The second half of March 2024 will be just as eventful as the first. To make the most of the opportunity to meet colleagues and partners in person, explore new Web3 products, and stay up-to-date with the latest industry news, it’s important to plan ahead. A review of significant crypto events from the CP Media team will help.
Note: We recommend double-checking information about specific events with the organizers before you plan on heading there.
Advancing Bitcoin Developer Conference 2024
Date: March 14–15.
Location: Events @ No 6, London, United Kingdom.
Event Type: conference.
A specialized conference for the Bitcoin developer community. Panel discussions, seminars, workshops, and networking are planned. The main focus is on BTC and its ecosystem. Moreover, Spiral, a subsidiary of Jack Dorsey’s Block, will hold a hackathon, which will take place a day earlier than the main conference and will give development teams the opportunity to create something interesting based on the LDK Node library for the Lightning Network.
T3chFest 2024
Date: March 14–15.
Location: UC3M Auditorium, Madrid, Spain.
Event Type: conference.
An event that has been running since 2013 and is primarily aimed at tech professionals and representatives of the IT industry. The conference will feature many specialized presentations on IoT, AI, Metaverse, Web3, and various aspects of website and application development, cybersecurity, and many other topics. More than 70 speakers and about 1,600 attendees are expected.
Finney Forum
Date: March 15–16.
Location: NYLO Las Colinas Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, Dallas, USA.
Event Type: forum.
The event is named in honor of Harold Thomas Finney II, better known in the crypto community as Hal Finney. He was a prominent cryptographic theorist, cypherpunk, and one of the first Bitcoin users. Many people still believe that he was the one hiding under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto. The forum is dedicated to Bitcoin, Monero, privacy, and cybersecurity. The event will include presentations, panel discussions, and workshops.
ETHGlobal London
Date: March 15–17.
Location: The Truman Brewery, London, United Kingdom.
Event Type: developer festival.
A specialized event that will be of interest primarily to blockchain developers. The main part of the event involves registration of various teams and their projects for participation in the competition program. On the event website, you can find a list of topics, products, and prizes that are offered by different Web3 projects. Developers can choose any of the topics, prepare, and submit their project during the festival for evaluation. The prize fund is $275,000 and is represented by 22 different companies, with many more individual topics. Besides, the event will include workshops and reports from well-known representatives of the Web3 industry, including Vitalik Buterin, Stani Kulechov, Tomasz Stanczak, and many others. They’ll also be judges and mentors for the participants of the competition program.
Digital Asset Summit 2024
Date: March 18–20.
Location: Hilton London Metropole, London, United Kingdom.
Event Type: summit.
An event for institutional representatives aimed at bringing together TradFi and crypto industry leaders. The program includes panel discussions, reports, and fireside chats with widely recognized experts, politicians, and top managers of major financial institutions. Furthermore, the organizers promise conditions for quality networking. It seems to be true, given the announced participants. Among the speakers are:
- Anthony Scaramucci, Founder and Managing Partner of SkyBridge;
- Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments;
- Pascal Gauthier, Chairman and CEO of Ledger;
- Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple;
- Sergey Nazarov, Co-Founder of Chainlink;
- Rune Christensen, Founder of MakerDAO and many others.
The event is open to the public, but it’s probably not for the general audience. Ticket prices start at £799.
PAY360
Date: March 19–20.
Location: ExCeL, London, United Kingdom.
Event Type: conference.
One of the biggest conferences entirely devoted to payment technologies. Over 4,000 industry representatives are expected. Around 120 speakers will deliver keynotes sharing their unique experiences, research, and forecasts on the payment technology market. The event will include a startup hall, panel discussions, consultations, briefings, and 1-2-1 networking to discuss personal and business issues.
The CoinsPaid team is scheduled to visit the event. To schedule a meeting with the company’s representatives, please follow this link.
Democratize AI and Web3 Summit
Date: March 20–21.
Location: SPARK Social SF, San Francisco, USA.
Event Type: summit.
The event focuses entirely on AI and Web3. The organizers intend to attract trusted developers, entrepreneurs, executives, policymakers, investors, and experts and create a business networking environment. Plus, a solution vs. solution style debate is planned, along with keynotes, presentations, entertainment, and networking.
Blockchain Legal Institute 2024 Summit
Date: March 21.
Event Type: online summit.
Participants will have a chance to learn more about the latest trends, developments, and legal innovations regarding blockchain. Several major regulatory topics are scheduled to be discussed:
- integration of real assets and blockchain technologies;
- global changes in the legal landscape around Web3;
- DeFi and the transformation of financial services.
