Photography by on August 9th, 2022 in Lifestyle

Miami, FL – August 9, 2022 – Miami Web3 Happy Hour founded by entrepreneurs Ryan Kirkley – Cryptan Labs, Amila Karunaratne – Trynco, and Benny Pekala – Birdwell Solutions, hosted their inaugural meeting at the 9Beach Latin Restaurant in South Beach Miami. Evening attracted cryto, NFT, metaverse, and other Web3 enthusiasts, tech founders, investors, artists, filmmakers, singers, actors, fashion designers, and more. Guests enjoyed paintings by the world renowned artist Domingo Zapata who sold Mona Lisa themed art work at a recent Sotheby’s auction to Leonardo DeCaprio for >$1 million, as well as Zapata’s NFTs from his exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, France. Also present were Aileen Campbell from the Brickell Art Gallery and the NFT artist Roc Sol from the Project Road Map, who did a live painting of a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT enhancement. Guests enjoyed Cuban food from 9 Beach Latin paired with island cocktails from Valmas and healthy ice cream from Cloud & Joy. Goal of the Miami Web3 Happy Hour is to develop an inclusive Web3 community, seed and foster friendships & partnerships and be prosperous. Founders Ryan, Amila and Benny plan to host similar meetups every other Tuesday.

Ryan Kirkley, Benny Pekala, & Amila Karunaratne

David Rosen & Amila Karunaratne

Ryan Kirkley, Benny Pekala, & Amila Karunaratne

Amila Karunaratne

Amila Karunaratne & David Rosen

Stevie & Celia Evans Polhemus, & Amila Karunaratne

James Irvine, Roc Sol, Emily Wilson, Shake Chatterjee, Ryan Kirkley, Jenny Schorsch, & Alina Karunaratne

Benny Pekala, Roc Sol, Ryan Kirkley, & Amila Karunaratne

Benny Pekala, Roc Sol, Ryan Kirkley, & Amila Karunaratne

Roc Sol & Amila Karunaratne

Benny Pekala, Roc Sol, Ryan Kirkley, & Amila Karunaratne

Amila Karunaratne

Amila Karunaratne