Join us for the first-ever Blockchain Leaders Summit Tokyo 2024, bringing together industry leaders from Japan, Korea, and beyond. This exclusive blockchain business conference is reserved for business leaders by invitation only. While many conferences are held worldwide, meaningful connections with key individuals have often been a matter of chance.
Blockchain Leaders Summit Tokyo 2024
Our Goal
Our goal is to provide a unique opportunity for invited guests to connect with local industry leaders and top blockchain projects on a global scale. Dive into the revolutionary possibilities of blockchain technology across infrastructure, gaming, regulatory frameworks, entertainment, and finance. Together, let’s unlock the future.
Composition
Session
Immerse yourself in dynamic sessions exploring blockchain infrastructure, regulations, and emerging trends.
Networking
Forge connections with industry peers, investors, and influencers to spark collaborations and propel the blockchain industry forward.
Startup Showcase
Exceptional blockchain startups will come together to showcase their pitches. Explore the next companies poised to change the world.
Timetable
11:00 - 11:40
[Keynote] Kaia: A Leading Blockchain Ecosystem in Asia
11:00 - 11:40
[Panel] New stablecoin designs and strategies
Guy Young / Ethena Labs
Baek Kim / Hashed
11:50 - 12:30
[Panel] Designing UI/UX for Optimal Web3 User Experience
Tomochika Kamiya / Syfu
Taishi Matsuyama / Ceres
11:50 - 12:30
[Panel] Bridging decentralized and traditional finance
Can Sun / Backpack
Nathan Lee / Factomind
13:20 - 14:00
[Panel] Japanese Stablecoin: Inception and Strategy
Tatsuya Saito / Progmat
Yusuke Shidara / New Economy
13:20 - 14:00
[Fireside Chat] How Aptos will pave the way for enterprise adoption - bringing more assets on-chain
Taishi Sato / Defimans
14:10 - 14:50
[Panel] Blockchain games growth strategy
Angela Son / NEXON
Han Yoo / League of Kingdoms
14:10 - 14:50
[Panel] The Business Impact of Real World Asset Tokenization
15:00 - 15:40
[Panel]What Makes Japanese Blockchain Games Stand Out
Yasushi Teramura / gumi
Wooster Han / Hashed
15:00 - 15:40
[Fireside Chat] AI x Blockchain Convergence
Simon Kim / Hashed
15:50 - 16:30
[Panel]The Present and Future of Cryptocurrency Regulation in Japan
Masaaki Taira / The House of Representatives
Ryuichi Nishida / B Dash Ventures
15:50 - 16:30
[Panel] Scalability and ecosystem growth strategy for L1 blockchain infrastructure
Ken Kashiwagi / Mysten Labs
Ryan Kim / Hashed
16:40 - 17:20
[Panel] Startale's Web3 entertainment initiatives
Sota Watanabe / Startale Labs
16:40 - 17:20
[Panel] Anime & IP untilization on blockchain
Ueno Ryotaro / TOEI Animation
Steve W. Chung / Azuki
17:30 - 18:10
[Panel] Entertainment- Blockchain uses cases & merits
Sungmin Kim / Hybe Binary
Daryl Xu / NPC Labs
17:30 - 18:10
[Keynote] Kaia Wave - Calling all builders and KOLs to Kaia & LINE's Web3 ecosystem
18:10 - 18:40
Special Live Performance: tripleS
12:30 - 13:20
Networking Lunch
14:50 - 15:40
[Pitching]
Startup Showcase Round 1
Kay Woo / MVL Labs
Oonyong Jung / Crit Ventures
Henry Key / Hashed
15:50 - 16:30
[Pitching]Startup Showcase Round 2
Graham / Republic
Yuki Kanayama / MZWeb3 Fund
Gary Rhee / Hashed
16:50 - 17:40
[Pitching]
Startup Showcase Round 3
Ishan Shrivastava /Xtremeverse
Atsushi Kuwabara/bitbank
Wooster Han/ Hashed
18:40 - 20:00
Networking Dinner
Speaker
secure and scalable layer 1 blockchain. He leads financial services
partnerships, RWAs and tokenization efforts in APAC and the Middle East.
prior to joining Aptos, Alexandre led cryptocurrency topics at Boston
Consulting Group (BCG), covering regulatory, banking and digital asset
projects; prior to BCG, Alexandre had a background in financial M&A. Having
worked in Paris, London, Beijing, Dubai, and now Hong Kong, Alexandre has
a global track record and believes that blockchain technology will be a key
facilitator in unlocking the potential of financial institutions, and Aptos is at the
forefront of this.
