#CryptoJHB - Blockchain/Bitcoin & Initial Coin Offerings (Ticket Holders Will Get R50 in Bitcoin)

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Off the back of three sold out events, the Matt Brown Show in conjunction with Bitcoin Events, Blockchain Academy, Digital Kungfu and Matt Brown Media Group will be holding an exclusive "live show" and networking event in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 12 December covering the Blockchain/Bitcoin & Initial Coin Offerings (ICO's).

The blockchain is the arguably the most disruptive invention since the creation of the Internet itself, but the irony is that many entrepreneurs, startups and business executives do not understand the magnitude of the impact that this technology is going to have on the world as we know it.

So why is this the case? Well, it can replace all processes and business models which rely on a small fee for processing transactions. And that means a revolution is coming, a fundamental shift in the way we do business.

LATEST UPDATE: #CryptoJHB GET'S SUPPORT FROM CRYPTO TRADER AND CNBC AFRICA

We are happy to announce that Ran Neu-Ner, the host of the worlds first and largest cryptocurrency trading show on CNBC Africa will be joining as a panelist for the #CryptoJHB event.?

THE INTERNET OF VALUE

The advent of the Information Age in the 1970s-allowed humanity to progress into a world in which information could flow freely, unhindered by national borders, without the need for intermediaries such as post offices, libraries and universities.

We have now entered an age in which not only information, but value can flow freely without the need for trusted intermediaries such as banks and insurance companies. The technology that has enabled this digital peer-to-peer value-transfer revolution is called Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) or blockchain.

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South Africa's experts on the subject of cryptocurrencies and the blockchain/bitcoin have been assembled for this one of a kind event. The panelists are:

• Lorien Gamaroff (CEO, Bankymoon)
• Farzam Ehsani (Blockchain Lead Rand Merchant Bank)
• Matt Owen (Managing Partner, Caesium Capital)
• Aatish Ramkaran (Johannesburg Stock Exchange)
• Tanya Knowles (Managing Executive, Fractal Solutions)

LORIEN GAMAROFF

As South Africa's foremost blockchain expert, Lorien has been invited around the world to speak on digital currencies and distributed ledgers and their benefits for emerging economies. He has addressed the IMF, World Bank, FBI and Commonwealth Secretariat, the South African Reserve Bank, TEDx and a host of banking professionals and attorney generals throughout the world. He offers insight and guidance to business executives and advises government on blockchain technologies and their implications.

FARZAM EHSANI

Several years ago, in the midst of the Greek debt crisis, soaring gold prices and the credit downgrade of the US federal government, Farzam set out to deepen his knowledge about our fragile global financial system to understand what can be changed so that it can better serve humanity. Over the last few years, this journey has taken Farzam through Rand Merchant Bank’s Global Markets, Group Treasury, Investment Banking, and Private Equity divisions as part of RMB's Class Of programme. He helped establish the Foundery, RMB’s FinTech unit, and is currently FirstRand’s Blockchain Lead.

Farzam also serves as the Chairperson of the South African Financial Blockchain Consortium.  Farzam believes that blockchain technology will be as transformative to our financial system as the internet has been to the world. Farzam previously worked at McKinsey & Company in Johannesburg, Deloitte Consulting in San Francisco, the Baha’i World Centre in Haifa and the United Nations in Nairobi. He studied economics at the University of California – Berkeley.

MATT OWEN 

Representing the private equity and venture capital investment community is Matt Owen who is currently the CEO of Caesium Capital, a blockchain based digital asset investment fund and Clive Butkow is the CEO of is Kalon Venture Partners who invests in and builds a portfolio of high growth technology companies, with innovative business models, geared to existing and emerging institutions and their customers.

TANYA KNOWLES

Tanya is the managing executive of Fractal Solutions which is responsible for the design and development of evolutionary and revolutionary innovation and disruptive technologies, including blockchain / distributed ledger technology.

MATT BROWN

Matt is CEO of Digital Kungfu, Matt Brown Media Group and the host of the Matt Brown Show - a global media platform and podcast that has built a loyal listenership in over 100 countries around the world without spending a cent on advertising. This is the fourth "live" podcast event of it's kind in South Africa.

He has been called South Africa's answer to Tim Ferriss and hates the idea of having his name attached to one of the hottest new media properties in South African business.

Matt’s podcast (The Matt Brown Show), has hosted over 100 billionaires, entrepreneurs and the CEO’s of some of South Africa’s most successful companies; and coupled with building businesses in the UK, US and Europe has given Matt a unique insight into where the future of media is heading and its implications for entrepreneurs.

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