The Decentralized Financial System
Davos, Switzerland
20-24 January, 2020
LATOKEN Blockchain Economic Forum gathers government officials, investors and entrepreneurs to discuss potential structural change in capital markets and payments systems, to get vitalizing ideas,
and explore partnership opportunities.
and explore partnership opportunities.
Speakers
13th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2017 - 2019)
J. Christopher Giancarlo is CFTC Chairman (2017-19) who steered CFTC to launch the first bitcoin futures. In the historical testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee in 2018 Giancarlo adhered to "do no harm" approach for the blockchain space which earned him the nickname "Crypto Dad". Giancarlo is member of the board to the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a group focused on a crypto policy in the U.S.
Adjunct Professor at INSEAD, Cofounder at The Blockchain Research Institute, Chancellor Emeritus at Trent University
Partner and CSO,
Block Asset Management S.a.r.l.
World's First Blockchain Fund of Funds
Block Asset Management S.a.r.l.
World's First Blockchain Fund of Funds
Investors
DraperDragon Fund
Partner
($200M AUM)
Partner
($200M AUM)
Philippe Ramsebner
Managing Director,
Acture Capital
($30M AUM)
Acture Capital
($30M AUM)
Founder,
Bloccelerate VC
Bloccelerate VC
Media coverage
211.000 YouTube subscribers
Running Ivan On Tech - a truly global Youtube channel on cryptocurrencies and the technology behind blockchain projects. Educating highest management in the industry about these technologies.
Agenda
20 January, Monday
Blockchain Capital Markets Day
Venue:
Guggerbach Hall, Obere Strasse 20, 7270, Davos, Switzerland
Blockchain Capital Markets Day
Venue:
Guggerbach Hall, Obere Strasse 20, 7270, Davos, Switzerland
3 pm - 3:30 pm
Registration and welcome coffee
3:30 pm - 4 pm
Opening Keynote
We Sent a Man to the Moon, we Can Send the Dollar into Cyberspace: The case for a Digital Dollar
The digital Twenty-First Century is underserved by an analog reserve currency. A digital Dollar will help future-proof the greenback and allow individuals and global enterprises to make payments in Dollars irrespective of space and time.
J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will talk about how a digital, tokenized US currency that co-exists with other Federal Reserve liabilities as a settlement medium will meet the demands of the new digital world for a cheaper, faster and more inclusive global financial system.
We Sent a Man to the Moon, we Can Send the Dollar into Cyberspace: The case for a Digital Dollar
The digital Twenty-First Century is underserved by an analog reserve currency. A digital Dollar will help future-proof the greenback and allow individuals and global enterprises to make payments in Dollars irrespective of space and time.
J. Christopher Giancarlo, former Chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will talk about how a digital, tokenized US currency that co-exists with other Federal Reserve liabilities as a settlement medium will meet the demands of the new digital world for a cheaper, faster and more inclusive global financial system.
13th Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2017 - 2019)
Legendary ex- CFTC Chairman (2017-19) who steered CFTC to launch the first bitcoin futures products. In the historical testimony before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee in 2018 Giancarlo adhered to "do no harm" approach for the blockchain space which earned him the nickname "Crypto Dad". Giancarlo is member of the advisory board to the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade group focused on blockchain and crypto policy in the U.S.
4 pm - 5 pm
Round Table
Money 2025: Private banks, Central banks or Blockchain Digital Currencies?
- Blockchain currency vs private bank layers
- Digital Currencies: Central banks vs Blockchain
- VC Remittances and Corporate trans-border payments
- The monetary policy and governance for Libra and L
- Algorithms and principles of the currency supply
- The Board and governance for the Monetary Policy
Money 2025: Private banks, Central banks or Blockchain Digital Currencies?
- Blockchain currency vs private bank layers
- Digital Currencies: Central banks vs Blockchain
- VC Remittances and Corporate trans-border payments
- The monetary policy and governance for Libra and L
- Algorithms and principles of the currency supply
- The Board and governance for the Monetary Policy
5 pm - 6 pm
Round Table
The Venture Capital and Hedge Funds 2025: Liquidity via Tokenization
- Fundraising via IEO or traditional angel investors?
