CoinDesk JAPAN year-end and New Year special project “Web3 Senryu Contest” will be held, and the winners will receive a gift card – Summarize the charm of Web3 in one sentence! | CoinDesk JAPAN

2023 will be the year when the Web3 industry attracts even more attention. New technological innovations and use cases are emerging in the areas of crypto assets (virtual currency), blockchain, NFTs, DAOs, and security tokens (ST), and the possibilities of Web3 are expanding. Therefore, this time, CoinDesk JAPAN is hosting the “Web3 Senryu Contest” with the hope of further advancing Web3. Let’s make the new beginning of Web3 exciting with CoinDesk JAPAN!

■Supporting company
Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters, bitFlyer Co., Ltd., pafin Co., Ltd., Fintertech Co., Ltd.

■Recruitment/Presentation Schedule
Recruitment start date: December 21, 2023 (Thursday) 17:00
Application period: December 21, 2023 (Thursday) 17:00 to January 5, 2024 (Friday) 23:59
Review period: January 5, 2024 (Friday) to January 10, 2024 (Wednesday)
Results announcement: January 12, 2024 (Friday) *Scheduled Announcement on X (@CoinDeskjapan) space

■How to apply
Please apply using either of the two options below.
①X (old Twitter)
・Follow the X CoinDesk JAPAN official account,
Please post with “@CoinDeskjapan” and “#cdjweb3senryu”.
②Application form
・Please apply using the application form below.

*During the application period, you can apply for multiple works. However, even if you apply for the same content multiple times (including cases that our company deems to be the same), it will be considered the same application and your chances of winning will not increase.
*Limited to one work per application.
*Please read the eligibility requirements, notes on winning, and contest rules at the bottom of this page before applying.

■Prize: New Year gift card (QUO card)
・Grand Prize (1 point) 50,000 yen
・Excellence Award (1 point) 20,000 yen worth
・Sponsor company award 10,000 yen each

■Special judge
Mr. Yuzo Kano | Representative Director and CEO of bitFlyer Holdings, Inc.

After working at Goldman Sachs Securities, etc., co-founded bitFlyer, Inc. in 2014. In addition to making recommendations regarding domestic legal reforms and formulating self-regulatory rules, he has also served as CEO of bitFlyer USA, Inc., a crypto asset exchange company, and chairman of bitFlyer EUROPE SA. Contributing to the development of the crypto asset exchange industry with his global perspective. Currently, in addition to serving as the representative director of each company in the bitFlyer group, he is also actively working towards the development of the web3 industry, including serving as the representative director of the Japan Blockchain Association.

Sota Watanabe | Astar Network Founder, Startale Labs CEO

Founder of Astar Network, a public blockchain from Japan. CEO of Startale Labs. Next Web Capital, Hakuhodo key3 founder. He serves as a board member of the Japan Blockchain Association and an advisor to Marui Group, GMO Web3, Dentsu web3 Club, etc. In 2022, he was selected as one of the 30 people under 30 in Asia in the technology category by Forbes magazine, and as one of Newsweek’s 100 most respected Japanese people in the world in 2023.

Mr. Takeshi Nagase | Partner Attorney, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune Foreign Law Joint Venture / NY State Attorney

After being seconded to the Corporate Disclosure Division of the Financial Services Agency’s General Affairs and Planning Bureau, he was seconded to the Legal Department of a major domestic securities company for two years. While seconded to the Financial Services Agency, he was mainly involved in revising laws and guidelines related to disclosure regulations and formulating the Stewardship Code. While seconded to a securities company, he provided advice on various finance, Fintech, and corporate matters. Utilizing his experience of being seconded to the Financial Services Agency and securities companies, he provides advice tailored to financial practices while taking into account the thinking of regulatory authorities. Currently, we mainly handle Fintech projects such as crypto asset exchange business/digital securities, GameFi/blockchain games, Metaverse, NFT, stable coins (electronic payment methods), and electronic money payments, as well as financial institutions and startups in Japan and overseas. provide advice on. He is a legal advisor to the NFT Subcommittee and Use Case Subcommittee of the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association. Awarded Chambers Fintech 2024.

