Fusion of Creativity
and Industry's Finest

Fusion of Creativity
and Industry's Finest

May 8-9, 2024

We're tired of boring conferences that lack personality and
excitement. That's why we're bringing together the Web3 community for
three days of unforgettable experiences.

At BlockDown Festival, you connect with industry pioneers, thought
leaders, and entrepreneurs while enjoying talent displays, fashion
shows, gamifications and epic parties.

Welcome to the celebration of all the Web3 sides!
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BlockDown Festival 2024

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David Chaum
CEO
Elixxir.io
David Chaum is the original founder of the xx network, and the CEO of Elixxir. xx network is the first consumer-scale, quantum-secure online platform that allows you to communicate and exchange value without revealing metadata. David is a pioneer in cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies, and is widely recognized as the inventor of digital cash. His work on cryptographic “vault systems” contains the first proposal for a blockchain protocol, containing all but one element detailed 26 years later in the Bitcoin white-paper. His company, DigiCash, created the first digital currency, eCash, in 1995. eCash deployed David’s breakthrough cryptographic blind signature protocol to create the world’s first attempt at anonymous digital cash. With a Ph.D. in computer science from UC Berkeley, he taught at NYU Graduate School of Business and the University of California, led a number of breakthrough projects and founded the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
Robby Yung
CEO of Investments
Animoca Brands North America
Robby Yung, Animoca Brands’s CEO of Investments, partner at Animoca Capital, a leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification with a portfolio of products and games including the REVV and SAND tokens, as well as investment and partnerships with companies like Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, and Alien Worlds and subsidiaries like The Sandbox, Gamee, Quidd, and Lympo. Robby has been in gaming since 2012 and blockchain gaming since 2018. He served as the first CEO of Animoca Brands after taking the group public in 2015. Prior to that, he cofounded magazine publisher, One Media Group, which he listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. He also founded Chinese television and outdoor media concern, Redgate Media Group, which was acquired by Inno-Tech Holdings. He began his career in technology, building wireless telecom networks in China and Indonesia with Metromedia.
Ray Chan
CEO & Co-Founder
Memeland, 9GAG
Ray Chan is the CEO and co-founder of 9GAG, a global entertainment network with a 200 million global audience, and the CEO and Founder of Memeland, the fastest and largest growing SocialFi ecosystem and web3 venture studio. An alumnus of Y Combinator and 500 Startups, Ray has a track record of fostering community-driven digital innovation. Prior to his success with 9GAG and Memeland, he contributed to Singboard and played a pivotal role at aNobii, an online reading community acquired by a consortium including HMV Group and major publishers in 2010.
Ryan Kim
Co-Founder
Hashed
Ryan Kim is a venture capitalist actively involved in the Web3 industry, co-founding Hashed, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Web3 companies, including startups like Axie Infinity, Sandbox, Republic, and Aptos. He is also a serial entrepreneur with a background in data analytics, having previously founded a mobile app builder serving over 100 online retailers and leading the algorithm team at Korea’s largest recommendation engine company following a successful exit.
Trung Nguyen
CEO & Co-Founder
Axie Infinity, Sky Mavis
Laura Shi
Head of International Expansion
Consensys
Laura Shi, is the Asia Strategy and Head of International Expansion at Consensys. Based in Hong Kong, Laura has over 10 years of experience in investment advisory and asset management. Laura has a deep understanding of the web3 ecosystem, and expertise across multiple industries and the entire business cycle.
Ciara Sun
Founder & Managing Partner
C² Ventures
Ciara Sun is the founder and managing partner of C² Ventures, a chain-agnostic blockchain investment company focused on empowering builders to build and scale the next generation of Web3 applications. Prior to founding C² Ventures, Ciara was the Vice President of Huobi Group. She was the spokesperson of the company and led the global business development, global markets, institutional business unit, partnership, blockchain project listings, incubation and investments department. As a leading female leader in the blockchain space, Ciara is constantly invited to prominent global events and also coined as the Female Asian Global Crypto Leader by her followers on Twitter. She is a strong advocate of gender equality and has founded an NGO Women Who Crypto.
