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. Here, we engage, connect, and ignite to shape the future of this transformative technology within the gaming landscape and applications, eg: Identity, Social, AA, and other topics within this one-day event including talks and panels joined by the industry leaders. 

Games and applications have been on fire in recent years. One of the main drivers is the increasing popularity of blockchain technology, which has enabled the creation of decentralized applications (dApps) that can be used for a variety of purposes, including gaming. The COVID-19 pandemic has also played a role in the rise of GameFi and applications. With many people spending more time at home, there has been a surge in demand for online gaming and other digital entertainment options. GameFi arised as it created new gaming experiences that allow players to earn cryptocurrency rewards for their in-game activities. However, as the landscape evolves, novel ways to integrate crypto elements into games have emerged. We have seen the rise of 3A games narrative with high-quality & fun-centric games carried out by Dev teams with strong Web2 gaming background. We have also witnessed that some cryptopunks, leveraging the beauty of blockchain, are creating so-called autonomous worlds that enable unprecedented gameplays in Web2.

Games & Applications are deemed to be the playground for pioneers & punks in the space. They will remain as such in the foreseeable future.

Over the past 6 years, we’ve successfully held a series of Old Friend Reunion events, with more than 2000 attendees and 150+ industry experts, 10+ top-tier media coverage, and over 5000 views via live streaming on Youtube, bringing together all the founders and leaders for profound discussions. Following the success of 

OFR Paris 2023 — Generative World Architecture

OFR Lisbon 2022 — Sovereign Individual&ZK Odyssey

OFR Shenzhen 2021 — Scaling Summit&Metaverse Carnival

. We’re thrilled to carry forward the trend and add value to the dynamic crypto industry in 2023.

 is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including ZKRU (

), and a number of industry leaders including 

, etc. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms. Follow us on Twitter 

 is a rollup deployment platform that allows you to launch high-performance, customizable, application-specific rollups with the Arbitrum Nitro and Optimism Bedrock frameworks.

Every Caldera rollup comes with performant RPC nodes, a block explorer, a data indexer, and a bridge interface to the settlement chain. Caldera rollups also benefit from 

 with 40+ of the top Web3 infrastructure providers.

 is the culmination of lessons learned from attempts at building 

, an emerging sector in the gaming industry. Any developer who has endeavored to build an on-chain game recognizes the inherent engineering hurdles - a realization that drove us to create Dojo. Just as you wouldn't recreate Unity every time you develop a new game, the same principle applies here. Dojo is designed to handle the complex infrastructure, allowing developers to focus on the unique aspects of their games.

Dojo aspires to be the go-to tool for building provable games. It is radically open-source, and all contributions are welcome.

is the leading platform for building web3 community. With over 11 million unique users to date, Galxe has propelled the growth of Optimism, Polygon, Arbitrum, and more than 2700 partners with reward-based loyalty programs. 

Galxe is built on open and collaborative infrastructure that allows Web3 developers and projects to profit from credential data by building better products and communities. Data curators are rewarded when users employ their credentials in Project Galaxy's Application Modules, Credential Oracle Engine and Credential API at the same time.

IOSG OFR @Istanbul - Autonomous Arcade & Mass Adoption

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Dive deep into the heart of the crypto revolution with IOSG Ventures as we bring together the luminaries, pioneers, and vanguards of the decentralized world.

Unveiling the next chapter of our acclaimed event 

IOSG Old Friends Reunion in Singapore @Token2049

, we now transition to deciphering the potential and intricacies of 

Over the past 6 years, we’ve successfully held a series of Old Friends Reunion, all the founders and thought leaders sharing profound discussions in OFR events, with more than 10k onsite visits, 80k+ views via Youtube streaming, 300+ industry experts and 15+ top-tier media coverage, laying the foundation of Crypto’s future. Following the success of 

OFR Lisbon 2022 — Sovereign Individual&ZK Odyssey

OFR Shenzhen 2021 — Scaling Summit&Metaverse Carnival

, we’re thrilled to carry forward the trend and add value to the dynamic crypto industry in 2023. Stay tuned through our 

​Join us in this exclusive enclave, as we, together, lay the foundation for crypto's future.

 is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including ZKRU (Scroll, StarkWare, Arbitrum, zkSync), Security Auditing(Runtime Verification, Hexens), MEV (Flashbots, Blocknative), DeFi/NFT-Fi (1inch, MetaMask), FOG (Big Time, Illuvium), and a number of industry leaders including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia, EigenLayer, Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina, etc. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms. Follow us on 

IOSG Old Friends Reunion in Singapore - LSD & ZK Modular

The year 2023 is an era of excitement and innovation fueled by the remarkable advancements in AI with OpenAI's groundbreaking ChatGPT leading the way. Standing at the forefront of technological advancements, we recognize the unparalleled potential that arises from the convergence of AI and crypto. Drawing on the expertise of crypto researchers and cryptography specialists, we delve into infrastructure such as ZKML, which revolutionizes privacy-preserving protocols. This, in turn, opens doors to a myriad of possibilities, from leveraging machine learning techniques in cryptography to exploring decentralized training approaches and unlocking the potential of generative art in the crypto space, etc.

