TORONTO, March 15, 2024 /CNW/ – Hong Kong’s bid for worldwide flagship occasions takes one other step ahead. With the Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) help, Consensus, the world’s longest-standing and most influential cryptocurrency and Net 3 occasion, has introduced its staging in Hong Kong from February 19 to 21, 2025 (Consensus Hong Kong 2025). That is the primary time in 5 years that this influential business occasion has been held exterior america. The occasion is anticipated to draw 8,000 members, of which 6,000 will come from all around the world.
The federal government and HKTB have collectively supplied all-around help to the organizer when bidding for the occasion, together with lining up the organizer, CoinDesk, and relative events for skilled advisory, venue liaison, and website inspection association. Mr. Kenneth Wong, HKTB Normal Supervisor, MICE and Cruise, mentioned, “We’re excited that Consensus makes Hong Kong its first vacation spot to increase its international footprint past North America. It’s a vote of confidence that this flagship crypto and Web3 convention has picked Hong Kong as the town that gives fertile floor for companies and industries. The occasion may also serve to drive financial and sector development. Town appears ahead to enriching members’ experiences and rising this occasion for achievement.”
Mr. Foster Wright, CoinDesk President, mentioned, “Hong Kong has strategically positioned itself as a pivotal digital property hub on this dynamic area, and it’s a metropolis with such robust fundamentals when it comes to the enterprise setting and progress alternatives, actually the perfect vacation spot for our international enlargement plan. Consensus has persistently served as a world occasion, bringing collectively all aspects of the cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Web3 group. Attendees can anticipate studying finest practices from international specialists and cultivating relationships that propel their companies onto the worldwide stage.”
Mr. King Leung, Head of Monetary Companies and FinTech of InvestHK, mentioned, “Hong Kong is on an thrilling journey of Web3 evolution as we embrace frontier applied sciences corresponding to real-world property (RWA) tokenization from funding warrants to actual property to mental property to ship new affect in monetary companies in addition to different financial sectors. The arrival of Consensus is a testomony to Hong Kong’s world-class aspiration and improvement in our Web3 sector, which continues to draw entrepreneurs, expertise, and funding. This convention will provide an outstanding platform to encourage innovation, appeal to tech leaders and builders, and, most significantly, catalyze and elevate our capabilities as a number one worldwide monetary middle to serve the broader actual economic system higher.”
Consensus conferences have been held since 2015. Subsequent yr’s convention in Hong Kong will convey collectively cryptocurrency, blockchain, and Web3 ecosystem business gamers to brainstorm and form the digital imaginative and prescient. On the similar time, it is going to promote change between worldwide and native members by way of a well-curated programme of actions.
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