Ron Quaranta

Executive Director, Wall Street
Blockchain Alliance

Ron is an accomplished executive and entrepreneur, with 25 years of experience in the financial services and technology sectors. He currently serves as Chairman of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, an advocacy group with a mission to guide and promote comprehensive adoption of digital currency technology across financial markets. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of Digital Currency Labs, a financial technology and strategic advisory firm focused on bridging the gap between the emerging world of digital currencies and Wall Street. As a digital currency specialist, Ron will be hosting an interactive workshop where he will be showcasing the future of digital currencies in FX markets, and how you can incorporate this new phenomenon into your portfolio. This session is limited to a maximum of 20 participants so ensure you sign up now to ensure you do not miss out.

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Summit Day 2

Friday, March 6th, 2015

14:40 Industry Perspective: Unlocking Blockchain’s potential - How can this new technology be harnessed in fixed income markets to slash costs?

Wall Street is becoming increasingly gripped with Blockchain technology and its potential to transform capital markets as a whole, including the traditional ways of trading both bonds and derivatives. Over the last 12 months, the talk of blockchain has gained momentum and more of the leading firms across capital markets are now tuning their attention to this technology to better understand what benefits it can bring. During this session you will learn: 
Understanding Blockchain - How does Blockchain work and what are the potential benefits it can bring to fixed income market participants? 

Challenging the norm - What is the potential for Blockchain technology and how can this transform the way fixed income products are traded? 
What is the underlying infrastructure for Blockchain and how will it improve efficiency across the trade life cycle? 
Regulatory standpoint - Does the lack of a central authority through Blockchain reduce or improve trust and transparency?