Virtual Day - January 2021

Wednesday, 20.01.2021

• • 14:00 - 14:10
    CfC St. Moritz Welcome address

    • Tobias Reichmuth,
    • Nicolo Stöhr
  • 14:10 - 14:35
    Bitcoin Mining matters (Keynote)

    • Meltem Demirors

    As Bitcoin becomes more valuable over time, more compute resources are needed and utilized to secure the network. Is the Bitcoin (Mining) Network the future global telecommunications network that will secure financial information?
  • 14:35 - 15:00
    A conversation with SEC COMMISSIONER HESTER PEIRCE (Fireside-chat)

    • Hester Peirce,
    • Dr. Guenther Dobrauz-Saldapenna

    Commissioner Peirce will share her views on a number of different topics including regulatory challenges on the international scale and in the US, obstacles regarding mainstream adoption of blockchain and cryptocurrencies, and the SECs current agenda on crypto and blockchain.
  • 15:00 - 15:20
    (NEW) MONEY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: THE ROLE OF FIAT MONEY, STABLECOINS AND (CENTRAL BANK) DIGITAL CURRENCIES (Keynote)

    • Philippe Bekhazi

    With global economies on the brink of transformation by digital currencies, how will new digital assets and fiat currencies co-exist to form the future of the financial world?
  • 15:20 - 15:55
    The Central Bank Perspective: State of CBDCs (Panel)

    • Thomas Moser,
    • Cecilia Skingsley,
    • Prof. Dr. Philipp Sandner

    Pros and Cons of a national digital currency from a central bank perspective. How does a central bank prepare for this and consider the impact on society?
  • 15:55 - 16:20
    Perspectives from the world's largest digital currency asset manager (Keynote)

    • Michael Sonnenshein

    2020 was in many ways an inflection point for cryptocurrencies. Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, will be discussing trends the firm is seeing among its investors, who have invested over $10B across its various products, and answering questions including - Who are these investors? What are they investing in? How are they investing?
  • 16:20 - 16:45
    Institutional Adoption of Digital Assets in 2021 and Beyond (Fireside-Chat)

    • David Olsson,
    • David Wachsman

    As the crypto world continues to break barriers and with the recent shift in public company interest, how will the institutional digital asset landscape evolve in 2021 and in the years to come?
  • 16:45 - 17:15
    Investing in crypto & blockchain companies (Fireside-Chat)

    • Anthony Pompliano,
    • Mike Cagney,
    • Ken Seiff

    Investing in the crypto space from the beginning until today. Is investing in crypto companies different from investing in normal companies?
  • 17:15 - 17:30
    Taking Blockchain companies to IPO (Keynote)

    • Kavita Gupta

    With over 15 Unicorns in the space, bunch of companies have filed to go public. What does that mean for the sector? How will valuation differ from pure tech companies, to companies with tokens and direct crypto exposure? What would be various options from SPAC to Security tokens to direct listing with token exposure to exchange listing?
  • 17:30 - 18:00
    Is Tokenisation Ready for the big time? (Fireside-Chat)

    • Mathias Imbach,
    • David Johnston,
    • Tim Grant,
    • Eric van der Kleij

    What kind of assets are and will be tokenised in the future, and how should the world prepare for this?
  • 18:00 - 18:30
    The impact of DeFi on the existing FI value chain (Fireside-Chat)

    • Avichal Garg,
    • Kaj Burchardi,
    • Frederik Gregaard,
    • Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär

    With anarchists to formers bankers seeking to rebuild a more trusted and inclusive financial service sector - where will the giants in DeFi emerge?
  • 18:30 - 18:55
    Professionalizing the digital asset custody industry (Keynote)

    • Jean-Michel Pailhon

    Every year, around $150Bn are invested on IT in traditional capital markets. For the crypto industry to support newcomers - individuals and institutions - it will need to invest similar amounts to build, maintain and secure its infrastructure
  • 18:55 - 19:20
    Building a Prime Broker specific to digital assets that institutions can trust (Fireside-chat)

    • Greg Tusar,
    • Brett Tejpaul,
    • David Wachsman

    Learn more about institutional adoption into the digital asset space and what it takes to build a complete and robust suite of services for institutional investors.
  • 19:20 - 19:45
    How Zoom has empowered the world of crypto (Fireside-chat)

    • Bill Tai,
    • Nicolo Stöhr

    Hear from Zoom's first backer how and why he got involved and his perspective on how it shaped the world of digital finance. What might be next?
  • 19:45 - 19:50
    Closing words & Outlook

    • Nicolo Stöhr
  • 19:50 - 21:00
    Virtual Networking

    Speaker(s) will be announced shortly