Global Blockchain Congress - GBC’s Post

Just two days till Digital Assets Week San Francisco begins. It's going to be a great event. The focus is on institutional adoption of digital assets and blockchain technology. And there's a great line-up of speakers, many of whom are from Jones Day. Check it out at: https://lnkd.in/eDiEpvpx #DigitalAssetsWeek, #digitalassets, #blockchain

The internet is a public good precisely because it is unregulated at the protocol layer. It is merely a set of technical standards (tcp/ip, http, smtp, etc.) that are agreed upon by open source communities of engineers and is not owned or controlled by anyone. Anybody, anywhere that can build software that conforms to those standards can connect to the internet. Regulation is applied at the application layer in various jurisdictions. And many of those applications and services are worth in the hundreds of billions of dollars. I.e. massive value has been created on top of a public good. Public blockchains are implementations of protocols that are stateful, programmable extensions of the internet. Nobody owns them and they are accessible to everyone in the world thereby building upon the massive network effects of the internet. But because they are also effectively open-source, open-access operating systems for financial services, we need to find the appropriate way to regulate the applications and services that are built on top. For example, MiCA is an example of a good first step in that direction. I.e. regulation at the application layer. It is perfectly possible to use these public goods in a fully controllable and complient manner. There have been many examples of this by various financial institutions (including Santander) since 2019. And I believe that the next step is for financial industry-grade layer 2s to come into existance. The recently launched "Base" by Coinbase is perhaps a hint for how the the traditional financial industry should follow. I guess that is the long way of saying - "Umar Farooq is right!". The big question that remains is - who going to build this public good for the financial industry?

Looking forward to taking part in INATBA Digital Blockchain Week, hosted by INATBA - International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications and the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum. This Thursday at 11am CEST I am taking part in a panel on real world asset tokenisation with Luc Falempin from Tokeny and Gonçalo Lima from R3. Come along and find out how tokenization is reshaping the way we issue, manage and invest in real-world assets. You can register for the event online: https://bit.ly/3PlxuYu #Tokenization #Blockchain #RealWorldAssets Fireblocks

Traditional finance and blockchain often operate in silos, each repeating the other's past mistakes. Cross-industry collaboration is vital to accelerate maturity and fast-track innovation #TradFi #Blockchain #Collaboration Listen in to our conversation at https://lnkd.in/g3kG7GUq Thanks again to Hristo Piyankov and Patrick J. Sweeney II for joining us on the panel!

Collaboration is key for combining the best of traditional finace and blockchain.

What does the future hold for crypto? Join Vugar Usi Zade, Carmen Tan, Darius Askaripour, Faraj Abutalibov, and Ritam Gupta at the 12th Edition of the Global Blockchain Congress for an exciting panel discussion on regulatory uncertainty and the way forward. Register here: bit.ly/12th-GBC #blockchain #dubai

Get ready to meet the Revuto team at Paris Blockchain Week. We'll be at the main venue (booth 67). Follow our social media channels and check the Revuto newsletter as we will be sharing more information about the floor plan and a link to a calendar for scheduling a live meeting with us. See you there! #paris #paris2024 #parisblockchainweek #blockchain #defi #realfi

If you have time to see my partners Douglas McCalmont and Paul McCarthy at Boston Blockchain Week, please approach them to learn about our patents to manage risk in all things #blockchain, #digitalassets and #cryptocurrency

Excited to announce our 11th Members Meetup happening at Koios Consulting Ltd on April 11th! 🌟 Join us for insightful discussions on the transformation of the financial industry through blockchain technology. Morana Jerković will delve into the uprising trend of tokenization in the blockchain industry and Morana Vukić Perak will provide regulatory aspects of tokenization, in the context of the upcoming Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation. 👭 Become a member by clicking on the link: https://lnkd.in/dd7bHRyp Mark your calendars for this informative event!  #Blockchain #FinancialIndustry #Tokenization #RegulatoryInsights

Really looking to attending the 9th edition of the European Blockchain Convention later this week. If you are going don't forget to swing past our booth for a quick chat with me/the team and find out more on the amaxing things that GFT Technologies / targens / Universal Digital Payments Network have been doing in the areas of #DigitalAssets, #Crypto, #Metaverse, #Tokenisation, and #CBDC! 💥