This Aon Webinar helps provide an understanding of Decentralized Finance (DeFi), smart contracts, and emerging trends in crypto marketplace. The brokerage community plays a crucial role in helping educate insurers and partners, propelling innovation, and expanding digital asset risk capacity.
Hosts James McCue, Ben Peach and Glenn Morgan from the Digital Asset Solutions Team at Aon, examine this emerging sector, and along with the panelists dig into the benefits and potential risks, discussing the following topics:
- An overview of DeFi and its rapid growth
- Smart contract technology and its use cases
- DeFi’s impact on traditional financial services
- The benefits and risks of DeFi and the role that regulation will play
The panelists simplify complicated crypto concepts, breaking down unfamiliar language and comparing DeFi innovations with legacy financial systems. In addition to covering the DeFi landscape, the session also included discussion on Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), Web3, NFTs and the metaverse.
The panelists included:
- Brian Quintenz, former head of the Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC), and advisory board member for A16z,
- Andrew Perryman, Senior Principal, Digital Assets, of the Advanced Digital Solutions Group at BNY Mellon, and
- Jorge Pesok, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Tacen.
The webinar can be accessed here
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