CONSENSUS: INVEST 2018

26 Nov 2018

3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Registration
3rd Floor Foyer

27 Nov 2018

7:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Breakfast
Westside Ballroom, 5th Floor

7:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Registration
3rd Floor Foyer, 3rd Floor

8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
History of Crypto and Finance Breakfast
Majestic Complex
While much of the agenda for the day is forward looking, we also want to make certain all attendees are able to hit the ground running with the content for the day and have a strong foundational understanding of the asset class. This morning session, offered by CoinDesk's own Research Analyst Peter Ryan, will survey the macro thesis around bitcoin, how crypto's first smart contract to reach scale already disrupted early stage finance, how the ecosystem has grown and where top analysts see the market headed in 2019.

8:30 AM - 8:50 AM
Welcome, State of Blockchain
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

8:50 AM - 9:30 AM
Institutionalizing Crypto: Bakkt and the Race to Win Wall Street
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Security Tokens -- the Institutional Capital On-Ramp?
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Fireside with Andrew Ross Sorkin and Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
A world class financial journalist and author sits with a prominent Wall Street hedge fund billionaire to discuss his trip down the rabbit hole and his ah-ha moment around bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Becoming a Regulated Crypto Exchange in Europe
Shubert Complex
Regulation is now one of the hottest topics in the crypto space. In this session, Coinfloor, who in Oct 2018 became one of the first fully regulated crypto exchanges in Europe, and Bitstamp discuss the current EU regulatory landscape, their journeys toward becoming regulated and advice for other organizations seeking regulation.

10:30 AM - 10:40 AM
Networking Break

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Is Bitcoin the Most Important Macro Hedge in the World Today?
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
Traditional buy side participants debate bitcoin's behavior as a crisis currency and whether or not it's the right instrument to hedge against unknown consequences of global macro economic change.

10:40 AM - 11:30 AM
Tax and Accounting Tools
Majestic Complex, 6th Floor
The crypto industry continues to challenge tax and accounting services. This workshop features top startup service providers as well as a traditional Big 4 participant as they offer insight and a Q&A on how to meet these challenges today.

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Wealth Managers Wrangle Crypto
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
When you manage other people's money, you've got to be able to answer client's questions. As it stands, client thirst for knowledge on this new asset class continues to challenge traditional wealth managers. This panel brings some of the brightest managers in the space together to share their insights on portfolio allocations, crypto economics, tools they need to them do their jobs, and how to speak intelligently to clients about the most fascinating opportunity in wealth building.

11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Borrowing & Lending is the New Buying & Selling
Shubert Complex
Securities lending for digital assets is here. Find out how institutions are participating in this new economy during this exclusive panel discussion with Lendingblock, Genesis and Vo1t. This team of experts will discuss the infrastructure, participants and security behind the exchange which allows institutions to borrow and lend cross chain assets and access the first-ever yield curve for bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash, litecoin and others.

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Institutional Quality
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
There's been plenty of speculation that institutional money may flood into cryptocurrencies any time now. This panel features some of the most connected sell-side participants in the world to discuss the institutional quality products and services that can satisfy this demand.

11:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Custody Workshop
Majestic Complex, 6th Floor
Custody remains an important obstacle in the crypto industry. Bearer instrument cryptographic keys present unique obstacles to traditional custody providers, while their role in infrastructure for staked and master nodes grows as an investment opportunity. This workshop features traditional and crypto industry custodians as they discuss their current products and thinking and share insight into where they are focusing energies in 2019.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Back to the Future: What Large Crypto Trades Look Like
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
Trading cryptocurrencies can leave a traditional trader with the impression they're at work in the late '90's again. Liquidity, market making, and other processes all look surprisingly old fashioned compared to current Wall Street trading practices. This panel convenes the few people who know their way around the world of large, multi-million dollar crypto trades to discuss how they do their jobs and what they'd like to see going forward to bring more efficient qualities to crypto trading.

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Lunch
Westside Ballroom, 5th Floor

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Going Full Crypto
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
Human capital already began to flee Wall Street for crypto several years ago. Not everyone ended up in the same place: some joined the retail thrust behind the asset class, others turned to the financialization of bitcoin. This debate asks: is the financialization of bitcoin the final destination of going full crypto, or is it just a stop on the way to the moon?

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Why Function X is the Key to Unlock Blockchain Mass Adoption
Shubert Complex
This is an interactive session allowing the audience to see, touch and experience why the Function X ecosystem will drive the next wave of blockchain tech adoption. Instead of debating theories/whitepapers, we’ll showcase a real working solution and how it can be applied across different businesses and industries in this new era of decentralized world.

1:50 PM - 2:20 PM
The future of futures
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

2:20 PM - 2:50 PM
Crypto Fund Structure
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
In the past two years, hundreds of crypto hedge funds sprouted up almost as fast as the ICOs they bought. Only a handful of these have real impact in the industry and the rest can be classed as copycats. CoinDesk sifted through the bluster and found the top traders for the different types of funds in the industry.

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM
Alpha
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

3:20 PM - 3:50 PM
Fireside Chat
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM
Networking Break

4:10 PM - 4:40 PM
The New Tape: Top Analysts talk Approaches to Data in the Crypto World
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor
Data in crypto is dreadful. Three analysts from CoinDesk's list of top industry analysts share their data strategies and practices to help measure these growing markets..

4:20 PM - 5:20 PM
Difference and Comparison of Blockchain Ecosystem Between USA and China
Shubert Complex
During this roundtable session, the special invited guests will review and summarize the great events of Blockchain industry as well as the challenges it faces in 2018. Meanwhile, the Difference and Comparison of Blockchain Ecosystem between USA and China will be discussed in areas including Blockchain Assets, Exchanges, Mining Industries, Hardware Wallets, and Underlying Technology, etc. The guests will share their experiences and visions of the industry ecosystem, and focus on the current hot topics, such as anti-hacker protection, exchange risk management, hardware wallet innovation, consensus system security, DApps, etc.

4:40 PM - 5:10 PM
The Importance of Crypto-economics to the Development of an Investment Thesis
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

5:10 PM - 5:30 PM
Closing Keynote
Broadway Ballroom, 6th Floor

5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Networking Reception Sponsored by Circle
Broadway Lounge, 8th Floor