Please Join Us: Crypto Regs, Philip Rosedale on Bits Live! Moonbeam CEO Derek Yoo @Web3 Lunch in Boston! Discord Activities!
Bits of Signum 03.01.22
Good afternoon, On Thursday March 3rd at 11am ET, Bill Rockwood, Executive Director of the Future Forum in the US House of Representatives and I will be fielding questions about crypto regulation from my former partner, CEO and Chairman of Signum Global Advisors, Charles Myers - see below for RSVP + details. Separately, a couple of exciting events coming up - Philip Rosedale, Creator of the OG metaverse, Second Life, in the metaverse @Signum ARK Gallery on March 10th, a Web3 brainstorm lunch with Moonbeam’s Derek Yoo in Boston on March 23rd, and finally, please let me know if you will be in London next week on March 7-8th.
****NEW NEWS from DISCORD**** On Discord’s website on last Wednesday 2/23, we picked up another clue on the potential for future monetization.
As an experiment, Discord has introduced “Activities” which will be accessible in beta. Anyone on a desktop in the voice channel of these servers can join and play games instantly inside Discord! Currently, users can play at least one activity for free - some activities will require server Boosts to unlock, and some Activities will have in-app purchases available as well. The company has said that the feature will change a lot over the coming months and has asked for feedback, in advance of rolling the feature out broadly.
This appears to be a totally new opportunity that has been created. This feature could increase sales of their current product, Nitro, because it would require “Boosts”, which could be presented as a premium feature for servers. Enabling in-app purchases on these Activities opens up another avenue for industry revenue growth (see: App Store / Play Store).
Here is a screenshot of one of the games -
The Coming Crypto Regulation in Washington
A Conference Call with:
Bill Rockwood
Executive Director, Future Forum
Deputy Legislative Director, Congressman Darren Soto (FL-09)
Angie Dalton
CEO & Founder
Signum Growth Capital
Charles Myers
Chairman & Founder
Signum Global Advisors
Regulatory update: what comes next
Crypto climate: marketing, lobbying & attitudes of policymakers
Defining tokens: securities vs. commodities; SEC vs. CFTC
Industry trends & Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DOAs)
Signum: After delays and congressional inaction, administration’s crypto regulations coming
Thursday, March 3
11:00am ET / 4:00pm GMT / 5:00pm CET
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Bill Rockwood is the Executive Director of the Future Forum & Deputy Legislative Director for Representative Darren Soto of Florida’s 9th District. As a Congressional Staffer, Bill originated and drafted a variety of bills/amendments/appropriations requests with a particular focus on issues related to technology, finance, and the environment. Bill also serves as the principal policy advisor to Representative Soto as Co-Chair of the Congressional Blockchain Caucus.
During the 115th, 116th, & 117th Congressional sessions, Bill drafted over 25 pieces of introduced legislative, having two bills and 9 amendments signed into law, and over 100 legislative requests language that made it into final FY19-FY21 appropriations packages, including those related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, and coral reef restoration. This includes two blockchain and digital assets bills that recently passed the House of Representatives.
Bill is a graduate of Rollins College with an undergraduate degree in philosophy, the Crummer School of Business Administration with a Masters of Business Administration, and the Georgetown University Law Center with a Juris Doctorate and a Masters of Laws (LL.M.) in Securities and Financial Regulation. Bill also played four-years of collegiate tennis and was a professional tennis instructor prior to attending law school.
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Angela Dalton founded Signum Growth Capital in 2018 to focus on the intersection of video gaming and other mass market culture with NFTs and Bitcoin in a new internet – Web3.0. She served as a Managing Director for three investment banking firms - UBS, Evercore and Guggenheim Partners - and has over 20 years of experience. At Evercore, she was an initial investor and Co-Founder of the Equities business in 2010. Current Lead Advisor Roles: ARK Invest (US), Web3 Foundation (Switzerland), MyNFT (UK). Current Advisory Boards: Mythical Games, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance. Venture Partner: Griffin Gaming Partners. Education: The University of Kansas (BS, BA), The University of Chicago (MBA).
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Charles Myers, Chairman of Signum Global Advisors, has over 20 years of US political and electoral experience advising candidates in Presidential, Senate, House of Representatives and Gubernatorial and Mayoral races, including Hillary Clinton for President 2016. He also has 25 years of experience in global financial markets.
As Chairman, Charles works with financial institutions and multi-national businesses to anticipate and assess policy agendas and announcements. Areas of expertise include US foreign policy and the implications of the Trump presidency in the US, Europe and Asia. Charles also fore casts global trade policy and energy dynamics.
Formerly Vice Chairman of Evercore ISI, he was the Founding Partner & Head of the Institutional Equities business. Prior to that, Charles served as Global Head of Equities and Board Member of Fox-Pitt, Kelton. Charles has a BA from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a post-graduate M. Phil degree from Cambridge University in England.