LA Blockchain Summit: Recent Episodes
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Produced by Draper Goren Holm Ventures, LA Blockchain Summit is the leading annual gathering of the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry at the Los Angeles convention center.Every autumn, the summit brings together developers, entrepreneurs, startups, investors, venture capital funds, retail investors, family offices, real estate investors, startup entrepreneurs, issuers, exchanges, broker-dealers, service providers, and members of the media.Previous keynotes include Steve Wozniak, Marcus Lemonis, Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec, Tim Draper, Dan Morehead, Crystal Rose, Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, Peter McCormack, Mance Harmon, Ran Neu-Ner, Ami Ben David, Bill Barhydt, Scott Walker, Adam Draper, Apolo Ohno, and many others.
Yoda Regev of Atom Foundation discussed Create your own cross-chain DeFi Platform for FREE.
Joe Benso of Casper and artist Dario Desienna discussed Digital Artists, NFTs and The New Renaissance.
Ashok Ranadive of CasperLabs, Erich Spangenberg of IPwe, Rasikh Morani of Arcadia and Barghav Perepa of IBM discussed Building enterprise grade applications on Casper.
Matt Dyer and Sandra Helou of Zilliqa and Ravi Kumar of AlexaBlockchain discussed Zilliqa - A Blockchain Builder’s perspective.
Russ Fustino of Algorand discussed Smart Contract Fundamentals: Designing Your First dApp.
David Garcia of Borderless Capital, Austin Wilshire of xBacked DAO, Sebastian Quinn of Yieldly and Benedetto Biondi of Folks.Finance discussed DeFi on Algorand.
Muneeb Ali of Stacks discussed Enabling Decentralized Applications on Bitcoin with Stacks.
Crypto influencer, speaker and educator Miss Teen Crypto and Charlie Lee of Litecoin Foundation fireside chat on 10 Years of Litecoin.
Corey Soreff, Vishakh Null of Cryptonomic, Anastasiia Kondaurova of Madfish Solutions, Emil Swenson of BakeBuddy, Joe Magly of Integro Labs and Josh Deschant of Crunchy discussed Building on Tezos: Insight from Developers.
The creators of Tezos, Kathleen Breitman and Arthur Breitman discussed Driving Social, Political, and Economic Innovation on Tezos Blockchain
Austin Roberts of Rivet discussed A Brief History of Decentralization: Mistakes of the Past.
Todd Goergen of The Ropart Asset Management Funds and Anthony Scaramucci of SkyBridge discussed ETF's Opportunity and Regulatory Risk.
John Ricker of Cointelegraph, James Bowater of Crypto AM, Ben Armstrong of BitBoy Crypto, Alejandra Corbella of Crypto Babes, Richard Levin and CryptoWendy of Beyond Associates discusses Role of Media in Crypto.
Sam Yamout of UnFederal Reserve discussed Digital Markers: the DM’s you want to slide into
Ashley Wright, Austin Davis of CommunityElectricity.io, Alex Nascimento of Blockchain at UCLA, Chantelle Borrelli of Crownbits Rewards, Vin Menon of CGCX and Mark Kraynak of Acrew Capital discussed Leveraging Blockchain for a More Sustainable Future.
Mohsin Masud of Akru discussed Fractionalizing Real Estate Assets and Maximizing the Benefits of Commercial Real Estate Investing.
Jeff Benson of Decrypt, Glenn Barber of Copper, Douglas Borthwick of INX Limited, Yael Tamar of SolidBlock, Oleg Kurchenko of Binaryx and Brian Korn of Manatt Financial Services discussed Digital Asset Custodianship: Meeting the Needs of Institutional Investment.
Judith Garb of Robinhood, Ziv Keinan of Simetria, Warren Paul Anderson of Findora, Konstantin Richter of Blockdaemon, Daniel Ice of Charge and Vishakh Null of Cryptonomic discussed Blockchain Technology Recruitment & Retention Strategies.
Ziv Keinan of Simetria discussed Transforming the End-to-End Lifecycle of Private Securities
James Putra of TradeStation Crypto, Haider Rafique of Okcoin, Annabelle Huang of Amber Group, Jon Farjo of LunarCRUSH , Jake Ryan of Tradecraft Capital and Deven Nemer of Real Estate Faster discussed about What to Expect From the Next Wave of Digital Investors
Ting Peng of Cointelegraph China, Noah Buxton of Armanino, Tobin McComas of Chamber of Digital Commerce, Chris Harding of Civic, Aaron Jacob and Celine Moille of Taj Deloitte discussed Proof of Reserves: The Future of Trust & Transparency in Crypto.
