#Macros2021

A Virtual Summit Exploring Innovations At The Intersection of Traditional Finance & Crypto. Specifically around Bitcoin, Stablecoins, and Privacy.

Co-Organized

Community & Media Partners

Session Recordings

DAY #1: Stablecoins & Enterprise

What Will It Take For Centralized Finance To Embrace DeFi

Lex Sokolin, Global FinTech Co-Head at ConsenSys

Macro Predictions For 2021 (& Beyond)

Dan Elitzer, Co-Founder of Nascent & IDEO Co-Lab

Steven McClurg, CEO of Basquet; ex-Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners

Ari Pine, Co-Founder of Digital Gama

Fireside Chat with the Chief Legal Officer at Kraken

Marco Santori, Chief Legal Officer at Kraken

Michelle Tang, Co-Founder of Basquet; Former Principal at Cantos Ventures

Tether's History, Where We Are Today, & Learnings For Other Asset-Backed Stablecoins

Phil Potter, Co-Founder of Tether

Jake Chervinsky, General Counsel at Compound

Steven McClurg, CEO of Basquet; ex-Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners

Crypto As A Hedge Against Global Hyperinflation

Steven McClurg, CEO of Basquet; ex-Managing Director at Guggenheim Partners

Mona El Isa, CEO of Avantgarde Finance; ex-VP at Goldman Sachs

Ilya Volkov, CEO & Co-Founder of YouHodler

Martin Burgherr, Chief Client Officer at Sygnum Bank

DeFi 2.0: Decentralization & The Dilemma Around Institutional Adoption

Stani Kulechov, CEO & Co-Founder of Aave

Ian Lee, Co-Founder of IDEO Co-Lab; ex-Head of BTC & Crypto at Citi Bank

Rebecca Rettig, General Counsel at Aave

Jack Jia, Director at Wyre

Building On Hybrid Rails: How To Think Through Requirements For Building Compliant Crypto-Products For Enterprise Clients

Mauro Casellini, CEO of Bitcoin Suisse Liechtenstein

Jason Truppi, CTO of Basquet; Former FBI Cybersecurity Agent

Emi Lorincz, Senior Director at Ledger

Open VASP Initiative: An Open Protocol [Built By Crypto-Natives Within The Industry] To Implement FAFT's Travel Rule

Felix Laufenberg, Crypto Solutions Architect at Bitcoin Suisse

Ian Simpson, Manager at Bitcoin Suisse

Philippe Meyer, Head of Blockchain Solutions at Avaloq

Selling To Enterprise: Tips For DeFi Projects That Want To Engage With Traditional Institutions & Professional Service Providers

Howard Krieger, Managing Director at CBIZ Valuation Group

Ryan Medlin, CTO of unFederalReserve

The Business Perspective Of Security Token Offerings (STOs)

Samson Lee, CEO & Founder of Coinstreet Partners

DAY #2: Bitcoin & Privacy

Deep Dive Into Crypto, Privacy, and Financial Crime w/ a Former Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice

Kyle Freeny, Shareholder & Partner at Greenberg Traurig, LLP

The Future Of BTC Mining

Meltem Demirors, Chief Strategy Officer at Coinshares

BTC Taproot Activation

Alejandro De La Torre, VP at Poolin; Leading the BTC Taproot Activation

BTC & DeFi: Mining Hashrate Tokens

Nick Hansen, CEO of Luxor Tech

User Defined Assets (UDAs) & Stablecoins on Zcash

Ian Miers, Founding Scientist at Zcash

Lucca Spaapen, Privacy Contributor 

TL;DR - Don't Trust, Verify :) We Are Not Giving Financial Advice.

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