• NEXPACE
- Head of BD/Partnerships (2022~present)
• Nexon Korea
- Global Business Division, BD Manager (2015~ 2019)
- Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Corpdev Manager (2019~2021)
- Intelligence Labs Strategy Development, Team Lead (2021~2022)
- 2017~2018 bitFlyer | Operation, BD
- 2019 Coinbit | Head of Business Development
- 2023 Kana Labs | Co-Founder / Head of APAC & Marketing
- 2023 JCBA | Regular member
- 2023 PILAB Technology, Inc. (BIFROST) | Adivisor
Prior to his journey with Hashed, he was a software engineer at AWS working on IoT and Robotics. He was also the founder of a last-mile logistics startup. He graduated from CMU where he studied robotics and computer engineering.
regulated global cryptocurrency exchange. Prior to this position, Can served as general counsel
at FTX International, where he oversaw legal operations and regulatory strategies across all non-US jurisdictions, seeking licensure and managing interactions with international regulators such as the Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority, the Japan Financial Services Agency, the
Monetary Authority of Singapore, and others. Prior to FTX, Can co-founded and co-chaired the Blockchain Practice Group at Fenwick & West LLP, where he played a pivotal role in structuring and launching cryptocurrency projects globally and advising major exchanges (such as Coinbase, Binance, and Kraken, and more) on regulatory compliance. Can holds a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University, and has authored numerous policy papers, and presented at many blockchain conferences worldwide.
2023-2024 - Co-Head of Conference, at Korea Blockchain Week
Apr 2021 - Aug 2023: Product Lead at The Tie
“Those who work hard will be rewarded.” We’ve been taking things for granted
- Major career
·Graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo
·Stanford University (Essentials for Business)
·Harvard Kennedy School (Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century)
·General Manager of the Vegetable Sommelier Association
·CFO of Tokudaiji Automotive Culture Research Institute, Inc
·Remix Point Co., Ltd President, Representative Director
·Representative Director of Bitpoint Japan, Inc
·Managing Director, SBI Holdings, Inc
Executive Officer in Charge of Digital Business Development
Responsible for New Business Development and Partnerships in Web3 and Metaverse Areas
With expertise in Web3 go-to-market (GTM) strategies and operations, he currently heads 3MERGED, a pioneering Web3 game publishing project. Recently, 3MERGED initiated the development of a blockchain infrastructure to facilitate its every expanding lineup of current and future games.
Previously, Han co-founded commerce startups and held a strategic role at LG Electronics USA, where he led initiatives with industry giants such as Google, Comcast, Amazon, and Charter.
He holds a Ph.D in Physics and had worked at research institutes in Japan and abroad. In 2007, he worked at Nomura Asset Management, where he had been involved in research analysis, quant/analytics, and equity investments in Japanese and foreign equities.
From 2019, he started a project at Nomura Holdings to commercialize digital assets, mainly security tokens. In 2022, he assumed responsibility for business development in all digital assets, including crypto assets. He is in his current position at Laser Digital Japan, which was established in 2023.
Japan Blockchain Foundation
Representative Director and CEO, G.U.Group
Representative Director and CTO of G.U.Technologies
After working at Sony Corporation, he founded Lunascape Corporation, a web browser service provider, and in 2020 founded G.U.Technologies and became Representative Director and CTO. 2004 Certified as a Super Creator by IPA, an unexplored software creation project. He was selected as one of the “100 People Who Will Rebuild Japan” by AERA magazine in 2011.