Thus we are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming event, the 

 session, which is part of our highly acclaimed OFR series. Building on the success of our previous sessions on 

, etc., this event in Paris aims to unlock new possibilities that can reshape industries as we know them. 

🔥 Agenda Update! More details are coming, stay tuned!

By fostering collaboration and bringing together the brightest minds, we believe that together, we can achieve even greater heights. Let’s explore further and seize this unparalleled opportunity to shape the future of AI and crypto.  

Over the past 6 years, we’ve successfully held a series of events of Old Friend Reunion, with more than 2000 onsite visits and 150+ industry experts, 10+ top-tier media coverage, and over 5000 views via live streaming on Youtube, bringing together all the founders and leaders for profound discussions. Following the success of

, we’re thrilled to carry forward the trend and add value to the dynamic crypto industry in 2023.

 is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including L1/L2 (Polkadot, NEAR, Starkware, Arbitrum), Security Auditing(Runtime Verification, Hexens), DeFi/NFT-Fi (1inch, 0x, Metamask), GameFi (Bigtime, Illuvium), and SocialFi (Galaxy, Cyberconnect), and a number of industry leaders including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia, Eigenlayer, Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina, etc. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms, we'd like to be connected. Follow us on 

OFR Paris | Generative World Architecture

 meetup is coming to ETHDenver on Mar 1! 

Scroll, Nil foundation, Taiko, 1inch Network, Blocknative, OneKey, Hats Finance, Veridise, Wallet Guard, Hyper Oracle, Risc0, OpenZeppelin, Axiom, Blockswap 

and supported by Moonshot, LearnWeb3, Penn Blockchain

and many other great guests from the space, the OFR Security Day at Denver will be happy to share ideas at the cutting edge of cybersecurity issue, innovative solutions and future possibilities.

🎫 Register your ticket and get a chance to win your 

Chapter 1: Building Security From Protocol Level

➡️ Security Principles and Approaches in Building ZK Protocol

Chapter 2: The Cornerstone of Mass Adoption

🎈🍾️💃💃 Bar time! Food & Beverage, partayyy n chill;)))

The current security situation of the crypto market is harsher than ever. 2022 is on pace to be the largest year for exploits in the crypto space with over $3b lost across 125 hacks, which represents 5% of current crypto TVL. Besides, the asset losses in web3 during Q1 & Q2 2022 alone have risen to $2B, exceeding the overall losses due to hacking vulnerabilities throughout 2021. On the other hand, 2C security direction becomes a more noted business in web3. In 2021, the on-chain scams cost more than $12B in loss, which is 6.7 times bigger than smart contract attacks.

It has been well-recognized that cyber attacks keep rising rapidly since the Internet becomes an indispensable component of our daily lives. As blockchain technology took off, the crypto or web3 world became a new continent for hackers to tap in and make a big splash.

Moreover, crypto mass adoption is a matter of when not if. It is about retaining current users and onboarding prospective users. Crypto wallet, as the first stop and the only entry point for everyone joining Web3.0 world, directly affects when this day will come.

Security is the cornerstone of any wallet. User experience is the other battleground. We envision a future where more people can participate in the decentralized economy without worrying about the vulnerability and complexity of using crypto wallets. We strongly believe that day is not too far away.

IOSG highly values the significance of security players to the whole crypto ecosystem. Although the direction is still in a relatively early stage compared with web2 security, we believe there lies great opportunities no matter as to auditing, firewall, insurance, or any other sub-segments and are keen to help make the journey of each BUIDLer in web3 security become much more pleasant.

 is a pioneering crypto fund that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. Our portfolio comprises a wide range of innovative and high-potential investments, including L1/L2 (Polkadot, NEAR, Starkware,Arbitrum), Security Auditing(Runtime Verification,Hexens), DeFi/NFT-Fi (1inch, 0x, Metamask), GameFi (Bigtime, Illuvium), and SocialFi (Galaxy, Cyberconnect).

