Chain Of Events announces its acquisition by Hyve Group at RAISE Summit 2026 and outlines plans to scale Paris Blockchain Week, RAISE Summit and MACHINA globally. In this theCUBE Research interview, hosts John Furrier and Dave Vellante speak with Charlie Meraud of Chain Of Events and Michael Amar of Chain Of Events about the transaction and the teams' event-building expertise. Meraud and Amar explain how Paris Blockchain Week, RAISE Summit and MACHINA develop into high-impact industry platforms and discuss leveraging Hyve Group's event production capabilities and proprietary meeting-organization technology to expand geographically and improve return on investment. They emphasize combining programming with FinTech Meetup and preserving executive matchmaking and curated content as central strategic elements. Meraud outlines plans to geo-clone events in the United States and the United Arab Emirates, and Amar provides detail on growth targets and operational integration with Hyve Group to increase attendee value. They note that Hyve Group provides production scale and meeting-organization tools that enable global expansion and enhanced attendee engagement. The discussion also addresses emerging topics such as blockchain, crypto, artificial intelligence abbreviated as AI and robotics and considers implications for event technology and conference programming.