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Gate.io promotes blockchain innovation at Lead Asia Demo Day and Seoul Meta Week 2024
June 30, Korea – Gate.io, a leading global cryptocurrency exchange, recently concluded its major hosting of Lead Asia Demo Day, along with its participation in Seoul Meta Week 2024 as a Platinum Sponsor, reaffirming its leadership in both events. These platforms have set the stage for the future and advancement of blockchain technology, highlighted by keynote speeches delivered by Gate.io CEO Dr. Han Lin during Seoul Meta Week 2024.
Empowering Startups at Lead Asia Demo Day
On June 28, Gate.io partnered with Wemade, a leading game developer in Korea known for its flagship IP, MIR, to host the Lead Asia Demo Day in Seoul, attracting over 300 attendees. The event began with a welcome speech from Leo, Director of East Asia Strategy and Operations, and Tiffany Chang, Investment Associate, who highlighted Gate.io’s commitment to fostering innovation and driving growth of the sector. They detailed Gate Ventures’ proactive investments and support for innovative blockchain startups, underlining their focus on community-driven tokenomics, genuine innovation, solid engineering and sustainable business models across the Asia region. Pacific. Gate Ventures offers comprehensive support in areas such as product development, code auditing, liquidity provision and market making, ensuring startups receive essential resources and strategic guidance in today’s dynamic blockchain ecosystem.
Introducing promising startups
During the Lead Asia Demo Day, four promising startups (Batching.ai, CYRUS, Amnis Finance and Quranium) presented their innovative projects, each of which contributed to the unlimited potential of Web3 development.
- I am: An AI-based NFT gaming platform that uses NFT information and incorporates AI image generation technology, allowing users to play with their NFT decks.
- CIRO: A blockchain startup focused on environmental and healthcare solutions, seamlessly integrating personal well-being, eco-friendly initiatives and blockchain technology.
- Finance Amnis: The #1 liquid staking platform on Aptos, with an impressive 10% staking apr and a lot of farming returns. Reached over $104M in Total Value Locked (TVL) and over 200,000 stakers.
- Koran: The world’s first quantum-proof hybrid distributed ledger technology (DLT), designed to build an innovative decentralized infrastructure ready for the quantum computing era. This innovative solution stands out for its unmatched speed and scalability, ensuring robust and future-proof performance in an evolving technology landscape.
Moving forward with vision and passion
The startups showed their innovative potential, making the competition tough for the Best Innovation Award. Ultimately, Batching.ai stood out for its pioneering work. Tiffany Chang commented, “We believe their cutting-edge AI-powered NFT gaming platform is set to revolutionize the Web3.0 gaming experience.”
At the end of the event, Gate.io expressed its sincere gratitude to co-host Wemade, a pioneer among game developers in South Korea who adopted blockchain technology early to operate the world’s largest web3 gaming platform , Wemix Play, along with gold sponsor Quranium , Batching.ai, CYRUS and Amnis and silver sponsors Burrito Wallet, TetherMax, UNICE, WEMIX and Kroma. Their generous contribution and invaluable support made this event possible.
Lead Asia Demo Day was a resounding success in fostering connections between Korean Web3 industry leaders and the community. “It was a real pleasure to participate in this well-curated event by Gate.io. South Korea is a crucial market for Quranium and Gate.io’s leadership in fostering Web3 initiatives in Asia will significantly contribute to building a strong ecosystem. We look forward to closer collaboration,” noted Benjamin Shin, Chief Business Officer of Quranium.
Building trust beyond blockchain
From June 26 to 28, Gate.io also participated in Seoul Meta Week 2024 as a Platinum Sponsor, helping industry leaders and enthusiasts come together to explore the future of blockchain technology. Dr. Lin Han, founder and CEO of Gate.io, gave a keynote speech titled “How We Build Trust Beyond The Blockchain,” which focused on recent security challenges in the industry and Gate.io’s mission to establish a safe and user-friendly environment, emphasizing blockchain development and financial innovation.
In addition to Dr. Han’s keynote, Tiffany Chang, Investment Associate at Gate.io, participated in a panel discussion on “AI in Web3: Transforming the Future of Decentralized Technology,” highlighting Gate Ventures’ confidence in the transformative potential of AI inside Web3. Gate.io also showcased a variety of technologies and innovations at its booth during Seoul Meta Week.
Seoul Meta Week 2024 and Lead Asia Demo Day were both successful events to promote blockchain technology and its use cases and demonstrated Gate.io’s commitment to promoting Web3 innovation and industry development.
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Elaine Wang a elaine.w@gate.io.
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