Our team comprises experienced crypto-native BUIDLers and long-term HODLers, and we remain fully committed to supporting our early-stage developers and founders. Since our founding in 2017, we have invested in a number of industry leaders, including Arweave, Cosmos, Celestia,Eigenlayer,Scroll, zkSync, Nil Foundation, and Mina. Whether you’re building infra, middleware, Security,gaming, or social platforms, we are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry.

 is the most trusted platform to manage digital assets and secures >$40 Billion in assets today. With its flagship web and mobile interfaces and expanding ecosystem, Safe is on a mission to unlock digital ownership for everyone in web3 including DAOs, enterprises, and retail or institutional users by establishing a universal standard for custody of digital assets, data, and identity with smart contract-based accounts.

. is a startup company aimed at using runtime verification-based techniques to perform security audits on virtual machines and smart contracts on public blockchains. It is dedicated to using its dynamic software analysis approach to improve the safety, reliability, and correctness of software systems in the blockchain field.

For the time being, blockchain safety tests are mostly lightweight static analysis tests (testing only the internal logic of source code), while dynamic analysis test (using the data generated as the codes are compiled and executed) increases coverage to find bugs as opposed to static analysis tests. Runtime Verification is a global leader in formal verification and is capable of directly verifying compiled binary code. Compared to the formal verification of source code, this catches bugs that are otherwise missed due to miscompilation.

 is a trustless protocol for scalable low-cost payments on Ethereum, powered by 

. It uses zero-knowledge proofs and on-chain data availability to keep users’ funds as safe as though they never left the mainnet. While security is our paramount priority, user and developer experience are central to zkSync design. We obsessively seek out improvements that eliminate friction and complexity in order to make zkSync the most enjoyable platform on Ethereum, for both end-users and builders.

 is a fully decentralized Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup, also known as a Type-1 ZK-EVM. As a ZK-Rollup, it inherits the security guarantees of Ethereum while providing lower transaction fees. Taiko enables developers and users of dApps developed for Ethereum to use Taiko without needing to consider any changes. Additionally, Taiko enables a vibrant community of block proposers, provers, and node runners due to its decentralized design.

STAY SAFU! Security Day @Denver | IOSG Old Friends Reunion

We are excited to invite you to a special crypto night event that 

 is hosting in Palo Alto. We’re inviting some of the top founders, builders, OGs, students, and investors in the industry to come together and network in a relaxed setting. You’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded individuals, as well as some of IOSG’s own portfolio founders and investors.

 We’ll be providing food and drinks throughout the evening, but please let us know if you have any food allergies so we can accommodate you.

 for more info if you need it. We hope to see you there soon! :)

IOSG Ventures was founded in 2017, which is a first-check crypto fund investing in Web3. We are a thesis-driven and community-friendly early-stage venture firm across China, Europe, and Singapore.

Our portfolio covers over 100 projects, the infrastructure includes L1 (Polkadot, Cosmos, Near, Avalanche, Mina), L2 (Starkware, Arbitrum, Aztec, Scroll, zkSync), Dev Tools (Reach, ChainSafe), Security Auditing (Runtime Verification, Hexens, Arkhivists), Data Indexing (Space&Time, ChainML, Kyve). The dApps include Trading Aggregator (Metamask, 1inch, Matcha), DeFi (0x, MakerDAO, Synthetix), GameFi (Illuvium, Big Time), and SocialFi (Cyberconnect, Project Galaxy), etc.

Founded in 2017 with a team of alumni from Google, Facebook, Uber, Bosch, and Intel, IoTeX has launched a high-performance public blockchain with off-chain computing platform to connect real world verifiable insights into Web3. IoTeX is the leading decentralized network powering the future of Web3 and machine economy(MachineFi). The platform is built for developers to connect billions of smart devices to smart contracts, to create innovative products and benefit people for real-world everyday data and activities.

IOSG Old Friends Reunion @ Palo Alto

2022 will witness many incredible differences in the Old Friends Reunion (#OFR2022). What remain the same are passion and the effort in contributing to the vibrant Web3 space. Counting down 4 days, the OFR 2022- 

Owing to its unconventional nature as observed in crypto owners and tech builders, sovereignty is an often overlooked benefit of crypto adoption. Zero-knowledge Proof is the base layer technology that empowers the next wave of the blockchain revolution. Developments in blockchain technology have made it easier to own your data, applications, creative work, and money which collectively allows you to own your digital self.

