Consensus:2018

May 14 - 16

New York Hilton Midtown

The Consensus Experience

CoinDesk is proud to present our 4th annual blockchain technology summit, May 14-16, 2018 at the New York Hilton Midtown. Consensus 2018 will feature 250+ speakers and 4,000+ attendees from the leading industry startups, investors, financial institutions, enterprise tech leaders, and academic and policy groups who are building the foundations of the blockchain and digital currency economy.

We expect to shatter our 2017 attendance record, so reserve your spot today!

Consensus 2018

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Amid Chaos, Our Decentralized Future Is Being Built

Michael J. CaseyMay 28, 2018

Blockchain can upend – not just the business models of recent decades – but a millennia-old societal practice of deep significance to civilization.

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Jack Dorsey Hopes Bitcoin Will Become Web’s ‘Native Currency’

Morgen PeckMay 16, 2018

Is bitcoin destined to become the default currency of the Internet? Square's Jack Dorsey hopes so.

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WATCH: The Joy of Blockchain

Evan EngelMar 30, 2019

Bob Ross takes you on a magical tour through one of CoinDesk's favorite Consensus topics: education.

Startups

Nokia Is Letting Consumers Monetize Their Data with Blockchain

David FloydMay 16, 2018

The long-anticipated launch of Streamr's real-time data platform was accompanied by two high-profile partnership announcements.

Barbados

ICO Project Polymath Is Trying to Buy a Stake In a Real Stock Exchange

Brady DaleMay 16, 2018

If one announcement summarizes the ambitions of crypto project Polymath, it might be Wednesday's acquisition of the domain Tokens.com.

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App Store

Blockstack Announces ‘Universal’ Dapp Store for the Decentralized Web

Nikhilesh De

Blockstack announced app.co, a decentralized app store aimed at bringing together all dapps for users' convenience.

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Ethereum

Enterprise Ethereum Alliance Unveils Common Blockchain Standards

Stan Higgins

The Enterprise Ethereum Alliance announced the release of a common technical specification at Consensus 2018 on Wednesday.

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Investment

Wall Street Vet Brian Kelly Launches Blockchain ETF

Nikhilesh De

Investment manager Brian Kelly is launching a blockchain-focused exchange-traded fund, or ETF, he announced Wednesday.

Greg King, Brian Kelly image courtesy Hod Klein
Kraken

‘BitLicense Refugees’: ShapeShift, Kraken Talk Escape from New York

Marc Hochstein

Jesse Powell and Erik Voorhees delivered red-meat rhetoric but also made subtler points about New York's cryptocurrency regulations at Consensus 2018.

Nolan Bauerle, Jesse Powell and Erik Voorhees. Photo via Wolfie Zhao for CoinDesk. May 15, 2018
CFTC

US Regulators Say They Want to Avoid ‘Hindering’ Blockchain Innovation

Nikhilesh De

U.S. regulators don't aim to suppress innovation in the blockchain industry, representatives said during a panel at CoinDesk's Consensus 2018.

Kiran Raj, CFTC's James McDonald, SEC_News' Robert Cohen, TheJusticeDept's Sujit Raman and Steve Bunnell by Nikhilesh De
Privacy

Blockchain Startup Enigma to Demo ‘Secret Contracts’ Privacy Tech

Annaliese Milano

Enigma will conduct the first public demonstration of its "secret contracts" protocol, which revamps smart contracts to provide data privacy.

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ConsenSys

AWS Moves to Simplify Production-Grade Business Blockchains

Ian Allison

Cloud computing giant Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with ethereum startup ConsenSys to make enterprise blockchains easier to deploy.

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Research

Deloitte: 3 out of 4 Big Companies See ‘Compelling’ Case for Blockchain

David Floyd

Most big firms find blockchain compelling, but some of those same firms also find it overhyped, according to a new survey.

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Cryptography

Whitfield Diffie Talks Cryptography ‘Resurgence’ and Blockchain

Marc Hochstein

A pioneer of public-key cryptography said the blockchain boom represents a "resurgence" of the work he helped start in the 1970s.

From left: Nolan Bauerle, Whitfield Diffie, and Zooko Wilcox. Image via Annaliese Milano for CoinDesk. Taken at Consensus 2018 in New York, 5-14-18
  • Adi Sideman

    Company

    Props

    Title

    CEO

  • Alan Cohn

    Company

    Steptoe & Johnson LLP

    Title

    Co-Chair, Blockchain and Digital Currency Practice

  • Aleksei Antonov

    Company

    SONM

    Title

    Co-Founder

  • Alex Sunnarborg

    Company

    Tetras Capital

    Title

    Founding Partner

  • Alex Tapscott

    Company

    Blockchain Research Institute

    Title

    Co-founder

  • Alexander Lopatine

    Company

    Park Capital and Wysh.ai

    Title

    Managing Partner and Executive Chairman

  • Alin S. Dragos

    Company

    MIT Media Lab

    Title

    Head of Strategic Partnerships, Digital Currency Initiative

  • Allie Clift-Jennings

    Company

    Filament

    Title

    CEO

  • Alon Muroch

    Company

    Blox.io

    Title

    CEO

  • Amanda L Wood

    Company

    The Real Estate Board of New York

    Title

    Vice President of Digital Media + Technology