Venue – Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

Official website – https://blockchain-fest.asia 

The two-day conference will be held at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore’s most iconic hotel for the largest rooftop Infinity Pool and a wide range of shopping & entertainment, with approximately 1000 participants coming to visit the crypto event of the year –  Blockchain Fest!

The purpose of the conference is to create a unique networking interactive platform for the international crypto community that eager to exchange experiences, learn first-hand skills from the market leaders and want to acquire potential partners for their project.

The Blockchain Fest format includes a conference with fireside chat sessions, discussion panels and speeches, an exhibition area, networking space with a coffee station and comfortable lounges for meetings and gala dinner.

The prominent speakers will cover everything including Future of Digital Money and Assets, Governance & Law, Decentralized Blockchain Protocols and Smart contracts, Current trends and challenges, Investing in DeFi and even more.

Just some of the names, who will tell their unique hero’s journey:

• Chief Compliance Officer Gemini APAC Andy Meehan and Li Ren Zeng, Regional Consultant at XT.com
• Jack O’Connor, Sales Director – ASEAN at Snowflake
• David Ogilvy, Head of Custody Innovation at Celsius Network
• Arkadiusz Balcerek, COO at AnchorSwap Finance
• Arvin Khamseh, NFT Marketing Expert

The full list of topics and speakers can be found at https://blockchain-fest.asia

The event is powered by Bybit – online streaming and gala dinner sponsor. Grand sponsor of Blockchain Fest is Fireblocks. Platinum sponsors are Fellaz, JPEX and ChainUP. Gold sponsors are Amber Group, Coinstore and AnchorSwap.

Tickets online, standard, business and VIP can still be purchased with discount on the event website https://blockchain-fest.asia

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*Produced and brought to you by FINEXPO, organizer of financial conferences, forums, summits, exhibitions, shows, festivals, fairs and awards since 2002, with a community of over 100,000 crypto & financial participants.   

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Venue: Parklane, Limassol, Cyprus 

Official website: https://blockchain-fest.com 

The most anticipated European 2-day B2B event on Blockchain, Exchanges, Cryptocurrencies, DeFi, GameFi, NFTs and artificial intelligence with 1,000 limited tickets for attendees and over 10,000 online spots for viewers will broaden awareness of all blockchain and crypto aspects.

The culmination of Blockchain Fest is assigned to fireside chat sessions and panel discussion.

Significant people from Crypto community will cover on crypto regulation, current environment and trends, blockchain transforming the world and integration with artificial intelligence. 

Much will go to NFTs beyond the hype that made a great impact in art, fashion, game and music. Furthermore, participants will learn from NFT Marketing Expert Arvin Khamseh How an NFT brand can build large Discord and Twitter communities in less than 2 days. 

Panel discussion “Women in Crypto and Blockchain” will be hosted and moderated by Advocate of Women in Web 3.0 Maria Xenofontos, CEO & Founder at Femic.io.

The global event will bring together the most top speakers. Chief Strategy Officer at Celsius Network S. Daniel Leon, a founder of platform of curated services that have been abandoned by big banks – like fair interest, zero fees, and lightning quick transactions. Head of Marketing at Polkadex Dagmara Handzlik works for a decentralized platform for exchanging tokens to set people all over the world free financially. Alexis Nicolaou and George Agathangelou, CEO and COO at BLOCK.CO helps brands to deliver greater customer experience like never before through its NFT minting platform.

The event is supported and joined by representatives of University of Nicosia – the first university to accept Bitcoin as a method of payment for tuition fees. Bitcoin and blockchain evangelist honoured to be Manager, Institutional & Corporate Partnerships Nick Assimenos will present his credible opinion about the topic. 

Blockchain Fest is a platform where business representatives, authorities, investors and developers will come to contribute to development of the crypto industry. The event is supported by the Cyprus Blockchain Association and Block.co.

Tickets online, standard, business or VIP can still be purchased with discount on the event website https://blockchain-fest.com

Media Sponsors: Relawding

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*Produced and brought to you by FINEXPO, organizer of financial conferences, forums, summits, exhibitions, shows, festivals, fairs and awards since 2002, with a community of over 100,000 crypto & financial participants.   

