TOKEN2049 Returns in Full Force to Discuss the Future of Crypto and Address Blockchain Industry Resilience

HONG KONG, December 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Litecoin Creator, Charlie Lee announced as keynote speaker  

TOKEN2049, the premier crypto conference in Asia, will return to Hong Kong on 13-14 March 2019, bringing together the global crypto industry, including high profile industry leaders, successful projects, and thousands of blockchain market participants. Building on the success of its inaugural 2018 event, the upcoming conference is expected to double in size, attracting more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, academics, and industry enthusiasts. Charlie Lee, Creator of Litecoin has been confirmed as keynote speaker at the 2019 edition of the conference.  

TOKEN2049, the flagship event of Asia Crypto Week, will investigate the blockchain industry's journey thus far, overcoming major roadblocks from scalability to regulation and the current state of affairs on the road to mainstream adoption while educating entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors on what to expect in future years. With its sold-out 2018 event featuring Charles Hoskinson of Cardano, Bitcoin Oracle Vinny Lingham, and a special appearance from AI robot, Sophia, TOKEN2049 is expected to top the accomplishments of the previous year.

Christopher Strauch, Co-host of TOKEN2049 said: "Despite the ups and downs over the past year, the attitude, belief system, and drive to improve the industry has not strayed far off course from the original goal - to build a decentralised ecosystem that empowers and benefits the masses. TOKEN2049 is a celebration of this resilient industry, which in its infancy is already making headway in achieving these ambitions."

Creator of Litecoin, the peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant, near-zero cost payments to anyone in the world, Charlie Lee has an extensive career in software development and has been involved in the blockchain industry since 2011. Charlie Lee previously was a software engineer at Google for six years, working on projects such as YouTube, ChromeOS, and Google Play Games. He then joined Coinbase, the digital currency exchange, as the Director of Engineering, before leaving to focus full-time on the success and growth of Litecoin in 2017.