As the dust settles after TOKEN2049 Singapore—while our team is already making waves at Blockchain Life 2025 in Dubai—we caught up with GetBlock CEO to hear about his experience. Here are his eight biggest insights from the conference. Blockchain Life 2025 Blockchain Life 2025 GetBlock CEO #1: Singapore is wealth #1: Singapore is wealth Singapore possesses a certain genius loci, Vasily says. Even our crypto community—accustomed to Dubai's and Hong Kong’s megalomaniacal architecture, Istanbul's creative chaos, and the whispering luxury of Paris and Amsterdam—encounters something genuinely novel here. Dubai's Dubai's Hong Kong’s Hong Kong’s Istanbul's Istanbul's Paris Paris Amsterdam Amsterdam It's difficult to categorize whether this city is designed for living, like old European capitals, or for work, like New York. Immaculate urban planning coexists seamlessly with thriving business districts, shopping centers, contemporary art museums, and cycling infrastructure. One thing is certain: Singapore understands wealth creation. In our era of sanctions and trade wars, every major financial institution you can name maintains offices here. #2 Token2049 is massive Beyond five stages and over 500 booths spanning five floors, organizers offered ziplines, meditation zones, numbered networking desks for instant meeting arrangements, and cuisine representing every corner of the globe. It feels almost reductive to call the speaker lineup "five-star." From Fundstrat's (or should we now say Bitmine's?) Tom Lee to BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes, from Circle and Tether to Hyperliquid and Ethena—the entire ecosystem was represented. #3 Regulatory U-turn is real, and EU is lagging behind The genuine excitement when Donald Trump Jr. and Zach Witkoff took the stage was palpable. We can debate the merits and risks of this political alignment, but the pro-crypto stance emerging in the U.S. represents an opportunity we cannot afford to squander. Tom Lee's presentation particularly resonated with me. He articulated what transformed Bitcoin into Digital Gold—and what is currently positioning Ethereum as Digital Money. Arthur Hayes delivered a brilliant critique of the European Union's rigidly anti-crypto position. His message underscored a simple truth: you cannot resist crypto. You either embrace it or resign yourself to second-tier status. #4 RWAs/Stablecoins synergy takes shape After every major event, Vasily assesses which themes dominated the discourse, the panels, speeches, and hallway conversations. At Token2049 Singapore, five topics prevailed: stablecoins, real-world asset tokenization, perpetual DEXes, prediction markets, and artificial intelligence, in that order. real-world asset tokenization, real-world asset tokenization, perpetual DEXes perpetual DEXes The stablecoin conversation has evolved. Rather than simply launching new tokens, builders are constructing entirely new infrastructure. We're witnessing the emergence of corporate stablecoins and stablecoin-centric Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchains. Intriguingly, these same rails are being developed for other real-world assets like equities, commodities, and beyond. Stablecoins and RWAs have already achieved infrastructural and economic synergy. #5 Perp DEXes are here to stay Perpetual DEXes like Hyperliquid, Aster, and Lighter dominated conversations. They've attracted sophisticated traders who survived 2017's ICO mania and 2020's DeFi Summer, offering transparency, speed, cost efficiency, and—yes!—the return of no-KYC functionality. Hyperliquid Hyperliquid Aster Lighter #6 Prediction markets are more than online betting Prediction markets revealed themselves as a novel form of collective intelligence, emerging as trust in traditional media and social networks erodes. People won't wager on outcomes they don't believe in. No government or bot farm can compel them. This isn't betting 2.0—it's something fundamentally different. #7 AI moves from hype era to adoption one AI applications appeared throughout the conference. Analytical systems and software development copilots emerged as the two dominant categories. Many innovators have recognized that Web3's transparency and cost efficiency create ideal conditions for agentic economies and research. The question mark in this section's heading is deliberate. What impressed me most: narratives are transcending mere narrative. In previous hype cycles including DePIN, DeSci, and others, most projects simply adopted trendy labels to attract retail capital. #8 GetBlock Covers It All GetBlock, evolving from an RPC node provider into a one-stop Web3 infrastructure powerhouse—is ready to support all the latest blockchain and AI use cases. In fact, it’s already powering hundreds of applications across multiple verticals worldwide. So don’t wait, and join us in building a better Web3! Sign up for premium RPC nodes today and get 50% off for the first six months. 50% off 50% off Always here for you,GetBlock Team Always here for you,GetBlock Team

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