This special episode is a recording of the closing fireside chat I had at Consensus: Invest, titled “Financial Products: 2019 and Beyond,”  with Jan Van Eck, president and CEO of the Van Eck Securities Corporation, and Mike Belshe, cofounder and CEO of BitGo. During the talk, we discuss SEC chairman Jay Clayton’s comments earlier that day that the main barrier to a Bitcoin ETF was market manipulation. We dive into how well the problem of custody has been solved for potential financial products, and what the entrance of Bakkt and Fidelity could mean for the space in 2019.

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Thank you to Consensus: Invest for inviting me to moderate! https://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-invest-2018/agenda

Van Eck: https://www.vaneck.com

BitGo: https://bitgo.com

The comments with SEC chairman Jay Clayton that we reference at the beginning: https://www.coindesk.com/sec-jay-clayton-consensus-invest-video

An article on what he said: https://www.coindesk.com/clayton-sec-ico-funding-security-offering