2019 Japan’s top blockchain summit is coming!
High-End — The integration of the latest technologies in global capital and blockchain
2019 TEAMZ blockchain summit will be held in Tokyo (Japan) on April 6–7th. The event will be hosted by TEAMZ, Japan’s top investment community, and co-hosted by Cointime, a blockchain media platform, and Soar EX, the largest digital assed trading platform in Southeast Asia. KoinEra is serving as the exclusive strategic partner of TEAMZ in North America.
TEAMZ Blockchain Summit brings together blockchain industry elite, well-known blockchain investors, traditional venture capital firms, investment banks, and regulatory agencies. Event’s agenda will focus on the future development of blockchain industry, investing environment, enhancing global collaboration opportunities, and helping quality projects obtain investments and support they need.
Summit Information
2019 TEAMZ Tokyo Blockchain Summit
Time: From April 6, 2019 at 08:30AM to April 7 until at 11:00PM
Location: Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5F
1–23–3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105–6305
Why Japan?
1. Open policy
In April 2017, Japanese government revised the “Fund Settlement Act” to recognize Bitcoin as a legal payment method and set a series of standards and rules for exchanges. In September of the same year, Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) released the first list of licensed “virtual currency exchanges” in Japan. The first batch of licensed virtual currency exchanges in Japan was made of eleven exchanges, including: Bitflyer, Zaif, BTCBOX, GMO, QUOINEX, BitBank, Bitpoint, etc. Right now, bitcoin transactions denominated in Japanese yen account for nearly half of the total transaction volume, ranking first in the world. Under the support of the Abe government, this year may be the year of the Japanese digital currency trading, and the most successful year for blockchain technology.
2. Japan’s blockchain projects are flourishing
Examples include The FinTech Demonstration Experimental Center, the Japanese Foreign Exchange Unitary Alliance, the retail payment global platform construction and globalization legislation. Another example is that Rakuten acquired the exchange, and the upcoming Rakuten Pay supports all payment methods embedded in the same platform. Mitsubishi UFJ, Japan’s largest financial company, announced the development of Mufgcoin. Mizuho Financial Group, one of Japan’s three major banks, joined forces with Japan Post Bank on a blockchain project called “J-Coin”, which will be launched in March of this year.
3. Japan’s blockchain scene is trending
Earlier this year, Japan-based company Marubeni confirmed in a press release that they had partnered with a New York-based blockchain startup to use blockchain technology for its energy business. In e-finance, the Tokyo-based blockchain company Crypto Garage announced today that it has obtained regulatory approval to begin trial operation of its solution system using Blockstream’s Liquid Sidechain.
Investors lineup
TEAMZ Summit brings together a strong lineup of investors from the industry.
Morgan Creek Capital Management, LLC is an investment advisor registered with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to provide investment management services to institutional and wealthy families. Morgan Creek Digital, its asset management platform, has recently raised a total of $40 million and will serve as a venture capital fund for the crypto industry.
Shuttle Fund leverages the group’s combined experience in hedge funds, venture capital, investment management, and computer science to create investment strategies that target cryptocurrency investment opportunities. The Shuttle Master Fund is the group’s digital assets and hedge fund focused on cryptocurrencies. The fund’s goal is to generate profits through radical investments in cryptocurrencies, while leveraging the unique capabilities of asset classes as a natural hedge against systemic events.
Softbank SBI Holdings, a listed company on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, is also the first company in Japan to list in Hong Kong. According to the investment observation report obtained by CBInsights and blockchain investment bank NKB Group, Japan-based Softbank SBI is the largest corporate investor, investing in 8 unique blockchain companies. Google ranked second with six investments.
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Japan. In 2018, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) partnered with Akamai Technologies, the nation’s leading cloud delivery platform, to launch a blockchain-based global payment network. MUFG’s banking division announced plans to launch its own cryptocurrency, MUFG, in 2019.
Rakuten is Japan’s largest e-commerce company with a market value of more than $12.5 billion. The company plans to release the cryptocurrency Rakuten Coin based on blockchain technology and the existing Rakuten Super Points program. Lotte acquired the intellectual property assets of Bitcoin payment processor BitNet two years ago and established the Rakuten Blockchain Lab to explore the application of blockchain in e-commerce and financial technology.
Line is an international communications giant. It registered a virtual currency exchange in Japan in early 2018, and established a subsidiary in South Korea, Unblock, to study blockchain technology and its potential applications. Another subsidiary, Line plus, plans to use Token Economics “to develop into a block, insurance, loan, financial services giant.” In August, Line announced that it had launched a $10 million blockchain token venture capital fund through Unblock Ventures to invest in blockchain start-ups.
Qianhe Capital: A professional capital investment company, relying on Qianhe Group’s strong financial strength and industrial base and years of rich industry experience, adhering to the development model of large-scale investment and industrial operation, has now become a national leading comprehensive financial service provider.
BLOCKVC: A leading global blockchain venture capital and advisory research organization. The investment direction covers the basic public chain, application agreement and financial services in the blockchain ecosystem, and provides a full range of post-investment services for the invested projects. At the same time, it builds a quantitative hedging investment strategy for the secondary market to meet various types of investment. The needs of investors.
GENESIS Capital: Genesis Capital was founded in 2015 by Richard Peng, Vice President and Investment Director of Tencent, and Kurt Xu, former Deputy General Manager of Tencent Investment. It is a growth fund focused on growing Internet companies. Currently managing US dollar funds and RMB funds. Leverage industry experience to provide key support to portfolio companies at critical times.
TEAMZ Blockchain Summit MEDIA PARTNERS
Extensive cross-media coverage — Over 300 top media, including:
Forbes (Japan)
Business Insider (Japan)
Bloomberg (Japan)
World of Coins：China Bitcoin, blockchain information platform
COINJINJIA: Media source that collects information for more than 1,600 ICOs
COINTELEGRAPH：A well-known and long-established media in the digital and blockchain industry in the United States.
Golden Finance: A one-stop blockchain industry service platform integrating industry news, information, market, data, encyclopedia and community.
COIN OTAKU：Japan’s well-known blockchain media
COINPOST：Japanese cryptocurrency media
AMB CRYPTO：An independent encrypted news distribution platform with the most comprehensive list of blockchain projects, exclusive real-time cryptocurrency price announcements, blogs and more. More than one million users worldwide.
Other institutions and guests
Arthur Hayes, Founder and CEO of BitMEX,
Franklyn Richards, CEO of LITECOIN HAUS,
Anthony Pompliano, Founder of MORGAN CREEK DIGITAL,
Travis Kling, Founder & Chief Information Officer of IKIGAI ASSET MANAGEMENT,
Larry SANGER, Co-Founder of Wikipedia and Chief Information Officer of EVERIPEDIA
TEAMZ Summit provides the following opportunities:
— Make quality international connections and expand your industry circles
— Master the latest trends in the industry and follow market dynamics
— Engage in opportunities with top investment institutions and enhance your project’s value
— Gain mainstream media exposure and publicity to create the corporate image
— Optimize project layout for Japanese market
— Improve market competitiveness
— Increase industry awareness and publicity
For more information about the summit visit the official website：https://summit.teamz.co.jp/
Opportunities for partnerships and sponsorships are closing soon. If you have an interest, please contact Koinera.
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