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Paris Blockchain Week, Europe’s leading Web3 conference “where business happens,” is inviting founders to apply to Crypto’s largest Startup Competition: Start in Block. Hundreds of startups will battle for a share of $10M+ in prizes while standing out to 400+ investors.

This year, PBW has partnered with BizThon to introduce a new hybrid format, combining online challenges and workshops with an onsite hackathon.

Paris Blockchain Week, Europe’s flagship web3 event “where business happens”, with over 85 countries in attendance, has unveiled its first headline speakers for 2025.

The 5th edition of Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to blockchain and Web3 and Europe’s largest gathering of thought leaders, innovators, and experts from around the world, has reached its conclusion. 

Paris Blockchain Week announced the winners of this year’s Startup Competition, dishing out an array of prizes to the 10 finalists and 4 winning Startups, for up to $10 million in the shape of funding, grants, accelerations, listings and more. 

Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to blockchain and Web3, kicked off its second annual hackathon with three exciting challenges set by Solana and XRPL, with Casper and Sia as additional sponsors. The event took place over 48 hours from April 5 - April 7 and saw each winning team take home a €4,500 cash prize. 

We’re thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated Startup Competition at Paris Blockchain Week. With a staggering array of prizes totaling over $10 million, encompassing funding, grants, credits, accelerations, listing, and more, this competition has become a cornerstone event within the blockchain startup ecosystem. 

Paris, France – January 30th, 2024 – In a preview of what promises to be a landmark event, Paris Blockchain Week hosted a press event in London on January 24th, 2024, titled "Paris Blockchain Week presents: a Taste of 2024 with our Press Community." The event offered a glimpse into the cutting-edge discussions, industry leaders, and innovative projects that will be front and center at the upcoming Paris Blockchain Week, set to take place from April 9th to 11th, 2024, at the Carrousel du Louvre.

Paris Blockchain Week, the leading blockchain and Web3 event in Europe, announced that the 5th edition of the event, taking place from April 8-12, 2024, at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, has added more people to the growing list of speakers.

Paris, France, 18 October 2023. Paris Blockchain Week, the leading blockchain and Web3 event organiser, announced how the 5th edition (8-12 April 2024) at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris, France, is shaping up. 

The Paris Blockchain Week, Europe’s largest gathering of thought leaders, innovators, and experts from around the world, has concluded and demonstrated that the blockchain space is maturing. 8,500 attendees flocked to Paris, joining executives and change-makers from major companies such as Google, Coca-Cola, Amazon Web Services, Deutsche Bank, Bloomberg, LVMH, Coinbase, Circle, Microsoft, and Mercedes. The week had three focus points: talent and investors, the Web3XP, and a two-day Summit to close-out the event.

Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to blockchain and Web3 kicked off with a hackathon on the Saturday and Sunday. Challenges were set by Gridex, Solana and XRPL (by Ripple) and Mehdi Labbani of B4Blabs inspired the audience on the Saturday afternoon. Three winning teams all taking a € 4500 cheque home.

The votes are in for the inaugural Paris Blockchain Week Awards, which were powered by the Partisia Blockchain, and the community has chosen its leading innovators across a number of categories, including Best Blockchain Project, Web3 Personality of the Year, and Best Brand Initiative. 

After announcing its first inaugural Paris Blockchain Week Awards, the Paris Blockchain Week and Partisia Blockchain-powered Awards has kicked off with great success as many have already cast votes for the leading organisations, projects, and individuals across the innovative blockchain sector. Anyone wishing to experience first-hand the power and simplicity of secure, transparent, and fraud-proof e-voting using blockchain can do so right up until the ceremony on the 23rd of March as thought leaders, experts, and innovators from around the globe converge on Paris to attend Europe’s largest industry gathering to converse and move the blockchain and web3 industries forward. 

Following the announcement of the very first Paris Blockchain Week Awards scheduled to take place during Paris Blockchain Week next month, Paris Blockchain Week today released its list of nominees, including some of the industry’s most influential individuals, projects, and organisations who have diligently, impactfully & enthusiastically continued to build and support the blockchain ecosystem.

Paris Blockchain Week, jointly with Partisia Blockchain, today announces a Paris Blockchain Week first: Paris Blockchain Week Awards - inaugural edition. The Awards will recognise the most notable individuals, projects, and organisations across this innovative sector at Europe’s largest gathering of thought leaders, innovators, and experts from around the world convening to discuss and advance the state of blockchain and web3 technologies. 

The start-up competition at Paris Blockchain Week, will kick-off today in partnership with Google Cloud. Start-ups with a focus on blockchain and Web3 will have up to the 15 Feb to apply to participate in this unique opportunity to engage with investors that have a dedicated focus on the industry and convince them to back their projects.

PARIS, 25th Jan – Blockchain and other new generations of information technology innovation continue to make significant progress, while the metaverse and Web3 concepts are developing at a high speed. Research shows that France is one of the top countries attracting blockchain talent and French tech startups set a new record with 13.5 billion euros raised last year, an overall increase of 17%. 

Paris, November 25th - Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to professionals in the blockchain and Web3 space, is excited to announce a host of keynotes from industry leaders and visionaries, including Marieke Flament, CEO, NEAR Foundation, Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, Steve Huffman, CEO, Reddit, and Ryan Selkis, Founder & CEO, Messari, who will hit the stage from 20th to 24th March in 2023.

Paris, December 12th - Paris Blockchain Week, the leading international conference dedicated to professionals in the blockchain and Web3 space, is excited to announce that the French Minister of Digital Transition and Telecommunications, Jean-Noël Barrot, will deliver a speech at PBW, 20-24 March 2023.

Paris Blockchain Week turns the Carrousel du Louvre into Palace of Web3: Europe’s biggest and most influential blockchain event, expected international attendance of 10,000+, Monday 20th to Friday 24th of March 2023.