiting spending rates introduces a new form of protocol-level control that runs against Bitcoin’s permissionless philosophy. Doing nothing leaves a known vulnerability unaddressed as quantum capabilities advance.

The Bitcoin community has navigated contentious governance decisions before — but none with quite this combination of technical urgency, ideological weight, and irreversibility.

What Investors Should Actually Do Right Now

Grayscale’s message to investors is deliberately calm. In the firm’s view, there is no active security threat to public blockchains from quantum computers at this moment. The cryptographic standards currently protecting Bitcoin and Ethereum transactions remain intact.

But the firm is explicit that this is not a reason for complacency. Preparation needs to accelerate now — precisely because quantum breakthroughs don’t announce themselves in advance. The industry that waits for a confirmed threat before acting will not have enough time to respond.

For investors, the practical implication is to treat quantum preparedness as a quality signal when evaluating blockchain projects. Chains actively experimenting with post-quantum cryptography — like Solana and XRP Ledger — are demonstrating the kind of engineering foresight that matters over multi-year time horizons. Bitcoin’s path forward depends on community consensus, which is harder to predict than a technical upgrade.

The quantum future is not here yet. But Grayscale’s research makes a compelling case that the window for orderly preparation is open now — and it won’t stay open indefinitely.

Grayscale Research hat eine umfassende Analyse der Bedrohungen durch Quantencomputing für Bitcoin und das breitere Krypto-Ökosystem veröffentlicht, verfasst von Zach Pandl, dem Leiter von Grayscale Research.

Die Schlussfolgerung ist nuanciert und geht gegen die lautesten Stimmen in der Debatte: Es gibt heute keine Quantenbedrohung für öffentliche Blockchains – aber die Vorbereitung kann nicht verzögert werden, denn wenn Durchbrüche kommen, können sie plötzlich und nicht schrittweise eintreten.

Der Bericht kommt, da die Quantencomputing-Technologie schneller voranschreitet, als die meisten in der Branche erwartet hatten, wobei die Analyse von Grayscale zu den neuesten Forschungen von Google Quantum AI darauf hindeutet, dass Fortschritte eher in plötzlichen Sprüngen als in schrittweisen Schritten geschehen. Für eine Branche, die auf Annahmen über kryptografische Sicherheit basiert, ist diese Nichtlinearität von enormer Bedeutung.

Taylor Monahan, Entwickler von MetaMask, hat enthüllt, dass nordkoreanische IT-Arbeiter seit mindestens 2020 in DeFi-Protokolle eingebettet sind – und zu den Codebasen von mehr als 40 Plattformen beigetragen haben, von denen einige zu den am weitesten verbreiteten in der Branche gehören.

Die Offenlegung kam, nachdem das Drift-Protokoll bestätigt hatte, dass es um 280 Millionen Dollar gehackt wurde und den Angriff mit einer staatlich verbundenen nordkoreanischen Gruppe in Verbindung brachte.

„Viele nordkoreanische IT-Arbeiter haben die Protokolle erstellt, die Sie kennen und lieben, seit den Anfängen von DeFi. Die sieben Jahre Erfahrung in der Blockchain-Entwicklung, die in ihren Lebensläufen aufgeführt sind, sind „keine Lüge.“

Taylor Monahan, Entwickler von MetaMask, hat enthüllt, dass nordkoreanische IT-Arbeiter seit mindestens 2020 in DeFi-Protokolle eingebettet sind – und zur Codebasis von mehr als 40 Plattformen beigetragen haben, von denen einige zu den am häufigsten verwendeten in der Branche gehören.

Die Offenlegung kam, nachdem das Drift-Protokoll bestätigt hatte, dass es um 280 Millionen Dollar gehackt wurde, und den Angriff mit einer staatlich-affiliierten Gruppe aus Nordkorea in Verbindung brachte.

