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Friday, October 19th 2018 - Blockchain Beach attended StartEngine Summit: Tokenizing the World in Santa Monica with the focus on security tokens and equity crowdfunding. Our recap of the conference highlights is below. Also, video of the event is available, but it doesn't include some the morning keynote speeches. The day begun with a keynote from former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Christopher Cox: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053327927209713664 He explained the "highly decentralized" nature of the SEC: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053322950101762048 And urged US regulators to take the "Do No Harm" approach on blockchain regulation: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053326219645599744 Next, the conference turned to a panel on Stablecoins: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053330939093209088 There was a question about Tether, which had some volatility this week: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053334225095581696 The next panel looked at investment strategies and featured Evercoin founder Miko Matasumura and Autonomous Partners’ Ariana Simpson: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053403726759645184 Simpson shared a viewpoint about whether or not startups need a token: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053408214698483712 The focus then shifted to Global Investments: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053434607352201218 Genesis Founder David Siemer has traveled the world and has learned a lot about global regulations: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053440437220851712 The closing keynote was given by Charles Hoskinson, founding member of Ethereum and IOHK (Cardano): https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053448328522850304 He had some strong words about Ethereum: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053450422386483205 But also an optimistic view of what Blockchain technology will bring: https://twitter.com/blockchainbeach/status/1053452691672682496 Based on what we learned today, we are well on our way to "tokenizing the world!" To watch a stream of the entire conference, you can find it here.