Bitcoin, Blockchain and the Distributed Ledger: What's In Your Digital Wallet

Amid what Fortune magazine has described as the "numismatic delirium" surrounding Bitcoin, Ethereum and the proliferance of Cryptocurrencies today, it's easy to overlook the long-term impact of the blockchain technology that uses consensus validation and complex mathematics, to sequence and verify cryptographically secured, "trusted" digital transactions to provide the foundational underpinnings for trust in these digital currencies.

Beyond this initial purpose, blockchain and distributed ledger tools are being developed to help assure data-integrity and ownership, easily maintain auditable records, and to secure contractual agreements.

Please join us on October 18th, 2017, for an insightful discussion centered on the role of digital currencies, blockchain, and distributed ledger technology in the financial markets, in enterprise applications, for identity verification and protection, and as a fundraising tool (Initial Coin Offerings, or "ICO's"), with our esteemed panel of industry experts:

Speakers:

• Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO, Civic Technologies, Inc.
• Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Advanced Securities Division, Wedbush
• Stanislav Synko, CTO, Cryptix

Vinny Lingham, Founder and CEO, Civic Technologies, Inc. Vinny is a serial entrepreneur who previously founded the digital gift card platform, Gyft, which was acquired by First Data Corporation in 2014. He is well-known for his role as a Shark on Shark Tank South Africa, and most recently led the effort on Civic's highly-successful, over-subscribed, $33-million ICO in June of this year.  Vinny is a vocal advocate for implementation of blockchain and distributed ledger solutions, and has produced a wealth of reference knowledge via blog posts available at vinnylingham.com.

Sheri Kaiserman, Head of Advanced Securities Division, Wedbush. With over 25-years of equity sales and leadership experience, Sheri moved into her current role with Wedbush to further build the firm's Blockchain/Bitcoin initiatives, including raising money for Wedbush's early stage VC fund dedicated to investing in Blockchain enabled companies.

Stanislav Synko, CTO, Cryptix. Stan has been active in the software industry for 10-years, including 5-years building distributed teams, running a blockchain consultancy, and as a systems architect for entrepreneurs specializing in Hyperledger blockchain. He was Principal architect of the winning solution at IBM Blockchain Hackathon, and has hosted a workshop on the topic at Harvard Innovation Labs and a seminar at Rutgers University Business School. Stan joined the Cryptix team as CTO & Architect, to spearhead their technical work on a platform to provide enhanced security and digital contract capabilities in the event ticketing “arena”.