„Viele IT-Arbeiter aus der DVRK haben die Protokolle erstellt, die Sie kennen und lieben, zurück bis zum DeFi-Sommer. Die sieben Jahre Erfahrung in der Blockchain-Entwicklung, die in ihren Lebensläufen aufgeführt sind, sind „keine Lüge.“

Donald Trump veranstaltet eine weitere Party für seine Memecoin-Inhaber. Am 25. April werden die besten 297 Inhaber des $TRUMP-Tokens zu einem exklusiven Gala-Dinner in Mar-a-Lago eingeladen – und die Gästeliste liest sich, als hätte jemand einem Schlagzeilengenerator einen sehr spezifischen Satz von Eingaben gefüttert: Mike Tyson, Tether-CEO Paolo Ardoino, Cathie Wood, Tony Robbins und Nikil Viswanathan werden Berichten zufolge alle anwesend sein.

Der Preis von $TRUMP liegt immer noch etwa 95 % unter seinem Allzeithoch.

Was nötig ist, um einen Platz am Tisch zu bekommen

Donald Trump veranstaltet eine weitere Party für seine Memecoin-Inhaber. Am 25. April werden die besten 297 Inhaber des $TRUMP-Tokens zu einem exklusiven Gala-Dinner in Mar-a-Lago eingeladen – und die Gästeliste liest sich, als hätte jemand einem Schlagzeilengenerator einen sehr spezifischen Satz von Eingaben gegeben: Mike Tyson, Tether-CEO Paolo Ardoino, Cathie Wood, Tony Robbins und Nikil Viswanathan werden Berichten zufolge alle anwesend sein.

Der Preis von $TRUMP liegt immer noch etwa 95 % unter seinem Allzeithoch.

Was nötig ist, um einen Platz am Tisch zu bekommen

Drift-Protokoll, ein führendes DEX für perpetual futures auf Solana, erlitt am 1. April einen schweren Sicherheitsvorfall, bei dem Angreifer etwa 285 Millionen Dollar aus seinem Haupttresor entnahmen.

On-Chain-Daten zeigen, dass der Kern-Tresor des Protokolls von etwa 309 Millionen Dollar auf nur 41 Millionen Dollar in wenigen Minuten zusammenbrach. Der Angreifer zielte auf eine Vielzahl von Vermögenswerten ab, darunter Zehntausende von Millionen in USDC, JLP und mehrere auf Solana basierende Token.

Der Exploit platzierte den Vorfall sofort unter den größten DeFi-Verlusten, die in diesem Jahr verzeichnet wurden, und weckte neue Bedenken hinsichtlich der Angriffsflächen auf Governance-Ebene und nicht der Schwachstellen in Smart Contracts.

Das Drift-Protokoll, eine führende dezentrale Börse für perpetual Futures auf Solana, erlitt am 1. April einen erheblichen Sicherheitsvorfall, bei dem Angreifer rund 285 Millionen Dollar aus seinem Haupt-Vault entnahmen.

On-Chain-Daten zeigen, dass der Kern-Vault des Protokolls von etwa 309 Millionen Dollar auf nur 41 Millionen Dollar in nur wenigen Minuten kollabierte. Der Angreifer zielte auf eine Vielzahl von Vermögenswerten ab, darunter Zehntausende von Millionen in USDC, JLP und mehreren auf Solana basierenden Token.

Der Exploit platzierte den Vorfall sofort unter den größten DeFi-Verlusten, die in diesem Jahr verzeichnet wurden, und schürte neue Bedenken hinsichtlich der Angriffsflächen auf Governance-Ebene anstelle von Sicherheitsanfälligkeiten in Smart Contracts.

Krypto-Hacks sind schon lange keine Nachrichten mehr – sie sind zur Norm geworden. Laut Chainalysis stahlen Hacker im Jahr 2025 mindestens $3,4 Milliarden in Kryptowährung, ein Anstieg von 55 % im Vergleich zu den $2,2 Milliarden, die 2024 gestohlen wurden.

Die Branche reagiert wie immer: Sie fordert Audits von Smart Contracts, engagiert Berater und veröffentlicht Nachuntersuchungen. Aber die meisten der hochkarätigen Vorfälle der letzten Jahre – ein $600M Brückenangriff, ein Austausch, der durch einen Auftragnehmer verletzt wurde, ein Wallet, das durch einen Schlüsselverlust entleert wurde – hatten nichts mit dem Vertrag selbst zu tun.