CONNECT by Cointelegraph: Singapore Edition
Hosted during TOKEN2049, CONNECT by Cointelegraph is a curated networking, content and pitch contest event that brings together Web3 founders, builders and investors, connecting the Web3 ecosystem.
Designed to foster meaningful connections and high-value conversations, CONNECT serves as a platform for the people driving the next wave of Web3 innovation.
Agenda
12:00 – 13:00 Registration & Networking
13:00 – 13:05 Opening Speech
13:05 – 13:30 Panel: Liquidity Is the Product: Hedge Funds, Market Makers and Secondaries
13:35 – 14:00 Panel: Stablecoins at the Point of Sale: Cards, Wallets and the Race for Everyday Spend
14:05 – 14:30 Panel: What’s Still Missing in the Onchain Trading Stack in 2026
14:35 – 15:00 Panel: The Exit Problem: How Crypto Investors Get Their Money Back
15:00 – 16:00 Startup Pitch Competition with Funders VC
16:00 – 17:00 Networking
Pitch Competition
🚀 Startup founders - APPLY NOW for a chance to pitch on stage and showcase your vision to a room full of decision-makers and Web3 key players!
Prize Providers:
Funders VC — $25,000 in cash
Cointelegraph — $50,000 in media credits
Inspira Labs — $20,000 in service credits
HackenProof — $36,000 in bug bounty service credits
QuillAudits — $15,000 in service credits
Skynet Trading — $15,000 in service credits
Metalex — $10,000 in service credits
Chainstack — Business / Pro / Growth plans
Venue
Cointelegraph Connect will take place at RASA Space, a contemporary event venue conveniently located for TOKEN2049 attendees. Easy to reach and designed for premium corporate events, its versatile layout and modern facilities make it the perfect setting.
Host: Cointelegraph Accelerator
The program helps find and support the next generation of leaders in the Web3 space, bringing together investors, startups, and relevant stakeholders to contribute to the development of Web3.
Host: Cointelegraph
Founded in 2013, Cointelegraph is the leading independent digital media resource covering a wide range of news on blockchain technology, crypto assets, and emerging fintech trends.
Gold Partner: USDD
USDD is a decentralized, over-collateralized stablecoin that is designed to be pegged 1:1 to the US dollar with enhanced stability and transparency. It aims to deliver security, decentralization, and stability within the crypto ecosystem. USDD is available to seamlessly integrate into DeFi platforms, offering a reliable and transparent asset that empowers users.
Partner: FinHarbor
FinHarbor is a technical platform provider for launching compliant, modular financial products — from wallets and neobanks to crypto ramps and OTC desks. Built on years of real-world fintech experience, our infrastructure helps clients launch faster, operate securely, and scale across fiat, crypto, and hybrid environments
Partner: Mercuryo
Mercuryo is a leading payment infrastructure platform in the digital token space. Its intuitive and robust solutions power the next generation of Web3 payment services by supporting payment use-case growth and on-chain integration.
Partner: OneAsset
OneAsset is building compliance-first market infrastructure for institutional commercial real estate. Its model brings together asset structuring, servicing, reporting, and transfer controls across the tokenized real estate lifecycle, designed to make real estate interests easier to verify, manage, and transact onchain.
Partner: Kenomic
Kenomic is a full-lifecycle token platform helping teams design, validate, launch, and manage tokens without juggling multiple vendors. Use AI to build tokenomics, simulate market scenarios, deploy audit-grade smart contracts across 9+ chains, and manage vesting, staking, airdrops, and treasury operations. Live today with 80+ teams already building on Kenomic.
Partner: Inspira Labs
Inspira Labs is a Web3 accelerator and Venture Studio that helps high-potential founders become fundable and launch-ready. We have supported 20+ portfolio companies, built a network of 300+ VC partners, and helped founders raise over $60M+ We work with leading ecosystems to help founders secure the right strategic partners, validate market fit and prepare for launch.
Partner: Together.fun
Together.fun (TOFU) is a social trading platform built for the modern crypto participant: the degen, the meme-lover, the alpha hunter. Real markets, powered by Hyperliquid — with your whole community trading right beside you.
Partner: NGRAVE
NGRAVE makes crypto self-custody bulletproof and easy. Its ecosystem pairs ZERO, the only EAL7-certified hardware wallet, with GRAPHENE, an encrypted steel backup, and LIQUID, the app that connects you to the blockchain without ever exposing your keys.
Pitch Competition Partner: Funders VC
Funders is an intersection of VC and liquid DeFi. They invest in DeFi/RWA projects and run delta-neutral and yield strategies, supporting protocols and teams shaping the space. Managing $20M AUM, they tend to pick early-stage protocols and promising startups.
Partner: Humandone
Humandone is a product design and development studio specialising in modern digital experiences for startups and web3 companies. The team works across branding, app design, UX/UI systems, frontend development, and scalable infrastructure for crypto-native and consumer applications.
Partner: BROIDR
BROIDR is the global merch partner for modern marketing teams. We turn physical touchpoints into premium brand experiences — curated products, bespoke design, on-demand production and worldwide delivery — for teams at Ledger, KuCoin, Bitpanda and Porsche. Fewer, better products. Made to be kept.