Clement Chia
Co-Founder
maginary Ones
Clement is a seasoned entrepreneur with over a decade of experience bridging the gap between technology and art. He is the co-founder of Imaginary Ones, OFFSET, and OFFEO, and has been actively involved in integrating the Web2 and Web3 world.
Ilman Shazhaev
Founder & CEO
Farcana
Ilman is a proven entrepreneur with a strong scientific background and experience in Gaming, AI, and Web3. He has built numerous healthtech, gametech, and industrial AI solutions. Ilman is a United Nations expert under the UNODC program, helping to solve social problems in developing countries by integrating AI technologies. He is the author of 46 scientific articles, and owns 10 registered invention patents. In 2022, the government of UAE granted Ilman a Golden Visa for entrepreneurship in the exceptional talents category. Ilman was an early player of many first-person shooter games like CounterStrike, Far Cry, and Call of Duty – in which he was ranked one of the top 10 players worldwide. Gameplay and the gaming community shaped much of his early life and ultimately led him to bitcoin in 2010, when he made his first bitcoin transaction for selling a gaming account in World of Warcraft. His passion for Gaming and Web3 led Ilman to building Farcana, a AAA third person third-person team ability shooter arena game with strong e-sport focus with bitcoin backed prize pool system.
Casey Lau
Host of The GM Show
Memeland
Casey Lau is a creator and community builder. He is the Host of Web Summit – one of the biggest IRL technology and innovation conferences in the world. Casey is also the co-host of the Web3 weekly livestream “The GM Show” powered by Memeland, now with 2 million followers on X.
Danny Wilso
CFO
Illuvium
Ryan Kim is a venture capitalist actively involved in the Web3 industry, co-founding Hashed, a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments in Web3 companies, including startups like Axie Infinity, Sandbox, Republic, and Aptos. He is also a serial entrepreneur with a background in data analytics, having previously founded a mobile app builder serving over 100 online retailers and leading the algorithm team at Korea’s largest recommendation engine company following a successful exit.
Kenny Li
Co-Founder & COO
Manta Network
Kenny Li is the cofounder of Manta Network, where he works on marketing and operations. Prior to Manta, Kenny was a technology entrepreneur. He started his first company in the cloud computing space in 2011, working with large enterprises on cloud migration strategies. Kenny received his MBA from MIT in 2020.
Ran Neuner
Founder
Crypto Banter
In 2017, frustrated by the lack of media coverage, he created and hosted CNBC CRYPTOTRADER, the world’s first televised crypto show. The show quickly became the highest viewed show on the network. He founded Crypto Banter in 2020 with a single minded objective of bringing 24/7, live, credible, crypto content to the community. He is also the founder of Banter Capital a $200m crypto fund. He is a Harvard Alumni , CFA and member of The Young Presidents Organization (YPO).
Richard Wang
Partner
Draper Dragon Fund
Richard Wang, partner of Draper Dragon Fund since 2011. Richard ventured out for his own business three times, evolving from a seasoned engineer to a successful investor, focusing on artificial intelligence and high technology in finance. Prior to Draper Dragon Fund, Richard served as QunZhong E-Commerce’s CEO. Subsequently, he founded OLEA Network with partners from Silicon Valley, researching and developing wireless intelligent ECG sensor based on radar technology. Currently, he is tracking down edgy technology projects on chips, AI, technology application services, metaverse, and Web3. Investment cases include YEEPAY, Senodia, Nanosic, Innodealing, Hcash, Vechain, Redpulse , Primas, Kronos, Fusion, IOTex, QuarkChain, XREX, NUWA, HumanProtocol, AIG, AiDTech, Concordium, Dmail, Ink Financial, Waterfall Network, Ballet Wallet, Fog Works, Abelian, RACA, Autobeam and Splashtop, etc.
Saad Ahmed
Head of Asia Pacific
Gemini
