My name is Kartik, I am one of the co-founders of EthGlobal. I want to welcome you all to Eth Conf. This is a conference. I am very excited to be here at the first Eth Conf, which is laying the foundation for a whole new era of Ethereum. We are located in New We are located in New York, which is a kind of Mecca of finance.
This is a new conference for the new era of Ethereum, and he's doing a great job of it. Very excited to be here because this is the first year of Eth Conf. This is actually the center of the universe. The energy is boiling. There are many people around.
It's amazing to see the integration of two different worlds together. Well, we'll see the results soon. Cryptocurrency is exploding Cryptocurrency is exploding . New York is the epicenter, the headquarters of world finance. It 's important that Eth Conf is here in New York because it's a melting pot of all types of energies, people, experiences.
The ability to unite people through like-mindedness is through like-mindedness is something you won't find anywhere else. Holding a giant conference in New conference in New York is a great way to illustrate this. Ethereum is the center of the tokenization universe. New York is tokenization universe. New York is the center of the financial universe, and these two worlds are colliding right here and now.
This is the first day of ETHDenver. When I walked in, I thought I was seeing the most legitimate companies in the Ethereum ecosystem. ETHDenver is a must- visit because there is so much interesting information being shared here. There were a lot of really great talks where people present really great ideas and share the great things they do. What excites me the most is the convergence of financial institutions and, you know, the crypto community, because we're not that far away.
And the sooner we meet in the middle, the better it will be for the market. It was unthinkable that BlackRock, Stripe and PayPal, JP Morgan would use a public blockchain. This is the second day. The quality of the speakers here is incredible. You have some of the most famous people in this space just walking around, and it's so cool to be able to talk to them and see how they build here, and how open they are to their community.
I like the stand from the match. There's some gamification going on there, and I also saw a puppy area way back. It's a great place and it's well organized. The main value of such an event in person is the opportunity to communicate with people directly people directly , see them, look them in the eye, communicate with them, and build together with them. The internet is cool, technology is cool, video chats are cool, but it's not the same as feeling whether you're feeling the vibes with someone.
And look around – there are And look around – there are cargo shorts and hoodies, but there are also guys like me in suits and ties. So it's a combination of Wall Street and digital networks. The value of face-to-face personal interaction with people is extremely valuable, and I hope it does n't disappear. The energy is quite high and the atmosphere is quite pleasant. Here you have real builders and technologists.
The importance and value of personal participation cannot be overstated. The human approach is very important. Come together as a community to just bring back that human aspect. It's the third day, and looking around, there are still a lot of people here, still a lot of energy. We just participated in the crypto crypto startup competition.
14 teams competed for the prize. The main value of attending EthCon is the opportunity to have a little more unstructured conversations. We can actually talk not only about what we're doing tomorrow or this month, we can talk about what we're building for next year. What key things are missing? So seeing more and more people participating in this space is overall very good.
Eth is important as the start of a multi-year growth space for the best businesses building on Ethereum. I need to get to know and understand the technology understand the technology , as well as build very meaningful business connections and partnerships. Looking ahead, I think each individual event will get bigger and bigger, and I see tens of thousands of people coming here in the years to come.
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