Before co-founding Modhaus with Jaden Jung in December 2021, Joseph was the head of business for Playlist, a subsidiary of Naver, where he gained indirect experience in the entertainment industry. At Modhaus, he leads business, investment, and platform development, driving the company's success in the digital media and entertainment sectors.
• COO, Playlist (Naver affiliated Web drama studio)
• COO, Wooriwa (No.1 Pet food co. in Korea, exited)
• Founder & CEO, Lending Box (DFG affiliated Fin-tech platform co.)
• Co-founder & COO, Brain Medic (Diagnostic software developer)
• Consultant, Bain & Company
and academia. He was a co-founder and CTO of Iconlab Inc., and invented “InterCode” which is a 2D barcode system optimized for mobile camera phone scanning and is the de- facto standard today for Korean operators. He founded Olaworks Inc. in 2006 and worked as CEO and CSO until Intel’s acquisition in 2012. He created “ScanSearch” in Olaworks, the mega-hit mobile augmented reality service with over 2mil users. He worked as Strategic Planner in PEG-IPG-ICG, Intel Corp after the acquisition until 2014. Currently he is Partner and CEO of FuturePlay Inc., which builds and invests in innovative deep-tech startups around the world. FuturePlay is the leading accelerator and VC of Korea and has invested 250+ startups since 2013. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejon, in 1996 and 1998 and Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from KAIST in 2002, respectively.
He worked for 16 years in various roles, such as at a regional bank, city hall, and financial system integration. He then moved into the Web3 industry, where he has been involved in several projects:
・Digital Asset Markets
- BD/Partnerships/Marketing
・Questry
- BD/Partnerships
・SBI VC Trade(Virtual Asset Service Provider)
- new business planning and sales marketing
・SBINFT
- NFT consulting for enterprise
・JPYC
- BD/Partnerships on stablecoin
Implemented measures such as customer acquisition through full-funnel marketing and fan engagement, and became the general manager of marketing and promotion in 2021.
Alongside the posistion as the marketing and promotion manager, was drawn to the high potential of blockchain technology, and established a development preparation office within the company in 2019 to utilize it for business purposes.
Currently, as the general manager of the web3 division, engages in the development of all possibilities and challenges in the web3 domain.
Ken has garnered extensive experience across the tech, entertainment, and finance industries in both the US and Japan. He has a decade of professional experience in New York City, where he held roles in Corporate Development and Finance at entertainment companies and a major bank. Before joining Mysten Labs, he was the Head of Japan Operations and Director of International BD for an entertainment fintech company.
He currently also serves as a Strategic Advisor to Beyond Music, the largest content fund in Asia based in South Korea. He is originally from Japan, raised in the UK and educated in the US with a B.A. from Brown University.
・Member of House of Representatives(six times)
・Head, Project Team on the Evolution and Implementation of AI, LDP
・Head, Fusion Energy Project Team, LDP
・Secretary General, New Capitalism Implementation Headquarters, LDP
・Chairperson, Policy Research Council, Federation of Tokyo Prefecture LDP Party
Branches
<Career History>
・Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law
・3rd generation middle wholesaler at Ota Fruit and Vegetable Market
・President, Tokyo Junior Chamber
・Lecturer at Keio University Graduate School
・Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
・State Minister of Cabinet Office (in charge of disaster prevention, administrative
reform, IT policy, space policy, Promotion of Science and Technology and
Innovation, Cool Japan Strategy, local development, National Strategic Special
Zones, etc.)
COO of TWIN PLANET Co., Ltd.
With a background in advertising and event production, Masayuki Fukuyama specializes in the entertainment business. He successfully launched the "CANDY GIRL Project," transforming fine art by Yoshitaka Amano into IP content. In 2022, he achieved the sale of CANDY GIRL NFTs, integrating blockchain technology.
He strives to deliver experiences that go beyond traditional boundaries by incorporating cutting-edge technologies such as Web3, blockchain, AI, the metaverse, and XR into the entertainment industry. Continuously exploring new possibilities, he is dedicated to advancing the field with innovative approaches.
