Finance 3.0

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Over the past decade, a new global economy has emerged around cryptocurrencies, digital payments, and decentralized finance and autonomous organizations. Governments, regulators, investors, and legacy industries have taken notice, some responding with fear or skepticism, others with enthusiasm. Since no single perspective can capture such a wide-ranging global development, there is an urgent need for more balanced, well-informed debate and analysis to make this highly consequential development understandable and accessible to the general public. 


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Speakers

Agenda

Moderator: Susannah Streeter 
3:00PMKeynote Address
  1.  Raghuram Rajan, Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India 
Session One – New Money
The rapid rise of digital currencies - from free-floating tokens like Bitcoin and Ether to tethered ones like USD Coin - has confronted financial regulators and monetary authorities with the task of deciding how to respond. How should the state weigh risks and rewards in this vibrant new ecosystem?
3:05PMPanel Discussion and Q&A with International Media:
  1. Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy at Circle
  2. Douglas Landy, Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Industry Group at White & Case
  3. Hester Peirce, Commissioner of the US Securities and Exchange Commission
  4. Keit Pentus-Rosimannus, Finance Minister of Estonia
4:00PMBreak
Session Two – The Crypto Stress Test
After a massive groundswell of activity in the tech start-up sector, tightening financial conditions and massive geopolitical upheavals are both revealing the potential of new technologies and testing the viability of new business models. What lies ahead for crypto and crypto-adjacent industries globally?
4:15PMKeynote Address
  1. Carmen Reinhart, Chief Economist of the World Bank
4:18PMOpening Remarks
  1. Alex Bornyakov, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine
  2. Lisa Bukreyeva, Award-Winning Photographer
4:20PMFireside Chat and Q&A with International Media:
  1. Barry Eichengreen, Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley
  2. Eswar Prasad, Professor of Economics at Cornell University
  3. Sheila Warren, Chief Executive Officer of the Crypto Council for Innovation
4:55PMClosing Remarks
  1. Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Circle 

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