The FUSION Foundation Intelligence (FFI) Conference kicked off at 9:30 am in New York City at the Hilton Hotel. More than 50 team and community members, advisors, highly influential finance executives and media were present.

DJ Qian, Visionary and Principal of the the FUSION Foundation, opened proceedings following 3 days of intense and successful participation at Consensus 2018. DJ made some incredible announcements with regards to FUSIONs Mainnet release, adoption of the FUSION blockchain, Academic partnerships and the Testnet release date.

The full details of the Technology announcement can be read here. As a summary, the following innovative and revolutionary features will be available on the FUSION Blockchain when the Mainnet is released:

Lock-in Lock-out Mechanism

Token ‘Time Lock’

Short address notation

Cross-chain capability

New token issue

Token swap

Again, please read ‘DJ Qian on FUSION Technology at FFI’ for more information.

2. The full details on the Adoption of the FUSION Blockchain announcement can be read here. Here is a short summary.

DJ announced that a very significant amount of assets will be locked-in onto the Fusion blockchain after Mainnnet release, from partnerships with Carnex KuaiLaiCai and FomulA.

3. DJ announced agreements for technology joint research have been signed with Tongji University and Xidian University, and a third is in the making with the Brandeis International Business School for research in distributed economy and cryptofinance.

4. The Fusion Foundation officially established the Foundation Intelligence Team and the Industry Adoption team on May 17th, now adding that they will be headquartered in NY. Here is a picture with the FFI team, from the left Dr Najam Kidwai, Jeff Singer, DJ Qian and Eric Weinstein (FFI Member Daniel Petrozzo was absent from the photo).

FUSION Foundation Intelligence team.

5. Testnet will be released on May 31st.

Testnet release

After an incredible string of announcements delivered by DJ, it was amazing to listen and learn from some of the Finance industries biggest names via speeches and panel discussions. All presenters shared valuable insights into the finance industries perspective on Blockchain, challenges for industry adoption, strategic next moves and much more. Here is a picture of the panel discussion on ‘The Evolution of Trading and Investing Strategies in the Tokenized Cryptofinancial Future’.

Panel Discussion at FFI Conference

After a long and successful day, the FFI Conference concluded with dinner upstairs at the Hilton where the conversations continued into the late evening.

The FFI Conference was the highlight of an incredible week and amazing way to finish off The FUSION Foundation’s trip to NYC for Consensus 18 and the Conference itself.