The Week after Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019
What and when was Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019?
Hong Kong Blockchain Week is an event held by NexChange that brought together members of the blockchain community from all over the world to gather together in Hong Kong for several events during the week. The two core events were Block O2O, hosted by NexChange, which was held from March 5-6th, and Hybrid Summit, co-hosted by Hybrid Summit in collaboration with Chaineer, which was held on March 7th.
For more information on the event please visit: https://www.hkblockchainweek.net/
To learn more about the host of the event and the program strategic partners, please visit the links below:
NexChange Group: http://nexchange.com/
Hybrid Summit & Chaineer: https://hybridsummit.io/
Throughout the conference panel discussions and speeches from blockchain leaders went through topics ranging from regulation, tokenization, fueling mainstream adoption, and current problems we currently face in the blockchain space. Although it seems that the space seems to be at a low point in financial terms, the energy was still very positive and shed some light on what we are to expect the year of 2019 to bring. The speakers were from all walks of life with one thing in common, their faith in the future of blockchain technology. Everyone was very busy having constructive conversations on how to make the best use of blockchain in the real world and how to solve the issues blockchain currently faces. Projects from all over the world gathered to share a little bit about what they were doing to make a difference in the space.
Hong Kong Blockchain Week 2019 Highlights
There were numerous speakers and panels throughout the week on various topics so there is a lot of ground to cover, but here is what we thought were the highlights of the week categorized by topic.
Regulation
Regulation was probably the top buzzword of the event since it seemed no speech or panel could get away without at least mentioning the word at least once. The blockchain space is currently facing a period of regulatory uncertainty since most regulators are still trying to figure out how to best deal with blockchain technology. This serves to remind us that the blockchain space is still in its very early stage and there is still a lot of work to be done.