2021 Forbes Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate

2021 Forbes Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate

April 13, 2021, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. PT - Virtual Event

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For the third year running Forbes Blockchain 50 provides a definitive accounting of major global companies engaging in serious work with the technology first popularized by bitcoin. This year, thanks in part to bitcoin’s amazing surge, more large companies than ever before are embracing the fruits of this new technology, now offering bitcoin transactions to hundreds of millions of customers. Even certain banks are leading the charge, making it easier for clients to store bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin and bitcoin cash. Meanwhile enterprise blockchain applications are flourishing and creating real efficiencies.

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2021 Forbes Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate

2021 Forbes Blockchain 50 Symposium: Crypto Goes Corporate

During the event, listers across the finance and technology industries offered insights about the future of cryptocurrencies—from how they’re affecting investing to whether there’s enough trust in the emerging asset class.

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Speakers

Dan Schulman

Dan Schulman

President & CEO


PayPal

Mariana Gomez de la Villa

Mariana Gomez de la Villa

Distributed Ledger Technology Program Director


ING

Cuy Sheffield

Cuy Sheffield

VP, Head of Crypto


Visa

Tom Jessop

Tom Jessop

President


Fidelity Digital Assets℠

Pete Cherecwich

Pete Cherecwich

President of Corporate & Institutional Services


Northern Trust

Jeanine  Hightower-Sellitto

Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto

CEO


Atomyze LLC

Umar Farooq

Umar Farooq

CEO


Onyx by J.P. Morgan

Tim McCourt

Tim McCourt

Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products


CME Group

Krelyne Andrew

Krelyne Andrew

Head of Sustainability, Dissolving Pulp


Sappi

Michael Saylor

Michael Saylor

Chairman & CEO


MicroStrategy

Jennifer Peve

Jennifer Peve

Managing Director, Business Innovation


DTCC

Franck Le Moal

Franck Le Moal

CIO


LVMH

Archana Sristy

Archana Sristy

Senior Director Software Engineering, Blockchain


Walmart Global Tech

John Evans

John Evans

Head of Blockchain Strategy


Vanguard

Michael del Castillo

Michael del Castillo

Senior Editor, Digital Assets


Forbes

Nina Bambysheva

Nina Bambysheva

Staff Writer, Digital Assets


Forbes

Steven Ehrlich

Steven Ehrlich

Director of Research, Digital Assets


Forbes

Agenda

2 p.m. ET/ 11:00 a.m PT

Welcome Remarks: What is Money? Buy, Store, Account

Matt Schifrin, VP and Assistant Managing Editor of Money & Markets, Forbes

2:03 p.m. ET/ 11:03 a.m PT

The Future of Money

Dan Schulman, President & CEO, PayPal

Interviewer: Michael del Castillo, Associate Editor, Forbes

2:18 p.m. ET/ 11:18 a.m PT

Buying with Bitcoin

Bitcoin has so far largely failed as a way to buy things. People just don’t want to spend it. Our panelists will seek to determine if this failure is a solvable design issue, or a deeply ingrained feature?

Umar Farooq, CEO, Onyx by JPMorgan

Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Program Director, Distributed Ledger Technology, ING

Cuy Sheffield, VP, Head of Crypto, Visa

Moderator: Michael del Castillo, Associate Editor, Forbes

2:43 p.m. ET/ 11:43 a.m PT

Preserving Wealth In Crypto

In today’s turbulent world, bitcoin price fluctuations can seem outright stable. These executives talk about how they’re helping client hedge risk using crypto, and reimaging opportunities using the underlying technology.

Pete Cherecwich, President, Corporate & Institutional Services, Northern Trust

Tom Jessop, President, Fidelity Digital Assets℠

Tim McCourt, Managing Director and Global Head of Equity Index and Alternative Investment Products

Moderator: Steve Ehrlich, Digital Assets Research Director, Forbes

3:08 p.m. ET/ 12:08 p.m PT

Bitcoin on the Balance Sheet

Michael Saylor, Chairman & CEO, Microstrategy

Interviewer: Steve Ehrlich, Digital Assets Research Director, Forbes

 

3:18p.m. ET/ 12:18 p.m PT

Fashion, Metal and Wood, The Future of DLT

The blockchain technology was popularized by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies but has made its way to a wide variety of industries, from luxury goods to rare metals and wood pulp. Our panelists will share how blockchain is bringing efficiency and transparency to their businesses’ supply chain operations.

Krelyne Andrew, Head of Sustainability, Dissolving Pulp, Sappi

Jeanine Hightower-Sellitto, CEO, Atomyze LLC

Franck Le Moal, CIO, LVMH

Archana Sristry, Senior Director Software Engineering, Blockchain, Walmart Global Tech 

Moderator: Nina Bambysheva, Reporter, Forbes

3:43 p.m. ET/ 12:43 p.m PT

Quadrillion Dollar Blockchains

The total market value of cryptocurrencies is now only about $2 trillion, a tiny fraction of the global economy. Leaders from two of the largest financial institutions in the world talk about what it will take for the rest of the economy to move to a blockchain.

John Evans, Head of Blockchain Strategy, Vanguard

Jennifer Peve, Managing Director, Business Innovation, DTCC

Moderator: Michael del Castillo, Associate Editor, Crypto & Blockchain, Forbes

3:58 p.m. ET/ 12:58 p.m PT

Closing Remarks

Michael del Castillo, Associate Editor, Crypto & Blockchain, Forbes

4:00 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. PT

Event Concludes

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