The event will host leading global experts and influencers in blockchain, crypto, Web3 and investment from Dubai the United States, Canada, Latin America, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and more. Recognition of talent will be showcased through the Crypto Week Awards, an annual international initiative that honors excellence and entrepreneurship.
Madrid is set to become the global capital of the crypto and fintech ecosystem with the celebration of the first edition of the Crypto Week Madrid Summit. It is the biggest event in the new financial landscape and will take place on July 7 and 8, at the Nave de Madrid.
In addition to having a strong current affairs component revolving around four business dimensions and their respective specialized topics — blockchain, crypto, Web3 and investment — the goal is to boost training and networking, and to help Spain become an exceptional reference financial hub in the world.
The summit will have more than 12,000 attendees (influencers, investors, entrepreneurs and multidisciplinary professionals who see the growth potential of the crypto ecosystem and its contribution to the real economy). It will be open to the institutional and retail public. It will also have a startup pitch in which up to 25 startups will present their project to potential investors.
David Aranzabal, founder and CEO of Crypto Week, highlighted:
“The new crypto and fintech ecosystem is revolutionizing the financial and business industry in the last decade and shapes the finances of the future. The Crypto Week Madrid Summit seeks to foster innovation and entrepreneurial spirit to present disruptive ideas and technological solutions. The interaction between different industry players and access to investors can help boost novel projects, foster collaboration and catalyze the development of new technologies in the financial field.”
The Crypto Week Summit will feature a panel of 180 world-renowned speakers, including Sanket Bhatia, CEO and founder of ProDecipher, and speaker at the World Economic Forum in Davos; Ian Halperdin, NY Times bestselling author of Crypto Boy; Pablo Gil, economist, trader and one of the most expert, respected and followed voices in Spanish on economics and financial markets; Robert Machedo, executive director for EMEA at Circle, a global financial technology company that helps move money at the speed of the internet and promoter of the stablecoin USDC; Alfonso Gómez, CEO of BBVA Switzerland; Francesco Andreoli, development manager at Consensys (Metamask Wallet); and Javier Vicente Gonzalez, ecosystem development director at Casper, a nascent Ethereum blockchain project.
The main challenges in the industry lie in regulation and even more on the adoption side. Therefore, Crypto Week aims for professionals to interact in the new finance environment. We are witnessing the revolution of decentralized finance, the application of blockchain in the generation of new businesses, the tokenization of the economy and decentralization beyond money. In summary, we are living in the golden age of innovation with the evolution of the internet and the Bitcoin (BTC) universe. All world assets will be tokenized. This is an industry that by 2030 is expected to grow by more than $16 trillion compared to today’s $600 billion.
Revenues generated by fintech will multiply by six and grow from $245 billion to reach $1.5 trillion dollars in 2030. This sector currently represents 2% of total global revenue from financial services ($12.5 trillion). Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors predict that it will grow to 7%. Additionally, it is estimated that by that date, they will constitute almost 25% of bank valuations worldwide.
In Spain, 977 fintechs operate, putting the country in third position in Europe behind the United Kingdom (2,439) and Germany (978), according to Finnovating. In terms of maturity, Spain has 21 fintech firms per million inhabitants. In terms of company size based on fundraising, Spain ranks fourth in Europe, behind the U.K., France, Germany and Sweden.
At Crypto Week Madrid, there will be more than 50 hours of educational content in Spanish, with simultaneous translation and networking in which attendees can participate in round tables and talks on different topics such as the regulatory framework of blockchain, DeFi and staking in crypto, long-term investment, and the Metaverse and gaming. They will also award the effort and entrepreneurial talent from a select jury.
The transformation that digital technology is producing in financial business models is unstoppable. There is a novel and wide job offer that combines the evolution of the financial industry and the new digital and technological environment. Therefore, the current need for new talent implies reeducating current professionals and admitting others with these new skills, even with the so-called reskilling, that is, recycling and adapting to a new job within the current company.
Check the agenda and speakers for Crypto Week Madrid on the official website.
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