TX-DEFI-SUMMIT
The largest-ever dedicated conference focused specifically on decentralized finance starts today at 9am Pacific Time. DeFi Summit is a weeklong virtual event bringing together the builders and developers that make up the decentralized finance and non-fungible token community. Free to attend, talks and presentations will be held on a broad range of topics, including DEX, wallets, DAOs, NFTs, insurance, lending, and many more.
DeFi Summit 2021 Agenda:
Day 1 (Monday, June 14) – The summit starts with a full day focused on NFTs. Notable speakers include digital artists Pplpleasr and Matty Mo , Max Moore of Sotheby’s, and companies including Axie Infinity, Animoca Brands and Aavegotchi.
Day 2 (Tuesday, June 15) – A mystery billionaire investor is the special guest joining Polygon Power Hour alongside Stani Kulechov from Aave, Sandeep Naiwal from Polygon and Roc Zacharias from Quickswap. Stay tuned for Coinbase, Unicrypt, Finance.Vote, and YFDAI, plus an exciting panel featuring OG DeFi VCs Leslie Tam of GBV Capital, Miko Matsumura of Gumi Cryptos Capital, and Adrian Lai of Liquefy Labs.
Day 3 (Wednesday, June 16) – More experts from Chainlink, Cosmos, Luna, Stacks and OpenOcean speak on the second day. The DeFi trader roundtable features Boxmining , Cryptonauts and DeFi Summit co-founders Justin Wu and Michael Huynh .
Day 4 (Thursday, June 17) – Presented by Launchpool , DeFi Demo Day is a dedicated day-long event where startups demo their product or protocol, pitch their ideas, and share with the community. Projects to look out for include Parallel Finance , Pledge Finance , Akash Network and Mintlayer .
Day 5 (Friday, June 18) – #DeFiWeek wraps up with a Decentralized Afterparty and networking event in Decentraland. Sign up here.
About DeFi Summit
The first-ever DeFi Summit is the largest gathering of the decentralized finance community ever held, giving builders and developers a chance to meet, share ideas, and discuss the biggest issues affecting the world of DeFi. The free-to-all event includes presentations, roundtable discussions, demos, and workshops from some of the leading innovators in the industry. The virtual summit is held June 14-18, 2021 and includes attendees and participants from around the globe. Register to attend here .
View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210613005041/en/
Link:
Social Media:
About Business Wire
Subscribe to releases from Business Wire
Subscribe to all the latest releases from Business Wire by registering your e-mail address below. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Latest releases from Business Wire
500 Global and Creators HQ Partner to Incubate the Next Generation of Creator-Led Startups4.9.2025 16:25:00 CEST | Press release
500 Global, one of the world’s most active venture capital firms1, and Creators HQ, the first content creator hub in the UAE and the Middle East and part of Visioneers, today announced a strategic partnership to launch the Creators Ventures Accelerator, which identifies and incubates the most promising creator-led startups worldwide. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250904787040/en/ Her Excellency Alia AlHammadi, Vice Chairperson of the UAE Government Media Office and CEO of the 1 Billion Followers Summit with Courtney Powell, COO & Managing Partner, 500 Global. Focusing on supporting the creator economy - an industry projected to grow to $480 billion by 2027 - the inaugural cohort of the Creators Ventures Accelerator will include up to 20 high-potential creators and creator-enablers, who are ready to transform their ideas and influence into thriving, scalable ventures. "Creators are uniquely positioned to disr
ContourGlobal’s First Renewable Energy Facility in U.S. Comes Online in Colorado4.9.2025 16:22:00 CEST | Press release
Black Hollow Sun I (185 MWp), the first phase of a larger solar project, starts delivering electricity to Platte River Power Authority.ContourGlobal is also constructing the second phase of the project, BHS II, which will add 139 MWp and is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.Together, BHS I and BHS II will constitute the largest photovoltaic installation in Northern Colorado, with an expected annual production of nearly 608 GWh of clean electricity, enough to power more than 73,000 homes. ContourGlobal announced today the start of operations at Black Hollow Sun I (BHS I), a 185 MWp solar photovoltaic facility located near the Town of Severance, Colorado. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250904358284/en/ BHS I - ContourGlobal’s first operating renewable plant in the United States BHS I represents ContourGlobal’s first operating renewable plant in the United States and the initial phase of the Black Holl
Rigaku Joins Two Partners in Establishing RIGAKU/JEOL-iCeMS Innovation Core and Concluding a Cooperation Agreement4.9.2025 16:00:00 CEST | Press release
On September 4, 2025, Rigaku Corporation, a global solution partner in X-ray analytical systems and a Group company of Rigaku Holdings Corporation (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; President & CEO: Jun Kawakami; hereinafter “Rigaku”); Kyoto University (Main campus: Kyoto; Nagahiro Minato, President; hereinafter “Kyoto University”); and JEOL Ltd. (headquarters: Akishima, Tokyo; President & CEO: Izumi Oi, hereinafter “JEOL”) concluded an agreement to establish an organization for open innovation. The purpose of this initiative is to leverage each other’s strengths, conduct joint research and development and cultivate skilled personnel. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250904601877/en/ RIGAKU/JEOL-iCeMS Innovation Core The newly established RIGAKU/JEOL-iCeMS Innovation Core is a joint research facility founded within the Analysis Center of the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (Kyoto University iCeMS).
Idemitsu Partners with Rimini Street to Support and Enable its Long-Term IT Roadmap and Strategy Built on Top of its SAP ECC 6.0 System4.9.2025 15:00:00 CEST | Press release
Japanese petroleum manufacturer and retailer leverage the expertise of Rimini Support™ for SAP to reimagine its ECC 6.0 investment, transforming it into a DX accelerator for competitive advantage and growth Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, management and innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced Idemitsu Kosan, Japanese petroleum manufacturer and retailer, has selected Rimini Street as its long-term, strategic ERP support and services partner, providing expertise and extended capabilities for its core SAP ECC 6.0 system. The initial engagement with Rimini Street began in 2013 when Idemitsu selected Rimini Support™ for its Oracle EBS system, during the phase in which they were transitioning to SAP ECC 6.0. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250904216204/en/ Idemitsu Partners
Stellantis Joins GlobalPlatform to Advance Global Automotive Cybersecurity Standards4.9.2025 15:00:00 CEST | Press release
Stellantis is the latest major auto OEM to join GlobalPlatform, helping to accelerate cross-industry collaboration on cybersecurity standardization for software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Stellantis—the company behind 14 major auto brands, including Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, FIAT, Jeep®, Opel, Peugeot, and Vauxhall—has joined GlobalPlatform to help align its technologies with evolving automotive use cases and regulatory requirements. As part of the agreement, Bill Mazzara, North American Regulatory Lead and Technical Fellow for Product Cybersecurity at Stellantis, becomes co-chair of the GlobalPlatform Automotive Task Force. Stellantis joins a growing community of automakers, cybersecurity firms, silicon vendors, and academic institutions in GlobalPlatform that are advancing a standardized approach to meeting the complex cybersecurity demands of today’s SDVs. Recent members of the Automotive Task Force include AIST, Cariad (Volkswagen), Dekra, ETAS, Linaro, Rambus, Renesas, Stellantis, Uni-s
In our pressroom you can read all our latest releases, find our press contacts, images, documents and other relevant information about us.
Visit our pressroom