🔥 This Week's Hot Topics

🔥 Canada’s Crypto Election, ICP’s Decentralized Cloud & What’s Coming at Canada Crypto Week 🔥

🚀 Featuring The Edge of Show’s January Jones & Josh Kriger
🎙️ Special Guest: Javier Arroyo Ferrer – Internet Computer (ICP HUB Canada & US)

🔑 What’s Inside:

🔹 Canada’s Crypto Crossroads: With a snap election on April 28, crypto is officially on the ballot. Liberal leader Mark Carney brings a cautious, regulation-heavy stance, while Conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre is waving the pro-Bitcoin flag. Could Canada set the tone for crypto policy worldwide?

🔹 ICP’s Vision for a Decentralized Internet: Javier Arroyo Ferrer breaks down how the Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) is building a decentralized cloud platform—an open alternative to AWS and Google Cloud. Backend, frontend, all on-chain. No middlemen, just innovation.

🔹 Canada Crypto Week Heats Up (May 11–17): It’s the biggest Web3 celebration in the North. With Consensus by CoinDesk heading to Toronto alongside Blockchain Futurist Conference, ETH Toronto, and ETH Women, Canada is ready to shine on the global crypto stage.

🔹 ICP Accelerator Projects to Watch: Get a sneak peek at startups from Quantum Leap Labs, including AI-powered legal tools, decentralized WiFi sharing, and AI trading agents. Built on ICP, ready to disrupt.

You can also listen in on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, and share your thoughts in the comments!

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🔔 Join NFTLA Week 2025:

Where Art, Tech & Culture Collide

NFTLA Week returns for its third year, transforming LA into the global hub for digital art, Ordinals, NFTs, and crypto. This week-long celebration brings together top creators and innovators shaping the future of decentralized culture.

Expect:
🎨 Curated digital art exhibitions
🎤 Engaging panels on AI, Bitcoin, and blockchain culture
🤝 Networking with artists, collectors, and builders
🕹 Arcade gaming powered by The Sandbox
 🍕 Free pizza at 420LA thanks to Pizza DAO

🌟 A Glimpse at the Lineup

🎭 Natalie Stone – GM of CryptoPunks
🟠 Casey Rodarmor – Creator of Ordinals
📸 Parker Day – Photographer behind FUN! Bitcoin inscriptions
🎨 Bryan Brinkman – Multimedia artist featured at Christie’s, Sotheby’s, and more
🖌 Jack Butcher – Designer and NFT innovator

🎤 Daily Highlights

📅 4/16 – NFTLA Main Event
📅 4/17 – Ordinals LA
📅 4/18 – AI LA including event @ Moss
📅 4/19 – GAMING LA
📅 4/20 – FROGS OVER FIAT x Pizza DAO

💼 Sponsors

Huge thank you to our sponsors for helping make NFTLA Week 2025 possible:
OpenSea and more leading platforms, partners, and pioneers from across the web3 ecosystem.

🎟 Tickets

🎟 One Day Pass – $50
🎟 Full Week Pass – $69
🎟 VIP Pass – $120 (Includes free food, drinks & exclusive perks)

🖼 Main Stage Digital Art Showcase

Selected via open call, this year’s stage art was curated by leaders including:
@RDToTheMoon, @punk7635, @guynorcal, @rockypocky123, @LinkedByArt, @ghostInMuseum, @empresstrash, @jared_poz, @Jeni_Pepen, @juujuumama, @fideleverywhere, @AnimusArt, @OmletteMerve, @carsonated, @missmayad, @erikarand, @Rexflexasaurus, @sunnysangwan, @pocobelli, @plotskis, @Palomarro, and @kikanicolela.

Their selections bring a bold, diverse, and cutting-edge artistic vision to the Main Stage experience.

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Special AI-Focused NFTLA Extension Event w/ Moss on 10/18 in Venice - An An IRL Interview with A Humanoid

NFTLA STARTS NEXT WEEK!!!

📅 April 14 - 20, 2025 | 📍 Superchief Gallery, Downtown LA 🎨 Produced and Directed by @SuperchiefNFT & @NFTLAlive

🎟️Standard One Day Ticket - $50
🎟️Standard Full Week Ticket - $69
🎫VIP Full Week Ticket - $120

🤖Additionally join us Friday on the West Side with our friends at Moss for a special NFTLA extension event focused on AI.

