Today, the blockchain and digital currency industry is at an inflection point, similar to that of the internet boom of the 1990’s. Not unlike the internet’s historic impact, these technologies have the capacity to engender greater financial inclusion and economic opportunity. Will global policy makers provide thoughtful regulation that both fosters innovation and protects consumers? If not, what are the implications?
At Ripple Swell Global 2020, Sheila Warren—Head of the Blockchain and Digital Assets team at the World Economic Forum (WEF)—takes the stage in a fireplace with Ripple’s SVP of Advertising and marketing, Monica Lengthy, to deal with these questions. Warren will look at what it takes to design inclusively and with person safety in thoughts and the way policymakers are serious about digital currencies and blockchain expertise right this moment and tomorrow.
Warren understands first-hand the importance of discussion and clear policy frameworks to realize the transformative potential of these technologies—in a way that embeds ethics, inclusion and integrity into our increasingly connected, but often financially divided world.
At WEF, Warren focuses on community creation among regulators and central banks to encourage continued exploration and implementation of these technologies. As a first step, WEF’s Global Blockchain Council recently announced the creation of the “Presidio Principles” with the aim of aligning key stakeholders in a basic imaginative and prescient of how customers can—and will—be protected as blockchain expertise continues to develop. Discussions and initiatives like these are paramount because the trade advances.
Ripple’s invite-only convention goes digital for the primary time this 12 months on October 14 and 15. Warren brings her experience to the occasion alongside a daring roster of quickly to be introduced funds specialists and trade luminaries to debate tendencies, profitable blockchain implementations and the way right this moment’s main monetary establishments are assembly rising shopper demand for higher, extra inclusive monetary programs.
Because the trade continues to mature and extra real-world issues are solved by these developments, Ripple Swell World gives a digital gathering to discover the potential impression and join with trade thought leaders in an immersive, interactive surroundings.
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