Gold Coast

The Gold Coast will host Australia’s largest Crypto Convention for 2022, where crypto enthusiasts will join expert speakers, industry exhibitors, education workshops, networkers and more in a jam-packed weekend.

Date: 16-18 September 2022
Location: Gold Coast Convention Centre, Broadbeach
Website: auscryptocon.com
Tickets: Click here for 10% off code CRYPTONEWS

Win tickets: We’re giving away 2 x full weekend passes to Australia Crypto Convention. See our Twitter page to enter.

Sponsors and exhibitors at the event include some of the biggest names: Swyftx, The Crypto Den, Crypto News Australia, Coinstop, Accointing.com and more. If you would like to be involved, enquire here.

The event is being organised by David Haslop, founder of The Crypto Den trading education platform, who wants to help attendees learn more about cryptocurrencies and blockchain, and introduce people to all the exciting projects happening in Australia.

We’ve got international speakers coming over from different countries, obviously people from here … the whole idea of the convention is my philosophy from when I started, mass adoption through education.
David Haslop, Crypto Convention Organiser

What’s Happening at the Event

The exact event day agenda lineups, speakers and exhibitors lists will be announced soon. Also, special accommodation deals will be released in early March. Stay tuned!

Live Speakers – Hear from global visionaries and industry leaders as they speak on stage and participate in panel discussions.

Networking – Interact and network with professionals and experts from within the crypto space.

Exhibitors – Experience some of the most innovative blockchain technology and crypto projects and their use cases first-hand.

Educational Workshops – Learn more about the following topics: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, Crypto Security, The Future of Crypto, Working in Crypto, Trading Crypto and more.

Crypto News – We will be attending the event and providing media coverage, live interviews, social media spotlights, and giveaways!

The Whale Experience

Upgrade your convention experience to a Whale Pass and enjoy a catered lunch daily with networking opportunities and join in on our exclusive WHALE Night event at Nineteen Rooftop Bar At The Star Casino. Find out more here.

This is your opportunity to connect with like-minded Whales who share the same interests and goals as you. Your Whale Pass opens the door to connections inside the space and this is where the magic happens!

Become an Exhibitor

If you would like to become an Exhibitor at the event, you can apply here.

Agreement Not Reached, Direct Contact Established

Alexandre Raffin, who runs the cryptocurrency brokerage firm GAINS Associates out of Paris, was originally supposed to receive $800k worth of the cryptocurrency Klaytn from Mordern Assets, in exchange for fiat. However, the deal went nowhere for an undisclosed reason – and as a result, Raffin was introduced directly to the supplier.

A new deal was reached with the mysterious supplier, who was allegedly supposed to provide 937,500 Klaytn in exchange for about $93k.

Unfortunately, the mysterious contact made off with the money, and went off the grid, deleting his messaging accounts.

At the time, Klaytn was only worth about 10 cents – but the cryptocurrency has increased in value 30 times over. In other words, if the deal had not fallen through, Mr. Raffin and his associates would have been nearly 2 million in the green, seeing as $93k worth of Klaytn at the time is now worth around $2.8 million.

Mr. Raffin says that although he’s been in the crypto world for a while – and as a result, is no stranger to losses and risky moves – this was a huge loss, even for him. He’s paid investors for the loss out of his own pocket, which was a big blow to his assets.

“I’m a pretty tough guy. I’ve become quite desensitised to money through these years in crypto. You lose some, you win some. But this was hard, even for me. We thought they did their due diligence. It seems they didn’t do research on their own contact. Maybe they’re just very good at marketing.”

Mr. Raffin originally enlisted a blockchain investigation company to help him get his assets back – but when that failed, he took it up with the courts.

On their end, Modern Assets have denied the allegations and have stated via a spokesman that they would be “vigorously defending” themselves in the Federal Court (which is yet to determine the claim).