Compiled by: Golden Finance
The Bitcoin Asia conference will be held at Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong from May 9 to May 10, 2024. This conference will bring together many industry leaders, and Golden Finance has compiled a conference guide to help you attend the conference with peace of mind.
I. Speakers
OSL Executive Director & Head of Regulatory Affairs Gary Tiu
Harvest Global Investments CEO & CIO Han Tongli
Jack Kong, Director of Hong Kong Cyberport
Thomas Zhu, Head of Digital Assets and Head of Family Office Business of China Asset Management (Hong Kong)
Member of the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Wu Junjie
Founding Partner of Waterdrop Capital Jademont Zheng
Founder of Ordinals & Runes Casey Rodarmor
CEO and Founder of Bitcoin Startup Lab Albert Liang
Layer Two Labs Co-founder Austin Alexander
ABCDE Co-founder and GP BMAN Lee
HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao
OrdinalsBot Co-founder Brian Laughlan
OKX Chief Innovation Officer Jason Lau
Stacks Co-Creator Muneeb Ali
Marathon Digital Holdings Senior Vice President of Mining Operations Raymond Walintukan
Coinbase Institutional Sales Wilson Cheng
2. Meeting Process
The meeting will last for two days.
Thursday, May 9
8:55:
Hong Kong SAR Legislative Councillor Ng Chun Kit will first address the meeting.
9:00-9:30:
Roundtable Discussion: "Empowering Hong Kong: Bitcoin Spot ETF"
Participating Guests:
OSL Executive Director & Head of Regulatory Affairs Gary Tiu, HarvestGlobal Investment Co., Ltd. CEO & CIO Han Tongli, HashKey Capital CEO Deng Chao, and Hong Kong SAR Legislative Councillor Ng Chun Kit.
9:30-10:00:
Roundtable discussion: "Hong Kong: Asia's Bitcoin Frontier"
Guests:
LTP Founder&CEO Jack Yang,Waterdrop Capital Founding Partner Jademont Zheng,Harvest Global Investments Head of Digital Assets Flora Lou,
Hong Kong Cyberport Chief Corporate Development Officer Georgina Chu.
10:00-10:30:
Roundtable discussion: "Hong Kong's Bitcoin Financialization"
Guests:
Bitquant Digital Services Chief Scientist, ALEX COO Rachel Yu, Portal Asset Management CTO and Managing Director Nitin Gaur, The Bitcoin Conference Bitcoiner Nolan Bauerle.
11:00-11:30:
Roundtable discussion: "From Ordinal to Market"
Guests:
Magic Eden co-founder and chief engineer Rex Zhou, UniSat director Lorenzo G., Xverse CEO Ken Liao, UTXO management director Namcios.
11:30-12:00:
Roundtable discussion: "Layer 2 venture capital"
Guests:
Sora Ventures founder Jason Fang, Waterdrop Capital founding partner Jademont Zheng, ABCDE co-founder and GP BMAN Lee, UTXO management principal Henry Elder.
12:00-12:30:
Roundtable discussion: "Gamification of Bitcoin"
Guests:
Ordz Games founder & CEO z3th, OKX Chief Innovation Officer Jason Lau, NC Partners (NCSoft) investment team Seb Ramirez.
13:10-13:30:
Keynote speech: "Building Scalable Assets on Bitcoin and Lightning Network"
Speaker:
Lightning Labs infrastructure engineer Yong Yu.
13:30-14:00:
Roundtable discussion: "The Growth of Bitcoin in Asia"
Guests:
HCM Capital founding managing partner Jack Lee, Satoshi Lab investment director Waterdrop Capital Elaine Yang, BiHelix Shuning Hong, Life with Bitcoin Podcast host Vivian Cheng.
Friday, May 10
9:00-9:30:
Roundtable discussion: "EASY BITCOIN: A wallet service suitable for everyone"
Participating guests:
Ballet founder & CEO Bobby Lee, Ledger chairman & CEO Pascal Gauthier, Xverse CEO Ken Liao, Humla Ventures founding partner Greg Carson.
9:30-9:45:
Speech topic: "Return to Bitcoin"
Speaker:
Jack Kong, Director of Hong Kong Cyberport
9:45-10:00:
Speech topic: "Hong Kong Bitcoin ETF and its future impact"
Speaker:
Thomas Zhu, Head of Digital Assets and Head of Family Office Business of China Asset Management (Hong Kong).