- A million of angel investors worldwide
- VCs selling portfolio via trans-border IEOs
- Do LPs need liquidity?
- Venture assets for Hedge Funds
- VC Funds' NAV Real-time Market to Market
- Hedge Fund crypto exchange accounts: NAV and trades on blockchain
- Hedge Fund token subscription/redemption and the secondary market
The Venture Capital and Hedge Funds 2025: Liquidity via Tokenization
- Fundraising via IEO or traditional angel investors?
- A million of angel investors worldwide
- VCs selling portfolio via trans-border IEOs
- Do LPs need liquidity?
- Venture assets for Hedge Funds
- VC Funds' NAV Real-time Market to Market
- Hedge Fund crypto exchange accounts: NAV and trades on blockchain
- Hedge Fund token subscription/redemption and the secondary market
Managing Director at Chinaccelerator, Managing Director at MOX
General Partner at SOSV
6 pm - 7 pm
Round Table
Security Token Offering Markets
- Is there liquidity for security token offering?
- Which industries could benefit from STOs?
- What are the regulatory challenges for STOs?
- How are the Security Token holders rights are protected?
- How to structure STO?
Security Token Offering Markets
- Is there liquidity for security token offering?
- Which industries could benefit from STOs?
- What are the regulatory challenges for STOs?
- How are the Security Token holders rights are protected?
- How to structure STO?
Member of the 9th Legislative Yuan
President, Taiwan Parliamentary Colition for Blockchain & Industry Self-Regulatory Organization (SRO)
7 pm - 8:30pm
LATOKEN Evening Reception
21 January, Tuesday
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
10 am - 5 pm
1:1 Business Development Meetings with CEO of LATOKEN.
Please, write to [email protected] to schedule a 1:1 meeting with CEO of LATOKEN Valentin Preobrazhenskiy to discuss potential fundraising options, co-investments, and partnerships.
6 pm - 9 pm
LATOKEN Networking Reception
22 January, Wednesday
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
10 am - 5 pm
1:1 Business Development Meetings with CEO of LATOKEN.
Please, write to [email protected] to schedule a 1:1 meeting with CEO of LATOKEN Valentin Preobrazhenskiy to discuss potential fundraising options, co-investments, and partnerships.
6 pm - 9 pm
LATOKEN Networking Reception
23 January, Thursday
The New Financial System
Venue: Guggerbach Hall, Obere Strasse 20, 7270, Davos, Switzerland
The New Financial System
Venue: Guggerbach Hall, Obere Strasse 20, 7270, Davos, Switzerland
3 pm - 3.30 pm
Registration and welcome coffee
3:30 pm - 4 pm
Opening Keynote
Rethinking the Financial Services Industry
- Reflecting on the last 25 years of the digital economy
- Technologies of the second era of the digital age
- The Golden nine
Rethinking the Financial Services Industry
- Reflecting on the last 25 years of the digital economy
- Technologies of the second era of the digital age
- The Golden nine
The member of the Order of Canada, Adjunct Professor at INSEAD
Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute
Chancellor (2013 - 2019) of Trent University in Ontario
Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute
Chancellor (2013 - 2019) of Trent University in Ontario
Don is one of the most in-demand speakers in the world, as well as the bestselling author of 16 books, including Wikinomics and most recently, Blockchain Revolution. He is CEO of The Tapscott Group, Inc., Executive Chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute, and a member of the Order of Canada. Don regularly consults for prime ministers and presidents who want to understand what our current era of rapid technological change means for their citizens.
4 pm - 4.45 pm
Round Table
Digital Central Bank or Decentralized Currencies?
- Digital Currencies vs private bank layers
- Central bank vs Blockchain Digital Currencies
- Advantages for Remittances and Corporate transborder payments
Digital Central Bank or Decentralized Currencies?
