Innovation Meetup in Seoul, South Korea

BNB Chain hosted an epic Innovation Meetup in Seoul, South Korea on December 16th, 2022! It turned out to be one of the largest Web3 meetups in South Korea of the year, featuring industry VIPs, developers and Web3 opinion leaders. The event showcased a number of Web3 projects and impressive keynote speakers.

Read ahead for more details, pictures, and insight from an incredible night in Seoul. Seeing the strength and passion of the BNB Chain community is beyond inspiring. 🔥

Setting the Stage for the Hackathon: 💻

The Web3 meetup preluded a hackathon with a networking where teams from major Web3 companies like Chainlink, Encoding Labs, Playone Games, Samsung Blockchain Wallet, 1inch, and Sandbox Network. States DAO, Klaytn, Cosmostation, Nexon, and A&T Capital will also be at the event to interact with the hackers.

Stephen Milton, Head of Marketing at BNB Chain said:

“Blockchain games and NFTs will be significant components of Web3, and South Korea has seen remarkable growth in both fields. In the context of web3, Korea is at the forefront of worldwide gaming, metaverse, cultural, and music dominance. The hackathon will help us in building the developer foundation by using BNB Chain's scalable and reliable blockchain infrastructure.

Looking at the amazing Web3 dev talent, we are committed to provide consistent local developer support in South Korea.”

Seoul Innovation Meetup: Agenda 📝

8:00pm - Guests arrived
8:30pm - Welcome speech by BNB Chain
8:45pm - Speech from event sponsor DWF
9:05pm - Hook Protocol - Whitelist Raffle Draw
9:30pm - PIP Draw for BUSD prize
10:00pm - Deri Trade
10:15pm - Networking!

Keynote Speakers: 🗣️

DWF Labs - a global Web 3.0 venture capital firm headquartered in Switzerland, supporting global expansion by investing in and advising promising Web 3.0 projects. Recently, a new branch was established in Korea, which is the fifth global branch to be established. DWF Labs not only provides investment support, but also provides consulting, liquidity provision, smart contract security audit, and marketing services.

Deri Trade - a Multi-Chain Decentralized Derivatives Protocol. DERI Trade brings innovate ideas into BNBChain with real yield, copytrading , various products (FX,Crypto,Metals,Equity) that beginners are easily start their investing journey with us."

Stella Fantasy - a premium Anime character collectible RPG, developed by Ring Games for global launch this winter.

PIP - is a Web3 payment company with a mission to accelerate the inevitable future of global micropayments. PIP builds innovative payment services primarily focusing on individuals. PIP is funded by top-tier companies like Coinbase, Galaxy Digital and incubated by Binance Labs.

Event Sponsors: 🏆

DWF Labs and Certik

All together, it was a fantastic night that included fun experiences for attendees like a BNB Chain photobooth, live DJ, plus raffles and prizes. Thanks again to the fantastic Web3 community in Seoul, and we look forward to hosting tons more events worldwide in 2023! 🌎

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