Contact Blockchain Fest at laura@finexpo.org

+357 95536475 

Laura Mirnaya

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An astounding 3000 people and 53 speakers from around the world will come together once again in the heart of Limassol to celebrate the future, highlight the most recent technological advancements, and present the greatest innovations.
This event is the largest and most influential in the Mediterranean and serves as a phenomenal networking and educational hub, showcasing the expertise of skilled futurists from all over the world.

Participants from the likes of businesspeople, corporates, startups, academics, entrepreneurs, students, and tech & science enthusiasts connect through curiosity, forward-thinking, and excitement for turning ideas into actions that make a lasting impact.

In 2019, Reflect focused on topics such as future society, artificial intelligence, money & economy in addition to more “human” topics such as happiness & self-development, the future of relationships, and productivity.

Notable speakers included:

Claude Silver, Chief Heart Officer at Vayner Media. She shared her mission to lead with empathy and further insights as to the shift within the human resources industry to emphasize company culture, employee mental health & engagement, and putting people first.

David Bizer, the founder and CEO of Talent Fountain. He also spoke about company culture in addition to talent acquisition and talent management. He further shared his experience as the first recruiter at Google in Europe, and how he built the organization from 100 employees to over 5000 in 7 years.

In addition to the likes of:

Sujay Tyle, who entered Harvard at the age of 15, and is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Frontier Car Group (FGC)
Petr Ludwig, founder at Procrastination.com and author of the bestselling book dedicated to overcoming the habit of putting off tasks and responsibilities.

And the infamous Sophia, the world´s first android citizen which is the most advanced human-like robot developed by Hanson Robotics in Hong Kong.

This year Reflect is highly anticipated to be an immersive experience especially redesigned for the new world.
The event will utilize the entirety of Limassol through outdoor talks, activities, and exhibitions taking place in the old town, on rooftops, inside warehouses & castles, and even on floating stages using ships.

The three-day event will be jam-packed with reinvigorating and inspiring workshops, fascinating panel discussions, and over 50 choice speakers that will present unique perspectives about the fallacies & realities of technology, advancements that will contribute to a better society, the impact of technology on our climate and the future of culture & entertainment. The main mission of this year’s edition of Reflect is to connect individuals who are eager to become a part of the inevitable reset of the way we live and conduct business.

For health and safety purposes, Reflect will divide participants into two groups. Half of the attendees will be physically present in Cyprus and the other half will attend via a virtual format.

However, event organizers have assured that digital pass holders will not miss out as they will have the ability to watch the presentations in real-time, ask questions, and interact with other attendees in addition to enjoying special virtual experiences and events.

If you’re interested in challenging this new reality and learning more about how you can contribute to a future that is more uncertain than ever, check out the official Reflect event page at: https://www.reflectfest.com/#agenda

Also, be sure not to miss out on the latest updates for this remarkable event by following Reflect on social media!
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The Case

Rapper Kidd Wes (Emelike Wesley Nwosuocha) is claiming that Glover’s 2018 Grammy-winning “This Is America” has “substantial similarities” to his lesser-known single “Made In America”.

Nwosuocha alleges in New York federal court that the ‘lyrical theme, content and structure” of the chorus of Glover’s viral hit is too comparable to the plaintiff’s song to be an accident. The evidence provided includes statements from musicologist Dr Brent Swanson who confirms that, “there are distinct similarities in melodic contour, rhythmic triplet flow in each performance, and the lines ‘Made in America’ and ‘This is America’ line up nearly perfectly in time despite being different tempos. They also both use rhythmic utterances in their performances.”

The lawsuit was filed on 6th May 2021 and the outcome is still unknown. Nwosuocha and his legal team are pursuing a permanent injunction, as well as damages and lost profits. Although a specific sum was not mentioned, he claimed that Glover and his co-writers made “hundreds of millions of dollars” from “This Is America”.