Mai Fujimoto | Co-founder of INTMAX and Co-founder of Japan Blockchain Week

Since receiving his first Bitcoin in 2011, he has been working to popularize Bitcoin and Blockchain. After being involved in domestic and international projects as an advisor and angel investor, he is currently based in Switzerland and co-founded INTMAX, an Ethereum L2 platform. Non Fungible Tokyo has been held every year since 2017. He is also the organizer of Japan Blockchain Week.

Mr. Gaku Saito | Representative Director and Co-CEO of pafin Co., Ltd.

After working at Goldman Sachs for about 12 years in charge of proprietary investments and hedge fund management, he founded pafin Inc. with three former colleagues. pafin operates the virtual currency profit and loss calculation service “Cryptact” and the Web3 household account book “defitact.” A Fintech startup made up of professionals in both the cutting-edge blockchain technology, including virtual currency, and finance, economics, and investment. Since 2021, he has served as the chairman of the Japan Cryptocurrency Business Association’s tax system review committee, and is also working on tax reform, which is a major issue for the industry.

Mr. Kazuya Aihara | Representative Director and President of Fintertech Co., Ltd.

Joined Daiwa Institute of Research as a new graduate. After working in securities system development, he joined the research and development department and was engaged in research and development of smartphone applications, cloud computing, AI, etc. After serving as the head of the blockchain research team across the Daiwa Securities Group, he joined Fintertech Co., Ltd. as a founding member in 2018. He assumed his current position in April 2023 after serving as a business development manager for “digital asset-backed loans.”

Mr. Takahiro Saito | Head of Open Innovation Team, Planning Division, Corporate Planning Department, Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters Co., Ltd.

Joined Daiwa Securities SMBC as a new graduate. He is engaged in new product development in the investment banking department. He has been with Daiwa Securities Group Headquarters Corporate Planning Department for 20 years. Since 2021, he has been in charge of the Daiwa Securities Group’s cross-sectional project “ST Business Review Special Project.” Current position since 2022.

Yuki Kamimoto | N.Avenue/CoinDesk Japan Representative Director and CEO

Joined Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently LINE Yahoo) in 2013. After working in media and advertising business development mainly at Yahoo! News, he was in charge of launching a new business with an Israeli tech venture. In 2018, he established N.Avenue, a media company that disseminates Web3 information, and became president and representative director. He runs the official Japanese version of CoinDesk, the world’s largest digital asset news media, and btokyo, which hosts conferences and community activities in this area. In addition, since 2023, he has served as a director of the Blockchain Promotion Association (BCCC).

■Application qualifications

・The destination of the prize must be within Japan.
・Participation is limited to those who agree to the terms of this contest.
・Entries must be unpublished works. Works that are copyrighted by another company or co-authored by joint names will not be accepted.
・There is no limit to the number of submitted works. *Please submit one work per application.
*If you are a minor, please obtain consent from your guardian before applying.

■About the award

The winning works will be determined by the jury’s strict selection of poems, and the winners will be notified at the presentation at X Space, which is scheduled to take place on January 12, 2024.
*The presentation schedule is subject to change.

If it is discovered that the same person has received multiple awards, ① in the case of multiple awards, the application that won the higher ranking award; ② in the case of multiple awards for the same award, the application selected by the judge The work will be valid and the rest will be invalid.

[Contest Terms]

■About copyright and usage rights of submitted works

・Entries must be original works created by the applicant themselves, and must be works whose intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to a third party other than the applicant, or created using generated AI, etc. You cannot apply for works that have been submitted.
・All copyrights of submitted works shall belong to “N.Avenue Co., Ltd.”, which operates CoinDesk JAPAN. Applicants must not interfere with our company’s use of these materials by exercising their moral rights.
・The Company may display the applicant’s X account name or pen name in the submitted work when using the information in the preceding paragraph.

