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Egretia Believes that Blockchain Gaming Is the Tipping Point for Mass Blockchain Adoption

Last Updated April 19, 2023 6:49 AM
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Last Updated April 19, 2023 6:49 AM
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NEW YORK CITY, USA (November 15, 2019) — For the third iteration of Consensus: Invest, a global digital asset investor outlook Conference by Coindesk, investors come together to discuss opportunities, trends, and challenges with this new asset class. To further energize the development of blockchain gaming and DeFi industry, the Egretia North American Community (ENAC) successfully hosted 2019 NYC Blockchain Gaming & DeFi Party | Post Consensus Invest on the night of November 13, 2019.

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Over 100 Industrial leaders, investors and experts in blockchain gathered together at the luxurious after party to look toward the year ahead with a comprehensive understanding of the directions the blockchain gaming market and DeFi are headed to in 2020.

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During the party, ENAC introduced the 2019 Egretia Global DApp Contest  to the attendances. The ENAC organizer also announced that “the winning teams will receive a total of $300K award and long-term collaborations, including support for project development, incubation, and potential investment.” The 2019 Egretia Global DApp Contest has launched since October 1, 2019. All participants need to submit their business plans or DApps by midnight of November 30, 2019 EST. As the world’s first HTML5 blockchain game, Egretia encourages developers to combine this programming language with their promising projects.

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Speeches were followed by a panel discussion among George Gong (Chairman of Zino Venture), Charles Li (Managing Director of Spark Blockchain), Vishakh (Co-Founder of Cryptonomic, Ex VP of J.P. Morgan) and Cole Kennelly (Account Manager of Staked) on the topic of Blockchain Game & DeFi. During the panel, Gong pointed out that “The imagination space of traditional game industry can be extended in the blockchain world”. Also, Kennelly mentioned that “In the game industry, we will see more products integrated with decentralized finance”. In addition, Vishakh stated that “My previous experience in the traditional financial industry made me see the limitations of traditional finance, while the emergence of decentralized finance seems to have a very good solution to these problems”. In general, the speakers hold an optimistic opinion on the long-term interest of blockchain gaming market and DeFi.

2019 NYC Blockchain Gaming & DeFi Party was successful and well organized. It was a great opportunity to learn and socialize with experienced blockchain gaming leaders and experts. Speakers and guests are looking forward to the next event held by ENAC in Los Angeles.

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