Past Events

We went from L1's to L2's, ICOs to IDOs, DAOs, DeFi, NFTs and more. This panel examines the crypto journey we have been on and helps us to explore the future.

With the industry showing signs of structural maturity and in a world where alpha is scarce, it is becoming less of a career risk to consider crypto as part of portfolio. According to the 2022 Bitstamp crypto pulse report, 82% of institutional investors believe that crypto will become mainstream within the next 10 years. What are the factors that help or hinder this growth?

Volatility, counterparty, rug pulls, regulatory, liquidity, exploits and lack of accurate data are just some of the risks in crypto. How is the industry helping de-risk and professionalize itself and to finally become more mainstream?

As our world becomes more dependent on technology and undergoes digitization across every industry, the transformation of public and physical infrastructure needed is expected to cost $3.9T per year in investment capital. In this talk, we'll explore how crypto is shaping the infrastructure investment landscape and enable new models to expand the group of stakeholders who own, operate, and manage these physical assets.

Some of the oldest institutions have woken up, started to see the potential in Crypto and believe they have an advantage in offering trusted digital asset services. At the same time, some of the "new" players are seeking to becoming licensed institutions in their own right. Is the evolution of this industry where the old and the new partner to provide the next generation of trust and services or will they rather compete heads-on?

The Web3 world is promising a utopia for branded products and services. Will they gain first mover advantage or is it still an innovation exercise today?

The panel comprising some of the highest profile people in the industry will discuss their vision for the future of the industry. With so much investing experience and other opportunities available to them, why do they care so much about crypto?

2022 has been a year of disruption; of bubbles built on speculation that went pop. Join this roundtable to discuss what we as an industry have learned and where the more sustainable investment opportunities lie within blockchain ecosystems.

Bitcoin's smart cash elevated the world out of financial ruin in 2008. Ethereum found relevance in 2015-6 with smart contracts, DEXs and DAOs. Is there a new path for distributed trade and financing across entirely decentralised markets? How can we create new market opportunities by making peer-to-peer trade possible at a native, Layer-1 level?

Don’t trust, verify. FTX, BlockFi, Celsius, terra/Luna etc are pressing the ecosystem and revealing the risks trusting centralized exchanges and non-transparent mechanisms. How are insiders and family offices looking at the risks and opportunities? Is it time to reign in, hold tight or deploy? The questions are nuanced, the discussion should be lovely. Join the XBTO team for a conversation about risk management and investing.

As bankruptcies battered the crypto lending industry in 2022 and prices plunged from their 2021 highs, many were left wondering - where do we go from here? Kraken’s Head of OTC Sales, David Olsson, will discuss how the fallout of the liquidity crises will reshape OTC trading and lending markets in 2023 and beyond.

A discussion exploring the exciting and rapidly evolving world of DeFi and what the future holds. Will DeFi improve TradFi, and does DeFi care whether it does?

In an industry that is less than 5 years old, around 70 billion USD value has been staked across the top ten crypto currencies. What are the big questions that are facing this part of the industry and how will the that affect the future?

Filling in missing link of Web3 infrastructure that will reshape finance and digital assets. What are the tools and rails needed, and what are the barriers and challenges still to overcome in this rapidly growing sector?

Ten years after Bitcoin was first born into existence, the cryptocurrency was worth a trillion dollars. Today, analysts are projecting that in 10 years, the Metaverse economy will be worth $5T. Blockchain will fuel them both. What are the financial opportunities in the (open) metaverse? How does blockchain fit into the equation? And what can we learn from the history of crypto’s past for this new horizon?

For too long, artists & musicians have not fairly benefitted from their works. Despite its much-vaunted intentions, the streaming revolution has only made access to royalties and piracy an even bigger (digital) headache for artists, musicians and content producers globally. One of blockchain’s most recent innovations, non-fungible assets (NFAs) has the power to finally turn the tide in the artist’s favour by reimagining the art, music & publishing ecosystem without destroying it. Join a live panel exploring blockchain’s potential to reinvent the art and music industry, enabling over $600 million in yearly royalties to rightfully find their way back to artists.

The metaverse consists of shared virtual worlds in which companies compete for users' attention. But what determines the value of property in this virtual setting? On which platforms should companies engage? Where should they locate within a given world? And how does blockchain fit into these questions?

This is a new frontier. During the workshop, we'd cover which sustainable power sources we believe miners may migrate towards, and how that migration could shape the industry.

Giga (www.giga.global) is connecting every school to the internet. In the last year, Giga connected more than 5,000 schools (2.1M kids). These newly connected communities are also the ‘railroads’ to emerging digital frontiers – creating opportunities for entrepreneurship and financial activity. More than 800M kids don’t have internet at school – almost always because their communities aren’t well connected. This workshop will explore how Giga is mobilizing 5B$ of investment capital, including crypto to finance emerging market telecoms infrastructure – and also how the project uses applied blockchain to monitor and pay for school connectivity in realtime.

How to use machines to think through jurisdiction & regulatory compliance, design a financial contract and generate the corresponding transactions in near real time. Also, Zenotta will demonstrate automated liquidity checking and other sophisticated financial tasks.

In this live demonstration of Massa, we will show how to browse the decentralized web where every app is supported by thousands of individual computers around the world. Among those apps, we will play decentralized games and we will swap on a decentralized exchange market that supports limit orders through autonomous smart contracts. Come with your laptop if you feel like trying it yourself.

Experts are now saying this ground breaking technology is closer than most people think, with huge sums being invested in the space. This session will provide an introduction to quantum computing, with a discussion where you can learn about what we should do to be prepared, and explore how to take advantage of the huge potential of the extraordinary technology.

This workshop will discuss three strategies for tackling new compliance challenges facing crypto in the new regulatory landscape. Major companies and market failures are a part of this dynamic, ever-growing and constantly changing industry and it is vital that both regulators and customers realize that crypto is safe. In the future, crypto exchanges and firms are going to have to offer greater transparency, visibility, and disclosure of their business models. Because this is the only possible road to take if we want to make crypto safe.

More than a decade after its inception, Blockchain continues to disrupt each sector of the economy, from supply chain to retail, art, health... and also finance. Beyond cryptocurrencies, numerous questions arise regarding if and how investment vehicles could be disrupted by blockchain and crypto through DAOs. Although a detailed analysis tend to show that like ICOs in 2017, the DAO concept will need a deep redesign in order to fit the existing legal and regulatory context. From DAO to DGF, a review of what comes next in decentralised finance.

The new world of Web3 — a merging of blockchain, virtual worlds and virtual economies — is about to have a major impact on your market and enterprise. Are you ready for the next generation? In this roundtable discussion, join Peter Vessenes – digital currency expert and cryptocurrency pioneer, who played a foundational role in the genesis of two blockchains (Bitcoin, Lamina1), and Rebecca Barkin – visionary tech and entertainment executive, who worked hand-in-hand with the founder of Magic Leap building transformational immersive experiences with world-famous artists, for an interactive Q&A about the future impact of blockchain on the metaverse and the key role creators and storytellers will play in driving a new multi-trillion dollar economy. From Vessenes, attendees are invited to ask about his experience building in the early days of crypto, the size of the opportunity in the current investing landscape, and how blockchain can be leveraged in the metaverse to move the needle from early to mainstream adoption. From Barkin, dive deep into what this means for metaverse creators, early investors and enterprises, who will ultimately drive the expansion of web3 to a mass market audience – and with that, a powerful new economy.

Join the Algorand Foundation’s Head of Markets Strategy Daniel Yang for a roundtable discussion on the state of the crypto markets and how to think about making investments in 2023 and beyond.