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The US Federal Reserve (FED) will hold a conference on October 21 focusing on innovations in crypto payments.
The Fed’s Payment Innovation Conference will bring together regulators, financial institutions, and technology experts to examine developments in the payments ecosystem.
This FED Conference, focusing on crypto, will discuss Bitcoin (BTC), stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies, as well as blockchain-supported payment systems.
The conference aims to highlight the growing importance of cryptocurrencies in the financial world by addressing the developments and challenges in the digital payment sector.
The Fed will hold a conference on payments innovation, bringing together leading industry experts to share their perspectives on the changing landscape of money and payments. The Federal Reserve welcomes the opportunity to consider a broad range of perspectives to further innovate and improve the payments system. The conference will be streamed live on federalreserve.gov and YouTube.
The official conference program begins with a speech by Fed member Christopher J. Waller. The first session will begin with a roundtable discussion titled “Bridging Traditional Finance and the Digital Asset Ecosystem,” moderated by Rebecca Rettig of Jito Labs.
This session will feature Chainlink CEO Sergey Nazarov, Lead Bank CEO Jackie Reses, Fireblocks CEO Michael Shaulov, and BNY senior official Jennifer Barker.
The second session will be titled “Stablecoin Use Cases and Business Models,” moderated by Kyle Samani of Multicoin Capital. It will also feature Paxos CEO Charles Cascarilla, Circle President Heath Tarbert, Fifth Third Bank CEO Tim Spence, and Dollar App CEO Fernando Terres.
The third session will be titled “Artificial Intelligence in Payments,” moderated by Matt Marcus from Modern Treasury. Participants will include Coinbase CFO Alesia Haas, Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, Stripe’s Emily Sands, and Google Cloud General Manager of Web3 and Digital Assets James Tromans.
The fourth and final session will be “Tokenize Products,” moderated by Colleen Sullivan of Brevan Howard Digital. Participants will include BlackRock COO Rob Goldstein, Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson, DRW CEO Don Wilson, and JPM Kinexys co-chair Kara Kennedy.
*This is not investment advice.
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