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Inaugural Token Summit to delve into blockchain-based tokenized economy on May 25

Renowned blockchain author, investor, and entrepreneur, William Mougayar is organizing Token Summit, a conference dedicated to discussing the emerging blockchain-based tokenized economy – a phenomenon experiencing an historic explosion of innovation and entrepreneurial activity, next month.

To be held on Thursday, May 25 at the NYU Stern School of Business in New York City, the conference will feature 40 illustrious speakers and is expected to draw 400 attendees from around the world. It will feature detailed presentations, expert panels, interviews with entrepreneurs, and major new product announcements related to token-based products and token-based offerings.

Sessions from the agenda will include:

  • The new value chain of crypto assets
  • Best practices in token offerings
  • The new business models powered by tokens
  • The valuations of crypto assets
  • The emergence of cryptocurrency funds
  • Legal and compliance practices
  • Governance considerations
  • The value of attention tokens
  • Quantitative market analysis
  • Future scenarios for the token economy

Token Summit will feature industry leaders, CEOs, and founders from the pioneering companies writing the next chapter of blockchain technology including Aragon, ARK Invest, Augur, Blockstack, Brave Software, Civic, Coinbase, ConsenSys, Golem, ICONOMI, IPFS/Filecoin, Livepeer, MakerDAO, Numerai, ShapeShift, Stabl, Sia, Steemit, Storj, Tezos, Userfeeds, and 0x. Entrepreneurs will be complemented by leading lawyers, investors, and analysts who are at the forefront of practices focused on blockchain-based tokenized models.

“Cryptographically secured digital assets and blockchain technology are dramatically changing the world of finance, investments, startups, and venture capital, while spurring business model innovation on a global scale. Token Summit will be a seminal event for those who want to learn about the newest methods of capital raising, and the ways in which tokenized money is disrupting our economy. Our distinguished speakers will explore the economics, valuations, governance, regulations, compliance and the full spectrum of best practices around blockchain-based tokens, protocols, applications, and crypto-assets. We are at the dawn of a new economy, one that rivals the early days of the Web in terms of potential innovation and wealth creation”, William Mougayar said.

According to the official release, Mougayar will be joined by co-host and co-curator Nick Tomaino, Principal at Runa Capital and founder of The Control, an online publication that chronicles blockchain cryptocurrency technology and startups.

The event has received a strong show of support from corporate sponsorships. To date, the conference organizers have announced ShapeShift, ICONOMI / Cofound.it, and Storj as Gold sponsors; Blockstack, Ledger, Perkins Coie, Kryptonite1, Coinbase, and Brave as Silver sponsors; and Argon Group, and Runa Capital as Bronze sponsors.

Token Summit will serve as a bookend to the industry’s leading conference series, Coindesk’s Consensus, which takes place from May 22 to May 24, 2017.

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