Chicago 2024 - DA

Alpha + Capital

Starting @ 2PM

October 15-16, 2024

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BattleFin Presents: The First-Ever Digital Asset Discovery Day Chicago!

BattleFin Digital Asset Discovery Day brings together top traditional hedge funds, VC's, PE firms, capital allocators, and crypto native hedge funds to explore Alpha + Capital. BattleFin brings crypto leaders together in New York City to discuss and debate key topics, 2024 price targets, custodian relationships and what catalysts 2024 will hold. 

For alpha-seekers and investment funds BattleFin leads the industry in:

  • New Data Providers

  • New Product Announcements

  • New Insights

Prepare yourself, alpha-seekers and investment funds, for an exclusive opportunity to engage in BattleFin's meticulously curated One-on-One meeting format. This innovative approach allows you to make the most of your valuable time by connecting directly with digital asset data providers. Imagine it as a captivating blend of speed dating and a quest for capital + alpha!

Register now to secure your spot and join us in Chicago on October 15 - 16th, 2024 at BattleFin's Digital Asset Discovery Day!

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PREVIOUS AGENDA

Alpha + Capital

Intrepid: Great Hall

DAY 1: May 21st, 2024

46th St & Westside Highway

1:30PM 

Registration Opens

Welcome Center

2:00PM

Keynote & Welcome

The Future of Money: Next Gen Infrastructure and FinTech Innovation

Background & Opening Remarks
Cloud Innovations
AI in, everything?
Data Sourcing and Strategy moving forward

SPEAKERS

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Jon Najarian
Co-Founder
Najarian Family Office

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Marc LoPresti

Co-Founder

BattleFin
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2:20PM

Digitizing Real World Assets: Equal and Open Participation

The potential benefits of tokenizing real world assets (liquidity, efficiency, cost reductions, democratization).
The challenges of tokenizing real world assets (fragmentation, interoperability, lack of standardization, regulation).
The current state of play, including the different types of assets that have been or could be tokenized and the infrastructure being used.
The future of the tokenization of real world assets, including the potential impact on trading, financial sector and the wider economy.

SPEAKERS

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Henry Zhang
Founder & CEO
DigiFT

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Colin Cunningham
Head of Tokenization
Chainlink Labs

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Paola Origel
Co-Founder & CEO
Hyla Fund Management

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Chris King
BD & Ventures, Digital Assets
Flow Traders

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2:55PM

Transforming Asset Management, VC Perspective: Reduce Risk and Boost Efficiency

DeFi Opportunities
Refining the Due Diligence process
End-to-End Security and Cyber protection
Institutional Staking
Trends in Consumer Crypto
Collateral Management
Wallet Segregation and New Technologies

SPEAKERS

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Brett Shear
Partner
Palm Tree Crypto

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Rob Hadick
General Partner
Dragonfly

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Carl Hua
General Partner
Reforge

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Anjan Vinod
Principal
ParaFi

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3:30PM

Macro Events and Catalysts for Market Participants

ETF filings and what it means (or doesn't) for the industry
Price Discovery, the never ending enigma
Exchange competition and new market entries
New ways of creating value for investors?

SPEAKERS

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Jennifer Sanasie
Lead Anchor, Producer
CoinDesk

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Jason Zhang
Founder & Co-Portfolio Manager
Factor6 Capital

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Itai Anter
Co-Founder
Reflexive Capital

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Wilfred Daye
Co-Founder & CEO
Samara Alpha Management

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4:05PM - 5:00PM

Interactive Round Tables and Private Meetings

ROUNDTABLE 1

Evolving Institutional Landscape: Options Markets Heating Up

HOST

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Sam Andrew

PM

North Island Ventures

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Matthew Miller

Head of Capital Formation

Hivemind

 

ROUNDTABLE 2
Capital Allocation: Where is the money going?
HOST

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Giovanni De Francisci

Family Office Manager/ Partner

Petschek Trust

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Chris Ransdell

CEO

Giodell Syndication

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Marcus Martin

CEO

Martin Energy Group

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ROUNDTABLE 3

Market (Micro) Structure: Trailblazers and Troublemakers

HOST

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Quinn Thompson

Founder, CIO

Lekker Capital

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5:00PM

Networking Cocktail Party, Sponsored by Giodell & Altinad


Intrepid: Great Hall

Day 2: May 22nd, 2024

46th St & Westside Highway

2:00PM

Market Access <> Liquidity: Predicting and Managing Volatility

Liquidity Pools
The impact of market sentiment
Regional variance in regulation
Preferred Access for high volume firms
Automated Market Making
OTC opportunities
Next Frontiers

SPEAKERS

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Thomas Chladek

Managing Director at FORTEUS

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Laura Vidiella
Head of BD & Strategy
MNNC Group

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Naveen Choudary
Founder & Managing Partner
Stoka Global Management

 

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Nauman Sheikh
MD, Head of Treasury Management for Blockchain Protocols and Crypto Derivatives Trading
Wave Digital Assets

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2:35PM

Data and AI Revolution: Creating an Institutional Standard

How important is Data Sourcing? What role will AI play?
Integrating real-time and historical market data
Key differentiators between data in traditional markets vs. crypto markets
Quantitative tools for pricing and assessing risk
Charting and Analytics
Reliable Blockchain Data & Cross-Chain Visibility

SPEAKERS

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Nirmal Krishnan

Head of Engineering

Artemis Analytics

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Philip Bonello

Managing Partner

Plaintext Capital

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Jacob Swambo

Head of Research

Silver8 Capital

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Adam Guren
CIO
Hunting Hill

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3:10PM

Build and Buy?: What Infrastructure will be key?

Market (Micro) Structure: Fee's Tick Size, Sophisticated Order Routing
Accessing ALL Liquidity: CEXs, LP's, DEXs, how important is it?
DeFi protocols and TVL management
Wallet Segregation and New Technologies
Latest advancements in Portfolio Management and Risk Control
Automated pricing feeds, Market Neutrality and Trade Lifecycle
BestEx, TCA, Alpha Capture, and Increased Transparency

SPEAKERS

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Joshua Lim

Co-Founder

Arbelos Markets

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Felipe Montealegre

Co-Founder

Theia

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Bentzi Rabi

Founder

Utila

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Andy Kangpan

Partner

MetaLayer

 

3:45PM

Current Capital Raising Environment in US

Tracking investor money flow, what strategies are attracting capital
Innovative Fund of Fund opportunities
Liquid vs. illiquid investing
Institutional Staking, Risk vs Reward
What is your Due Diligence process, how has it changed post FTX?
DeFi vs CeFi SMA's

SPEAKERS

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Chris Ransdell

CEO

Giodell Syndication

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Nanda Sandilya

CEO

BH Ventures

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Jeff Diedenhofen

CEO & Co-Founder

ALTINAD

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Giovanni De Francisci

Family Office Manager/ Partner

Petschek Trust

4:15PM - 5:00PM

Interactive Round Tables and Private Meetings

ROUNDTABLE 1

Integrating AI and Machine Learning in Systematic Trading

HOST

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Seattle Smith

Founder

Baus Capital

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ROUNDTABLE 2
Latest in DeFi : Moving Towards an On-Chain World?
HOST

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Gabriel Coleman

Head of DeFi

Hashnote

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ROUNDTABLE 3

Fund Flows: Emerging Strategies Attracting Capital

HOST

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Maximilian Pace

CEO

Animus Technologies

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5:45PM

Networking Cocktail Party

8:00PM

VIP Dinner

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