Tagged: event

April 8, 2018 @ 10:00 am By Cali Haan  |  

In addition to calling Craig Wright a fraud, Vitalik Buterin addressed serious matters in Ethereum scaling at the Deconomy Summit in Seoul, Korea April 4th.   Vitalik Buterin calls Craig Wright (fake Satoshi Nakamoto) a fraud, while standing in front of him. #Ethereum #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/lWd2cqLXfj… Read More

April 3, 2018 @ 7:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

The CryptoSummit 2018 organized by Blockchain startup Smart Valor gathered more than 1,000 attendees from 47 countries in Zurich. One of the recurring themes of the conference presentations was the regulation of Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs). Many participants pointed out that there is now an… Read More

March 25, 2018 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has extended the deadline for nominations regarding the 2018 Finne Awards. The new deadline is now midnight April 8th.  Judging is scheduled to take place immediately after the deadline with finalists notified on Monday, May 7th. It all comes together for the gala… Read More

March 15, 2018 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

The 2018 Hong Kong Fintech Week, hosted by Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK), will put a new spin on their annual, week long event. According to InvestHK, the 3rd annual Hong Kong Fintech Week, which runs from 29 October to 2 November 2018, will become a… Read More

March 13, 2018 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The 5th Annual London Summit is scheduled to take place on March 26th during a time of significant change in the UK. Brexit jitters along with dramatic regulatory changes such as Open Banking and PSD2 has created a varied and dynamic environment. Yet alternative finance… Read More

March 8, 2018 @ 11:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, the National Crowdfunding and Fintech Association of Canada (NCFA) held its annual event in Toronto that saw over 500 participants join to discuss Fintech from around the world. FFCON18 Velocity covered the wide ranging spectrum of current topics in the realm of… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Department for International Trade (DIT) has announced its selected delegates to participate in a trade mission scheduled to take place in the US this coming April.  According to the DIT, the following 15 Fintech firms have been selected: AccessPay is on a mission to… Read More

March 7, 2018 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The Chamber of Digital Commerce, a trade association representing the digital asset and Blockchain industry, is holding its third-annual DC Blockchain Summit in partnership with the Center for Financial Markets and Policy at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business. If you don’t happen to be… Read More

March 6, 2018 @ 9:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia and the NSW Government’s Jobs for NSW are joining to launch the 2018 Finnie awards. According to FinTech Australia, a total of 23 awards will be presented including Fintech Organisation of the Year, Outstanding Fintech Leader of the Year, Female Fintech Leader of the… Read More

February 26, 2018 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and CoinDesk have partnered up to sponsor the inaugural Blockchain Week to be held in New York City from May 11-17.  The event is designed to showcase New York as a rising hub for the hot Blockchain sector. The mission… Read More

February 25, 2018 @ 3:04 pm By Xinran Xu  |  

The global blockchain community gathered in Washington DC, the world’s policy and innovation center, on February 20th for the Digital Asset Investment Forum (DAIF) hosted by FinTech4Good. This was the second forum of DAIF global series in the year of 2018, serving as the launch… Read More

February 11, 2018 @ 10:46 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech4Good Blockchain Incubator will be Launched concurrent with the DC Digital Asset Investment Forum (DAIF) on Feb.20th, 2018, in Washington, DC. Organized by FinTech4Good, this will be the second forum of FinTech4Good’s DAIF global series in the year of 2018, after the successful launch of… Read More

February 5, 2018 @ 1:58 pm By Therese Torris  |  

The Paris Fintech Forum 2018 (#PFF18) was a huge event, here are a few highlights from the sessions moderated by Crowdfund Insider & friends. The conference gathered more than 2,500 delegates from more than 50 countries from the five continents at the old French stock… Read More

January 25, 2018 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has scheduled a meeting of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) for January 31st. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at the CFTC HQ in Washington, DC. If you are interested you can… Read More

January 16, 2018 @ 1:20 pm By Amy Wan  |  

Last week, on LinkedIn, I called out the North American Bitcoin Conference for having merely 1 female speaker, out of 85 male speakers, and for having their afterparty at what essentially is a strip club. All that, accompanied by event photos from last year’s conference,… Read More

January 10, 2018 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

FinTech4Good, Alternative Assets, Asia Finance Association, and the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, have joined together to create the 2018 Digital Assets Investment Forum (DAIF) scheduled for January 16th, 2018 in New York. This is a one day seminar covering all things blockchain including the fast evolving… Read More

December 15, 2017 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

HM Treasury will host their second International Fintech Conference following the success of the inaugural event in 2017. Scheduled to be held in London on March 22, 2018, the event will highlight the UKs standout Fintech innovators as well as up and coming Fintech firms… Read More

December 12, 2017 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, a leading global equity crowdfunding platform, says registration numbers have rocketed for its upcoming Global Investor Summit taking place on February 1st. OurCrowd reports that more than 10,000 individuals have registered for the event with participation from 80 different countries.  Participants also include over… Read More

December 2, 2017 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week, Blockchain at Berkeley was the host to an ICO Financing Conference. Participating at the event were representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Blockchain at Berkeley is a student run, independent organization dedicated to the crypto and distributed ledger space. The… Read More

November 13, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Amy Wan  |  

On Friday, November 10, 2017, StartEngine, a Regulation Crowdfunding platform based in Los Angeles, California organized ICO 2.0 Summit, the first regulated ICO conference – or at least the first that I’ve seen. While there seem to be an explosion of ICO and Blockchain-related conferences… Read More