Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments

2020 was in many ways an inflection point for cryptocurrencies. Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale Investments, will be discussing trends the firm is seeing among its investors, who have invested over $10B across its various products, and answering questions including – Who are these investors? What are they investing in? How are they investing?

(KEYNOTE) https://crypto-finance-conference.com/agenda

Grayscale Now Owns More Than 3% (630k+) of Total 21 Million Bitcoins That Will Ever Exist

https://tokenview.com/en/Grayscale

3 key investment themes that underpinned Bitcoin’s (BTC) dramatic breakout in 2020:

(1) macroeconomic uncertainty and quantitative easing;
(2) legendary investors and brand-name companies investing in BTC; and
(3) the continued strengthening of regulatory frameworks around digital assets.

Sonnenshein believes 2021 will see a continuation of these trends as more investors diversify into Bitcoin and other digital assets.

Grayscale CEO outlines 6 themes that will shape crypto market in 2021:

(1) Decreased career risk associated with digital-asset investing
(2) Growing interest among financial advisers
(3) The growth of North American and clean-energy crypto mining
(4) Increased stablecoin integration
(5) Nation-state adoption of digital assets
(6) New regulatory developments

https://cointelegraph.com/news/grayscale-ceo-outlines-6-themes-that-will-shape-crypto-market-in-2021

BlackRock’s new SEC filings list Bitcoin derivatives as possible investment

The multi-trillion-dollar asset manager mentions “Bitcoin” 25 times in its submissions with the SEC.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/blackrock-s-new-sec-filings-list-bitcoin-derivatives-as-possible-investment

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The time has come.

Institutional investments are coming into the crypto space.

After Microstrategy’s BTC bet, another Nasdaq listed company is making its move into crypto investment.

But what has it got to do with you and me? Or rather, the billion dollar question of

On the way from around USD 300 billion to USD 1 trillion market cap for cryptocurrencies, how much is your portion?

Square (SQ) Invests $50 Million in Bitcoin

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) announced today that it has purchased approximately 4,709 bitcoins at an aggregate purchase price of $50 million.

Square believes that cryptocurrency is an instrument of economic empowerment and provides a way for the world to participate in a global monetary system, which aligns with the company’s purpose.

The investment represents approximately one percent of Square’s total assets as of the end of the second quarter of 2020.

Square has previously invested in bitcoin from a product, leadership, and legal innovation perspective, and today adds this financial investment.

https://lnkd.in/gt6g-qP

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Some of the points he mentioned was quite alarming, such as the illusion of safety:
– failure is not an option
– we can all win
– it’s all upside
– this is a guaranteed investment

As at 4th May, 2019, nearly 2 years after his sharing, the article that appeared in Coin Telegraph titled “How Security Tokens Can Prevent an Impending Financial Crisis” seems to echo his points with this paragraph:

Sometimes, the unintended consequences of regulation are more damaging than the value proposition of that legislation.

(1) The barriers of entry to securitization markets drove the centralization of issuances to astronomical heights, as a few participants came to dominate the market.

(2) The combination of closed circles and high costs of issuance ran securitized portfolios into the billions and caused a domino effect upon failure.

(3) In addition, a lack of liquidity in private securities markets made it difficult to rebalance or break up portfolios by selling smaller positions to a wider pool of potential buyers — or even by selling individual assets.

Security tokens, assets backed tokens, could be one of the solutions to the shortfall in financial system we have today, as how the authors put it:

Many analysts predict that the majority of financial products will one day be traded on the blockchain as security tokens, with programmable smart contracts — and for good reason: Only security tokens can bring greater transparency, oversight, access and liquidity to the market.

As we are seeing more Blockchain and its practical applications (use cases) being announced, we shall see a more practical approach and implementation of the technology in the financial industry as time goes by. Blockchaining Sukuk should be something to watch out to.

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On 12th December 2017, a private session on The New Investment Frontier was held at TPCKL, where speakers from Malaysia, UK and U.S. shared the same stage exchanging ideas related to Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and ICO.

The book, Blockchain Insider, made its first introduction to the English speaking group of elite investors who would like to explore more about the technology behind this cryptocurrency revolution.

The Evolution of Money

Some thoughts on the future of money.

View the Presentation slides here:

Blockchain is The Web, All Over Again

If history does repeat itself, you will be amazed by how similar it is the evolution of the blockchain to that of the internet.

Blockchain Insider
Chapter 2 – The Name of The Game

Read the SAMPLE CHAPTER here:

It was a great afternoon spent with a group of great people.

Thanks to event sponsors and our kind hosts for making this talk a success. Looking forward more success stories in the crypto world.

For a better future and a better world.

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