Tag: Vince Molinari
Decentralized Finance Regulation
One of the most-watched programs in the Blockchain sector and has been seen by over 4-million viewers worldwide. Read Time: 44 secondsOn this segment of FINTECH.TV's Digital Asset Report, our Founder and host, Vince Molinari, is joined by Rebecca Retting, Partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP.
Rebecca was recognized in 2019 as one of the top 100 women lawyers in New York City. Lately, she has been advising DeFi companies on regulatory compliance.Global Blockchain Convergence is a Thinktank coming together to speak about blockchain, digital assets, and DeFi.
On Aug. 26, 2020, at 9 AM EST, they will be hosting an online event to speak about DeFi Regulations.
What decentralization means?
How they think and assess risk?
How are they willing to work with the projects, and what that means on a time and cost perspective?
and some of the deeper issues that are surrounding DeFi.
Speakers
Melissa Netram - Chief Innovation Officer and Director LabCFTC
Matt Homer - Executive Deputy Superintendent, Research & Innovation Division New York State Department of Financial Services
Val Szczepanik - Associate Director SEC's Division of Corporation Finance and FinHub
Register Today:
https://hubs.la/H0t-PX20
Oceans: 96.5% of the All Water on Earth
TheIMPACT focuses on ESG, Impact Investing, and advancing the 17 United Nations-supported Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The show profiles people and companies committed to changing lives and creating a sustainable world.In this segment of FINTECH.TV's TheIMPACT, our host and founder, Vince Molinari, is joined by the distinguished CEO of Oceana, Andy Sharpless. The thankless team at Oceana has taken on the vital job of protecting the world's oceans to the next level with Andy's background in media, messaging, and convening the world to save our oceans.
After unbearable frustration, five foundations created Oceana approximately 20 years ago to address policy victories for marine life and habitats worldwide. From protecting sea turtles to commercial fishing gear, Oceana is the beacon of hope for the future of our world's oceans.Andy shares their approach to attracting the best talent on the team, benefactors supporting Oceana to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, and how the world should expect to adapt to post-COVID practices that are fully sustainable.
From celebrities to humans that are excited about everything Oceana is doing, Andy and Oceana understand the biodiversity role the ocean plays in addressing the SDGs - food to freshwater to climate change. Everything is connected!FINTECH.TV is proud to support the mission of Oceana and emplores you to do the same. To learn more about how you can get involved, help support these incredible people, and influence political action to save our planet, please visit the links below.
Andy and his team consider that roughly ten countries can impact over 50% of the oceans by adopting, addressing, and implementing many of the initiatives Oceana is leading. It really is a multiplier effect, as our host, Vince Molinari describes in his discussion with Mr. Sharpless.
This information research in mutual funds, credit funds, and ETF areas indicate that over six areas of measurement that the universe became 977 sustainable different sustainable mutual funds.
ESG investing growth continues as substantial forms as funds rebrand - such as 47 funds have done in various types and fashion as these experts discuss. To learn more about how this has contributed to the growth, please join our team of expert wonks that share how sustainable investing really works. The essence of cohesiveness and collaboration is the opportunity here through the incredible robustness of the ocean, its species and the little bit of help needed to have the impact necessary for our biodiversity recovery.
These experts break down the math of what food is, how it works, and how the oceans are so critical to our imminent food crisis as humanity grows exponentially. Oceana continues to innovate, throw the best parties to convene those most excited about these issues, and influence the most important legislation with global stakeholders to achieve policy outcomes. You are invited!
To Learn More Oceana:
https://oceana.org/
Follow Andy Sharpless on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/oceana_andy
The Convergence of Sustainability & Finance
Terry Tamminen - President, 7th Generation Advisors -
On this segment of TheIMPACT on FINTECH.TV, our host, Vince Molinari, talks sustainability, investment, and how the right perception is essential to overcome challenging situations with Terry Tamminen, President of 7th Generation Advisors.
Terry was appointed as the Secretary of Governor Schwarzenegger's administration at the California Environmental Protection Agency - where they launch a 1M solar roof initiative, global warming solutions act, and a variety of other sustainable measures.
In 2008, he founded 7th Generation Advisors as a non-profit advisory firm to help states, cities, foundations, and companies do what was accomplished in California.
Some of the companies they work with are Walmart, Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation, Earth Alliance, and many others.
