Asian Blockchain Week is Coming
The conference named Asian Blockchain Week will be hosted by Singapore from 27 November to 1 December 2018.. Blockchain and cryptocurrencies will be the subject of the conference, and there will be participants from more than 50 countries.. More than 2000 attendees are expected, including over 100 industry leaders and crypto influencers. The event will be held at the Marina Bay Sands Luxury Hotel, one of Singapore’s most beautiful locations. Stanley Yong, CTO of Mas and former Chief Innovation Officer of Mas, Jehan Chu, co-founder and managing partner of Kenetic and co-founder of Social Alpha Foundation, Bobby Lee, BTCC co-founder and board member of Bitcoin Foundation, DFJDragon Fund /Richard Wang, partner of DraperDragon Fund, Remington Ong, partner of Fenbushi Capital, Michael Gu, Blockchain trainer and Founder of Boxmining, Vanessa Cao, former managing director of JRR Crypto and partner of Sora Ventures, China’s media platform 36kr and Named one of the 10 most influential crypto funds by blockchain media platform ODaily, Global Blockchain Innovative Capital has partner Sinhae Lee and many more industry leaders.
One of the most anticipated speakers, Thomas Lee is a co-founder of Fundstrat Global Advisors and a Wall Street analyst with over 25 years of equity research experience.. 1 among top institutional investors every year since 1998. ranks. He was also one of the first “traditional finance” experts to mention Bitcoin and is known for his positive attitude towards cryptocurrencies. and “Bitcoin could explode and end this year much higher.” In his words, he mentioned that the trend in Bitcoin and crypto-currency market will reverse.
The Blockshow team met with Thomas Lee during the BlockShow Americas in Las Vegas and explained why he believes Bitcoin will have a good year next year and an economic prospect soon. He asked if he expected a crisis.
BlockShow: Which crypto currency do you think will be the most profitable next year? Is it one of the well-known cryptos or do you expect new players to take over the market?
Thomas Lee: This is always hard to predict, but the coin with the most growth in active users or I’m sure there will be tokens. In the past year, the top performing cryptocoins (eg.. EOS, XLM, BTC and DOGE) have the best growth in active users. I expect Bitcoin to be at least one of the most profitable cryptocurrencies next year.
BlockShow: When will Bitcoin break out of this long-term bear trend?
Thomas Lee: Bitcoin is preparing for this exit. It found support for mining costs at $6,000, which is neither a profit nor a loss point.
BlockShow: J.P. What do you think of Morgan’s prediction, will the next major financial crisis hit the US economy by 2020? Do you agree?
Thomas Lee: It seems to me that a financial crisis will be inevitable, but the exact timing is quite uncertain.. There is greater pressure today and global central banks have less room to wiggle due to current low rates. However, I do not expect a crisis imminent.
BlockShow: Do you think the entire Asian region could be crypto-friendly in the future?
Thomas Lee: Asia is a region where I expect cryptos to thrive. There are a lot of young people and countries are technically savvy. Also, there are already extensive use cases for cryptocurrencies and digital platforms such as WeChat.
BlockShow: How do you think the events are impacting the blockchain industry?
Thomas Lee : Blockchain is dependent on community support, conferences and events also allow communities to come together.
BlockShow: What are your thoughts on USDT, the USD-indexed stablecoin? What are your expectations?
Thomas Lee: I am comfortable that USDT is backed by US dollars and I have confidence in the Tether team.
BlockShow: What are your expectations from stablecoins?
Thomas Lee: Stablecoin is a new idea and I hope it will be successful.
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