We're in the midst of a massive shift regarding the manner in which we conduct financial transactions in our culture. Whether heated examination of the rise of a cashless society to debate about implications of universal basic income to new forms of encrypted currency; money, particularly as it intersects with heightened areas of our cultural values, has never been a hotter topic. Such change is powered by advances in technology, in large part blockchain, and is enabling a provocative transformation of industry landscape and players. We are witnessing everything from traditional financial behemoths such as JP Morgan Chase make fresh moves to new participants to the world of financial transactions such as Facebook preparing to enter the digital currency ring to tech stalwarts like IBM announcing powerful plays in payment. But amidst such vast activity around digital currency overall, there is a specific and growing interest toward trend shifts pertaining particularly to token exchanges.
Entitled "Token Exchanges: The promise of liquidity, compliance and stability", the evening was led by Joel Telpner, partner and Chair Fintech & Blockchain Practice at Sullivan & Worcester. He provided opening remarks and moderated a panel that included Dan Truque, Head of Alternative Assets at Symbiont; Wilfred Daye, Head of Financial Markets, OKCoin and Evan Malanga, Director Of Business Development, Securitize.