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IOSG Ventures and Blocknative are bringing the first MEVday to Asia.

Delving deep into the MEV landscape, MEVday Asia is a dedicated series of discussions and panels during Ethereum Singapore 2023. Join us to network with MEV experts and industry leaders, gain insights into the latest research, and be part of the dialogue shaping the future of MEV.

Be sure to stay after the panels have finished for our MEV happy hour sponsored by A41.

Opening address by Delane (APAC BD Lead, Blocknative)

1:15 PM - 1:35 PM | Talk 1 - The Past & Future of MEV 

Presented by Blair Marshall (Product Manager, Blocknative)

1:35 PM - 1:55 PM | Talk 2 - MEV Order Flow Evaluation

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM | Panel 1 - Staking & Restaking

Panelists: Isidoros Passadis (Master of Validators, Lido ), Darren Langley (General Manager, Rocket Pool), Kathy Qu (Head of Research, Hashquark), Brianna Montgomery (Strategy Lead, EigenLayer), Sean Zheng (Director, Blockdaemon)

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM | Panel 2 - Searchers & Builders

Moderator: Yerui Zhang (Investment Manager, HashKey Capital)

Panelists: Tom Zhao (Developer, Rsync-Builder), Wee Howe Ang (CEO, Tokka Labs), Max Resnick (Head of Research, SMG), Bowen Wang (Co-founder, Smrti Labs), Jiawei Zhu (Researcher, IOSG Ventures)

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM | Panel 3 - MEV Protection & Recirculation

Panelists: Chang-Wu Chen (Chief Scientist, imToken), Blair Marshall (Product Manager, Blocknative), Tomasz Stanczak (Mate at Flashbots/ Founder at Nethermind), Mark Wang (Co-founder, DODO), Eyal Markovich (Co-founder & COO, bloXroute Labs)

Co-organised by IOSG Ventures and Blocknative

IOSG Ventures is a leading crypto-native 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, Arbitrum, Starkware), DeFi (1inch, 0x, Metamask), MEV (Flashbots, Blocknative), 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 Cosmos, Starkware, zkSync, Arbitrum, Aztec, 1inch, MakerDAO, Illuvium, and Galxe. Whether you’re building infrastructure, middleware, gaming, or social platforms, we are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry.

Blocknative is the leading real-time infrastructure provider for Ethereum pre-chain data and operates the ecosystem's premiere mempool explorer. In addition to providing wallets, protocols, traders, and other ecosystem participants with mempool observability, Blocknative also enables gas spend optimization and transaction settlement predictability. Blocknative's vision is to democratize access to pre-chain data to improve web3 user experiences and enable MEV recirculation. Founded in 2018, Blocknative helps inform and power such forward-thinking projects as Lido, MetaMask, imToken, Curve, Balancer, Ethereum Foundation, Polygon Foundation, and hundreds of others. #ShareTheMEV

A41 is a blockchain infrastructure company based in Seoul. Founded in 2021, the company pivoted into a blockchain infrastructure business focusing on validator in late 2022. It successfully raised its seed round in October, 2022, and has been really active in the space as a opinion leader and ecosystem contributor. A41 is currently participating in 19 mainnets as a validator. Also, A41 is actively investing into blockchain infrastructure space as a strategic investor with its portfolio including Obol, FastLane, and so on. Check A41's writings and news on Twitter 

MEVday Asia

Is it the sunset of MEV? Or is MEV here to stay? Will MEV become a thing we remember in the early days of Ethereum or will it continue to thrive?

This underground happy hour in the heart of Paris is an EthCC side-event brought to you by 

, bringing together leading wallets, DEXs, orderflow auctions, block builders, and others interested in understanding and shaping the evolution of MEV.

We will kick off the evening with a 30-minute panel, "MEV’s Defining Moment: How transaction analysis will shape the future of MEV". Open bar, hors d'oeuvres, a live DJ, games, and conversation to follow. 

The venue location, only 10-minutes walk from the main EthCC conference, will be shared following your approved registration. 

How transaction analysis will shape the future of MEV

What is the future of MEV? Is it here to stay? Can it ever truly be eliminated? Could MEV become a force for good? This 30-minute panel will explore the future of MEV and the critical role transaction and mempool data play in illuminating a path for MEV. Transaction analysis helps everyone better understand and take control of how information flows into and through the ecosystem. Our panel of experts will share their perspectives on MEV and the role of transaction data analysis in understanding the future.

18:30 Cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, live music, games

Soirée MEV: A Brain Teasing Cocktail Party

Bundle together with fellow (re)searchers, block builders, and validators for an evening of rethinking on-chain physics, with cocktail and games.

20:20 Latency Incentives & Transaction Ordering 

20:40 Latency Considerations for Traders Post Merge 

Portia (Blocknative)

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