AIBC Asia 2023
2023-07-19..2023-07-22
Manila, Philippines
[AIBC ASIA 2022, AIBC Asia 2023, AIBC Asia 2025, AIBC Asia 2026]
who it's for
blockchain entrepreneurs and founders, regulators and policy makers, game developers and studios, nft creators and digital artists, venture capitalists and investors, web3 product and platform managers
topics
MiCA regulatory framework; VARA virtual assets regulator; centralized vs AMM exchanges; tokenized real estate assets; play-to-earn game design; NFT intellectual property rights; generative AI for creators; on-chain analytics for compliance; staking and liquid staking derivatives; web2 to web3 hybrid integration; decentralized finance micro-lending
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Regulatory and Legal Issues with Blockchain and Crypto: Cross Borders | Yvonne Ang, Kenneth James Berey, Frank Schuengel, Olga Yaroshevsky | 27m |
Overview of concrete outcomes: MiCA creates an EU‑wide legal framework for crypto assets and services, Dubai sets up VARA as a dedicated virtual assets… | ||
| Entrepreneurship In The Digital Era - Keynote Speech | Sara al Madani | 29m |
Starts business at 15 and later launches a tech company during COVID, building two products: an education platform The Others and celebrity marketplace Halahi… | ||
| The Power of Technology in Boosting Digital Tourism & Its Impact on the Economy | Josh Yugen, Sabrina Co, James Rumohr, Michele Gumabao, Sara al Madani | 33m |
Panelists describe concrete tactics: airports deploy a signature fragrance at Mactan International Airport to cue place memory; a museum exhibit uses Deco Tech… | ||
| Centralized (CEX), Decentralized (DEX) and the future of exchanges | Moritz Gastl, Jen Bilango, Cynthia Lo, Megan Nilsson | 29m |
Panel compares CEX and DEX with specifics not slogans notes FTX as a custody failure and urges one-to-one customer funds as a concrete rule, cites central bank… | ||
| Crypto Adoption: How Digital Currencies Transform Local Economies | Zavier Murtza, Francis Jimenez, Jasmine Ng, Jaydeep Chakravartty | 26m |
Panel argues that blockchain and peer-to-peer settlement cut middlemen and real costs, citing remittance fees around 4.5% today with targets near 1% using… | ||
| Asset Tokenization: Real Assets and New Business Models | Arravind Prabu, Megan Nilsson | 38m |
Claims that stocks will be tokenized and real assets can be fractionalized into tradable pieces; concrete examples include tokenized hotel units with seven… | ||
| AI & Future of Regulation: Adapting Securities & Exchange Commission for Digital Era | Atty. Kelvin Lester Lee | 13m |
SEC describes concrete builds and pilots: a e-secure credentialing system, API Marketplace, Carol chatbot and a SECCHECK app, plus an open finance and… | ||
| DeFi and Its Potential to Disrupt Traditional Finance & Ensure Financial Inclusion | Anton Golub, Tejinder Kumar, Ilya Grechnevi, Malik Khan Kotadia | 37m |
Panelists argue DeFi reduces counterparty risk by replacing humans with smart contracts but flag code and UX as the main failures, citing FTX as a centralized… | ||
| Can Asia Lead the World in Web3 and Metaverse? | Jane Thomason | 14m |
Asia already supplies 1.6 billion gamers, mobile-first adoption and a projected $200B total addressable market make it central to web3 gaming; expect 80% of… | ||
| Web 2 to Web 3: Transition & Merging Businesses | Tim Duong, Chezka Gonzales, Kapil Dhiman | 29m |
Panel reports concrete prototypes: an OTA that mints NFT hotel bookings from channel‑manager inventory via API, supports crypto and fiat payments, and sells… | ||
| Web 3 and New Creator Economy | Jared Dillinger, Donald Patrick Lim, Jane Thomason | 29m |
Claims that Web2 is an internet of information and Web3 is an internet of value drive concrete moves: creators mint limited-run NFTs (example suggested: minted… | ||
| Blockchain 4.0: What's Next After the Crypto Winter 2.0 | Kelvin Lester K. Lee, Lito Villanueva, Stephanie Tower, Malik Khan Kotadia | 38m |
Panel argues reality falls short of WEF hype: adoption is well under single digits of GDP, not 10%. Regulators prioritize investor and consumer protection and… | ||
| Decentralization & Web 3: What's Next for Users & Their Data | Giu Comia, Ripul Mahajan, Wesley Dela Cruz, Kapil Dhiman | 28m |
