Arrival, Breakfast & Networking

Opening Remarks

Beyond Bitcoin ETFs - What’s Next on the Institutional Roadmap?
2024 is shaping up to be another year in which crypto and TradFi further integrate in meaningful ways. From expanding adoption through ETFs to including crypto in model portfolios to building blockchain projects and tokenizing assets, we’ll hear from industry leaders about how they’re using crypto, the evolution in client sentiment, and where the industry is headed.

Charting the Global Roadmap 

Despite headwinds created by the lack of regulatory clarity in the US, crypto innovation continues to march forward around the globe. In this session, we’ll examine how leading crypto-forward jurisdictions have adopted frameworks to both foster innovation and protect consumers.

CEO Spotlight: Building the Future of Money
Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong will speak to the critical steps needed to drive crypto innovation and increase economic freedom around the globe. We’ll cover the importance of overcoming the biases built into the legacy financial system, the roles that innovative companies can play, and the lessons learned from years of working to update the financial system.

Pushing Payments Forward
From large institutions to small businesses, crypto and blockchain technology are ushering in a seismic shift in the world of payments. In this session, business leaders from diverse industries will discuss how they’re utilizing stablecoins and blockchains as they set out to make money moves faster, cheaper, and more freely.

Allocator Perspectives: Role of Crypto in Portfolios
Spot bitcoin ETFs have garnered record-breaking inflows and brought a flood of new investors to the cryptoeconomy, but are ETFs the endgame for institutional investors or the start of something bigger? In this session, we’ll go beyond the headlines and hear from CIOs about why strategic allocations to crypto may be just the tip of the iceberg.

Crypto’s March to Mainstream Utility
The internet promised to break down barriers between people and democratize the way we create and own content, but it hasn’t turned out that way. Now, a new generation of companies is leveraging blockchain technology to change the way companies interact with their customers, open up new avenues for creators to monetize their content, and move the world from online to onchain.

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