Title: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: JSEcoin on April 20, 2018, 02:55:37 PM The Blockchain Expo just took place at the London Olympia. It was a two day event with about 4000 attendees. We enjoyed the show and done this summary.
Overall the show was good. Some of the presenters were a bit pitchy and were just doing self-promotion rather than offering any interesting content to their presentations (this may have been because we only had the free passes which gave access to half the presentations). Both the impromptu and formal meetings we had were very productive and we came away really pleased and excited for the future. And finally some photos from the exhibition. https://jsecoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_20180419_142340-1024x768.jpg https://jsecoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_20180419_142352-1024x768.jpg https://jsecoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_20180418_112620-1024x768.jpg https://jsecoin.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MVIMG_20180418_091121-1024x768.jpg Full blog post at: https://jsecoin.com/takeaways-from-the-blockchain-expo/ (https://jsecoin.com/takeaways-from-the-blockchain-expo/) Did anyone else attend enjoy the show? Anything we missed or you could add? Title: Re: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: seoincorporation on April 20, 2018, 05:54:52 PM I am very far from London, but I wish I could be there.
Just one question: Was there any discussion regarding the tax matters? Or related to regulations about crypto? I am really interested in how are they managing the regulations discuss in such kind of events!! Title: Re: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: JSEcoin on April 21, 2018, 04:58:39 AM Hi SEOincorporation,
There wasn't as much talk as you'd expect about UK regulations. Most conversation was focused on security vs utility tokens and the SEC in the US. The SEC is viewing that the vast majority of crypto projects should be classed as securities and that would require registration with the SEC to sell them. I heard a rumor that some of the big Silicon Valley VC firms including Andreessen Horowitz had a meeting with SEC officials to complain that the regulation will hurt the development of blockchain tech in the US. I heard this 3rd hand so may or may not be true. Also the SEC wants limits put on how much individuals can invest during ICO's and also a ban on reselling tokens as intermediaries. Not sure how this will play out but the vast majority of ICO's are now whitelisting with a "I am not from China or the US" tick box. Regarding tax in the UK I believe that crypto assets will fall under capital gains tax and be due when converted back into fiat currency. The inland revenue (our tax collector) is understaffed and ineffective so I think it will be at investors discretion as to what they declare for the foreseeable future. Title: Re: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: seoincorporation on April 21, 2018, 03:05:37 PM Hi SEOincorporation, There wasn't as much talk as you'd expect about UK regulations. Most conversation was focused on security vs utility tokens and the SEC in the US. The SEC is viewing that the vast majority of crypto projects should be classed as securities and that would require registration with the SEC to sell them. I heard a rumor that some of the big Silicon Valley VC firms including Andreessen Horowitz had a meeting with SEC officials to complain that the regulation will hurt the development of blockchain tech in the US. I heard this 3rd hand so may or may not be true. Also the SEC wants limits put on how much individuals can invest during ICO's and also a ban on reselling tokens as intermediaries. Not sure how this will play out but the vast majority of ICO's are now whitelisting with a "I am not from China or the US" tick box. Regarding tax in the UK I believe that crypto assets will fall under capital gains tax and be due when converted back into fiat currency. The inland revenue (our tax collector) is understaffed and ineffective so I think it will be at investors discretion as to what they declare for the foreseeable future. Hi, thanks for answering. Yes, I think we all quite fall from a regulation regarding the taxes and such stuff. Taking a look at the US Economic Report: https://www.congress.gov/115/crpt/hrpt596/CRPT-115hrpt596.pdf (chapter 9), the ICOs watch seems to be in action by now, and appears to be one of the principal concerns, contrary of the taxes and other considerations, which seems to be in a very initial phase. Nevertheless, the scamming activity of many ICOs is an urgent matter. I'm glad they are into it. Title: Re: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: BitcoinNational on April 21, 2018, 07:42:19 PM Was it the first edition? I would love attend to the next expo.
I see that there was a government there, from Andhra, do they have a special regulation about crypto? :) Title: Re: London Blockchain Expo With Photos Post by: DaveMallettJSE on April 22, 2018, 04:44:25 PM It was our first visit to the event, but I believe it also took place last year at least. Next years dates for London are already released as 25-26th April 2019. There are also events being held in Amsterdam and the US later this year.
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