Panelists argue decentralization returns data control and revenue to users, citing a Hedera naming service rollout and a claimed business model where a pixel… | ||
| Enhancing Climate Change & Social Impact With Sustainable Technologies | Abhishek Bhattacharya, Stephanie Tower, Jane Thomason | 32m |
Farm projects tokenise stored crops as ERC-1155 SFTs and put warehouses and banks on-chain so farmers who used to wait 15 days to 15 minutes for loans now… | ||
| Unlocking Potential with Generative AI - Keynote Speech | Puneet Singh | 11m |
Claims that generative AI already beats human benchmarks on language tasks and will become the backbone of engineering stacks, converting 90% of today's tech… | ||
| The Future of Technology & How It Affects Youth Empowerment, Legacy Brands, Tourism & Social Media | Kylie Verzosa, Aaron Maniego, James Rumohr, Sabrina Co, Josh Yugen | 31m |
Kumu reports it embeds AI moderation to spot trafficking content and protect young users, the app turns five and is expanding offline to Thailand, Dubai and… | ||
| How to build your network as a VC - Venture Capitalist | Myrtle Anne Ramos, Anton Golub, Nick Cryptoware | 26m |
Panel describes how VCs actually win deals: build two networks — founders for deal flow and institutional LPs for capital — by doing events, cold outreach and… | ||
| How I Accidentally Sold $100M in NFTs - Keynote speech | Luis Buenaventura | 16m |
CurioCards (2017) — a 30‑card Ethereum art project — resurfaces on OpenSea in 2021 and records about $100M on OpenSea (≈38,000 ETH), with Christie’s fetching… | ||
| Innovation & Disruptive Technologies: Impact on Business and Society in Asia | Amirsan Roberto, Jasmine Ng, James Kao, Megan Nilsson | 30m |
Panel argues Asia leapfrogs legacy steps: whole cities adopt cashless payments (WeChat Pay, Alipay), e‑commerce peaks on Singles Day, and China runs ~250,000… | ||
| NFTs & AI Tools For Gaming Software - Keynote Speech | Bob Williams | 11m |
i3SOFT claims two years of development and a fall product launch that ties AI and NFTs into real game utility: AI that auto-builds every parlay combination… | ||
| NFTs Usability and Utility - Keynote Speech | Crypto Megan | 14m |
Overview of concrete NFT use cases, outcomes and tools: music NFTs sell directly to small communities—500 music NFT copies sell out in 10 hours and an… | ||
| NFTs and Intellectual Property Rights: real life use cases | Megan Nilsson | 24m |
Explains that when a project grants IP you get permission to build and monetize — example: 10,000 Bored Apes owners receive commercial rights and creators… | ||
| Beyond Memes and Pumps - The Power of NFTs | Lucie Kadlecova, Valentin Alekseev, Christopher Rodil | 25m |
Panelists argue NFTs drive retention in iGaming by giving players tradable in‑game assets that gain experience (example: plane skins in a crash game) and… | ||
| Building a Sustainable Ecosystem for Blockchain and Web3 Games | Rommel Carlos, Vince Edralin, Jane Thomason | 24m |
Argument: sustainable Web3 games need fun first and engineered economics second. Cited numbers: 2000% growth and 80% Asia skew. Concrete fixes: on-chain… | ||
| Gaming Guilds and The Play-to-Earn Ecosystem | Mikhail Penalosa, Cholo Maputol, Ash Mandhyan | 25m |
Guilds pivot from buying NFTs to running game-publishing and user acquisition in mobile-first Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam) and build platforms that… | ||
| GameFi and Metaverse: What's Next for Users and Builders | Mikhail Penalosa, Ismael Jerusalem, Adrian Sim, Renz Carlo Chong | 26m |
Discussion argues players want community and escape, while blockchain’s concrete contribution is letting in-game items become tradable NFTs with royalties so… | ||
| AIBC Asia Start-Up Pitch | Megan Nilsson, Relena Sei, Adam Cukrowski, Anton Golub, Harmen Brenninkmeijer | 58m |
Six startups pitch live to judges; Webmint claims 850k USD revenue and a no‑code dynamic NFT tool for brands, Howdy Studios shows a linkable‑badge MVP with… | ||
| Speech | Keith Marshall | 13m |
Sigma Foundation runs adventure fundraising—13 expeditions including Kilimanjaro and Camino de Santiago—to finance concrete projects: 10 schools in Ethiopia… | ||
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