Broadband Breakfast for Lunch on February 9, 2022 — Harnessing Cryptocurrency

See “Experts Caution Against Overregulating Cryptocurrency,” Broadband Breakfast, February 16, 2022

There are two ways to participate in this event: IN PERSON or LIVE ONLINE. To attend IN PERSON, sign up to attend in person through Eventbrite. Please arrive for lunch at Clyde’s of Gallery Place, 707 7th Street NW, Washington, D.C., by 11:30 a.m. to be seated for lunch. The program will begin promptly at 12 Noon ET. Our venue requires that all attendees show proof of vaccination for entry; Please bring  documentation with you.

Our Broadband Breakfast Live Online events take place on Wednesday at 12 Noon ET. You can also PARTICIPATE ONLINE in the current Broadband Breakfast Live Online event on Zoom.

Wednesday, February 9, 2022, 12 Noon ET — Harnessing Cryptocurrency

Join us in person for a Broadband Breakfast for Lunch on cryptocurrency. In Broadband Breakfast’s premiere session on the subject of decentralized finance, we’ll explore recent developments in the blockchain, consider the ways that cryptocurrencies are impacting global financial transactions and transfers, and address government officials’ attempts to harness – or to banish – blockchain-based digital coinage.

There are two ways to participate in this event: IN PERSON though Eventbrite, or LIVE ONLINE through Zoom.

Panelists for this Broadband Breakfast Live Online session:

• Jennifer Schulp, Director of Financial Regulation Studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives
• Carol Goforth, Clayton N. Little Professor of Law, University of Arkansas in Fayetteville
• Matthew Snider, Senior Vice President, Centri-Tech
• Drew Clark (moderator), Editor and Publisher, Broadband Breakfast

Panelist resources:

• New Technology and Old Rules: Constructing a Crypto Regulatory Framework, Cato Institute series of four events, November 22, 2021-January 13, 2022
• Regulation of Cryptotransactions, by Carol Goforth and Yuliya Guseva
• Broadband Internet Solutions for Affordable Housing, Centri Tech
• NFT Consulting
• Will web3 reinvent the internet business?, The Economist, January 28, 2022
• CES 2022: Cryptocurrency Leaders Press Benefits as Uncertain Over Regional Clampdowns Looms, by Benjamin Kahn for Broadband Breakfast
• U.S. Needs to Modernize with Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies, Said Former Trading Commission Chairman, by Benjamin Kahn for Broadband Breakfast
• NFTs May Be Central to the Emerging ‘Internet of Value,’ Say Experts at Pulver VON3, by Megan Boswell for Broadband Breakfast

Jennifer Schulp is the director of financial regulation studies at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, where she focuses on the regulation of securities and capital markets. She has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, and her writing has appeared in Business Insider, MarketWatch, and others. Before joining Cato, Schulp was a director in the Department of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Inc., representing FINRA in investigations and disciplinary proceedings relating to violations of the federal securities laws and self-​regulatory organization rules.

Carol Goforth is the Clayton N. Little Professor of Law at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She is the author of more than a dozen academic articles dealing with regulation of cryptoassets and transactions in them, as well as Regulation of Cryptotransactions, a comprehensive text for law students and others interested in crypto regulation published in 2020 by West Academic. The second edition of that book is expected April of this year.

Matthew Snider is Senior Vice President of Strategy and Business Development at Centri Tech. His career has been focused on bringing broadband affordability and adoption to underserved communities, both urban and rural. An active participant in the blockchain economy for the past six years, Snider understands the impact that these technologies play in building out use case solutions that bring more adoption to broadband, and to the blockchain.

Drew Clark is the Editor and Publisher of BroadbandBreakfast.com and a nationally-respected telecommunications attorney. Drew brings experts and practitioners together to advance the benefits provided by broadband. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, he served as head of a State Broadband Initiative, the Partnership for a Connected Illinois. He is also the President of the Rural Telecommunications Congress.

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Illustration of blockchain from Exin used with permission

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