The First U.S. Security Token Summit
On June 11, 2018, the Security Token Academy brought together 200 people at the first, U.S.-based Security Token Summit. Taking place in the New York Financial District, the event focused on how security token trading organizations (ATS and exchanges) were going to take on Wall Street.
At the event, leading industry experts discussed what security tokens are and how they trade on the new exchanges coming online. Here is a sampling of a few insightful comments made by presenters at this event.
David Weild, former Nasdaq vice chairman:
“The technology is real. There is going to be a big buzz. I would urge everybody to get a quality S-1 (SEC registration statement) and respect the investor.”
Igor Telyatnikov, COO & president, Alphapoint:
“Research predicts that ten percent of the global GDP will be tokenized by 2024.”
Andy Bromberg, co-founder & CEO, CoinList:
“I see a huge class of traditionally illiquid assets getting liquid and becoming accessible to a much larger class of investors.”
Juan Hernandez, CEO, OpenFinance Network:
“You’re starting to see that the more regulated the environment, more institutional players start to get involved. We need to adapt the modern technology to the old regulation, but we can innovate within that framework.”
All of us at the Security Token Academy were delighted by the positive feedback on our summit from Derek and many others. To sum up that feedback, here’s what many people had to say:
- Before our summit, they had a limited understanding of what security tokens are, how they can be traded on exchanges, and what impact they will have on financial and investment markets.
- After the summit, they felt informed and educated about security tokens and their exchanges as well as connected to this industry’s key players.
Held at the New York Conrad Hotel, this summit was sold out. Therefore, many people could not attend this seminal event. For those who were not able to attend, the Security Token Academy has created a package of online videos of the event’s presentations and panel discussions as well as interviews of its speakers and attendees. For $99, you can watch all of these videos.
That membership gives you access to the following content:
- The videos from future world-class events like the summit
- Our members-only video specials
- Our live, online programming
- Our online forums and discussions
- Our online quizzes where you test your knowledge
- Our online surveys on what people are thinking and doing
- Our profile pieces on people and events in this industry
