The CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise 2017 - Post Event Press Release
The CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise was an amazing event that took place aboard one of the most luxurious vessels on water – Royal Caribbean’s Anthem of the Seas. We set sail on May 25th, 2017 and returned on June 3rd, 2017.
This event was both educational and entertaining and was attended by people representing 19 countries. The diversity of the attendees brought much discussion about the most important issues facing cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.
There were 3 amazing days of exclusive presentations by many of the industry leaders including:
- Christopher Burniske (Blockhain Products Lead @ ARKblockchain)
- Jack Tatar (Owner @ GEM Research)
- Susan Poole (Founder @ BlockBridge Advisory)
- Mate Tokay (COO @ Bitcoin.com)
- Oxana Kunets (Storifier.co)
- Lena Kuznetsova (Storifier.co)
- Nikolai Timofejev (COO @ Prifinance)
- Sathvik Vishwanath (Co-Founder & CEO @ Unocoin)
- Andrew Todosiychuk (Chief Operating @ Officer Embassy of Bitcoin)
- Abhishek Gopalkrishna (CEO & Co-Founder @ ThroughBit)
These high-powered, industry leaders covered such topics as:
- Bitcoin’s growth and global acceptance
- Digital asset investments
- Security
- ICOs
- And much more…
The 3rd day of presentations was a bonus day! It included presentations by Eric Larcheveque (CEO @ Ledger), Marina Guryeva (CEO @ cyberFund) and was capped off by an amazing panel discussion moderated by Susan Poole and featured: Marian Guryeva, Anand Rajendran (COO @ ThroughBit), Jorg Molt (Owner @ The Satoshi-School), Chris Burniske and Tron Black (Sr. Software Developer @ Overstock.com).
Although the conference days were amazing, the main benefit of having this blockchain event on a cruise ship was the networking. Partnerships were made, friendships were formed and a community was shaped. Attendance at our “Sunset Viewing Parties” has become a tradition that we will carry forward to future events.
All-in-all the CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise was not only a revolutionary way of doing events, it was also a massive success. Memories were made and millions of dollars in contracts were entered into and some even executed while on the ship.
The main sponsors of the event were:
- Bitcoin.com
- Ledger and…
- BitFury
Other contributing companies included: CEX, Unocoin, ThroughBit, Bitcoin Chaser, Overstock.com, Satoshi-School, Storifier, Bitcoin Manchester and many others..
Also announced on the CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise was the introduction of the CoinsBank Blockchain Cruise v.2.0. Due to the massive success of the Caribbean quest, v.2.0 will be launching from Shanghai, China and sailing to the historic destination of Kumamoto, Japan. This event will be aboard the Royal Caribbean vessel - Quantum of the Seas, and will depart on November 27th, 2017 and will return on December 1st, 2017!