NEO Global Capital Hosts Boston Meetup – Focus on Security Tokens

NEO Global Capital (NGC) will hold its very first meetup since the inception of the organization. The meetup will take place in Boston, Massachusetts, on September 15th, 2018. The event’s theme will focus on the ‘Frontiers of Blockchain Investment’, with a specific emphasis on security tokens.

NGC is a Singapore-based, for-profit licensed fund management company that was funded by the NEO foundation in December of 2017. Their aim is to evolve into a distinguished cryptocurrency investment platform which utilizes some of the best practices from traditional investments.

They want to accomplish this through the selective partnering with globally recognized and respected investment professionals and technical developers. As of September 2018, NGC has more than $400 million in assets, and has been an essential key to many blockchain projects such as Zilliqa, Ontology, NKN, Oasis, Mainframe, Certik, Bluzelle, and Iotex.

The following statement describes their motivation in establishing the meetup: “Here at NGC, we value our relationships with industry-leading partners to push forward the frontiers of blockchain industry. This event provides a unique opportunity for you to connect with top Asian/US funds, influencers, hackers, and researchers in the world. For the first time ever, NGC will discuss what we believe to be the next opportunity amidst the turbulent crypto market”.

The meetup features a wide array of speakers and is free and open to the public, but with limited seating available.

A tentative schedule is as follows:

12:30pm –  Doors open

13:00 – Welcoming speech

13:05 – Keynote Speech: NGC’s Perspective on “Distributed Identity”

Tony Gu, Partner of NEO Global Capital

13:20 – Panel Discussion: Future of Security Tokens and Exchanges

Kendrick Nguyen – CEO & co-founder of Republic

Emre Okay – CEO of RenGen Labs

Berk Ozdogan – CSO of RenGenX

Lior Abehassera – Head of IR, Leaseum Partners

14:05 – Roadshow

14:05 – Top Network – Steve Wei, CEO

14:20 – Trias – Anyang Ruan, founder and CEO

14:35 – Algorand – Yossi Gilad, CTO

14:50 – Tea Break

15:15 – Panel Discussion: VC Fund Investment in Asia and the US

Paul Brodsky – Partner of Pantera Capital

Mike Chen – Founder/CEO of Block72, founding partner of GBIC

Pelli Wang – Head of partnership, ConsenSys, Token Foundry

16:00 – Roadshow

Room 1

16:00 – MultiVAC – Shawn Ying, CTO
16:15 – Certik – Daryl Hok, CSO
16:30 – Marconi – Chris Lee, Product Lead
16:45 – ANKR – Ryan Fang, COO

Room 2

16:00 – Laya One – Kuo Wang, CEO
16:15 – Origo – Baron Gong, CEO
16:30 – Magic Cube – Andrew Bakst, COO

16:30 – 17:00 – Networking

To register for the event, or to get updated information, check out the EventBrite listing here.

What do you think are the implications of a large, Singapore-based, cryptocurrency fund management company like NGC hosting a meetup in the United States? Does this indicate that necessary regulation for the tokenization of securities is getting closer to realization? We want to know what you think below!

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