For the first time ever Abu Dhabi Finance week organized by ADGM in association with Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) will be holding Crypto Abu Dhabi on November 16th 2022.
Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW)’, is set to run between 14th November 2022 and 18th November 2022.
As per the event synopsis, Crypto Abu Dhabi in partnership with Roland Berger, will explore the next era of Digital Assets as the technologies experience the growing pains involved with shaping true innovation. The agenda of the conference will focus on the underlying blockchain and cryptography technologies that drive the innovation, and why financial products are served by their application.
The event will also focus on how major global financial institutions are now developing digital asset strategies, and how the tokenization of private market assets will open up a new multi-trillion dollar democratized opportunity for investors globally, and why regulation is on the horizon.
Some renowned speakers include, Changpeng Zhao, Founder & CEO, Binance, Henri Arslanian, Co-founder and Managing Partner, Nine Blocks Capital Management, Brett Tejpaul, Head of Institutional, Coinbase, Jaime Leverton CEO, Hut 8 (Bitcoin Mining), Herve Francois, partner Private Equity, Blockchain and Digital Assets, at Investcorp among other well renowned names.
Dr. David Chaum, CEO and Co-Founder of Elixrr will also be speaking on the theory behind digital currency and why it is an essential evolution for the financial sector and where it goes from here, in Digital Money 2.0.
There will also include a special announcement by globally renowned Economist, Dr. Nouriel Roubini, Chairman of Roubini Macro Associates
Another interesting discussion will be on how key Abu Dhabi Financial institutions view digital assets which will be held by a panel led by crypto exchange Coinbase.
Commenting on the launch of ADFW, H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman, ADGM stated, “As I look back on the past successes of Fintech Abu Dhabi’s Editions, and head to what comes next, I see us amid an exciting transformational era. We are on the cusp of a new, digital future, and making progress on a continuum of highly significant and progressive economic challenges. Harnessing these exciting opportunities regionally and internationally is of prime importance to ADGM. This pioneering edition of the ADFW looks to achieve that and couldn’t have been timed better.”
