It felt order was returned to the universe as FIA Expo kicked off in Chicago on Wednesday. No Zoom calls or talking head software apps here: this was live and in-person, the way it’s supposed to be. It was like a breath of fresh Spring air as we heard from…

Eight Takeaways from The Trading Show Chicago 2021 As certain as daffodils and tulips, The Trading Show Chicago (TTSC) from Terrapinn has been held at Navy Pier each Spring for a number of years. That is until the advent of Covid 19, which drove the 2020 version of the event online and pushed the 2021 gathering from the…

Three takeaways from the latest and greatest in crypto from the Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) and Eventus Regulators led off with insights that didn’t put anyone to sleep, a couple of luminaries brought the goods, and I had a random thought that connects Mary Poppins to cryptoasset protocols…

Three takeaways from the latest in a seemingly endless line of crypto events First it was Consensus from Coindesk, then Crypto Connection from Tabb Forum and now it’s time for SaLoDAM 2021 from the Association for Digital Asset Markets (ADAM) and Eventus. …

Three takeaways — and final thoughts — from the final day of #cryptoconnection2021 from Tabb Forum and Global DCA Sponsors in the spotlight, a search for the “white whale” of crypto markets and a look at some of the bizarro world that can be crypto. …

Three takeaways from Tabb Forum’s crypto conference I couldn’t afford a ticket to Miami for the hot-hot-hot Bitcoin conference last weekend so I settled for the next best thing: #cryptoconnection2021 from Tabb Forum and the Global Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Association this week. …

Three takeaways from the fourth and final day of Consensus from Coindesk — plus a few extra thoughts — The fully virtual — and thoroughly consuming — Consensus crypto conference concluded on Thursday and left a chain of burnt-out attendees in it’s wake. With content streams that started at 7 AM CDT and stretched to 10 PM on most nights, the sheer volume of information was overwhelming. When you…

Three takeaways from Coindesk’s BIG crypto conference — The third of four days at Consensus got around to looking at the “big boy” topics of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and payments but a good deal of cypherpunk edge and angst was still on display, at least in the Chat function anyway. …

Three takeaways from day two of the biggest crypto conference in the U.S. — In my experience, the second day of a conference is usually the biggest, most star-packed session but I’m not sure that applies to an online conference. I’m doubly not sure in this case because I’m very not sure that I really understand the crypto world. There: I said it. I’m…