7 December 2018 | London
Bloomberg
Crypto Summit: Focus on 2019
December 7 - Friday
Registration and Networking Breakfast
Temporary Fad or a Powerful Innovation: Taking Crypto into the Financial Mainstream
The lack of any comprehensive regulation for virtual currencies in the US and major European markets has stifled the nascent but fast-growing crypto industry. Should the regulators focus their attempts on taming the “wild west” and which parts of the crypto-world should be regulated? What can the industry expect from regulators? Should the financial establishment itself look into on how it can better interact with cryptocurrencies? Will 2019 become the year of regulatory reform for the crypto ecosystem, finally creating a more mature market?
Moderator:
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Alastair Marsh
Reporter, Finance and Technology, Bloomberg News
Panellists:
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Marieke Flament
Global CMO & EMEA Managing Director, Circle
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Ryan Radloff
CEO, CoinShares
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Jan Brzezek
CEO & Founder, Crypto Finance Group
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Hany Rashwan
Co-Founder & CEO, Amun AG
Institutional Money in Crypto
The disruptive force of digital currencies has certainly created exciting entrepreneurial ideas and attracted short-term players. When will the institutional smart money enter crypto? What barriers need to be removed and what infrastructure needs to be in place for mainstream investors to consider cryptocurrencies?
Moderator:
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Edward Robinson
Senior Writer, Bloomberg News
Panellists:
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James Bevan
CIO , CCLA Investment Management
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Yves Choueifaty
President & CIO , Tobam
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Nigel Brahams
Partner, Collyer Bristow LLP
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Christina Frankopan
Partner, Fabric Ventures & Lead on Special Projects, Colony
The Value of Bitcoin: Introducing the First Cryptocurrency Asset Pricing Model
Speaker:
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Emiliano Pagnotta
Assistant Professor of Finance, Imperial College Business School
Coffee Break
Stable Coins: a Volatility Cure-All?
Cryptocurrency’s wild volatility and unexpected swings is one of the factors preventing its wider adoption. Could stable coin, which is pegged to national currencies, potentially solve crypto’s instability challenges, and assist virtual currencies in becoming globally adopted for trade, or would it defeat crypto’s primary advantages of decentralisation and democratisation? Our panel discusses the most likely outcome.
Moderator:
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Alastair Marsh
Reporter, Finance and Technology, Bloomberg News
Panellists:
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Lewis Fellas
CIO , Bletchley Park Asset Management
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Pinar Emirdag
SVP, Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation, State Street Corporation
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Ashleigh Schap
Business Development , MakerDAO
Bloomberg Intelligence Presentation on Regulating Financial Crime Risk
Speaker:
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Sarah Jane Mahmud
Senior Regulatory Analyst, Bloomberg Intelligence
Security Tokens: the Next Hype Cycle?
Backed by a tangible asset, security tokens are being hyped as a catalyst for revolutionising and democratising the investment space. The challenge for tokens is determining how they can be regulated if they still haven’t been legally defined. What are the legal boundaries of fractional ownership of a security token it if belongs to a decentralised system? Is the euphoria around security tokens yet another example of the high hopes for crypto to transform the world of finance? Is this product a competitor for IPOs, due to a lower fee structure? How does this compare and contrast to an ICO?
Moderator:
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Nejra Cehic
Anchor, Bloomberg Television and Radio
Panellists:
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Myles Milston
Founder & CEO , Globacap
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Tom Pocock
Co-Founder & CEO , AZTEC Protocol & CreditMint
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Andrew Peel
Head of Digital Asset Markets, Morgan Stanley
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Irfon Watkins
Founder & CEO, DOVU
Trading Crypto: Where's the opportunity?
Sweden was first and now it’s happening in Switzerland. Exchanges in Europe are listing securities that track the value of one or more cryptocurrencies. But where’s the opportunity when crypto is in freefall? Some traders are finding new ways to make money from the nascent asset class.
Moderator:
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Will Hadfield
Market Structure Reporter , Bloomberg
Panellists:
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Aliya Itzkowitz
Head of Research, Enigma Securities
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Michael Lie
Head of Crypto Trading, Flow Traders
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Laurent Kssis
CEO, XBT Provider AB
Networking Lunch
Speakers
Nejra Cehic
Anchor Bloomberg Television and RadioDaniel Skowronski
CEO DX.ExchangeAlastair Marsh
Reporter, Finance and Technology Bloomberg NewsMarieke Flament
Global CMO & EMEA Managing Director CircleRyan Radloff
CEO CoinSharesJan Brzezek
CEO & Founder Crypto Finance GroupHany Rashwan
Co-Founder & CEO Amun AGEdward Robinson
Senior Writer Bloomberg NewsJames Bevan
CIO CCLA Investment ManagementYves Choueifaty
President & CIO TobamNigel Brahams
Partner Collyer Bristow LLPChristina Frankopan
Partner Fabric Ventures & Lead on Special Projects, ColonyEmiliano Pagnotta
Assistant Professor of Finance Imperial College Business SchoolLewis Fellas
CIO Bletchley Park Asset ManagementPinar Emirdag
SVP, Head of Digital Product Development and Innovation State Street CorporationAshleigh Schap
Business Development MakerDAOSarah Jane Mahmud
Senior Regulatory Analyst Bloomberg IntelligenceMyles Milston
Founder & CEO GlobacapTom Pocock
Co-Founder & CEO AZTEC Protocol & CreditMintAndrew Peel
Head of Digital Asset Markets Morgan StanleyIrfon Watkins
Founder & CEO DOVUWill Hadfield
Market Structure Reporter BloombergAliya Itzkowitz
Head of Research Enigma SecuritiesMichael Lie
Head of Crypto Trading Flow TradersLaurent Kssis
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