MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – CoinDesk’s flagship Consensus conference kicks off today at the Miami Beach Convention Center, bringing together thousands of people for the annual big-tent event to discuss the digital asset sector.
On the first day of the conference, local officials and startup executives will present the state of the cryptocurrency world. Arthur Hayes, Lily Liu, Jesse Pollak, Anatoly Yakovenko, Mike Cagney, Brad Garlinghouse and more will present keynotes or hold firesides to open the conference, weighing in on everything from the current macroeconomic environment to the future of artificial intelligence tools and the growth of decentralized finance. Keep an eye on this live blog for updates throughout the day.
On the political front, CoinDesk will see discussions about the US Department of Justice’s fight against mixer developers and hear from congressional staffers about how exactly crypto-specific legislation is being drafted. Congressman Steven Horsford will discuss his effort to reform the way the United States handles taxes around crypto transactions, while CFTC Chairman Michael Selig talks about his agency’s growing efforts to challenge crypto and prediction markets.
Agent payments, privacy tools, and more familiar crypto tools will naturally also be the subject of discussions throughout the day.
Also tomorrow, CoinDesk will host its Capital Markets Summit, bringing together traditional finance veterans with companies trying to bring these products on-chain. A key topic at Consensus Hong Kong last February was the growth of tokenization as a way for these long-established companies to create faster and more efficient tools for their existing products. Is that trend real and will it continue? Come find out.
Tomorrow, and throughout the week, we will also have meetups for people interested in different topics, such as prediction markets or the midterm elections, to connect with each other. Definitely take advantage of those; The Consensus Lobby has been one of the most appreciated aspects of this event for the last decade, but now you can spend some time in a space dedicated to it instead of waiting for an empty corner in an actual lobby.
