Brown Rudnick Global Blockchain Conference 2024

9:00 – 9:10

Welcome and introduction

9.10 – 9.50

What (useful) lessons have we learned from cryptocurrency failures?
Let’s face it, 2023 hasn’t revealed bankruptcy to be a terribly productive place for crypto companies. Most cases have ended without reorganization, mergers and acquisitions, or other forms of business preservation. Furthermore, the costs were staggering and many clients/customers ended up with unmet expectations. What happened? And more importantly, how can the industry mature and grow from this experience?

• Robert Stark – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Ken Aulet – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• David Brill – Managing Director, FTI Consulting
• Mohsin Meghji – Founder and Managing Partner of M3 Partners
• Yesha Yadav – Professor of Law, Associate Dean, Vanderbilt Law School

9.50 – 10.20

Fireside chat with Chris Cheung of TenSquared and Matthew Richardson by Brown Rudnick

This discussion will cover the role that blockchain technology can play in solving the privacy and data integrity challenges caused by emerging AI technologies, as well as the legal concerns and regulation surrounding both.

10.20 – 10.40

Short break

10.40 – 11.20

Solutions for controlling liabilities related to blockchain and cryptocurrencies

Blockchain-based digital assets, such as cryptocurrency, present a number of risks intertwined with the technology. Many are not a good fit for traditional insurance and risk solutions. This panel will discuss how to identify and address these problems, to avoid being left without solutions.

• Dan Healy – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Mark DiMichael – Forensic Accountant, Citrin Cooperman
• J. Gdanski – CEO and co-founder of Evertas
• Sandra Ro – CEO, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

11.20am – 12.00pm

DAO, “Decentralization” and the emergence of BORG
This panel will discuss recent case law and legal developments in the field of decentralization, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and legal liability. Speakers will explore the emergence of cyber organizations (“BORGs”) as an emerging and alternative framework for thinking about decentralization and governance of autonomous and semi-autonomous systems.

• Stephen Palley – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Fatemeh Fannizadeh – Strategic Advisor, Swarm Foundation
• Alex Golubitsky – Founder, MetaLeX
• Jason Schwartz – Partner, Fried Frank

12:00 – 13:00

Lunch online

1pm – 1.40pm

Fireside chat with Kristin Smith of the Blockchain Association and Hailey Lennon by Brown Rudnick

Kristin Smith is the CEO of the Blockchain Association, an organization dedicated to promoting an innovation-friendly policy environment for the digital asset economy. The Blockchain Association’s nearly 100 members include the industry’s leading investors, companies and projects, working together to support a forward-thinking, innovation-friendly national policy and regulatory framework for the cryptocurrency industry. This fireside chat will explore the pending legislation, litigation, and policy initiatives that threaten to negatively impact the cryptocurrency space and what the Blockchain Association and other groups are doing to prevent this.

1.40pm – 2.20pm

Digital asset fund formation
This panel will discuss the current digital asset fund market, types of digital asset funds, market terms and regulatory issues.

• The Wise Revell – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Sarah Brennan – General Counsel, Delphi Ventures
• Larry Florio – Legal Consultant, 1kx
• Dr. Sachin Jaitly – Partner, Morgan Creek Capital Management

2.20pm – 3.00pm

Regulatory Compliance/Updates
The cryptocurrency industry is moving faster than evolving regulations can keep up with. This new technology also poses unique complexities in preventing money laundering, combating terrorist financing and other illicit activities. This panel will discuss trends, top stories and future predictions on where risk and compliance practices are headed for the US and UK markets and how companies can best manage fraud detection and prevention.

• Clara Krivoy – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Ian Weinstein – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Mike Carter – Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
• Ayana Murphy – Director, Global Consulting, Sharpen Intelligence

3pm – 3.20pm

Networking and coffee break

3.20pm – 4.00pm

Closing of agreements and mergers and acquisitions
Is this the best or the worst time? We have had a long crypto winter where investments and acquisition deals have slowed significantly. But as cryptocurrency prices recover, will a robust market return? Or has he returned and it is already too late for investors? This panel will discuss current trends in cryptocurrency deals, the state of the market, which companies are being funded, and what the market may look like this cycle.

• Scott Smedresmann – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Neil Foster – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Marty Bent – ​​Managing Partner, Ten31
• Serge Kassardjian – Founder, 6MV
• Toby Lewis – CEO and founder of Novum Insights

4pm – 4.40pm

Decentralized front ends
In the wake of the 0x, Deridex, and Opyn agreements with the CFTC, and amid rumors of adverse enforcement and lack of clarity regarding DEX operators from the SEC, protocol developers are looking for ways to implement decentralized exchange technology without effectively require centralized infrastructure of any type at any level of the stack. This panel will look at how three different projects address the technical problem of removing all intermediaries, including removing websites’ front-end providers or limiting the scope of front-end provision, to ensure that users can continue to enjoy the benefits of DeFi.

• Stephen Palley – Partner, Brown Rudnick
• Bryant Eisenbach – ApeWorX
• Gene Hoffman – Chia Network

4.40pm

Final comments

5pm – 6pm

Network reception

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