Thus, it’s high time to work closely with experts who have academic and practical experience. Meanwhile, we value talents with an extensive and unique understanding of cryptographic primitives and ZKP implementations in the blockchain context. The OFR 2022 is 

bestowed with the perfect opportunity to know about groundbreaking ideas that advocate for privacy-preserving elements in an efficient, trust-enhanced, and programmable way

With proper infrastructure established, Web3 is ready to embrace more diverse off-chain data leveraging ZKP! We strive to see more adaptive scaling solutions with either EVM-compatible or EVM-equivalent features. A further level-up through the idea of L3 is also something we are bullish on, in the sense that both extreme performance and customization will be feasible simultaneously. Below are the can’t-miss panels and talks to capture opportunities that will be complementary to the current ZKP landscape. 

Glimpse some of the remarkable speakers into intriguing discussions:

🎙Panel Topic: Could zkEVM Be the Endgame of Scalability?

🎙Panel Topic: Appchain or Layer3, Which One Will be More Widely Adopted?

Make sure you’re able to easily navigate toward the OFR 2022 venue.

Avenida Brasília, Doca de Alcântara (Norte) 1350–352 Lisboa

You could skip the onsite register process by registering beforehand on Luma (

Before getting into the venue, you have to show your RSVP Card which will be sent after registering on 

Wristbands are required to enter and must be picked up at registration. Do not lose your wristband–it will not be replaced.

The Oriente Museum is located in a 1940s building in the Alcântara Dock, with a privileged location next to the River Tagus. It aims to chart the historic relationship between Asia and Portugal. It’s gonna be a great journey for you to feel 

oriental vibing within Portuguese culture

The 5th Floor Conference Room, Museu do Oriente

Fashionable and exquisite, limited event-customized swag will be distributed for free inside the venue during OFR 2022. Feel free to vibe and collect them as a unique memory for the oriental but tech-savvy event.

If you need a hand with finding the room (or with anything else at OFR 2022), you can always ask our volunteers (you will recognize them by their shirts).

It’s a good way to stay tuned for updates on the IOSG Twitter handle ahead of time. We are feeding every detail of the event from the staff side and retweeting/quoting retweet guest side if we find any preferable tag like #OFR2022, #IOSG, etc. Feel free to follow the official 

, and we are looking forward to interacting with you!

Can’t be onsite? OFR 2022 will record every highlight of the event. Though we recommend you to be onsite if possible to better immerse yourself into the amazing vibe and mingle with great founders, community members, and KOLs.

Don’t forget to bring your Schengen Visa before entering Portugal. People are gathering in Lisbon Blockchain Month. Additionally, it’s All Saints Day, one of the national holidays of Lisbon, so it would be better to book as soon as possible.

During November, the weather in Lisbon moves quickly from a warm autumn to a rainy and cold winter later this month with average temperatures from 12ºC -18ºC (54ºF-64ºF). It is best to pack clothing that you can layer.

It’s always a great chance to go sightseeing in Lisbon after or before the event. They are among the star attractions in Lisbon where you could soak up the local atmosphere. Here is the list of sceneries we recommend you visit!

 started investing in crypto in 2017 and has been an early investor in each major vertical of Web 3.0, making early bets on L1s such as 

, and spending most of the resources in the recent years in the broader Ethereum ecosystem, from DeFi (

We’re on a mission to accelerate the mass adoption of crypto for personal sovereignty. Our solution is built by developers, for developers and shines as the clear choice to future-proof your Ethereum scaling choices.We are backed by visionaries and leading ecosystem projects because our zkRollup represents the promise of the end-game for scaling Ethereum — one that scales the technology and values of Ethereum without degrading security or decentralization.

zkSync is the first ZK general-purpose, EVM-compatible zk-Rollup for the Ethereum blockchain. The primary benefit of zkSync 2.0 is that developers who have created EVM dApps can port to zkSync 2.0 effortlessly and realize significantly lower gas fees and more transactions per second.

 is the most trusted platform to manage digital assets and secures >$40 Billion in assets today. With its flagship web and mobile interfaces and expanding ecosystem, Safe is on a mission to unlock digital ownership for everyone in web3 including DAOs, enterprises, retail or institutional users by establishing a universal standard for custody of digital assets, data and identity with smart contract based accounts.

 is a network for fast, trustless communication between chains and rollups. It is the only interoperability system of its type that does this cheaply and quickly without introducing any new trust assumptions. 

 is aimed at developers who are looking to build bridges and other natively 

 unites decentralized protocols whose synergy enables the most lucrative, fastest and protected operations in the DeFi space. The 1inch Network’s initial protocol is a DEX aggregator solution that searches deals across multiple liquidity sources, offering users better rates than any individual exchange. This protocol incorporates the Pathfinder algorithm which finds the best paths among different markets over dozens of liquidity sources on Ethereum, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Optimistic Ethereum, Arbitrum, Gnosis Chain, Fantom, Klaytn and Aurora.

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