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Inside Bitcoins Conference Adds Virtual Currency Regulatory Panel
Learn about Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Bitcoin Businesses
Mediabistro announced that James White, Director, Tax Issues at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, has joined the panel Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Virtual Currency Businesses at its upcoming Inside Bitcoins conference on July 30 in New York City.
Mr. White’s bio from the IRS is below:
Mr. White is a Director at GAO responsible for work on IRS, tax administration and tax policy. He has held this position since July 1998. Previous positions at GAO include Associate Director and Acting Chief Economist. Mr. White joined GAO is 1990 from Hamilton College where he was an Associate Professor in the economics department, teaching public finance. Prior positions include faculty appointments at Williams College and New York University, plus a Senior Fellowship with the Rockefeller Institute of Government. Mr. White has a Ph.D. in economics, with a concentration in public finance, from Columbia University. He has a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Virtual currencies, like Bitcoin, are driving innovation and new business models. This panel will help technology companies building Bitcoin software learn about the bounds of financial regulation.
Additional panel speakers include Jerry Brito, Senior Research Fellow at Mercatus Center of George Mason University, Jacob S. Farber, Senior Counsel at Perkins Coie LLP, Chris Larsen, CEO and Co-founder of OpenCoin, Greg Schvey, Managing Editor of The Genesis Block, and Ryan Singer, President and COO of Tradehill.
Enter On Bitcoin’s discount code: ONBC to save 15% on your conference pass. For the best rates, register before July 11.
NYC’s Inside Bitcoins Conference Attracts Leading Experts
NYC’s Inside Bitcoins Conference Attracts Leading Experts
Explore the future of virtual currency and bitcoin with industry thought leaders from Bitcoin Foundation, BitPay, and Tradehill at the Inside Bitcoins Conference, July 30 in New York City.
Attendees will discuss what business and investment opportunities, as well as legal issues, exist in this emerging field. Don’t delay– prices increase next week.
You’ll hear from 20 bitcoin experts on topics including The VC Take on Bitcoin, Bitcoin Boom: The Business Adoption of Bitcoin, Bitcoin and Freedom of Speech, Rethinking Content Monetization with Bitcoin, Legal and Regulatory Issues Facing Virtual Currency Businesses, and more. View the full program here.
The event will also feature AlphaPoint and CoinMKT as exhibitors, and the evening’s drinks reception provides the ideal forum to network with like-minded peers. Developers, entrepreneurs, investors, finance professionals, bankers, consultants, lawyers, security solution providers, data and payment processors, and online retailers will all be present.
Charlie Shrem, Vice Chairman, Bitcoinfoundation.org and Chief Executive Officer of BITINSTANT, will deliver the keynote presentation, while additional speakers include Tuur Demeester, Author of MacroTrends, Chris Larsen, CEO & Co-Founder of OpenCoin, Jared Kenna, Founder & CEO of Tradehill, and Manu Sporny, Founder & CEO of Digital Bazaar. View the full speaker list.
This conference is one of the first to allow attendees to pay for tickets in bitcoin. Each registrant will also receive a bitcoin paper wallet with a 0.01 bitcoin.
Enter On Bitcoin’s discount code: ONBC to save 15% on your conference pass. For the best rates, register before July 11.
