NEW YORK, New York – the CoinAlts Fund Symposium is announcing its second event, called CoinAlts East, in New York on April 19, 2018.  The event will be headlined by the keynote speaker John Burbank of Passport Capital in a fireside chat format. Mark Yusko of Morgan Creek Capital Management will be the featured industry speaker. Additional speakers include Cory Johnson of Ripple and Donald R. Wilson of DRW. The all-day conference will address issues that digital asset managers face on the legal and regulatory front, as well as issues related operation items, trading and fund raising from institutional investors.  

“We are so fortunate to have such high quality speakers and panelists. Our goal has always been to foster a community of the best minds in the crypto space and I think you see that in both our speaker list and the attendees of the conference,” said conference co-chair Bart Mallon of the law firm Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP.  CoinAlts East comes on the heels of the first full day conference for digital asset managers held in September in San Francisco and attended by over 400 industry professionals.  CoinAlts East is expected to sell 500 tickets to the all-day event.  

“The first CoinAlts event had such an overwhelmingly positive response that we knew we needed to bring the event to New York. The asset class is maturing and traditional investment managers are beginning to be very much involved in the space,” said Corey McLaughlin of Cohen & Company, one of the conference’s founding sponsors.  Lauren Colonna of Ovis Creative, a marketing and consulting firm and sponsor of CoinAlts East, echoed Corey’s comments saying that “in addition to the standard alternative asset management work we continually see, we are experiencing a significant increase in the demand for institutional quality marketing materials and messaging for managers in the cryptocurrency and digital asset space.”  

Current early bird pricing for investment managers is $500 per person and $750 per person for service providers. Early bird pricing ends on March 30, 2018, after which the price will be $750 and $1,000 respectively.  The conference is also the sponsor of a Women in Crypto networking event which will be held on April 18, 2018.

About the CoinAlts Fund Symposium

The CoinAlts Fund Symposium was established by four firms with significant practices devoted to fund managers in the cryptocurrency and digital asset space.  Cohen & Company specializes in the alternative investment industry and advises cryptocurrency funds on important tax, audit and operational matters. Harneys Westwood & Reigels LLP is a leading international offshore law firm that advisers fund managers on all aspects of the life of a Cayman or BVI fund including formation, restructuring and closure.  MG Stover & Co. is a full service fund administration firm built by former auditors and fund operators to deliver world class solutions to the global alternative investment industry. Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP is a premier boutique investment management law firm, providing top-tier, responsive and cost-effective legal solutions for cryptocurrency fund managers.

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Registration is now open for the inaugural CoinAlts Fund Symposium on September 14, 2017 at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco’s Financial District. The all-day event will feature panel discussions on topics relevant to the burgeoning cryptocurrency asset class. In addition to programs devoted to legal, regulatory and operational issues, the conference will include leading asset managers this space, sharing their perspective on current and anticipated trends in the industry.  

The symposium is designed to address key issues relevant to asset managers in the cryptocurreny space, which has seen tremendous growth over the past twelve months. “One of the main goals of this symposium is to help forge the supporting framework within which this new asset class will function. Because of the noteworthy growth of cryptocurrencies as an asset class, we believe it is important for all stake holders to begin to discuss best practices and standards going forward,” said conference co-chair Bart Mallon of the law firm Cole-Frieman & Mallon LLP.