Crypto Friends is going to host ICO-Hypethon over 2 days from Aug 16th at St. Petersburg’s trendy Street Art Museum.

The event is supported by blockchain solutions developers Waves Platform and consultancy company Eberhard Lindfordt. ICO-Hypethon is open to everyone with an interest in crypto and expects over a thousand attendees within 48-hours, to become one of the biggest blockchain conferences ever held in the city.

“ICO-Hypethon is a mix between a hackathon and a festival for the crypto community. It will bring together a wide range of people interested in crypto. It’s an opportunity for people to meet with like-minded people and industry leaders, learn new content and gain new market info,” explains Daria Arefieva, founder of Crypto Friends and the organizer of the event.

According to the official release, blockchain startups will launch their pre-ICOs at the event with the support of domain experts and mentors and compete for the ICO Angels prize pool.

“ICO-Hypethon brings together the people behind great blockchains projects that are ready to ICO and connects them to ICO Angels and experts,” explains Sasha Ivanov, founder & CEO Waves Platform.

The organisers hope that introducing the startups to ICO Angels and experts will help the crypto-community as a whole to assess token sales better. Teams will be carefully vetted prior for quality and trust before competing.

Speakers include Sasha Ivanov, founder & CEO Waves Platform; Jon Matonis, Founding Director, Bitcoin Foundation; Vladimir Dyomin, blockchain adviser to Chairman of the Board at Vnesheconombank; Artem Tolkachev, Deloitte; Tony Vays, professional trader and ICO expert; Eric Benx, Managing Director, CryptoPay; and Eyal Hertzog, co-founder at Bancor.

"ICO tokens are bearer instruments held anonymously. Although less likely to be traded in US and sold to US buyers, they are not going away," said Matonis, who will be a judge at the event.

“This is a really exciting time to be involved in anything blockchain related. Everyday the ecosystem grows bigger. I see the Russian market growing exponentially over the coming months,” said Eric Benz, Managing Director at CryptoPay.me, who will also be competing in the ICO-Hypethon.

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