Félix Moreno de la Cova is currently the CFO of Xapo (Gibraltar) Ltd. and was formerly a trader and portfolio manager at Rockflower Trading. He studied law and economics at ICADE in Madrid and has become the most acclaimed and recognised Cryptocurrency lecturers in Spain specialising in Trading; Equities; Equity Trading; Portfolio Management; Technical Analysis; Commodity; FX Options; Bitcoin; Strategy & Mergers. Felix is the author of a book published in 2012 "Blondie Economics" explaining simple economic concepts. He collaborated in several books on the topic, including "Bitcoin: La Moneda del Futuro" (2012) and "Blockchain: La Revolución Industrial de Internet" (2017) as well as participating in several community initiatives like Bitcoin Boulevard (CalleBitcoin) as well as writing for Bitcoin Magazine and a score of other publications. Xapo have raised $40 million from Benchmark, Greylock Partners, Index Ventures, Fortress Investment Group, Ribbit Capital and Emergence Capital Partners and was granted an E-money License by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission on July 10th 2017. They combine the convenience of an everydya Bitcoin Wallet with the security of a deep cold storage vault. The company counts with top advisers Lawrence H. Summers who was the Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton, Dee Hock the founder of Visa responsible for effectively creating payment systems as we know them today and John Reed formerly the Chairman & CEO of Citibank. The event will be held at World Trade Centre Gibraltar with the private space to be confirmed. Arrival: 5.30 pm Drinks & Networking Fireside Chat : 6.15 - 7.00 pm Drinks, Canapes & Networking *Tickets are available online or if not previously purchased door payment will be available. Félix will tell us about how he started his trading days in European Equities and over the years experienced US equities, commodities, currency trading and now cryptocurrencies. He has also founded a number of failed startups in e-commerce and advised and invested in a number of successful ones.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
4:30 PM – 7:00 PM UTC
| Arrival |
| Fireside Chat Felix Moreno de la Cova |
| Drinks, Canapes & Networking |
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