- Previously a senior trader at Citigroup NY, leading a trading unit specialized in fixed income
portfolio and ETF products
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Ryan was in charge of the development and planning of recommendation systems in his previous company, and he realized that the data space has many vulnerabilities. This led him to blockchain and ultimately made him co-found Hashed. Ryan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology.
While the animation licensing business was the company's main business, he established a department to develop digital content as its own business. Currently, as head of the department, he is responsible for releasing games and NFT projects.
was established to accelerate global adoption and ecosystem maturity on the Klaytn blockchain.
Prior to joining Klaytn Foundation, Dr. Seo was Chief Klaytn Officer (CKO) at Krust Universe
where he led the development and operation of the Klaytn blockchain. He also worked as CTO
at GroundX, a blockchain subsidiary of the leading South Korean mobile platform, Kakao, and
as an assistant computer scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
He holds the B.S. degree in computer science and engineering as well as the Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering and computer science from Seoul National University. He has authored
numerous papers on parallel programming and high-performance computing. His technical
interests include blockchains, high-performance computing, parallel programming models,
compilers, and runtime systems.
- BA, University of Pennsylvania
- MBA/Master’s, Tsinghua University/MIT
- Nexon Japan
- LINE Virtual Currency Strategy Group
- Coinbase Business Development
- Base Day 0 & Core Contributor, Governance/DeFi
- Head of Player1 Foundation
Before his journey with Hashed, he co-founded the ed-tech startup, Knowre and operated as the Chief Product Officer. He has also played a pivotal role in shaping the country’s blockchain ecosystem by serving as the Director of the Korea Blockchain Association and as a member of the Busan Blockchain Free Zone committee. His academic roots trace back to Pohang University of Science and Technology where he studied Computer Science and Engineering.
In 2022, Sota was recognized as being one of Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 and Forbes
Japan 30 Under 30 in the technology category.
Astar Network, an application platform connecting different blockchains that can be used to build use cases such as DeFi and NFTs, has received funding and support from top Global funds such as Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, Ethereum Foundation, and Polkadot
founder Gavin Wood.
As proponents of Web3, Stake Technologies' angel investors, such as East Ventures and
former SONY CEO, late Nobuyuki Idei, have recorded 30x returns in 2 years, and Astar
Network's early investors have seen 15x-30x returns in 1.5 years.
Astar Network’s market capitalization (Fully Diluted Value) is approximately $650M at
the time of writing and $2.5B at the maximum.
Astar Network, as a non-profit organization, is aiming to become a DAO, and has now
established Startale Labs, a joint-stock company.
platforms in the world.
Formerly the Chief Global Officer of CJ ENM, one of Korea’s largest mass media companies, Steve additionally assumed the role of CEO for CJ ENM America in 2023, helping to grow
it from one of Asia’s top media brands into a truly global media powerhouse.
Prior to CJ ENM, Steve was the Chief Growth Officer at FOX Corporation, where he led strategic initiatives to help position FOX for long-term growth. He launched its first OTT
FAST channels, LiveNOW (news) and FOX SOUL (Black entertainment), and drove FOX’s transformation of its digital and OTT businesses. Prior to FOX, Steve was the Founder and CEO of Frankly, an OTT and digital media platform company serving ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX affiliates. After incubating the company at Stanford’s StartX accelerator, Steve took the company public on the TSXV stock exchange through a reverse IPO.
Steve began his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs in New York and then served as Executive Producer for a flagship talk show “21@21” for Shanghai Media Group’s Dragon TV. Since then, Steve has held various executive roles in entertainment, investments and technology spanning Silicon Valley, Asia and Europe. Steve is an author of two Stanford business school case studies on US market entry of global companies and a member of the Board of Directors at the National Asian Pacific Committee on Aging (NAPCA). He has also previously served on a Stanford University Board of Trustees subcommittee as a graduate representative. Steve also served in numerous public service internships including at the CIA, The White House (West Wing), U.S. Senator John Kerry’s office and the UK Parliament.
Steve graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. from Harvard University, and received his
M.B.A. from Stanford University.
