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Charles Hoskinson will take the stage at Paris Blockchain Week 2025.

In the City of Lights, visionaries from across the industry will gather at the Carrousel du Louvre to explore, debate, and co-create a new era of our digital infrastructure. Together, blockchain professionals, enthusiasts, investors, and innovators will unlock the secrets behind bringing accountability, immutability, equality, and transparency to the forefront of traditional systems through emergent technologies. But in a world where data protection has become a necessity with growing regulatory requirements, how does blockchain address this need for privacy? 

Enter Midnight, the revolutionary blockchain designed to empower organizations to deliver regulation-friendly, data-protection applications that keep users in control of their own information. 

At Paris Blockchain Week 2025, IO’s CEO and Founder Charles Hoskinson will dive into the underpinnings of what it means for the industry to scale in his keynote address at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 9. More importantly, he’ll outline how Midnight and its inherent security and privacy measures will be able to operate as a bridge between traditional finance and a growing decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem, the first step in truly banking the unbanked. 

Looking to be a part of the conversation? There’s more ways to engage with the IOG and Midnight teams in Paris: 

• Wednesday, April 9 from 9 a.m. - 1p.m. we’re taking over the Connect Lounge at Paris Blockchain Week, come and meet with us in-person and learn more
• Wednesday, April 9, 10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., Charles Hoskinson and Midnight’s CEO Eran Barak will host a fireside chat to unpack what Midnight’s future means for the wider Web3 industry 
• Wednesday, April 9 from 1:00 p.m. the Midnight team will be co-sponsoring a multipurpose event with DNA House, including panels and invitation only lunch and dinner at Madame Rê

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