We are participating in three sessions on digital currencies (and Bitcoin) in Amsterdam this month for those interested in joining:
- At the Bitcoin Foundation Conference on May 16, 2014 on a panel discussing anti-money laundering chaired by Adam Shapiro, Director of Promontory Financial Group with:
- Dirk Haubrich, Head of Consumer Protection and Financial Innovation at European Banking Authority;
- Greg Kidd, Chief Risk Officer of Ripple Labs; and
- Juan Llanos, EVP of Unidos.
- At the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists Netherlands on May 15, 2014 discussing policy, regulatory and legal issues related to digital currencies and Bitcoin including insight into the Canadian regime. Co-presenters are:
- Andries Doets, financial regulatory lawyer with Finnius in Amsterdam; and
- Bobby McFaul, law enforcement officer, Fiscale Inlichtingen- en Opsporingsdienst (Fiscal Information and Investigation Service) (FIOD) in Amsterdam.
- At the Dutch Ethereum and Bitcoin Meet-up in Amsterdam on May 14, 2014 with several presenters discussing cutting edge digital currency issues including:
- Peter Todd, Chief Scientist of Mastercoin, who will discuss the Darkweb; and
- Jan Bergstra, Director of Informatics Institute of the University of Amsterdam, who will discuss Bitcoin and Islamic Finance.