I have been involved in the cryptocurrency industry since 2018. Before working at ARQUES, I was a director at Nexon's AI division, Intelligence Labs, and also have over a decade of experience as a server developer at Riot Games, and Microsoft. I have a deep interest in leveraging technology to enhance user experiences, and aim to introduce blockchain technology that can provide users with genuinely good experience.
- Polygon Labs (2022~2024)
Head of Business - Asia Pacific
Head of Business - Korea
Business Development
- One Planet (2021~2022)
Head of Busniss, Founding Member
- Naver (2022~2022)
Biz (Search Ad/ Product)
- Apple APAC HQ - Market lead
- TOSHIBA Electronics – Senior manager
Joined Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities in 2015, working in new business development and was involved in the structuring/development of equity,
interest rate, and FX derivatives. Joined EY Japan in 2018 for international tax consulting in finance and tax investigation support, joining Deloitte afterward.
At Digital Entertainment Asset, he contributed to the growth of blockchain game JobTribes and a NFT marketplace, listing of cryptocurrency DEAPcoin on
exchanges, building on-chain liquidity, forming alliances, etc... while supporting multiple DeFi projects. In 2022, he co-founded DeFimans Co. Ltd. and is
currently providing consulting services to various web3 projects, including those associated with publicly listed companies.
主にクリエイターエコノミー、ブロックチェーン領域の新規投資を担当
Progmat, Inc.
代表取締役 Founder and CEO
三菱UFJ信託銀行株式会社 Adviser
一般社団法人日本セキュリティトークン協会 理事
(193文字)
2010年、三菱UFJ信託銀行に入社。2016年にFinTech推進室設立、“シリアルイントレプレナー(連続社内起業家)”として、デジタルアセット基盤「Progmat」や「デジタルアセット共創コンソーシアム」等を立ち上げる。
2022年、複数の金融機関や取引所、ソフトウェア企業の出資による、デジタルアセット基盤事業の独立会社化を発表し、2023年10月創業より代表就任。特許登録8件。
While studying at Hosei University, he started his own business. Later, he founded his first startup, developing a CRM business for physical stores, which he operated for 10 years before it was acquired.
Subsequently, he launched SynchroLife, a Web3 restaurant review app utilizing blockchain technology. After six years of operation, the business was sold to Japan's livedoor, Inc. in April 2023. With extensive experience as a serial entrepreneur, he also possesses regulatory and social implementation experience in the Web3 domain.
Currently, he is creating new value in the Web3 field on a global scale.
Hashed invested portfolios. He previously co-founded a communications advisory for domestic
and overseas Web3 startups. He was also a business development manager at a global startup
accelerator SparkLabs. Wooster's diverse background includes service as a Republic of Korea Air Force officer, where he contributed to Counter-Weapons of Mass Destruction Strategy in the
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
He joined the company in 2018 and currently leads gumi's blockchain initiatives, mainly covering OSHI3, gaming and node operating businesses.
He also has 13 years of experience in financial services through his career at the Development Bank of Japan, established by the Japanese Government.
大阪大学大学院にてバイオインフォマティクスを専攻。三井物産入社後、金融関連事業や 社内起業等を経て、2022年より三井物産デジタルコモディティーズ株式会社の設立と共に 同社へ兼務出向。
(EN)
Joined Mitsui & Co., Ltd. In 2015.
Developed career in finance businesses and in-house startups.
Currently seconding to Mitsui & Co. Digital Commodities Co., Ltd. from 2022 and leading zipangcoin business.
Editor-in-chief of 'New Economy'
Gentosha Inc. / Editor-in-chief of 'New Economy', a Blockchain and Crypto media.
Yusuke Shidara is the founder of 'New Economy https://www.neweconomy.jp/ ', a blockchain and digital asset specialist media outlet under the umbrella of Gentosha. He handles e-book business and new business ventures in the company's Content Business Department, also serving as a director of Gentosha Comics. In addition, he is a board member of the Fukuoka Blockchain Alliance.
Shidara regularly appears on TBS Radio's 'Tenkaizu' and works as a podcaster, producing various programs such as the Amazon Audible original show 'Minna no Mentor Room', Web3 specialty show 'EXODUS', and 'Atarashii Keizai News', available on Spotify and Apple.
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