Crypto Fest 2022 | Bitcoin Events | 29 September 2022 | Grand Africa Café & Beach, V&A Waterfront, Grand Africa Café & Beach, Granger Bay 1 Haul Rd, Granger Bay Blvd, Cape Town, 8005, Timog Africa

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) is exploding, Layer 1 and 2 solutions and interest in Ethereum’s competitors is hot, regulators are scrutinising closely and expectations that bitcoin and the alts are going to moon soon, is causing a rumble in the crypto jungle!

This event is back for its fourth edition and once again will be hosted online with controversial speakers and discussions. The event will be a festive gathering of 500+ attendees, uniting entrepreneurs, traders, investors, developers, industry enthusiasts, among others, with a jam-packed day with exciting keynotes, workshops, presentations, contentious topics, product exhibitions, competitions and entertainment.

Bring your virtual boxing gloves! The Crypto Battles brings together speakers from a variety of backgrounds to debate and contest controversial topics.

The after-party will take place after the main event with a DJ providing the live entertainment.

GET YOUR CRYPTO GAME ON! MEET THE PIONEERS, THE EARLY ADOPTERS AND THE HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL AND ESTABLISHED OPINION LEADERS!

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND

Attend the Crypto Fest and gain valuable insight into:

• How cryptocurrencies, Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), Decentralised Finance (DeFi), alts, tokens and stable coins are disrupting various industries: learn about the real-world case studies from organisations who have built related services, products and platforms
• Developing strategies for successful cryptocurrency and blockchain implementation
• Consumer demands of the future
• Discovering how cryptocurrencies can enable financial inclusion and greater participation in the financial ecosystem

2022 Speakers

Kieno Kammies
Co-founder, Innovation City

Alderman James Vos
Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth, The City of Cape Town

Michael Jordan (Keynote Speaker)
Business Development, Polygon Enterprise

Hannes Wessels (Keynote Speaker)
Country Head for Southern Africa, Binance

Nolu Mashologu (Keynote Speaker)
Business Development, FTX Africa

Wiehann Olivier (Keynote Speaker)
Audit Partner and Digital Asset Lead, Mazars South Africa

Sibusiso Leope Aka Dj Sbu
Businessman, Artist, Dj

Mandla Magagula
Chief Technology Officer, Libex

Badi Sudhakaran
Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, Valr.com

Mamadou Kwidjim Toure
Founder, The Ubuntu Group & Ubuntu Tribe

Llew Claasen
Managing Partner, Newtown Partners

Daniel Kimber
Co-founder, Bakari AG

Yaliwe Soko
Chairwoman, The United Africa Blockchain Association

Gideon Greaves
Managing Director for Africa, CV VC

John Kamara
Founder, Adanian Labs and Afyarekod

Ernest Mbenkum
Founder and CEO, Interstellar Inc

Devon Krantz
CEO and Co-founder, Linum Labs

Sean Roberts
Founder and CEO, Sean Roberts (Pty) Ltd

Ahren Posthumus
CEO and Founder, Momint

Arno Carstens
Musician and Artist

Glenn Gillis
CEO and Co-founder, Sea Monster

Rikki Barnes
Head, Crypto & Dlt Centre of Expertise, First National Bank

Wesley Diphoko
Editor in Chief, Fast Company SA

Craig Chitima
Digital Designer

Kyle Brown
Co-founder, Eighteen Coffee

Anushka Soma-patel
Product Manager of Ecosystems for Atala Prism, Input Output (IOHK)

Rayn Derksen
Head, Blockchain & Special Projects, Nedbank

Adele Jones
Lead Architect, Information Security and Blockchain, Nedbank

Tobie Van Der Spuy
Co-founder, Block Markets Africa's (BMA)

Simon Dingle
CEO, Inves Capital

Jan Hendrik Viljoen AKA Portchie
Artist

Steven Boykey Sidley
Director, Bridge Capital and Author

Stephen Young
CEO and Co-founder, NFTfi

Norbert Amankwaa Adomako
Chief of Communications, Metis

Dirk Van Loggerenberg
CEO, Futurefin

Modibe Matsepane
Community And Education Manager For Africa at Paxful

2022 Sponsors and Partners

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Polygon

PREMIER SPONSORS:
• Binance
• FTX
• Mazars

PREMIUM VIP YACHT SPONSOR:
• Sportsbet.io

NFT GALLERY CHAIN SPONSOR:
• Libex

DIAMOND SPONSOR:
• Bakari

PREMIUM VIP LOUNGE SPONSOR:
• VALR

PREMIUM EXHIBITION AREA PHOTO ZONE SPONSOR:
• Polygon

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Metis Africa

PARTNERS:
• ARTJAMMING
• Cape Ability Tours
• Cape Town Tourism
• Newmark Hotels
• SNAKE NATION
• Uber

OFFICIAL SPORT SPONSORSHIP PARTNER:
• Uber Technologies

MEDIA SPONSORS:
• BeInCrypto
• Bitcoin México
• Coin News Extra
• Coincodex
• Coinspeaker
• Cointelegraph
• CryptoCurrencyWire
• Cryptonews
• CryptonewsZ
• CryptoTvplus
• FinTech Weekly
• hypertext
• NFT Horizon
• PANews
• The Paypers
• TheNewsCrypto
• TyN Magazine
• U.Today