■Caution/Disclaimer

– The Company may change or cancel all or part of this Contest without prior notice to applicants. If deemed necessary, the Company may change these Terms without prior notice to applicants, and may take any necessary measures to ensure the proper operation of this Contest.
・As a result of the screening, there may be no results for each prize or the number of winners may be lower than expected.
・Internet communication fees, connection fees, etc. will be borne by the applicant.
・The right to win is limited to the winner themselves. It may not be transferred, resold, or redeemed for cash to another person.
・If any of the following apply, your application or eligibility to win will be invalidated. Please note that even if we receive a request to arrange the prize after the winning has been invalidated, we will not be able to accept any requests.
(1) If there is a deficiency in the procedure for arranging prizes or the registration details.
(2) If you change your username after applying and the DM is not delivered.
(3) If the prize cannot be delivered due to reasons such as inability to contact
(4) Directly or indirectly related to organized crime groups, organized crime group members, companies/organizations related to organized crime groups, corporate racketeers, social movement/political activity thugs, special intelligence gangs, etc., and other anti-social forces and their members. If it is recognized that
(5) If you perform an act that violates these Terms.
(6) In the event that there is any other false declaration or fraudulent act regarding the application.
・This contest is planned and operated by our company and is not affiliated with X Corp., X (formerly Twitter) or any of their affiliates.
・Please be careful of fake SNS accounts pretending to be our company. We will not use SNS DMs or comment sections to direct participants to a specific site or inform them of their winnings.
・You cannot specify the delivery date and time, delivery method, or delivery company of the prize.

■Handling of personal information

The personal information collected will be used for our marketing in the form of statistical data that does not identify individuals, in order to contact winners, ship prizes, and improve our services.
For other information on the handling of personal information, please check our privacy policy (https://www.coindeskjapan.com/privacy-policy/).
Information will not be disclosed or presented to third parties without the prior consent of the applicant (unless permitted by law).

■Prohibitions

When applying for this contest, the following acts are prohibited. The Company reserves the right to invalidate the application and winnings of applicants who are found to have engaged in any of the following acts.

(1) Acts that violate laws and ordinances, acts that violate public order and morals, or acts that are likely to do so.
(2) Acts that lead to criminal acts or fraudulent acts
(3) Acts that violate X (formerly Twitter) rules
(4) Acts that infringe on the copyrights and other intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy rights, and other rights or interests of the Company or others, or acts that may be likely to do so.
(5) Acts that damage the honor and credibility of our company or others, or damage trust.
(6) Acts that cause disadvantage or damage to our company or others
(7) Acts that slander the Company or others.
(8) Acts of disclosing other people’s personal information
(9) Acts of impersonation, such as by using another person’s name or the name of an organization such as a company.
(10) Business activities using this contest, acts aimed at commercial purposes or preparation thereof
(11) Political activities, election activities, and religious activities using this contest
(12) Acts that interfere with the operation of this contest
(13) Other acts that the Company deems inappropriate in light of the purpose of this contest.

■Other terms and conditions

・Regardless of the circumstances, even if an applicant suffers damage as a result of applying to this contest, the Company will not be liable for such damage unless there is intentional or gross negligence on the part of the Company. However, if damage is caused to the applicant due to slight negligence on the part of the Company, the Company shall be liable for compensation only for the normal and direct damage actually caused to the applicant.
・If any trouble occurs between the applicant and a third party in connection with this contest, the applicant shall resolve the trouble at his/her own responsibility and expense, and the Company shall not be responsible for any such trouble. not.
・These terms and conditions shall be governed by Japanese law.
– All disputes related to this contest will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Tokyo District Court of first instance.

｜Text/Editing: CoinDesk JAPAN Editorial Department