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Cryptocurrency Discussions: Blockchain Projects, VC, Investment & Regulation

Cryptocurrency Discussions: Blockchain Projects, VC, Investment & Regulation
It's a big week in NYC for the Blockchain and the Crypto world. Please join us to kick off Consensus at an event centered on the all encompassing Internet of Value.Innovative Startups from around the world will be speaking on their projects, Blockchain technology and alternative crowdfunding. In addition, we'll have seasoned VC's in the space discussing investment strategy and future outlooks. Followed by panel a discussion on crypto regulation from a global perspective.Do not miss the chance to meet some superstars in the Blockchain space!Blockchain Startups keyed in to speak thus far:Tutellus.ioTutellus changes everything by paying the student for studying. When studying on the platform they will be rewarded in relevance and can monetize a part of this reward to buy new classes or as cash prize.Anyone can become a teacher, a tutor or a student and start adding skills to his resume at any age.www.tutellus.ioEthicHub.comEthicHub is a platform that unilaterally grants access to international financial markets specifically to those who are currently excluded. It connects prospective investors to a wide variety of projects such as small-scale agricultural producers. This lending structure allows for lenders to gain access to a plethora of low-risk projects while significantly reducing costs for borrowers.www.ethichub.comRSK.coRSK is the first open-source smart contract platform with a 2-way peg to bitcoin that also rewards the bitcoin miners via merge-mining, allowing them to actively participate in the Smart Contract revolution. RSK goal is to add value and functionality to the bitcoin ecosystem by enabling smart-contracts, near instant payments and higher-scalability.www.rsk.coNeoplace.ioNeoPlace is the protocol for Marketplaces on the Blockchain. Interacting with IPFS and Ethereum blockchain, NeoPlace introduces the Proof of State concept where each phase of the transaction is tracked through Smart Contract. Secure transactions, low cost and decentralized, NeoPlace disrupts the global e-commerce market.www.neoplace.ioProminent leaders in the Blockchain space:Eddy TraviaPioneer Investor in blockchain and bitcoin startups since 2013. CEO & Co-founder of London-listed Coinsilium Group Limited (NEX:COIN), venture builder, investor and accelerator of blockchain startups. Co-founder at Block Chain Space (first batch of startups accelerated in Barcelona in 2016).Yacine TeraiCEO StartupToken. Nearly 15+ years global experience in Business Growth, Marketing Strategy and managing global startup ventures.Specialized in Token crowdsales for innovative startups in the blockchain, AI and traditional space.Joey GarciaFintech/Blockchain Financial Services Partner at ISOLAS LLP, Gibraltar. Joey has been on the forefront of developments in the digital currency, blockchain and distributed ledger technology in Gibraltar. He is ranked by Chambers in the global wide ranking for lawyers in the blockchain and crypto currency space and co-chairs the Gibraltar Government working group/think tank on digital currencies.Join our Telegram for news and updates on projects, news and more events happening around the globe: https://t.me/startuptokenWebsite : www.startuptoken.com
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Chairman of Interactive Brokers, Thomas Peterffy, has voiced concerns about the plan to launch a bitcoin Futures contract. According to their CEO, Terry Duffy, the CME Group intends to offer the listing as early as the second week in December. However, Peterffy is worried about the implications of a crypto-based Futures market. For him, the violent swings associated with digital currencies and assets could spell disaster for investors, as well as the economy as a whole.

Interactive Brokers are themselves a CME clearing member and through an open letter dated November 14, 2017, they requested that “the Commission require that any clearing organisation that wishes to clear any cryptocurrency or derivative of a cryptocurrency do so in a separate clearing system isolated from other products.”

For Peterffy, there is “no fundamental basis for valuation” of cryptocurrencies and the volatility common within markets is cause for concern. He highlighted the lack of a “mature, regulated and tested underlying market” and declared that determining the amount of funds necessary to margin such a product is “impossible”. For him, drastic movements in price could affect many more than just a few unlucky traders:

… a catastrophe in the cryptocurrency market that destabilizes a clearing organization will destabilize the real economy.

He continued:

“If the Chicago Mercantile Exchange or any other clearing organization clears a cryptocurrency together with other products, then a large cryptocurrency price move that destabilizes members that clear cryptocurrencies will destabilize the clearing organization itself and its ability to satisfy its fundamental obligation to pay the winners and collect from the losers on the other products in the same clearing pool.”

However, Peterffy and Interactive Brokers did suggest a way to mitigate the risk. They advocate keeping cryptocurrency derivatives entirely separate from other financial products. To protect the members of clearing organisations from the “unique risks in clearing cryptocurrencies” they should remain “isolated”.

Before signing off, Peterffy offered his and his company’s support to help CME investigate and safeguard against such supposed dangers:

We would be happy to discuss this with you or to provide any further information at your convenience.

 

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