Gateway to Cosmos 2023 Closes with Record Attendance & Major Announcements

• Chainwire Conference June 3-5 brought together 600 attendees from around the globe to Prague, Czech Republic.
• Speakers included Osmosis Co-Founder Sunny Aggarwal, Sommelier Co-Founder Zaki Manian, Agoric Co-Founder Dean Tribble and Juno Co-Founder Jake Hartwell.
• Major announcements included EntryPoint’s Index Tokens and Agoric’s integration with Metamask.

Record Attendance at Gateway to Cosmos 2023

Prague, Czech Republic was the site of this year’s Gateway to Cosmos 2023 conference held June 3-5. The event drew a record attendance of 600 in-person attendees from around the globe and set the stage for Prague Blockchain Week. Attendees were treated to an ambitious slate of events, including talks from 70+ top speakers, 40+ presentations, 10 panel discussions and 18 workshops.

Who Was There?

The list of notable speakers included representatives from projects within the Cosmos and IBC communities such as Osmosis Co-Founder Sunny Aggarwal, Sommelier Co-Founder Zaki Manian, Agoric Co-Founder Dean Tribble and Juno Co-Founder Jake Hartwell. Additionally, Node Capital’s Amos Meiri, The Block’s Frank Chapparro and Binance’s Kiril Khomiakov offered perspectives from beyond Cosmos‘ borders.

Major Announcements

EntryPoint premiered at Gateway with their demonstration on how Index Tokens can improve accessibility and catalyze liquidity within the Cosmos ecosystem and beyond by providing ETF style access to investors. In a keynote address during the conference Dean Tribble unveiled an upcoming integration between popular crypto wallet Metamask and Agoric’s hardened Javascript technology that links to Cosmos.

Cosmos Equals Freedom

The focus of this year’s conference was on shaping the future of Cosmos: an Internet of blockchains that is connected via Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol. Viktor Fischer – Managing Partner at RockawayX venture capital firm which organized this year’s conference – said in his closing keynote “Cosmic Spirits: The World Beyond“ that “cosmos equals freedom,“ emphasizing that bringing real world assets on chain will create traction for Web3 world projects going forward.

Conclusion

All in all it was a successful event that showcased leading projects and startups as well as provided insight into investment trends within the blockchain industry through its numerous talks and presentations given by leading minds in this space.