South Korea's Largest Blockchain Event Draws 17,000 Attendees, Features Ethereum Founder

Seoul, South Korea - Korea Blockchain Week 2024, Asia's most influential blockchain event, concluded its leading conference, "KBW2024: IMPACT," with a record 17,000 attendees over two days, organizers FactBlock said on Wednesday.

The event at Grand Walkerhill Seoul Hotel featured 300 speakers across 130 sessions on four stages. Forty percent of attendees came from overseas. 

Ticket sales were halted four days before the event due to high demand.

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin delivered an online keynote speech on the intersection of AI and blockchain, outlining four potential convergence points between the technologies.

Adeniyi Abiodun, co-founder of blockchain platform Sui, emphasized the benefits of developing games using the Sui mainnet for developers and users.

BitGo CEO Mike Belshe announced a joint venture with Hana Financial Group and SK Telecom to provide custody infrastructure services for tokenized securities, real-world assets, and ETFs in South Korea.

Other notable speakers included Binance CEO Richard Teng, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.

In its seventh year, the event was founded by FactBlock and co-hosted by blockchain venture capital firm Hashed. 

Conference partners included Sui, Movement Labs, and BRV Capital Management.