TOKEN2049 Day 1 Recap: Bullish Views, New BTC, Web2-to-Web3 Bridges, and TradFi Interest

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The TOKEN2049 conference, held in Dubai this month, was a massive event. It hosted industry leaders and featured meetups, workshops, networking events, hackathons, and much more.

Cryptonews was there, diving into the key insights and highlights through interviews with many of the veteran and rising industry figures alike.

The venue was stunning, and the atmosphere was electric. “There was a certain buzz in the air that wasn’t felt at crypto conferences since late 2021 / early 2022,” Cryptonews Podcast host Matt Zahab said.

Collocutors talked about interesting ways of getting to an event, unexpectedly stimulating the local economy, about the crypto market, bullish outlooks, the rising impact of Ordinals and Runes, and the new type of wrapped BTC.

They went on to discuss the TradFi and crypto relationship, many innovative solutions for bringing more people into Web3, and much more.

Cryptonews’ Matt Zahab talked to:

You can find each interview on the links above to watch, and you can read what these industry insiders exclusively told Matt below.

Stefan Kimmel, CEO of crypto exchange and investment platform M2, remarked that the recent Bitcoin halving is unlikely to have as much impact on the crypto market as it previously did.

However, macroeconomic policies, US interest rate easing, and spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) will have a much bigger impact.

“My outlook for the end of the year is very, very bullish,” Kimmel said.

He added that M2 chose Abu Dhabi for its headquarters because it wanted to have clear regulations and rules to protect investors and the company.

Popular trader Ansem commented on the crypto market and the halving-related event as well.

But he has his eye on a specific sector.

He argues that Ordinals and Runes are