"What is the SEC thinking?" with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce & Journalist Jordan French
Linda Jeng of Transparent Financial Systems, Anthony Woolley of Ownera, Michele Curtoni of SDX, Jay Clayton of Sullivan & Cromwell, Charles Gillanders of U.S. Bank Investment Services and Dan Doney of Securrency discussed The Evolution of Capital Markets: What can Traditional Securities Markets Learn from Crypto Markets?
Ami Ben-David of Ownera, Robyn Friedman of Nomura, Oi-Yee Choo of ADDX, Scott Lucas of JP Morgan Chase & Co and Berit Fuss of ABN AMRO discussed Private Markets Tokenization - Getting Real
Aly Madhavji of Loyal VC, Andy Tang of Draper Dragon, Matthew Friedel of Milwaukee Venture Partners, Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures, Neha Mehta of FemTech Partners and Kendra Ragatz of Acrew Capital discussed Investing in Sustainability, Inclusivity, and Diversity.
Tracy Traschler of CV Labs, Dr. Marwan Alzarouni of Dubai Blockchain Center, Ralf Glabischnig of Crypto Valley Venture Capital, Saeed Aldarmaki of Sheesha Finance, Josef Holm of Draper Goren Holm and Fatma Elsafty of du discussed How Dubai Attracts Blockchain Startups in Droves
Rodney Sampson of 100 Black Angels & Allies and Alon Goren of Draper Goren Holm discussed Blockchain Startups: Incubating, Accelerating, and Investing in an Uncertain Regulatory Environment.
Zack Guzman of Yahoo Finance, Kevin Mehrabi of StableTech, Alex Mashinsky of Celsius and Ben Liams of Abra discussed how crypto lending & credit aim to kill banks.
Alex Davis introduction to Mavryk Finance with his keynote - Unlocking the World from Legacy Financial Systems.
Zack Seward of CoinDesk and Justin Rice of Stellar Development Foundation discussed Stellar's next wave: AMMs new partnerships and more.
Anna Tutova of Coinstelegram, Punk Apestrong of NFT.Family, Max Stoeckl of Dogami, Shea Newkirk of Cryptostache, Tracy Leparulo of Zytara and Alan Carr of Dapper Labs discussing NFT Gamification & eSports: How did we get here and where is it going
Amazing insight on how venture capitals approach crypto and blockchain projects by Sid Mofya of Draper Network, Irina Litchfield of Percival, Alon Goren of Draper Goren Holm, Nikola Stojanow of Meta Change Capital, Mark Mullen of Bonfire Ventures and Ben Lakoff of Charged Particles.
George Kushner of H2Crypto discussed on Ushering in the Next Generation of Crypto Exchanges
Shadding light on regulatory headwinds decentralized finance may face we have Dara Albright of Dara Albright Media and Minnesota US Representative Tom Emmer
Benton Yaun of Cointelegraph, Alex Davis of Mavryk Finance, Bilal El Alamy of Dogami, Michael Anderson of Framework Ventures, Derek Alia of Futureswap and Om Malviya of Plenty DeFi discussing the Rise of the Resistance and The Rapid Growth of DeFi.
Alex Blagirev of Sensorium, Hrish Lotlikar of SuperWorld, Christopher Deschenes of Kalamint, Tin Shing Lee of Only1, Euan Macdonald InfiniteWorld of and Joel Dietz of ArtWallet discussing The Future of Human Connection and Experiences in the Metaverse
Andrew Dix and Lindsey Eckhouse discuss McLaren Racing Limited and their newest NFT release!
Tracy Trachsler of CV Labs, Josef Holm of Draper Goren Holm and H.E. Ahmed Bin Sulayem of DMCC discussing Building a Global Blockchain Hub
Joe Vezzani of LunarCrush, Deepak Ghosh of Abra, George Kushner of H2CryptO, James Putra of TradeStation Crypto, David Grider of Grayscale and Adam Draper of Boost VC discussing Crypto Investing 2021 and Beyond
Dara Albright of Dara Albright Media and Johann Kerbrat of Robinhood Crypto discussing how Robinhood is breaking down barriers for crypto investors.
