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The first Argentinian to participate in the Crypto Summit 2023 Conference in Zurich

January 20, 2023

The first Argentinian to participate in the Crypto Summit 2023 Conference in ZurichThe CEO and co-founder of IOVlabs shared on 16 January two talks at one of the most important conferences in the crypto industry.

Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar, CEO and Co-Founder of IOVlabs, a pioneer in Argentina in the development of blockchain technologies that launched the Rootstock (RSK) smart contract network, and Rootstock Infrastructure Framework (RIF) participated on Monday 16 January in two panel discussions at Europe’s longest running cryptocurrency conference, Crypto Summit 2023 which took place this week across both Zurich and Davos alongside this year's World Economic Forum.

It is the first time that an Argentinean has participated in this globally recognized conference in the industry. Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar is one of the pioneers of web development in Argentina and Latin America since 1995 and has played a leading role in the promotion of Bitcoin technology in Latin America since 2012. The Crypto Summit 2023 Conference is a space for speeches and panels dedicated to the role of cryptocurrencies in our society, ending with an award ceremony for the most influential crypto leaders of 2022.

During the conference, Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar shared his predictions for the cryptocurrency industry in 2023 as part of a panel "Top 10 Digital Asset Industry Predictions for 2023" with Magnus Jones (EY Tax & Law), Oliver Feldmeier (SMART VALOR) and Joseph Birch (SMART VALOR) as moderator.

Diego also discussed "The Evolution of Layer 2 Solutions" together with Gurvinder Singh Ahluwalia (Digital Twin Labs), Konrad Urban (Peanut Protocol), Alexandre Kech (SIX Digital Exchange) and Ursula Volpe (Pink Fox Ventures) as moderator.

IOVlabs is best known for creating the Rootstock (RSK) blockchain building on Bitcoin's unparalleled hashing power, security and decentralization by adding smart contract capabilities, nearly instant payments and higher scalability. The company also leads the development of RIF, a set of open source building blocks for web3 that allows financial services companies to quickly and easily create decentralized finance products.

About IOVlabs

IOVlabs is best known for creating the Rootstock (RSK) blockchain building on Bitcoin's unparalleled hashing power, security and decentralization by adding smart contract capabilities, nearly instant payments and higher scalability. The company also leads the development of RIF, a set of open source building blocks for web3 that allows financial services companies to quickly and easily create decentralized finance products. About IOVlabsIOVlabs develops the blockchain technologies needed for a new global financial ecosystem that fosters opportunity, transparency and trust. The organisation created the Rootstock (RSK) blockchain, the RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF) and owns Taringa!

The Rootstock (RSK) blockchain is one of the world's most secure smart contract platforms combining Bitcoin's unparalleled hashing power with the smart contract capabilities of Ethereum.

Rootstock Infrastructure Framework (RIF) is a set of open, decentralised infrastructure protocols that enable faster, easier and more scalable development of distributed applications (dApps) within a unified environment.

Taringa! is the largest Spanish-speaking social network in Latin America, with 30 million users and 1,000 active online communities.

Press contact:press@iovlabs.org

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