Glover’s manager, Fam Udeorji, refused claims of plagiarism, saying the song dated back to 2015, “and we have Pro Tools [digital] files to prove it”. If this is true, Nwosuocha will not be able to pursue the lawsuit as his song was first posted in September 2016 on SoundCloud.

Not The First Time

“This Is America” has previously been in the hot seat for plagiarism. In 2018, its similarity to Jase Harley’s “American Pharaoh” was noted by a blogger named Akademiks.

However, the accusation played out differently in the recent case as Harley said he had no interest in pursuing legal action. He posted on Instagram: “I feel extremely humbled to be recognised and labelled as one of, or the original inspiration, for one of the most important pieces of music and visual art of our time.”

US Copyright Law

The Copyright Act of 1976 prevents the unauthorised copying of a work of authorship. You no longer have to give copyright notice when you create original work – you are automatically protected.

A copyright holder can bring a suit for direct or secondary infringement and ask for monetary damages or equitable relief, such as an injunction.

The goal of copyright law is “to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and investors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.” Thus, the law should incentivise the creation of art, literature, music, and other works of ownership.

However, the effectiveness of this legal doctrine is questioned and the recent string of rulings in copyright cases seems to miss the purpose of its enforcement. With recent high-profile challenges, time will tell if the act is promoting or obstructing the creation of new works.

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With a reportedly less-than special successor in the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party with Armin Laschet, and shifting political trends giving more prominence to Die Grünen (The Green party) and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, there could be a shift in German, and European, politics for the next few years.

Merkel, the CDU and Laschet

Angela Merkel has been a dominant leader in German politics for the last sixteen years. The stability of her leadership, along with the conservative policies of the CDU, has allowed the country to sail through crises largely unscathed.

In her premiership, Merkel has taken Germany through the 2008 financial crisis, the 2015 migrant crisis when the country welcomed refugees instead of rejecting them, and the Covid-19 pandemic where Germany has done relatively well, compared to other large economies. While there are benefits to having an already large, rich country, strong leadership is an intangible quality that shouldn’t be taken for granted. Look at the likes of the UK, the US and Brazil at that time.

The shoes of the chancellorship, and leader of the CDU, are big ones to fill, and Armin Laschet has been chosen by the party to do it. He comes across as a safe pair of hands but appears to not have the force of personality of Merkel. He runs on the identity of a reliable everyman: the son of a miner who still lives where he was born, in the countryside near Aachen.

The CDU, under both Merkel and Laschet, adopts a pragmatic wait-and-see approach to its policies, preferring to stay flexible and free to change its mind. It is the only major party to have not released a manifesto for the upcoming elections, leaving some to ask how Laschet plans to cut carbon emissions by 80% before 2040.

Baerbock’s Greens

The CDU’s main opposition in the polls is the Green party, with Annalena Baerbock as their leader. Baerbock appeared to be initially popular in Germany, but the more that was learned about her and the Greens, the faster they fell in credibility.

Baerbock recently had to make an embarrassing u-turn regarding her online CV, after there were accusations that she played up her qualifications in international law at the London School of Economics. While it isn’t clear how founded these claims were, they caught the public eye, as public support for her fell twelve points in the wake of it.

While the Green party has shown an ambition to be taken seriously, they have also come off as radical next to the conservative CDU. The party has promised a tax hike on fuel in the country and suggested sending arms to Ukraine in the face of Russian oppression.

While the former policy is typically divisive but not uncommon for green-issue parties, the latter could put German-Russian relations into an uncomfortable position with an inexperienced leader at the helm. There are suggestions that Baerbock might’ve been overly ambitious in some of her rhetoric and policies, and any gain on Laschet early on has disappeared to the safe pair of hands that are the CDU.

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German elections do not operate in the same first-past-the-post way that UK ones do, so there is a greater emphasis on coalition building in the Reichstag. If the CDU does become the dominant party, it is likely to be with a smaller seat-share than under Merkel, and they might have to make concessions to the likes of the Greens. Although other parties have pledged not to work with them, the likes of the AfD might still have a role to play in running politics in Germany post-Merkel.

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