Joe Vezzani and Jon Farjo of LunarCRUSH kicks off day 1 of the 8th annual LA Blockchain Summit with an overview of the blockchain market developments during last year.
Alon is joined by Ziv Keinan to discuss the future of Digital Securities AKA Security Tokens. Ziv is the Founder and CEO of Simetria a digital securities exchange in Israel focused on the private secondary market.
Alon sits down with blockchain expert Dr. Adel Elmessiry from Alphafin to talk about decentralized finance, micro-lending, the Decentralized Lending Network concept, and much more!
Alon sits down with John Paukulis from Giftz and Giveback Heroes to talk about their gift card marketplace and their COVID initiative to help front-line workers.
Alon and Kevin discuss the Tezos DeFi ecosystem, trustless networks and the role of stablecoins in building decentralized finance applications.
Alon sits down with Cliff and Neil from Casper to discuss enterprise blockchains, proof-of-stake smart contracts + more!
Alon sits down with Sandeep, founder of Kalamint, the first-ever NFT marketplace on Tezos to discuss Non Fungible Tokens, Digital Collectibles, and building on Tezos.
This week, Alon sits down with David Bleznak of Totle. David is a pioneer in the DeFi space and Totle is the first decentralized exchange aggregator.
Alon sits down with Luuk from PrimeDAO to discuss Defi Ratings, DAOs and the future of decentralized finance!!!
Alon and Kevin discuss Tezos DeFi and Draper Goren Holm's recent announcement and commitment to invest in more Tezos projects.
Alon and Adam discuss early-stage blockchain investing. Check out Draper Goren Holm @ https://drapergorenholm.com
Alon sits down with Hrish Lotlikar, the founder of SuperWorld to discuss NFTs, the Metaverse, and the future of the crypto and defi.
Adam Levy sits down with Mohsin Masud, the founder, and CEO of AKRU to discuss investing in tokenized real estate, its current climate, and more!
With the economic swing caused by COVID 19, we've seen the US Federal Reserve's money printers go bbrrrrrrrrrr. As a result, you have public and private companies hedging against inflation by buying hundreds of millions of dollars in Bitcoin. But why? What's the strategy here? And how come Bitcoin and not the typical victim, gold? Charlies Bovaird of Quantum Economics and a Forbes Senior Contributor answering these exact questions with the help of Tavi Costa from Crescat Capital, Jake Ryan of Tradecraft Capital, William Herrmann of Wilshire Phoenix, and Matthew Graham of Sino Global Capital.
The gamification of crypto has resulted in the wide adoption of bitcoin and other digital currencies on a whole different level. From e-commerce points to gaming rewards and even hospitality, this group of panellists will share how exactly they amassed a userbase ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions of people around the world earning crypto for their everyday activities. Robert Beadles of Monarch Token leads a discussion on the gamification of crypto with Amy Wan of Bling, Adi Sideman of Props, Aubrey Strobel of Lolli, and Mike Lee from Yanolja.
It's fascinating to see how the narrative of Bitcoin and crypto, in general, has evolved since 2008. What was first looked at as a currency for criminals, has now become publicly backed by key political figures and lobbyists around the world. To share more on their work with the US Congress, Perianne Boring of the Chamber of Digital Commerce leads a discussion on their “Crypto for Congress” movement with Taras Kulyk of Core Scientific and Guy Hirsch of eToro.
CoinDesk's Christine Kim leads a discussion on the current and future state of DEXs and CEXs with eToro's Guy Hirsch, Binance's Catherine Coley, and Bitcoin YouTuber The Moon Carl.
Commissioner Peirce dives deep into token issuer Unicorn, safe harbours for decentralization, DeFi, and more at LA Blockchain Summit
The long-planned upgrade to the Ethereum network is on the horizon, with phase zero expected to launch this year. To take us through what we should expect, we bring to you Benjamin Pirus of Cointelegraph with Ethereum Researcher Aditya Asgaonkar, Piers Ridyard of Radix, Muneeb Ali of BlockStack, and Tim Beiko of ConsenSys.
Zack Seward, Managing Editor at CoinDesk leads an exclusive fireside chat at LA Blockchain Summit with Tim Draper of Draper Goren Holm and Yoni Assia, CEO, and Founder of eToro.