It goes without saying that cryptocurrencies are the most revolutionary financial and technological innovations of the last decade. Legal ambiguity and lack of clear regulations remain the biggest issues to ensure wide scale adoption of cryptocurrencies and greatly supported industry growth. On December 7th, EU40 and ORCA Alliance brought together blockchain developers, cryptocurrency enthusiasts, professional investors, finance analytics, parliamentarians and all like-minded supporters. Assuring that crypto activists need to take an active role in shaping the future of European financial and regulatory landscape.
The event was hosted by MEPs Sorin Moisa (EPP) and Eva Kaili (S&D) and brought together experts on blockchain technology in order to present and discuss the cryptocurrency development, use cases and future adoption in the European Union. The discussion was animated by Peteris Zilgalvis, Head of Unit – Startups and Innovation, DG CONNECT, Raf Ganseman, Blockchain Lead, CGI, Natan Avidan, Founder, ORCA Alliance, Jeremy Gardner, Founder, Augur, Tadas Langaitis, Member of the Lithuanian Parliament, Sarah Compani, Legal Advisor, Bitfinex, Craig Sellars, Co-Founder & CTO, Tether, Jorn Erbguth, Legal Expert, Anastasija Plotnikova, Legal Adviser, ETHLend, Martins Liberts, Co-Founder, Debitum Network, Marius Parescius, Initiator, Business Hive Vilnius, and Dmitrij Radin, Co-owner, CryptoAd Network, amongst others.
Legal and regulatory systems are struggling to catch-up in the European Union. How can cryptocurrencies reinforce the EU financial ecosystem? Should Europe bring this 250 billion Euro market out of the grey area?
Our ‘Digital4Smarties’ event series has become a household name in the Brussels Bubble and the content of the debates is widely published in expert circles. This is why the event is also web-streamed. You can get a look at our last ‘Digital4Smarties’ episode HERE.
The event report is available HERE.
Read more about this insightful debate on CoinTelegraph and Bitcoin Garden.
The complete discussion on Twitter Moments is available at this LINK.
Pictures taken during the event are available at this LINK.
LIVESTREAMING was available below as of December 7th, from 10.30h.