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4 X 4 Virtual Salon – Crypto In The Post-FTX Era

This edition of the 4 x 4 Virtual Salon is focused on the future of crypto custody post-FTX. Ben Robinson [aperture] hosted a lively panel discussion featuring 4 speakers:

Seamus Donoghue, Chief Growth Officer, Metaco
Julian Sawyer, CEO, Zodia Custody
Mike Higgins, Global Head of Business Development at Hidden Road
Simon Taylor, Head of Strategy & Content, Sardine

Main topics discussed:

1. Decentralization or Better Centralization?
2. Crypto failures and regulatory initiatives
3. Digital Assets: Coins, Regulated Securities or Non-regulated tokens?
4. The building opportunities that crypto winters bring

We ran 4 polls and we take questions from the audience. Watch the recording below:

Some of our Virtual Salon guests so far

Qiajia Li

CEO of Rosecut

Nikolai Hack

Head of Strategy & Partnerships at Nucoro

Sid Sahgal

Product Manager at Hydrogen

Christine Schmid

Head Strategy at additiv

Chris Bartz

CEO of Elinvar

Paul Taylor

CEO of Thought Machine

Dmitry Panchenko

Head of Investments, Tinkoff Bank

Andra Sonea

Head of Solution Architecture at FintechOS

Ron Kersic

Enterprise Architect at ING

Bertrand Gacon

CEO of Impaakt

Ryan Battles

Banking & Capital Markets Technology Delivery Lead at EY

Keith MacDonald

Partner at EY

James Dunne

MD, Wealth Management at Santander UK

Michael O'Sullivan

Author of ‘The Levelling’, formed CIO at Credit Suisse

Jordan Brandt

CEO at inpher.io

Qiaojia Li

CEO of Rosecut

Nikolai Hack

Head of Strategy & Partnerships at Nucoro

Sid Sahgal

Product Manager at Hydrogen

Michael O'Sullivan

Author of ‘The Levelling’, formed CIO at Credit Suisse

Paul Taylor

CEO of Thought Machine

Andra Sonea

Head of Solution Architecture at FintechOS

Ron Kersic

Enterprise Architect at ING

Christine Schmid

Head Strategy at additiv

Keith MacDonald

Partner at EY

Jordan Brandt

CEO at inpher.io

Yuval Porat

CEO at Kazuar

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Live panel discussions featuring 4 speakers, 4 topics, 4 questions from the audience and 4 polls

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February 25, 2021

Democratization of Wealth Management

4x4 Virtual Salon featuring: Sid Sahgal, Nikolai Hack, Qiaojia Li and Michael O'Sullivan.

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February 11, 2021

Digital Age Banking Systems and Architectures

4x4 Virtual Salon featuring: Paul Taylor; Andra Sonea; Ron Kersic; Ryan Battles.

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August 25, 2020

Cybercrime & Fraud in the Age of COVID-19

4x4 Virtual Salon featuring: Jordan Brandt (CEO, Inpher); Yuval Porat (CEO, Kazuar); Paddy McGuinness, CMG OBE (Senior Advisor at Brunswick, Former UK Deputy National Security Adviser); Mohamed Ourdane, (Head of Cybersecurity, POST Luxembourg)

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July 9, 2020

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4x4 Virtual Salon

Live conversations with the people shaping the world

Our last event

4 X 4 Virtual Salon – Crypto In The Post-FTX Era

Main topics discussed:

Some of our Virtual Salon guests so far

Qiajia Li

Nikolai Hack

Sid Sahgal

Christine Schmid

Chris Bartz

Paul Taylor

Dmitry Panchenko

Andra Sonea

Ron Kersic

Bertrand Gacon

Ryan Battles

Keith MacDonald

James Dunne

Michael O'Sullivan

Jordan Brandt

Qiaojia Li

Nikolai Hack

Sid Sahgal

Michael O'Sullivan

Paul Taylor

Andra Sonea

Ron Kersic

Christine Schmid

Keith MacDonald

Jordan Brandt

Yuval Porat

Discover our previous virtual salons

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