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• 🚀FEATURE: Nazim Ahmed, co-founder of Remx.xyz

• 🥳Major event in Toronto: Don’t miss the Futurist Conference August 13-14

• 🤠Trade Mission: Global blockchain leaders in Calgary

• 🇨🇦Coinbase Launch: Stand With Crypto expands to Canada

• 🗺️Roadmap: Alberta's plan for global crypto leadership

• 🥇Bitcoin Praise: Larry Fink calls it digital gold

• 🏦Tokenization: Goldman Sachs’ trio of projects

• 🔔Reminder: Join Blockchain North’s next roundtable on Spaces (hosted on X)

• 🌲Jobs alert: Exciting new gigs in Victoria, BC and Hamilton, ON

• 📅Events: Load up your summer calendar now

FEATURE

Nazim Ahmed, co-founder of Remx.xyz, discusses how blockchain is transforming the creator economy.

By developing NFT marketplaces that emphasize community connections, Remix.xyz aims to forge mutually beneficial relationships among creators, communities, and brands.

EVENT HIGHLIGHT

Blockchain Futurist Conference; August 13-14 in Toronto, Canada

• HIGHLIGHTS:
  
  Over 100 world-class speakers, including:
  
  - Miko Matsumura, Managing Partner, gumi Cryptos Capital
  - Suzanne Lasrado, Vice-President, Member Services & Innovation Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO)
  - Mark Greenberg, Global Head of Asset Growth & Management and Managing Director of Canada, Kraken
  - Ben-Zion Benkhin CEO, WOMBO
  - Lisa Loud, Co-Founder, FLUIDEFI, Executive Director, Secret Network Foundation
  - Adam Cai, Founder & CEO, Virgo Group
  - Annelise Osborne, Author, From Hoodies to Suits: Innovating Digital Assets for Traditional Finance, Chief Business Officer, Kadena
  - Shagufta Sayani, Senior Manager, Ernst & Young LLP
  - Dan Nuñez Cohen, Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs

  Crypto.com
  - Stefan Rust, Founder & CEO, Truflation
  - Corbin Fraser, CEO, Bitcoin.com
  - Dustin Walper, Founder & CEO, Newton
  - Scott Sigel, COO, Helium
  - Tian Lim, Director of Technical Program Management, Consensys
  - Charlie Aikenhead, SVP Communications, WonderFi (TSX: WNDR)
  - Claire Ching, Head of Institutional, Gemini
  - Alex Tapscott, Best-Selling Author, Charting the Internet's Next Economic and Cultural Frontier
  - Christopher "CJ" Johnson, President, Lightspeed Crypto Services, LLC, Developer, Bad Idea AI
  
  …and many more!
  

• Apply to be a speaker
  

• Blockchain North is an official media partner with an epic broadcast area for interviews and a roaming camera crew.
  

• Ticket Giveaway: Stay tuned to our socials for a chance to win a pair of tickets to the event, valued at over $1200!

JOIN US: Thursday, July 18 at 5:00 PM EST

Sign up now: X Spaces

Time: 3 pm to 4:30 MT/5 pm to 6:30 pm ET

Did you miss last week’s Alberta Trade Mission, or want to continue the conversation? We’re hosting an Alberta Special – Crypto Canadians X Space on Thursday, with prestigious guests like Minister Dale Nally, Matthew Burgoyne (Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP), Michael Shidler (SustainHash Technologies Ltd), Austin Bank (Cryptotherm Manufacturing Inc) and more!

Join us each week on X Spaces for a captivating discussion with top experts in crypto, AI, and tech! Hosted by Flo & Bobby from Blockchain North, and special guests!

Some experts we’ve already had on the show:

@marclijour
@sam_drissi
@rime_salmi
@JoshSeerattan
@JArroyoFerrer
@WomanBlockchain
@fieldagronomy21
@AubreyNesbitt11

This online event promises fun, authentic, and thought-provoking conversations. Don’t miss out—tune in for insights on the latest industry trends and news!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: Fear of Missing Out?

Inference Labs—spearheading a new era in Artificial Intelligence—is hiring a Web3 Communications Manager at their location in Hamilton, ON.

Interop Labs, which builds interoperability technology, is hiring an APAC Marketing and Community Manager in Victoria, BC and a Smart Contract Engineer in Toronto, ON.

Shakepay—a money app that allows you to pay friends, buy and earn bitcoin, and send money effortlessly—is hiring for multiple roles, including Content Strategist; Engineering Manager; Head of Credit; Head of Data; and many more!

Diagram—venture studio that builds companies in Web3, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, and Climatetech—is hiring an analyst on the Crypto / AI team to help launch new ventures. The position is remote.

Emerald is seeking an Account Executive to support their Blockchain Futurist Conference, the largest and most high-profile blockchain & cryptocurrency event in Canada (and launching soon in the U.S.)

Binance—the leading global blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider whose suite of financial products includes the world’s largest digital-asset exchange—is hiring for Project Research and Due Diligence in Vancouver.

Chainlink Labs—the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web—is hiring a Smart Contract, Solidity Engineer.

Crypto trading exchange, Kraken, is hiring for the following:

Product Manager, Platform Custody

Product Manager, Blockchain Platform

Product Manager, Earn (Staking)

Group PM, Earn (Staking & Yield) & Wealth

Noble—bringing real-world assets into the digital realm, focusing on security and cross-chain functionality—is hiring software + Rust engineers.

Apply here

Coinbase Canada is hiring a Staff Smart Contract Engineer, Backend/Frontend Engineers, Engineering Manager, CX Program Manager(newly added), and Accounting and Reporting Manager (newly added).

Check out their website.

Want your job posted here? Get in touch!