Crypto Invest Summit: Day 1 Recap

Blockchain Beach attended Day 1 of the largest Crypto event in Los Angeles. Read below for some highlights or you can see the full set of our live tweets here.

The opening Keynote came from Hashgraph CEO, Mance Harmon. He had a surprising quote:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991351392282460162

The following was a fireside chat with investor Tim Draper and his son Adam (also an investor):

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991357810980995072

Tim had a lot to say about government regulation:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991359888331714562

And the current state of heavily regulated industries:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991360885829517312

Adam chimed in with his thoughts about investing in startups and how company structure is not the defining characteristic:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991362204132827136

In the first full panel of the day, a number of Blockchain investors weighed in on the state of the industry:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991367718656864256

The always interesting Jeremy Gardner, of Augur and Ausum Ventures, questioned the idea of a Crypto "Hedge" Fund:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991368065311952896

Moderator of the panel, and one of the Crypto Invest Summit Organizers, Wavemaker Genesis's Alon Goren gave us perspective on the potential token market:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991369793583202305

And back to Jeremy, don't ignore both the risks and benefits of Airdrops:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991372535802441728

The following panel was a fireside chat between DNA Fund/Wavemaker's Scott Walker talking to Abra CEO Bill Barhydt:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991381072955899904

Did you know that ANY customer service is the top rated customer service in the Blockchain industry?

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991384790409490432

Abra will allow you to lock in a USD value of your Digital Currency:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991388846091780096

And in some countries, you can exchange funds and not get taxed using their system (not in the US, sorry):

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991389299282141185

There has been a lot of talk about whether there should be "Women in Blockchain" panels versus just having more women during other panels. However, we still saw a world class group of women today:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991390194132660224

Tavonia may have created Guapcoin for the African American community, but that doesn't mean Blockchain is for everyone:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991395607766958080

But it is for some:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991397929997905920

And in case you still think you've missed the boat, you haven't:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991394158496497664

The Beyond the ICO Hype panel had a timeline of US Regulatory Action. Recent quotes from SEC Chairman Clayton don't sound as scary as his previous ones:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991415231673847808

The most fiery panel of the day came from a panel of Crypto Investors, plus one entrepreneur (guess who had the most exciting quotes):

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991418096685477888

As one of the investors used soundbites to preach regulatory caution, David Bleznak shot back with passion:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991425468325769216

and:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991429087850741760

To end the day, we got to hear about the Asian Markets and their impact:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991473554704089088

For long time investors, a difficult shift in mindset is necessary to think about this new asset class:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991474355333812224

And finally, don't diss Satoshi:

https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/991476160012824577

Follow us on Twitter and check back tomorrow for a recap of Day 2!

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