08:00

Registration

09:00 

Welcome, introduction & warm-up

09:15 

The financial system today

• Currencies in general
• The origins of cryptocurrencies
• Trends in fiat currencies
• The key differences between the main cryptocurrencies today

10:00

Coffee break

10:30

How Bitcoin works

• What is mining?
• Who are the main miners around the world?
• What happens when users pay with bitcoin?
• What happens after it is mined?
• Why is its code unbreakable?
• Likelihood of bitcoin becoming currency

11:30

The players who define bitcoin today 

• What are regulators most worried about?
• What are the attempts to legislate it and prevent money laundering?
• Why bitcoin has the reputation it has today?
• The key investors today including hedge funds
• The players who will shape the industry going forward
• How to assess different players and what they need to demonstrate in order to be credible and sustainable

12:30

Lunch

13:30

Investing in cryptocurrencies

• How have their valuation performed until now?
• What are the reasons for their volatility?
• What are the factors being given for the value of cryptocurrencies going up today?
• The rise of crypto futures market – impact on stability of prices

14:30

The ICO phenomenon

• What is ICO and what is the difference with IPO?
• How did this phenomenon start?
• Case studies and features of successful ICOs
• The regulators’ dilemma
• ICO as an investment opportunity

15:30

Tea break

16:00

Cryptocurrencies and Finance

• How is blockchain transforming financial services and in what areas?
• What are the potentials for financial institutions to incorporate cryptocurrencies in their business models?
• How likely will crypto-banks evolve?

17:00

Summary – What does the networked future look like?
Seminar conclusion