Web Summit Lisbon, Nov. 3: Latest updates from Cointelegraphs ground team

Day two of Web Summit began with a discussion around NFTs and the future of the metaverse, with major discussions lined up around Web3 throughout the day. 922 Total views 13 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 Event Welcome back to day two of Web Summit, one of the worlds leading tech conferences, with over 71,000 attendees on the second day. The summit is live and in-person in Lisbon, Portugal after two years. The summit is known to bring together some of the most prolific personalities from the tech world together, and in 2022, its no different.

Web3 has increasingly become the most talked about topic in the tech world, and Web Summit is no different, as leading tech giants such as Apple or Microsoft continue to explore ways to integrate and transition to the Web3 ecosystem.

After an eventful first daythat saw some major Web3-related announcements, including theWeb3 Domain Alliance, which intends to prevent malicious phishing attacks, bad actors and Web3 domain collisions. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao talked about the importance of building during a bear market.

Cointelegraphs editor-in-chief, Kristina Lucrezia Cornr, sat down with crypto executives to discussthe emergence of Web3 tech hubs around the world.Check everything that happened on thefirst day vi our live article, brought to you directly from our ground team.

The Cointelegraph team is back on the ground to bring you some of the latest and exclusive insights from the event.

Web Summit day two kicked off with a discussion around nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and how digital property and ownership could become a way of life in the near future.

Disclaimer:Dont forget to check this article regularly to be notified about the most recent announcements from the event.All timestamps are in the UTC time zone, and updates are in reverse order (the latest update is placed at the top).

11:30 am:Mercedes Formula One team principal and CEOTorger Christian Toto Wolff joined TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil to discuss the role of future software in reducing engineers on track with the help of remote data.Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff along with TeamViewer CEO Oliver Steil. Source:Jose Val Bal

11:00 am:Michael Gronager, co-founder of crypto data analytics firm Chainalysis, was next on stage to discuss how crypto crimes have evolved over the years. Gronager noted that although the number of crypto crimes has gone down, the value of assets stolen in hacks has risen. At the same time, laundering money through crypto still remains one of the most difficult tasks. Chainalysis co-founderMichael Gronager.

The Sandbox co-founder Sbastien Borget said the popularity of metaverse and virtual worlds is rising because of certain limitations in the physical world. The idea that people can meet up in the virtual world in different avatars and interact with anyone instantly makes it appealing.Cointelegraphs Gareth Jenkinson in conversation with Sbastien Borget. Source: Jose Val Bal.

10:45 am:Cointelegraphs Gareth Jenkinson sat down with The Sandbox co-founder Sbastien Borget to discuss the future of the decentralized metaverse. Borget revealed that land sales in The Sandbox metaverse will resume next week with major brands, but he couldnt say much about it. Hop over to our latest Twitter thread to get more granular insights from the chat.

Land sales on @TheSandboxGame will resume next week with major brands but he cannot say much about that @borgetsebastiens goal is to have one user, one land in the game. pic.twitter.com/IOGwOwVXx6— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) November 3, 2022

10:40 am:The second day kicked off with Yuga Labs CEONicole Muniz discussing whats next for NFTs and why they could become the future of digital ownership. Be it privacy, interoperability or identity, everything is associated with ownership, and Web3 would make way for digital ownership.Yuga Labs CEO Nicole Muniz.

Cointelegraphs reporter Gareth Jenkinson is on the ground with The Sandbox co-founderSbastien Borget to discuss some of the key developments around the project during a panel discussion, so stay tuned.Cointelegraph reporter Gareth Jenkinson with The Sandbox founderSbastien Borget.

The Cointelegraph team is live on the ground in Lisbon, starting the day off with some coffee and local delicacies.

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We Started the day with some coffee and Portuguese pastries

Should fuel us to cover a few panels before lunch pic.twitter.com/UfamAMSsEi— Cointelegraph (@Cointelegraph) November 3, 2022 #Bitcoin #Blockchain #Cryptocurrencies #Adoption #Hackers #Hacks Related News How to store Bitcoin on MetaMask The state of crypto in Southern Europe: Malta leads the way Report: On-chain data points to crypto consolidation in Q3 Transit Swap hacker returns lions share of $23M in stolen funds: Finance Redefined Crypto hacks are set to hit all-time highs in 2022, analyst explains