Paid | Crypto & Digital Asset Investment

Crypto & Digital Asset Investment stage Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Digital Assets market place
• Why tokenisation in financial services
• A paradigm shift or…?
• What are the frameworks we can work on today?
• What is the roadmap and what are we doing about it

• The benefits & shortcomings of institutional investment
• Crypto as a new asset class
• The fall of the ICO: The rise of the STO & IEO
• Regulation: Forming the market place

The current pace of technology innovation is really quite phenomenal. By looking at what blockchain has achieved, we can predict where we might be in 5 years.

Designed for all levels of knowledge, interested in learning regulation & application of Security Token Offerings in various Countries. Topics covered include the factors and principles that govern the planning, organizing, & managing of security tokens development (digital securities) on a Blockchain in order to uncover near-term business, fundraising & investment opportunities that can bring exponential value to startups, midcap & large corporations around the world.

In this talk, we will demystify Bitcoin mining by providing an empirical overview: we will review why Bitcoin needs mining, establish how much electricity the Bitcoin network consumes on a yearly basis and put these figures into perspective, dive into the geographies in which mining takes place today, and finally explore its impact on the environment.

Whether it’s a ticket, supply chain documents, stocks, property titles, loyalty points, or other as-yet unthought-of blockchain-based products and services, token use will soon be able to flow across platforms. Tokens are well on the way to disrupt global economics and radically change how commerce will be transacted. Here we will look at the new developments in the industry and what to watch for as in investor or innovator.

Celo is an open platform that makes financial tools accessible to anyone with a mobile phone, enabling an ecosystem of powerful applications to be built on top, including cash transfer programs, peer-to-peer lending, collaborative small-scale insurance, & other digital assets & wallets

• Industry reactions to the major players moving into the crypto space
• The far-reaching & surprising sectors now adopting crypto assets
• The state of regulatory adoption – Policy implications, regulation-free sandboxes
• Tokens for the future & the new infrastructure for the world – Web 2.0

Will Blockchain and Digital assets play a significant role in Emerging markets? How will emerging technologies gel with emerging markets? Is Africa the future growth hotspot and how can technology help spur this growth!

Switzerland was the first jurisdiction to allow for trading of crypto currencies within a fully regulated environment.
This is possible due to the very progressive approach of FINMA, the Swiss regulator. We explain this approach and the options it offers, especially to Fintech’s.
This approach also allows for a new type of bank – a fully regulated hybrid bank. (including Crypto)
We also explain why the established banks are locked into a matrix which weakens their competitive position.
This creates a disruption which some new banks emerging will utilize to leapfrog into a highly competitive position, offering new products and services at an unprecedented speed.
Drawing from their experience of creating banks for more than a decade, Adrian and Lucas from Lloyd’s & Partners in Switzerland are explaining how these new banks are currently being planned, created and shaped and what to expect from these.

More information to follow…