Paris Blockchain Week 2023: Latest updates by Cointelegraph

Pre-summit events such as the Talent Fair, the Startup Competition as well as the Investors Day made up the day on March 20 at the Paris Blockchain Week.

Paris Blockchain Week 2023 (PBW) is about to kick off its ‍4th year as one of the world’s largest conferences tackling all things blockchain, crypto and Web3. The event hosts over 10,000 attendees and was sold out the previous year. The Cointelegraph team is stationed in Paris for the latest news from the ground.

This year’s edition of PBW has speakers from some of the industry’s biggest players, such as Consensys, Ledger, Animoca Brands, Alogrand, Reddit and more. The event consists of the main summit and Web3XP on all things Web3. The main themes of the summit and Web3XP include public policy, enterprise blockchain, open finance, Web3 art and investing in Web3 culture and entertainment, among others.

It also has a dedicated event for investors, a competition for startups, a hackathon and additional side events.

Cointelegraph editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, head of video Jackson DuMont and reporter Joseph Hall are deployed on the ground in Paris all week to deliver the most recent developments from Paris Blockchain Week. 

On March 20, the investors’ event kicked the week off by bringing together investors with interests in Web3, nonfungible tokens (NFTs), the metaverse and blockchain applications. 

Stay tuned for continuous updates from the events, including key takeaways, highlights and behind-the-scenes footage. 

Last year’s event saw around 3,000 summit-goers with keynotes and fireside chats from some of the most prominent figures in the industry, such as Binance’s Changpeng “CZ” Zhao and Tether’s Paolo Ardoino, among many others.