Day 2 - 20 June 2019
Cryptocurrency & Financial Services
This track explores the original use for Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, along with ways blockchain will transform the Financial Services industry. It has been a rollercoaster of a year for the Crypto world, with dizzying fluctuation and tighter regulation around ICOs and token sales, but is the future bright? Will using blockchain technology in the financial capital markets to build a new infrastructure have benefits that outweigh the risks? Hear from the experts in these field on their view of the marketplace.
09:10AM
Cryptocurrency & Financial Services: Chair’s Welcome and Opening Remarks
09:30AM
Morning Keynote: Blockchain, turning the financial world on it’s head
10:00AM
Panel: Maximising the potential of blockchain for financial services
- Identifying applications: what problems can blockchain technology realistically solve?
- Building partnerships: how can FinTechs and incumbents drive innovation together?
- When can we realistically hope to see widespread adoption of blockchain technology in financial services?
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10:40AM
Blockchain and insurance
11:00AM
Networking Break
11:20AM
Distributed Ledger Technology: Turning Theory into Practice
11:40AM
Cryptocurrency and Banks- A New Economy or A New Asset Class?
12:00PM
Panel: The future of Crypto Finance
- The potential of crypto currencies in corporate finance
- Will regulation and taxation involving cryptocurrencies affect their potential?
- Will cryptocurrencies help prevent terrorist financing, money laundering, fraud and tax evasion or promote it?
- Will cryptocurrency exchange be successful worldwide? Issues with international exchange
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12:40PM
The Rise of the Crypto-asset class
01:00PM
Networking Lunch
02:00PM
Afternoon keynote: The future of US regulation
02:30PM
Panel: Crypto-Securities & Regulation
- How will the regulatory implications effect token sales?
- Security around cryptocurrencies
- Regulation and Litigation cases
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