Stellar, DSTOQ, Bloqhouse + Tempo in Malta: An Exploration Into Security Tokens

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Meeting Room Venus on Level 8 in the InterContinental Hotel Malta - St George`s Bay, St Julians, St Julian's STJ 3310, Malta

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The financial services industry and cryptocurrency markets are rapidly changing and security tokens are the next natural step in their evolution. Security tokens offer a variety of features, hold intrinsic value and the potential to yield tremendous returns, which make its corresponding use cases so unique. As we head into the future, the demand for security tokens as a new financial instrument is expected to rise. Security tokens will revolutionize the way both traditional and crypto market investors view investment.

DSTOQ is hosting this meetup during the Malta Blockchain Summit on the evening of October 31, 2018 withStellar and Bloqhouse to present the latest technological, regulatory and compliance frameworks surrounding security tokens.

We will be serving drinks, including wine and beer.

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19:00-19:30: Attendee arrival, check-in
19:30-20:15: Keynote presentations
20:15-21:00: Panel discussion
21:00-22:00: Networking hour

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DSTOQ (www.dstoq.com) is one of the world's first licensed stock exchanges giving individuals, especially in emerging markets, the opportunity to invest in and trade real-world assets that we tokenize on our platform. Investors are able to diversify their portfolios without ever leaving the token economy. High-speed and scalable transactions allow investors to buy assets much quicker and much simpler for a fraction of traditional transaction fees. We will also help companies raise money by facilitating STOs with the creation of their security tokens and a platform for them to be traded. DSTOQ is built on top of the Stellar blockchain.

Inter/stellar (https://interstellar.com/), part of Stellar (https://www.stellar.org/), will make it easy for developers and enterprises to leverage Stellar as a platform to build novel financial products and services. Stellar is a decentralized platform that connects banks, payments systems, and people, allowing for the integration and movement of money quick, reliable, and at almost no cost. The team is based in San Francisco, CA.

Bloqhouse (https://bloqhouse.com/) has developed a white-label tokenization solution for fund managers. The platform is legally compliant (EU) and includes a KYC-module, fiat payments and a trading module based on the Stellar DEX. By utilizing the latest technologies, the costs of managing investors and assets will decrease dramatically for fund managers. Bloqhouse aims to become the go-to tokenization and trading platform for real assets within the European Union.

Tempo (https://tempo.eu.com/) is a in international money transfer, money and crypto exchange company. It offers online, offline and crypto remittances to nearly 100 countries.

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DSTOQ: Craig Mc Gregor, Co-founder and CEO

Craig fuses his experience in the traditional financial services sector as both a manager of a portfolio of +30 companies worth ~$600m and as equities analyst at Bloomberg with his belief that the time is now right for businesses to take the leap onto the blockchain.

Interstellar: Boris Reznikov, Director of Partnerships

Boris runs the Asset Issuance business at Interstellar. In this capacity, Boris seeks to usher in a new era of tokenized securities and to foster an ecosystem that is home to a diverse array of high quality assets.

Bloqhouse: Tim Rutgers, Co-founder

Tim is responsible for business development and partnerships. With his professional background in business and IT, peer-to-peer technologies attracted his attention many years ago. He strongly believes that tokenization of assets has the potential to democratize the financial world.

Tempo: Anthony Barker, CTO

Anthony is a blockchain entrepreneur and crypto influencer with more than 20 years of experience in the field of IT, banking, trading and fintech.