- Learn all about token finance, engineering, and regulation
A series of three masterclasses, hosted in both Amsterdam & Rotterdam
Masterclass Token Finance
Security tokens will enable organisations to bring real-world assets online, and decentralised finance (DeFi) aims to replace all existing financial services by decentralised solutions. One class of security tokens, asset-backed tokens, are connected to a tangible or intangible object that has economic value; it essentially digitalises an asset and records its associated information on a blockchain. Tokenising assets, including real estate, companies, art or digital assets, means lowering costs for issuers, but also improving transparency, efficiency and liquidity of real-world assets. Tokens offer us an opportunity to re-imagine our economy, but how to get there remains a challenge.
Masterclass Token Engineering
This deep dive helps to create a clear definition and scope of the token concept, including use cases, taxonomy and terminology, and a specification neutral to underlying technology. A well-designed token ecosystem accelerates and sustains your company’s success. In this masterclass, we will guide you through the process of designing a sound tokenomics model. Is there a viable ecosystem, and what potential business functions will be addressed with the token? What are the motivations for the participants in the network to use the token.
Masterclass Token Regulation
Undeniably, technology’s evolution pace is light years ahead of regulatory frameworks. The regulation of the token economy is one of the most conflictive tasks within the Token ecosystem. We will give a global view of regulation, how different countries approach the issue and in what ways investors are protected against bad practices. Also, issues like soliciting outside investors, private round, how to handle it, and where to register the offering. Learn about banking regulatory structures like anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC).
The Masters
These experts will present the masterclass sessions
Jelle Poll - Dusk Network
Token Finance Master
Jelle heads Dusk Network's business side and has been responsible for their $8M seed round, becoming the first and only Dutch project to achieve a listing on the acclaimed Binance exchange, and is now spearheading an adoption roadmap making Dusk Network the technology of choice for financial institutions working issuing, trading, and managing securities. He is a former blockchain consultancy boutique co-founder servicing technological powerhouses, and was personally responsible for the creation of the blockchain team at Shell's Technical Innovation department.
Olivier Rikken - Ledger Leopard
Token Regulation Master
Olivier a leading person in the field of Blockchain and Smart Contracts. Director at AXVECO, advisor and co-founder to various blockchain start and scale ups, part of the ISO world standardization group on Smart Contracts and responsible for various initiatives of the Dutch Blockchain Coalition. He holds an MSc in System Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management from TU Delft and an executive MBA from Nyenrode/Kellogg/Stellenbosch and has nearly 15 years of experience in IT development, process improvement and organizational strategy and change.
Dan Libau - Lightbulb capital
Token Finance Master
Dan is appointed affiliate faculty of Singapore Management University. Dan is also a lecturer at Rotterdam School of Management's Executive Education arm in Erasmus University. Previously, he was a visiting professor at IE business school in its top-ranked Master in Finance program, where he received the teaching excellence award for his fintech business models class. In 2019 he received the best paper award in his category for the paper on ICO scams (co-authored with P. Schueffel) from the editorial board of the Journal of the British Blockchain Association (JBBA). Dan is also a review editor for Frontiers Financial Blockchain academic journal and works on research projects. Also, he is a frequent speaker at seminars on blockchain and innovation in financial services.
Willem-Jan Smits - WatsonLaw
Token Regulation
Willem-Jan’s affinity for new technology has made him the type of lawyer who pays particular attention to innovation and regulators’ reactions thereto. He closely follows the latest developments in relation to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and smart contracts and is a specialist and pioneer in the fields of tokenization, token contracting and the associated project funding stages – seed funding and initial coin offering (ICO). His clients comprise of startups as well as larger companies looking to incorporate new technologies in their daily operations.
Trent McConaghy
Token Engineering
Trent is working on Ocean Protocol. Ocean is a public utility network to safely & securely share AI data while preserving privacy. It has applications to data marketplaces and digital sovereignty. We aim to make the opportunities and benefits in AI more equal. My long-term goal is to help ensure that humanity has a role in an increasingly autonomous world.