By connecting the work that they do with policy, technology, and finance, they become unstoppable and make anything possible.
Bottom-Up Approach -
The bottom-up approached started in the early 2000s. Whereas, the current administration is not very progressive on environmental or climate issues. They found the opportunity to work with states and cities in the US that were interested in taking meaningful action and enjoying the economic benefits.
Renewable Resouces -
After achieving their goal of diverting 50% of waste and setting up their new target of 75%, they understood that the convergence of technology and finance was essential for the dream to manifest a more sustainable reality of the future.
For example, they managed to create an incentive program for electronic recycling. 7th Generation Advisors created a new California industry - by bringing investors to invest in those new companies and new industries where the incentive is no longer needed.
Green Climate Fund -
Green Climate Fund is a multi-billion-dollar investment fund set up in 2009 to help underdeveloped countries with sustainable and low-carbon development.
Book recommendations from Matt for newbies on the regulated / climate markets –
Lives per Gallon
Cracking the Carbon Code
Watercolors
Visit 7th Generation Advisors on the Web:
https://7thgenerationadvisors.org
Liquidity, Digital Securities & Private Capital Markets
Shari Noonan - Co-Founder & CEO, Rialto Markets -
On this segment of FINTECH.TV's Digital Asset Report, our seasoned host, Vince Molinari, talks capital markets in the age of a hyperconnected digital economies with our distinguished guest, Shari Noonan, Co-Founder and CEO of Rialto Markets.
From her electronic trading background - beginning with digitizing markets in the late 90s - Shari has a deep history with equities markets, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as COO of Trading as ATS' have created a regulated private capital markets framework. From OMS', ECNs, to ATS', these veterans cover the list of acronyms that are most important in the digitally connected New World.
Swaps, Equities, FX & the Evolution of Asset Classes -
Rialto has received approval from Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to operate their broker-dealer (BD) and alternative trading system (ATS) under the Fourth Industrial Revolution of Digital Securities in the United States of America as domestic systems connect with global partners.
There are private markets with digital securities now able to trade using the "ecosystems" of ATS networks in the US, and additional nodes worldwide, in approved regulated domiciles; although, this doesn't mean there is liquidity at meaningful volumes for a high-velocity market. The rails and infrastructure are still coming online for mass adoption as reduction in friction is achieved.
These leaders of the Fourth Industrial Revolution are, together, greater than the sum of the whole of the parts. Thereby, catalyzing exponential growth in areas such as decentralized finance (DeFi), digital securities and compliant offerings that are compliant with state, regional and/or local regulators.
Visit Rialto Markets on the Web:
https://rialtomarkets.com
Regulation A+: Railto & KoreConX -
Rialto is working with groups - such as Oscar Jofre's KoreConX, who was recently interviewed by FINTECH.TV - that have connected many of the USA's ATS's in a much-needed ecosystem to facilitate liquidity, price discovery, mark-to-market value pairing, and additional functions that are vital to the private capital markets having sustainable levels of liquidity.
https://fintech.tv/digital-securities-2020/
Securing the Future: Rialto & Securrency -
Rialto is working with the best and brightest - such as Securrency, which was recently interviewed on FINTECH.TV; with the Securrency digital securities engine coming online as one of many base protocols in the New World that plugs into Rialto's core business.
https://fintech.tv/dan-doney-ceo-securrency/
DeFi: Pandora's Box to Scaling Exponential Liquidity -
As CeFi goes to DeFi, or in plain English - the world evolving from Old World centralized banks to New World options that offer significantly expanded value - each player as Shari discusses above are necessary and needed in order to bring the systems online. In order to facilitate liquidity, leaders of the Fourth Industrial Revolution such as ErisX's Matt Trudeau must get the required elements implemented, adopted, adapted, and approved by regulators that are compliant with Rialto, Securrency, KoreConX, and many others for regulated & compliant private capital markets to one day have the liquidity for current "illiquid" assets.
https://fintech.tv/from-cefi-to-defi/
The Philosophy of Success: Thinking Ten Years Ahead
BREAKING
"XBTO is launching a new $80M venture fund with Greg Carson leading this new vehicle as CEO."
Philippe Bekhazi Overview
On this segment of Digital Asset Report, our host Vince Molinari had the great pleasure to be joined by our accomplished guest, Philippe Bekhazi, Founder and CEO of XBTO.
