[Free online on May 18]Consensus 2023 briefing session: Web3 entry of large companies, regulations, AI, RWA, NFT & DAO ─ How did the world perceive cutting-edge themes? |coindesk JAPAN

“Consensus by CoinDesk 2023” held in the harsh “Crypto Asset Winter”. In order to regain the trust that the cryptocurrency industry has lost, it was an opportunity for not only developers and business people, but also investors, VCs and regulators to gather and exchange opinions.

How did the people who gathered in Austin, Texas perceive the future of the industry and the potential of crypto assets? And how does the world evaluate Japan’s approach to regulation and Web3, which unexpectedly attracted attention from the world due to the bankruptcy of FTX?

Four people who participated in Consensus 2023 and experienced real local information and heat, including the two who took the stage at “Why Japan Is Embracing Crypto”, which was the first session at Consensus that focused on “country”. Discuss cutting-edge themes.

■ Event overview

Various themes surrounding crypto assets were discussed at Consensus 2023. In this briefing session, we will take up the following five themes that have attracted particular attention.

• Corporate entry into Web3
• Regulations (Japan in the spotlight of the world)
• AI and blockchain
• Tokenization of Real Assets (RWA)
• NFTs and DAOs

First, Mr. Housho Karasawa of Accenture will report on the local discussion, and Mr. Ryosuke Ushida of the Financial Services Agency, who took the stage at “Why Japan Is Embracing Crypto”, and Mr. Sota Watanabe, CEO of Astar Network Founder/Startale Labs, will join the discussion.

Yuki Kamimoto, CEO of N.Avenue/coindesk JAPAN, who also participated in the event, will serve as the moderator.

■ Implementation date: Thursday, May 18, 2023 18:30-20:00

■application deadline: 5/18 (Thursday) 12:00

■ Holding method: Online (Zoom)

■ Participation target

• Those who are interested in the latest trends and future prospects for crypto assets, blockchain, and web3
• Those who want to know the trends of TradFi (traditional financial institutions), the regulatory environment, the latest development examples, etc.
• Those who want to know the real heat of the local (US) industry

■ Venue: Online (Zoom)

■ Participation fee:free

■ Organizer: btokyo members

■ Media partner：coindesk Japan

■ Capacity: Capacity 200 people

■ Reference articles

Mr. Ryosuke Ushida | Chief Fintech Officer, Financial Services Agency

In addition to being in charge of innovation promotion measures at the Financial Services Agency, he is engaged in international rule-making related to AML/CFT of crypto-assets as co-chair of the FATF crypto-asset contact group. From 2019 to 2021, engaged in research on governance of decentralized financial systems at Georgetown University Cyber ​​SMART Research Center. He graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tokyo. He holds a master’s degree in finance from the London Business School.

Sota Watanabe | Astar Network Founder, Startale Labs CEO

Founder of Astar Network, a public blockchain from Japan. Startale Labs CEO. Founder of Next Web Capital, Hakuhodo key3. He is a board member of the Japan Blockchain Association and an advisor to Marui Group, GMO Web3, and Dentsu web3 Club. In 2022, selected by Forbes magazine as one of the 30 under 30 in the technology category Asia.

Hosho Karasawa | Managing Director, Strategy Group, Business Consulting Division, Accenture Japan Ltd.

Specializing in new business development, he has a wealth of experience in supporting entertainment, media, telecommunications carriers, high-tech, and internet service providers. He has experience in launching multiple businesses, including client work and his own startup, and most recently served as web3’s Japan strategy lead. He has lived in China for 11 years, has been stationed in Singapore for 3 years, and has local knowledge and networks.

Yuki Kamimoto | CEO of N.Avenue/coindesk JAPAN

Joined Yahoo Japan Corporation (currently Z Holdings Corporation) in 2013. After engaging in media and advertising business development centered on Yahoo! News, he was in charge of launching new businesses with overseas tech venture companies. Since 2018, he has been engaged in research and business development in the blockchain area at Z Corporation, a group investment fund. Since 2018, he has been responsible for the launch of N.Avenue Co., Ltd., a media company that disseminates information in the next-generation financial field, established by the company’s investment, and is currently the president. He manages CoinDesk Japan, the Japanese version of CoinDesk, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency and fintech media, and Japan’s largest blockchain conference, btokyo.

｜Text: btokyo members
| Editing: coindesk JAPAN