Saad brings to the table a wealth of experience and insights garnered from a distinguished career spanning over two decades. As the Head of Asia Pacific at Gemini, he has played a pivotal role in scaling technology-driven enterprises within the region. His expertise extends to leadership positions at globally recognized companies such as Uber and Grab, where he contributed significantly to their market share growth in the APAC market. Here is a brief overview of Saad’s background: *Head of Asia Pacific at Gemini. Based in Singapore, *Leadership roles at Uber and Grab, contributing to substantial market share growth, *Founding team member for Uber in India and former head of Business Development for Uber in Southeast Asia, *Holds an MBA from the Indian School of Business.
Justin Wu
Head of Marketing
INCO
Justin Wu is a Web3 community builder & growth marketer in the Web3 industry since 2016. He currently leads marketing at INCO Network, a modular Layer-1 focused on privacy via FHE. Helped lead early community building efforts alongside some of the most notable projects in Web3 such as Polygon, Immutable X, Airswap, and Pi Network. Also a KOL on Crypto Twitter with over 260k followers focused on trading.
Elroy Cheo
Co-Founder
ARC Communtiy
Samuel Yim
CBDO
1inch Network
Previously, he was the Deputy General Counsel and the Head of APAC of the 1inch Network. Prior to joining the 1inch Network, Mr. Yim worked at Kim & Chang at its Seoul office, Sidley Austin at its Singapore office, Allen & Overy LLP in its New York and Hong Kong offices. Before his legal career, he served in the U.S. Army and held the rank of Captain. Mr. Yim received a B.S. from the United States Military Academy (West Point) and a J.D./M.A. from Georgetown University Law Center and the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. Under a Fulbright Fellowship in 2005, he received an M.A. from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea where he currently teaches as an adjunct professor. Mr. Yim was also a Term Member on the Council on Foreign Relations from 2010 to 2015. He is admitted to the New York bar.
Justin Kim
Head of Korea
Ava Labs
Justin leads Ava Labs’ expansion into South Korea as the firm’s first Head of Korea. He started his career as an investment banker in M&A, where he spent over a decade advising partners across a wide range of strategic matters, industries and geographies. More recently, he leveraged his deep financial knowledge to drive funding strategy at a VC firm and led business development in Silicon Valley before joining Ava Labs.
Jan Smejkal
CSO
Xverse
Jan Smejkal CSO of Xverse – #1 Bitcoin wallet for web3 and most popular wallet for Bitcoin Ordinals. Active angel investor and advisor of Bitcoin ecosystem companies. Co-Host @ The Ordinal Show – #1 show covering developments in Ordinals and Bitcoin innovation.
Benjamin Charbit
CEO, Special Council Member
Darewise, Opal Foundation
Benjamin Charbit is the Co-Founder and CEO of Darewise Entertainment, a pioneer in bringing the Metaverse on Bitcoin. Darewise is the driving force behind Sparks, the successful Ordinals collection, the Opal Foundation and its BLIF token, the first Metaverse token on the Bitcoin blockchain. Darewise is also the parent company of Life Beyond Studios, currently developing the first AAA MMO game on the Bitcoin ecosystem. In 2022, Darewise was strategically acquired by web3 industry leader Animoca Brands. Before founding Darewise, Benjamin served as Game Director on Assassin’s Creed and held other senior positions at Ubisoft, shaping AAA titles like The Division. He began his career at Lazard in investment banking and eventually pivoted to follow his passion for gaming and the digital frontier. Benjamin holds degrees in Economics and Finance from The University of Chicago and Université Paris-Dauphine.
Vineet Budki
CEO & Managing Partner
Cypher Capital
Vineet has led over 100+ investments in the crypto and blockchain space, investing in blockchain startups including Casper Labs, Mysten Labs, Torus, KILT and many more. He has spoken on VC Investments at events like Token 2049 – Singapore, WEF – Davos, DCentral – Austin TX, Nearcon &Nearverse – Lisbon, AIBC- Malta, Future Blockchain Summit – Dubai, Global Blockchain Congress, Agora – Dubai, Blockchain Life – Moscow, among others and is a known opinion leader across publications in the Middle East and South Asia.
Michael Gu
Co-founder of Ozaru
Founder of Boxmining
Michael is an entrepreneur, venture capital investor, and Web3 advocate. He founded the Boxmining YouTube channel, which has grown to be a leading source of informative and free content on Web3 technologies. As a web3 investor, Michael focuses on projects that revolutionize financial transactions. He believes that Web3’s emphasis on community involvement from the start sets it up for success. With over 40 partnerships and a commitment to fostering innovation, Michael continues to shape the future of the fintech industry.
Naqib Naqib Noor