From his finance background - primarily as a macro trader - he has always been fascinated by technology, having built his first computer at the age of 13. Philippe understood the bitcoin whitepaper, the DLT space, and opportunities earlier than most, thereby, creating XBTO in 2015 as a cutting-edge provider for stablecoins, institutional-grade liquidity, and general global access to cryptofinance.
Right Time, Right Place, Right Execution
"Luck and preparation" at the right time are exponentially significant if recognized with follow-thru execution as Philippe did early on with blockchain, bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and the ever-growing need for institutional-grade liquidity.
XBTO is a significant player in the blockchain, DLT, and venture capital space that genuinely differentiates the firm - having started primarily as a liquidity provider. They exponentially grew to offer OTC trading, asset management (via a beta fund), venture capital, crypto-mining, and special projects.
Smart Money Investors
As providers of liquidity, XBTO looks at not just providing capital. They also look at how they can be the "smart money" entrepreneurs seek out that best fit their start-up/venture. One such example XBTO has invested in early is Deribit - a leading crypto futures exchange/derivatives trading platform; along with XMargin- a bilateral options trading platform with a specific approach that fits the philosophy.
Investing + Philosophy = Success
Philippe and the team at XBTO think ten years in the future - knowing that more players will enter the space. This sentiment creates additional opportunity, increasing the velocity of capital, and bridging dislocated gaps that fractionalize value in today's society.
In this spirit of removing friction and delivering prosperity around the world, XBTO has invested and supported several portfolio companies with differentiated offerings in the DLT space. Blockchain is the way to enable the free-flow of value around the world in a trusted, trustless system (cost-effective, fast, transparent, and inclusive).
Visit XBTO on the web:
https://www.xbto.com/
Portfolio Companies:
https://www.deribit.com/
http://xmargin.io/
https://www.lukka.tech/
https://www.stablehouse.io/
Follow Philippe on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/philippebek
Impact Investing is Going Mainstream in a Post-COVID World
Sir Ronald Cohen - Co-founder of Apax Partners; Chairman Steering Group for Impact Invest; and Chairman of The Portland Trust and Bridges Ventures - joins FINTECH.TV Co-founder and host, Vincent Molinari, to discuss "Ronnie's" journey.
Ronnie's adventure began when he left Egypt at the age of 11, fleeing to the United Kingdom and being accepted as a fellow human of life - where he attended Oxford and then continued his studies at Harvard Business School. Receiving the help he did, that made profound differences in his life, illustrated how important it was for Ronnie to give back in the ways he knows best by "innovating, agitating and orchestrating the advance of impact investments and impact economies around the world."
In his new book, Sir Ronald Cohen has painted the symbol of capital in the forms of empathy, altruism and Adam Smith's invisible hand as directly implicated in social impact and sustainable investing...the ability to think differently for humanity with love as the anchor.
In looking today at ESG, the numbers now exceed $30 trillion. The trends are the trends, says Ronnie, with the numbers speaking for themselves.
The preferences of consumers, companies and governments are shifting exponentially with a need for transparency to catalyze the shift to measuring impact as a primary pillar of capitalism. COVID-19 puts everything back to the basics, into perspective and illustrates the lack of transparency to measure and manage impact. Data and technology now make it possible to do this, as referenced by a recent Harvard Business School study Sir Ronald discusses with Vincent Molinari that creates an end-to-end relationship.
To learn more about Apax Partners, please visit:
https://www.apax.com/contact-us/offices/london/sir-ronald-cohen/
Watch the legend, Sir Ronald Cohen, in action via:
https://sirronaldcohen.org/
Data Privacy & Self-Sovereign Identity
Our host, Vincent Molinari of FINTECH.TV on this segment of the Digital Asset Report proudly discusses with Moiz Kohari, Co-founder of Manetu (Native American word for "Spirit") - a leading pioneer for the next major sector in digital assets - self-sovereign identity; with its end-to-end Consumer Privacy Management platform.
Moiz previously held senior roles at the London Stock Exchange Group, State Street Bank, Novel, and others along with his co-founder, David Harris, who was the CEO of the Chicago Board Options Exchange for over ten years. They have a profound understanding of regulatory, compliance, rules, and how we are evolving in this digital transformation around the globe.