The organizers say that the information presented will be interesting and useful for both beginners and professionals.
ETHTaipei 2024
Date: March 21–24.
Location: POPOP Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan Island, PRC.
Event Type: conference and hackathon.
An event that will be one of the hotspots for the Ethereum community at the end of March. Participants will be able to learn the hottest trends in the development and application of Ethereum. Among the planned activities are a conference, workshops, and a large-scale hackathon. Vitalik Buterin is scheduled to attend the event to give a keynote.
Duke Web3 Conference
Date: March 22–23.
Location: The Fuqua School of Business, Durham, USA.
Event Type: conference.
The organizers plan to unite businesses, professionals, students, and academics to discuss the future of cryptocurrencies, NFT, DeFi, DAO, and other sectors of the Web3 industry. Tickets are available for free, but you’ll have to use the Anon ID biometric authentication system to get them.
Bitcoin Alive
Date: March 23.
Location: Roundhouse, Sydney, Australia.
Event Type: exhibition and conference.
A regional event for the Bitcoin community in Australia. The event will feature guest speakers, a small exhibition of products associated with BTC, and lots of networking with like-minded people.
WOW Summit
Date: March 26–27.
Location: AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, PRC.
Event Type: summit.
WOW Summit is a series of crypto events that are considered one of the largest in scale and significance. In previous years, WOW Summit has been held in Dubai, Lisbon, and Hong Kong. In 2024, the event is coming back to Hong Kong due to the drastic changes the local cryptocurrency market has seen all last year.
WOW Summit Hong Kong 2024 is Asia Pacific’s biggest themed event this year. It’ll bring together Web2 and Web3 leaders with the global community, providing an exclusive platform for networking, discussion, exploring new business ideas, and relaxation. The event will include a digital art exhibition curated by Sotheby’s, a startup pitch, and several side events.
Prague Gaming & TECH Summit
Date: March 26–27.
Location: Vienna House by Wyndham Andel’s Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.
Event Type: summit.
Prague Gaming & TECH Summit is an annual event to be held for the eighth time. The summit will include an exhibition of innovative products and technologies. Guests will enjoy expert presentations.
Among the main topics of the summit are:
- iGaming;
- eSports;
- FinTech;
- blockchain;
- artificial intelligence;
- immersive technologies.
By the way, the CoinsPaid team plans to attend the event. You can schedule a meeting with the company’s representatives via the link.
Energizing Bitcoin
Date: March 26–27.
Location: 713 Music Hall, Houston, USA.
Event Type: conference.
An event entirely focused on Bitcoin mining. The conference will gather representatives of major mining companies, equipment manufacturers, developers, investors, and energy suppliers to address the industry’s potential, institutional adoption, regulation, and many other topics. The venue was chosen for a reason, as Houston is often referred to as the “energy capital of the world.”
Digital Assets Asia 2024
Date: March 27.
Location: Renaissance Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel, Hong Kong, PRC.
Event Type: conference.
One of the key objectives of the event organizers is to stimulate interaction, knowledge sharing, and networking among the participants, among whom will be representatives of the highest levels of the financial industry from around the world. Tokenization in the banking industry and capital markets is the primary focus of the event. The following topics are planned to be discussed:
- benefits of tokenization;
- managing different classes of digital assets;
- transition from traditional finance to tokenized finance;
- liquidity and access to the market of tokenized assets;
- involvement of institutional structures in tokenization processes, etc.
In addition, the conference materials will provide participants with a lot of useful information on various aspects of tokenization, such as infrastructure interoperability, on-chain analysis, anti-money laundering, taxation, the use of CBDCs and stablecoins, digital identity, and more.
ETH Seoul
Date: March 29–31.
Location: Neowiz Pangyo Tower, Seongnam, South Korea.
Event Type: hackathon.
This is another interesting event for the Ethereum community. In addition to the hackathon, participants will be able to hear exclusive reports and take part in workshops conducted by leading Web3 specialists. Among the speakers are Vitalik Buterin, who needs no introduction, Illia Polosukhin, Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, and Sandy Peng, Co-Founder of Scroll.
DEFICON
Date: March 30.
Location: DuMont Building, New York, USA.
Event Type: conference.
The event, now in its fifth year, will focus on the convergence of DeFi, TradFi, and GenAI. The organizers gave a minimum of information about the event. All we know is that conference guests will enjoy “talks, panels, food, drinks, and great networking.” The program and list of speakers are promised to be announced soon.
