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Large, in-person, thought-leadership, deal-making, networking, and educational events create opportunities for investors and project leaders to add to their skillset and foster new relationships and partners.

Benzinga's upcomingFuture of CryptoeventonDec.7at NYCsPier Sixty, will feature Shark Tanks Kevin OLeary, SkyBridges Anthony Scaramucci, the CFTCs Christy Goldsmith Romero, the eToro US CEO, and the founder of Yuga Labs as well as leaders from the likes of State Street, Vanguard, Circle, and Laguna Labs.The event will be followed by theFintech Awardson Dec. 8,at Pier Sixty in New York City.

Benzinga cordially invitesVitalik Buterinto attend. No RSVP is required. Just show up, and well cover your stay, too!

We know youre busy and havent been able to respond to our invitations. Thats okay! We believe in the legacy youre building and that your presence will be an asset to our events.

Vitalik Buterin: Perhaps the most influential voice in Web3.

In the world of technology, ideas are our greatest commodity. When Vitalik Buterin speaks, the industry listens. He is best known as theco-founder of Ethereum ETH/USD , the blockchain network that gave us smart contracts and by extension DeFi as a whole. With therecent Merge, the originalEthereumMainnet merged with a separate proof-of-stake (POS) blockchain called the Beacon Chain. Ethereum claims The Merge has reduced energy consumption by ~99.95% vs. the original proof-of-work mechanism.

Buterin's influence as a thinker in the blockchain space cannot be overstated. In May, Buterin publisheda paperintroducing non-fungible soul-bound tokens with Eric Glen Weyl,research lead for Microsoft Research and founder of the RadicalxChange Foundation, and Puja Ohlhaver, strategist of Flashbots Ltd. In September, Binances BNB Chain launched Binance Account-Bound Tokens (BAB) as the first wide-scale use case of soul-bound tokens.

Buterin supported the idea of an inflation-proof flatcoin along withBalaji Srinivasanand, former CTO of Coinbase, General Partner atAndreessen Horowitzalong withCoinbase Global, Inc.COIN CEOBrian Armstrong. In October,Laguna Labslaunched its testnet for Nuon, calling it the worlds first decentralized and overcollateralized flatcoin.

Ethereum remains the world's second-biggest cryptocurrency with a market cap of over $192 billion, but the ideas Buterin brings to the space drive innovation, and that value is immeasurable. Buterins vision makes him an asset at any Web3 event, including Benzinga'sFuture of Crypto and Fintech Awards.

Tickets for both events are still available! Click on the followinglinks to attend the gatherings andto hear fromsome of the most extraordinary individuals in the space at this DecembersFuture of CryptoandFintech Awardsevents.