- Digital Currencies vs private bank layers
- Central bank vs Blockchain Digital Currencies
- Advantages for Remittances and Corporate transborder payments
Chief Fintech Advisor to the Premier of Bermuda&the Fintech Business Unit
The Government of Bermuda
4.45 pm - 5 pm
Keynote
2020 Blockchain Predictions: 10 Blockchain Inevitabilities
2020 Blockchain Predictions: 10 Blockchain Inevitabilities
Managing Partner at Blockchain Coinvestors , Chairman Europe at Securitize
Matthew Le Merle a superangel investor, board director, author, and advisor to leading companies including Amazon, Cisco, eBay, Google, HP, Microsoft, PayPal, Alphabet, Shanshan and Talkweb. He is managing partner at Fifth Era and Keiretsu Capital - the most active early stage venture investors backing almost 200 companies a year and based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Matthew is a manager of Blockchain Coinvestors, the world's leading blockchain venture fund of funds. He is also Chairman of Linqto, Securitize (Europe) - a SEC Registered Transfer Agent - and CAH and an advisor at Warburg Pincus.
5 pm - 6 pm
Round Table
Governance and Monetary policy for a Decentralized Financial System
- How would Monetary supply and Credit multiplier work for a Decentralized Currency?
- Potential changes for Monetary Policy
- Use cases for Decentralized Currency
Governance and Monetary policy for a Decentralized Financial System
- How would Monetary supply and Credit multiplier work for a Decentralized Currency?
- Potential changes for Monetary Policy
- Use cases for Decentralized Currency
5.50 pm - 6 pm
Keynote
The role of identities in the digital governance era
The role of identities in the digital governance era
Jordi Puigneró i Ferrer
Minister of Digital Policies and Public Administration, Government of Catalonia
6 pm - 7 pm
Round Table
The evolution of Banks and Payments Systems
- Interbank transfers and settlement
- Retail payments and cash acquiring
- Deposits and Credit on blockchain
- Use cases for payments on the blockchain
The evolution of Banks and Payments Systems
- Interbank transfers and settlement
- Retail payments and cash acquiring
- Deposits and Credit on blockchain
- Use cases for payments on the blockchain
Journalist, author: economics of blockchain and digital innovation
Chief Content Officer, CoinDesk
7 pm - 8:30 pm
LATOKEN Evening Reception
9pm - 11 pm
Exclusive World Model Dinner (Invite-only)
Guests keynotes (unexpected interdisciplinary stories)
Guests keynotes (unexpected interdisciplinary stories)
24 January, Friday
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
24 January, Friday
LATOKEN Reception
Venue: Ochsen 2 Bar, Talstrasse 12, 7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland
10 am - 5 pm
1:1 Business Development Meetings with CEO of LATOKEN.
Please, write to [email protected] to schedule a 1:1 meeting with CEO of LATOKEN Valentine Preobrazensky to discuss potential fundraising options, co-investments, and partnerships.
6 pm - 9 pm
LATOKEN Networking Reception
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The emergence of a blockchain central bank for developing countries and a potential structural change in capital markets
were the key topics for LATOKEN's Blockchain Economic Forum in Davos.
Over 100+ high-profile economists, regulators, government officials, investors, and bankers came together
to share insights and their vision in our multiple roundtable discussions and evening receptions.
were the key topics for LATOKEN's Blockchain Economic Forum in Davos.
Over 100+ high-profile economists, regulators, government officials, investors, and bankers came together
to share insights and their vision in our multiple roundtable discussions and evening receptions.
Previous Speakers
"It's been really enriching to me. I think we can hold a similar conference in Mexico, because all the knowledge that was here, all the discussions that happened here would be fantastic to impact Mexico's market, to bring in this new culture of forward-thinking"
Vicente Fox, President of Mexico
(2000-2006)
(2000-2006)
"I think finance itself could be better run and more efficient. Some of the startups will beat the incumbents.. blockchain could be a catalyst for change. It could be transformative in finance in particular."
Gary Gensler, Chair CFTC
(2009-2014)
(2009-2014)
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