Co-Founder
Ordzaar
Naqib is a blockchain native since 2016. He has been involved in the space in building DeFi like Dexs, Bridges and Tokenization of Assets as a Service. Currently, Naqib is heavily involved in building on Bitcoin and have launch one of the biggest Ordinals launchpad called Ordzaar and is focus on building DeFi on Bitcoin.
Pukerainbow
Founder
Pukecast & Rug Radio Asia
Thanh Le
Founder
Ninety Eight
Thanh Le is the visionary founder behind Ninety Eight, an ecosystem of innovative companies with a shared mission to make Web3 accessible for everyone. The core offerings of the Ninety Eight ecosystem now include Viction, a layer-1 blockchain, Coin98 Super Wallet with over 9 million users, and other DeFi products and services.
Timothy Lo
Head of SC Ventures Hong Kong
Standard Chartered
Professional banker by trade, with almost 2 decades of Commercial Banking experience in HSBC prior to joining Standard Chartered Bank, covering multiple market segments, industries and geographies. Built and developed the New Economy coverage capability for SCB HK local segment before joining SC Ventures, the Corporate Venture Capital and Innovation arm of Standard Chartered Group. Now running the SCV Hong Kong office.
Gabriel Yang
Director
ARC the Community
Gabriel (@gabewiththehat) is the Deputy CEO at ARC where he has been co-building the community from ground-up with the founders since 2022. Their vision is for ARC to kickstart Asia’s next generation of investment and project incubation powerhouses. Prior to ARC, he has worked extensively across Asia with the Monetary Authority of Singapore, BlockShow and Beyond Blocks. He’s also a coffee snob. Try asking him the difference between a Mandehling and a Kenyan if you dare.
Erhan Korhaliller
Founder of BlockDown Festival & EAK Digital
Erhan Korhaliller is the Founder of BlockDown Festival, EAK Digital, Istanbul Blockchain Week, a specialist blockchain PR agency. Prior to launching EAK Digital, Erhan previously managed large scale project teams for blue-chip brands such as Nike, Rolls Royce, and Vodafone, successfully guiding his teams to multiple advertising awards, including a platinum award from Campaign Magazine. Erhan continues to lead from the front, giving PR a voice in the blockchain industry as a speaker at global events.
Addy Crezee
Founder & CEO
Ozaru
Karen Cheng
Head of Social
9GAG & Memeland
Karen Cheng is Head of Social of 9GAG, leading social business across 9GAG’s social channels, expanding web2 and web3 business. 9GAG is a global digital and social media publisher with a 150 million global audience. It is also the #1 most-followed Entertainment brand on Instagram globally, distributing 2.8 billion monthly impressions. Memeland is a web3-focused venture studio. We are building and investing in social products for community, with community. We are connecting creators and communities together through creativity, $MEME, and NFTs. Memeland is the no.1 NFT project in Asia. With over 200K+ Discord members, we are here to build the web3 future. Karen also hosts The GM Show every Wednesday on X Spaces 9PM EST. Prior to 9GAG, Karen was Director of Social at TBWA\Hong Kong, leading social business and specializing in creative content and social strategy. With 14 years of social and digital marketing experience, Karen is a full-time digital junkie, fluent in memes.
Adam Farhat
Director of Partnerships
Alchemy Pay
Founded in Singapore in 2017, Alchemy Pay is a payment gateway that seamlessly connects crypto with traditional fiat currencies for businesses, developers, and end users. With its On & Off Ramp solution, NFT Checkout, Crypto Card and Crypto Payments, Alchemy Pay supports payments in 173 countries. The Ramp is a one-stop solution to buy and sell crypto and fiat, easily integrated by platforms and dApps according to requirements. The NFT Checkout enables direct purchases of NFTs using fiat payment methods. The Crypto Card solution empowers businesses and token issuers to provide users with branded virtual and physical cards for instant global spending. ACH is the Alchemy Pay network token on Ethereum and BNB Smart Chain.
Jon Russell
Venture Partner & Advisor
GSG ZetaChain
Sonia Shaw
President
CoinW
Sonia Shaw is the President of CoinW. She has over 15 years of experience as a business leader in financial services and has developed an array of expertise and skills. She now looks to leverage her TradFi background to help others bridge the gap to DeFi. She is passionate about guiding others to adopt the creative dynamism and innovation growing in the digital asset space through applied knowledge.

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