Witness Ria the Humanoid’s first live podcast appearance, moderated by Joshua Kriger, Co-Host of The Edge of Show.

This landmark event will explore how Ria’s empathetic AI and human-like expressions are transforming mental health support for college students and seniors.

Learn about Machani Robotics’ innovative strategies to reduce loneliness and foster emotional connection.

🎙️ Future of Virtual Worlds with Uphold, Improbable and Humanity Protocol

🎙️ ETH Denver 2025 Special — Proof of Humanity, Metaverse at Scale & Compliant Crypto Rails

This week on The Edge of Show, we’re live from ETH Denver with the trailblazers tackling some of Web3’s biggest real-world problems — from AI-proof identity to 1M TPS blockchains and seamless, regulated crypto infrastructure. 🔐🌍

🔹 Terence Kwok – Humanity Protocol: Biometrics vs. Deepfakes
Palm veins > Deepfakes. Terence breaks down how Humanity Protocol is using biometric authentication to verify real humans on-chain — starting with palm scans, not passwords.

🔹 Herman Narula – Improbable & Somnia: The Metaverse Needs Its Own L1
Imagine a metaverse chain that actually performs. Herman shares how Somnia hits 1M TPS with sub-second finality — built to support everything from virtual concerts to social gaming.

🔹 Robin O'Connell – Uphold: The Rails Web3 Didn’t Know It Needed
Think Stripe for Web3. Uphold has quietly become the compliance-first, enterprise-grade backend powering wallets, DeFi, and crypto apps — with 50+ licenses and zero shortcuts.

From onboarding billions with palm biometrics to under-collateralized DeFi and identity-verified dapps — these conversations go beyond hype into the real architecture of Web3’s next chapter.

Whether you're building, investing, or just trying to stay ahead of the curve, this episode is a blueprint for what’s actually working in the space. 🔍⚙️

Tune in now for these insights and more! Share your questions & thoughts in the comments!

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Humanity Protocol, Improbable and Uphold are sponsors.
Edge of Company received a payment.

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Bitcoin Conference

🔥 Bitcoin 2025: Viva Las Vegas! 🔥

Since 2019, the Bitcoin Conference has been the ultimate homecoming for the global Bitcoin community. It’s the largest and most influential event in the Bitcoin ecosystem—bringing together developers, miners, founders, institutions, and everyday Bitcoiners to connect, collaborate, and champion the movement for sound money and financial freedom.

In 2025, the conference lands in Las Vegas—a city known for bold ideas, high energy, and nonstop action. It's the perfect backdrop for a mission-driven summit powered by innovation, conviction, and the unstoppable momentum of the Bitcoin network.

Bitcoin 2025 isn’t just a conference—it’s a rallying point for those building a decentralized future on the most resilient monetary system the world has ever known.

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🔥 Crypto Capitol: EthDC II 🔥

🚀 Where Builders and Policy Collide 🏛️

On April 24, the sharpest minds in crypto are taking over D.C. for Crypto Capitol: EthDC II — a one-day, builder-focused event at the intersection of innovation and regulation.

From cutting-edge protocol development to the policies shaping the industry, this is where founders, devs, and policymakers connect to push Web3 forward.

Expect zero fluff, all signal — deep-dive talks, real-world case studies, and the kind of conversations that actually move the space forward.

📍 Washington, D.C.
🗓️ April 24

Build. Debate. Ship. See you there. 🚀

📢 Be a Part of UAE’s

First Major AI Hackathon

🚀 Big News: /execute: AI Genesis — UAE’s First Major AI Hackathon

We’re excited to spotlight an upcoming event that’s set to shake up the AI scene: /execute: AI Genesis, the UAE’s first major AI hackathon.

Designed for founders, builders, and AI obsessives, this is more than just a hackathon—it’s a gathering of over 800 of the most forward-thinking minds exploring cutting-edge frontiers like:

⚙️ AI Agents
🔁 Automation
🧠 Decentralized AI

Organized by the team at /function1, in collaboration with lablab.ai and powered by AI/ML API, the event kicks off online and wraps with a live finale in Dubai on May 2, 2025.

If you're building in AI or just want to witness the future take shape—this is one to watch (or join!).

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