The Cantech Investment Conference - Canada’s largest technology investment conference - is just around the corner. Hosted at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, the conference will be held on January 31st, 2018. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, this year the Cantech Investment Conference promises to bring 3,500 engaged investors together with over 100 prominent technology companies. The 2018 event features a wide lineup of speakers and invites both Canadians and international guests. Blockchain and digital currency enthusiasts, in particular, have a lot to look out for this year, as many prominent blockchain pioneers will be in attendance at this year’s event.
The year has just started, yet Ethereum is already proving that its capable of maintaining its momentum as both a digital currency and a platform for technological innovation. Last year, Ethereum officially started processing more transactions than every other digital currency combined. The currency broke new milestones when it processed over one million transactions in a single day. Ethereum also made headlines with its attempts to combat the scaling issues that plague most digital currencies. In its current state, currencies like Bitcoin are unable to adapt to their popularity without sacrificing affordable transaction costs and timely processing times. Ethereum’s minds, such as Vitalik Buterin, laid out their roadmap in 2017 in an attempt to highlight their plans to improve scaling. This year, the Canadian government officially started piloting Ethereum as a way of granting the public transparency in viewing grants issued by the National Research Council (NRC). As one of Ethereum’s co-founders, Anthony Diiorio should have a lot of exciting things to say about Ethereum’s progress in Canada and the world at large.
Victory Square Technologies is an organization with its goals set on innovation, and the company actively promotes the blockchain movement. “Blockchain is reliable and available, transparent, immutable, irrevocable, and digital,” said Victory Square in its ‘About Us’ statement. “It's a disruptive technology because of the ability to digitize, decentralize, secure and incentivize the validation of transactions.”The organization is currently attempting to use its ‘expertise in company building’ in order to promote the growth of promising blockchain entrepreneurs through advisement, incubation, and investment. On January 9th, 2018, Victory Square announced a $2 million CAD prize pool for the top three blockchain companies at upcoming d10e conferences. Recognizing blockchain’s potential, Victory Square Technologies is in a promising position to promote the technology and alert the public of its ability to lead the way for business innovation.
HIVE Blockchain boasts the title of being the first publicly listed blockchain infrastructure company to bridge digital currencies and traditional investment markets. Chairman Frank Holmes will be speaking at Cantech.HIVE actively promotes the potential of digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Recognizing issues within the market, HIVE aims to remove the barriers to entry that potential investors face.On November 20th, 2017, Vancouver-based HIVE announced that it raised $88 million CAD from various investment rounds, furthering its place in the global blockchain discourse. Holmes will undoubtedly have something exciting to say about the state of the blockchain.
Looking at the big picture, Cantech featuring blockchain is a reflection of the continuing blockchain movement. The technology is quickly taking the world by storm due to its potential to serve as a secure and transparent system of global record keeping. With major speakers promoting blockchain this year, Cantech should be another important milestone in blockchain’s mainstream adoption. To sign up and learn more about the conference you can visit CantechConf.com and use code COINSQUARE25 for 25% off tickets._Editors Note: Coinsquare will have video coverage of the Cantech Investment Conference. Coinsquare Discover Director Kevin Rooke will be speaking on the blockchain panel with Anthony Diiorio and Frank Holmes. Update: this article was updated to reflect a correction in the spelling of Anthony Diiorio's nameImage credit: Cantech
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