Manetu is a robust rights management, identity management and requests platform that provides transparency of the data to the owner, in real-time among other capabilities. Simply, they help enterprises discover, map the data, pull and aggregate the data and, therefore, manage the data along with an "identity master" that confirms a data subject is true. They are using some of the most secure, advanced, and next-generation primitives in order to give the people what they want...control over your data with 84% responding to this effect.
By reducing the average request load of 15 hours down to minutes, Manetu utilizes both on and off-chain technologies with background such as hyperledger. Transaction and notarization is the primary blockchain uses with many security principles built from the ground-up in order to make sure the platform was truly scalable.
To learn more about Manetu, please visit them on the web here:
https://www.manetu.com/
Connect with Moiz on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/moizkohari/
From CeFi to DeFi
Demystifying Exponential Changes -
Matt Trudeau, Chief Product & Strategy Officer at ErisX, joins FINTECH.TV host, Vince Molinari, on Digital Asset Report.
With investments from Consensys, Fidelity, Nasdaq, Ameritrade, New York Digital Investment Group, Pantera Capital, and other powerhouses, the platform is upgrading the digital asset trading experience for institutions and individuals.
"The only thing new under the sun is the history that you don't know." - Matt Tradeau, ErisX
Matt's past centralized limit order-book business (CeFi) has taught him and his team a myriad of essential lessons that decentralized finance (DeFi) must adapt, incorporate, and safeguard to scale the future at the speed of exponential advancements.
As people participate in new markets, cryptocurrency regulation, transparency, and compliance play essential roles to ensure that operators of markets are competent, properly managing risk, and conflict of interest(s).
Book recommendations from Matt for newbies in the regulated market -
Reminiscences of a Stock Operator
The Coffee Trader
Watch the full video to learn more about ErisX Centralized Order Book, 24/7 Trading Structure, and Ether Futures.
Unifying the World with Technology
Lakshmi Pratury, Founder and CEO of INK, explains how technology can bring the world together for a real, tangible, measurable, and impactful world that is exponentially improved as compared to what we could only imagine even a decade ago.
Our host, Vince Molinari and INK Founder, Lakshmi Pratury, cover everything from story telling to data connectivity (the "pipeline") and how Moore's Law has enabled this incredible opportunity to break down barriers.
People from different disciplines have the opportunity now to come together - Indian proverb style - matriarchal and patriarchal with half woman, half man. Under precepts such as these for our foundational theories of SDGs into reality that is achieved, anything is possible.
In order to accomplish real, exponential change, women have a unique opportunity to exert their stored power that has been ready to unleash for far, far too long.
Most exciting, the convergence of Lakshmi and Kunal Sood's conference under the NOVUS brand is the practice of women and men coming together - for humanity. Getting down to the bottom of what "really, really matters" that has been accelerated during COVID-19. Everyone is thrilled about this upcoming event together on July 20th and 21st.
Small Business Post COVID-19
Small Businesses Have the BIGGEST Opportunity Post-COVID -
FINTECH.TV is honored to be the media partner with ExO World: Small Business Summit on July 14 to provide small business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs with the tools required to rethink, repurpose and recreate their businesses to thrive today, in the future, in order to prosper together long-term.
Learn from amazing speakers like:
Jeff Hoffman
Sonal Shah
Paul Polman
Orly Amor
Leslie Short
Salim Ismail
Michele Bongiovanni
and additionally masters of agency...
Register today at https://cutt.ly/vpR2Icu
ExO World: Small Business Summit on 7/14
Creating a Thriving Future Post COVID-19
FINTECH.TV is the proud media sponsor to ExO World: Small Business Summit on July 14. This summit will help small business owners, business managers, investors, and aspiring entrepreneurs with strategies and tools required to survive after COVID-19 and thrive as a leader of your industry by rethinking and recreating our businesses in this new world.
Our guest Jeff Hoffman, Chairman of the Board at Global Entrepreneurship Network, join us today and teaches us about the importance of becoming an influence, the multiplayer effect, and the 3 R's for small businesses to survive and thrive.
Register Today - https://cutt.ly/1o4bQfe
UNCTAD Sustainable Development Goals and Stock Exchange Initiative
Dr. Anthony Miller, Economic Affairs Officer at UNCTAD, and Dr. Chantal Line Carpentier, Chief, New York, UNCTAD discuss Sustainable Development Goals, the impact of the pandemic, and the Sustainable Stock Exchange Initiative.