10:00-10:30:
Roundtable discussion: "Bitcoin Season 2 Layer 2"
Participating guests:
Stacks Co-Creator Muneeb Ali, Xverse CSO Jan Smejkal, Electric Capital Engineer Ren Crypto Fish, BTC Inc Co-founder Tyler Evans.
11:20-12:00:
Roundtable discussion: "ZK ROLLUPS"
Guests:
Orkun Mahir Kilic, co-founder of Citrea, David Seroy, head of growth and strategy at Alpen Labs, Carter Feldman, founder and CEO of QED Protocol, and Eric Wall, the genius of Taproot Wizards.
11:30-12:00:
Dialogue: "Rune Release"
Guests:
Casey Rodarmor, creator of Ordinals & Runes, and Erin Redwing, CEO of Inscribing Atlantis.
12:00-12:30:
Roundtable discussion: "Bitcoin Native Assets"
Participating guests:
Co-founder of Layer 1 Foundation Domo Data, UniSat Director Lorenzo G., Ordinals & Runes Creator Casey Rodarmor, UTXO Management Director Namcios.
12:50-13:00
Speech topic: "Bitcoin Adoption Trends: Asian Market"
Speaker:
Merlin Chain Founder Jeff Merlin.
3. Bitcoin Week
Bitcoin Week includes gatherings, seminars, social events, parties and other interesting activities.
Official Event:
Theme:Developer Conference
Time:May 7-8 9:30am-7:00pm
Location:Science Park E Ave, Science Park, Hong Kong
Theme:Whale Night
Time:May 9 8:00pm-11:00pm
Location:Hong Kong
Theme:Bitcoin Asia Official After-Party
Time:May 9, 9:00pm-2:00am
Venue:Cassio Nightclub - Hong Kong Island
Subsidiary Activities:
Theme:Bitcoin Dragon Land Festival
Organizer:Metis Foundation, ZKM
Time:May 8, 6:30pm-11:00pm
Venue:Address available after registration
Theme: href="https://lu.ma/BTCOrbit" target="_blank">Bitcoin Orbit
Organizers:Rollux, SYS Labs
Time:May 8, 11:00am-5:00pm
Venue:Soho House Hong Kong
Theme:BTC Summer (HK)
Organizers:Wizz, CKB Eco Fund, OpenStamp
Time:May 8, 2:30pm - 11:00pm
Venue:Soho House Hong Kong
Theme:Forked
Organizer:Addy Crezee
Time:May 8, 10:00am-11:00pm
Venue:Soho House Hong Kong
Theme:Bitcoin Odyssey: Building on Bitcoin and Beyond
Organizer:Stacks Foundation, Kyle, Yala, ALEX Lab Foundation, Botanix Labs
Time:May 9, 4:30pm-8:00pm
Venue:California Tower
Theme:BiToday Seminar: Bitcoin and Future Infrastructure
Organizers:Xavier Weilun | Nubit, Kony Kwong | L2IV, ArkStream Capital, Kevin Lee, Nico, Miya@Nubit_org
Time:May 9 12:30pm-5:00pm
Venue:Champion Tower
Theme:Bitcoin RGB++ Meetup
Organizers:CKB Eco Fund, Grace Gui
Time:May 10 1:30pm - 7:00pm
Where:ATLASPACE
Theme:BTC Soirée
Hosts:Bitcoin Startup Lab, APRO Oracle, Surf Protocol, Lorenzo Protocol, iSwap, Bitlayer
Time:May 10 1:00pm-5:00pm
Where:Address available after registration
Theme:BTC Soirée
Hosts:Cypher Capital, Supra, Phoenix Group, DLC.Link & Revolving Games.
Time: May 10 6:00pm-10:00pm
Location: Address available after registration
Topic: Ordinals Asia
Organizer: Ordinals Asia
Time: May 11 9:00am-11:59pm
Location: Soho House Hong Kong
Topic: Bitcoin Channel Technical Talk
Organizer: HashKey Capital
Time: May 11 1:30pm-5:30pm
Venue:14th Floor, Three Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central, Hong Kong
4. Hotel Reservations
Bitcoin Asia Summit has negotiated discounted rates for select hotels in Hong Kong. Please use the link below to get up to 30% off.
The Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong
W Hotel, Hong Kong
Royal Plaza Hotel
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