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2024 Conference Schedule
Additional details about each session will be updated as information becomes available.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
5:30 - 7:00 pm - Arrival and Evening Cocktail Reception
Thursday, February 1, 2024
8:00 - 9:00 am — Registration
9:00 - 9:10 am — Welcome
9:10 - 9:55 am — Opening Keynote with Christy Goldsmith Romero
Speaker(s):
Christy Goldsmith Romero
9:55 - 10:40 am — Security on the Blockchain
Speaker(s):
Jimmie Lenz
(Moderator)
Jason Allegrante
Ari Redbord
10:40 - 11:00 am — Break
11:00 - 11:45 am — Institutional Adoption: Here Comes TradFi
Speaker(s):
Marvin Chang
(Moderator)
Aaron Kaplan
Jeremy Pollack
Collin Sellers
11:45 am - 12:15 pm — Digital Asset Taxation
Speaker(s):
Lindsey Argalas
Julie Foerster
12:15 - 1:30 pm — Lunch
1:30 - 2:15 pm — Stablecoins and Payments
Speaker(s):
Lee Reiners
(Moderator)
Corey Then
Logan Allin
2:15 - 3:00 pm — Tokenization
Speaker(s):
Jimmie Lenz
(Moderator)
Nate Rand
3:00 - 3:15 pm — Break
3:15 - 4:00 pm — The State of DeFi
Speaker(s):
John Church (Moderator)
Sanjay Raghavan
Sterling Ingui
4:00 - 4:45 pm — Central Bank Digital Currency
Speaker(s):
Lee Reiners
(Moderator)
Roy Ben-Hur
4:45 - 5:45 pm — Networking and/or Free Time
6:00 - 8:00 pm — Reception and Fireside Chat
Speaker(s):
Anthony Scaramucci
Friday, February 2, 2024
9:00 - 9:15 am — Digital Asset Research & Entrepenuership at Duke: VC Investment in Student Companies
9:15 - 10:15 am — Current Regulatory & Policy Landscape in the US
Speaker(s):
Lee Reiners
(Moderator)
Benjamin Kaplan
10:15 - 11:00 am — A View from Abroad: Courting the Digital Assets Industry
Speaker(s):
Lee Reiners
(Moderator)
Ryan Clements
Scott Bauguess
11:00 - 11:45 am — Updates on Key Crypto Litigation
Speaker(s):
Lee Reiners
(Moderator)
Ryan VanGrack
11:45 am - 1:00 pm — Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm — The Outlook for Derivatives and ETFs
Speaker(s):
Laurian Cristea
(Moderator)
Nitin Gaur
John Palmer
Katherine Dowling
2:00 - 2:45 pm — Looking Over the Horizon - Institutional Investing in Digital Assets
Speaker(s):
Rabia Iqbal
(Moderator)
Anthony Bassili
Logan Allin
Rayhaneh Sharif-Askary
2:45 - 3:00 pm — Concluding Remarks