LAST night, in the heart of Manila, leading business owners, investors, venture capitalists and political figures, gathered at the Grand Hyatt Hotel to celebrate the launch of Block Dojo in Asia.

The evening was hosted by Block Dojo, a renowned incubator that fostered blockchain entrepreneurship, in partnership with nChain, a leading global technology company that offered software solutions, consulting services, and intellectual-property licensing for clients across major industries, which were looking to benefit from the security, transparency, scalability and cost-effectiveness of blockchain.