Day One
We arrived in Singapore at 7 am on Monday, just in time to immerse ourselves in the full conference experience. After settling into our hotel, we began our day at the Epoch Summit, hosted by our friends from A41. The first panel discussion we attended was “Restaking: A New Paradigm in Decentralized Security,” featuring industry leaders from Eigenlayer and Symbiotic. Both agreed that restaking will shape the future and transform the entire industry. Along with the keynotes and panel discussions, we enjoyed great food with both new and existing partners we met during the first day.
Later that day, we headed to the next event, “Restaking2049,” where we caught up with our friends from Exocore, who are building an Omnichain Restaking L1 with the Cosmos SDK. We're excited to support them in their testnet. Additionally, we met some intriguing new protocols entering the restaking ecosystem, including “Level,” which is building a stablecoin-based restaking platform. After that, we attended the “FBTC x Babylon: Ignite Bitcoin With Builders & Miners” event, where we met with our existing partners, Pell Network and Babylon.
After three packed events, we called it a day and spent the evening at one of Singapore's famous hawker centers, enjoying delicious local food.
Day Two
We kicked off day two similarly to day one, attending the Epoch Summit, where we enjoyed a keynote by Stan, the CEO of Initia, titled “Why and What Went Wrong With the Multichain World.” Afterward, we headed to the Appchain event, hosted by DoraHacks, which focused on developing the Cosmos ecosystem. Unfortunately, the Cosmos ecosystem has faced significant challenges recently, and the event was sparsely attended, with panel discussions and keynotes held in front of just 5-10 people.
The third event of the day was “Multichain Day,” where we reconnected with partners like Lava Network, Sei, Arcium, Stroom, and Mezo. The event was well-attended, and the venue was fantastic. We stayed for one panel discussion, “Scaling Bitcoin: L2s, Staking, and Multichain Integration.”
Afterward, we grabbed a taxi and headed to the Ritz-Carlton at Marina Bay for one of the week’s highlights: the “Liquid Asset Summit: Redefining Staking Liquidity,” hosted by Berachain, Stakestone, and Hashkey Capital. This was one of the most popular events of the entire week—Berachain events are always packed. One of the most sought-after pieces of merch was given out by the Bera Baddies: a cap. In between the panel discussions, we had the opportunity to chat with Hanzhi, the CTO of Nubit, the DA layer for Bitcoin, which we will also support once they launch. The rest of the day was filled with 1:1 meetings with partners like Particle Network, and we capped it off with a private party hosted by Mantra Network.
Day Three
We began day three at “Liquidity Day | Token2049 Singapore,” starting with a panel discussion featuring MegaETH, Monad, and Metis L2 on their strategies for bootstrapping liquidity. After two hours, we hopped into a taxi again and headed to the Monad Community event, another highlight of the week. Monad’s approach to community building is clearly paying off. We’ve noticed that some projects are really starting to attract retail users, and Monad is definitely one of them.
Later, we had an invitation to a private party at the Embassy of Austria, so we decided to walk to the venue and explore the city of Singapore along the way. The event was small but enjoyable. After a couple of drinks, we decided to call it a day, grabbed some food at a hawker center, and headed back to the hotel.
Day Four
Day four started with the “Abstract Token2049” event, focused entirely on how chain abstraction can drive mass adoption. They predicted that by next year, users won’t even need to know which chain they’re using. After that event, we walked over to the MegaETH event, about 500 meters away. This event made us bullish on MegaETH—they’re still in the early stages, but already building a unique community of developers. We spoke to a few developers who mentioned that MegaETH is the go-to platform for real-time dApps, aiming for 10,000 transactions per second.
The third event of the day, and our last one, was the “1inch Crypto Carnival” party at Marina Bay Sands. It was hands down the best party of the week, and though it was the only one we attended, lol, the 1inch team definitely knows how to throw a party.
Day Five
Friday was our last day in Singapore before heading back to Austria late that night. We started the day at “Altlayer Rollup Day,” where we met several partners from our collaborations with Eigenlayer. The event had a decent turnout, but we noticed that restaking is still in its early stages and can be hard to understand, even for developers and users. After spending a few hours there, we walked to a private event hosted by our friends at Initia, where we enjoyed some “mystery minigolf.” We wrapped up the day with a small dinner with the Initia team and friends. Afterward, we returned to the hotel to collect our bags before heading to the airport.
All in all, it was a packed week at Token2049—meeting new and existing partners, strengthening relationships, reconnecting with friends, enjoying great food, and having a fantastic time. See you next year, Singapore!
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