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Monetarium 2
Washington D.C.
June 19-21

This is a gathering for stability geeks interested in making better money.

Plan A: fix the fiat system

Plan B: build a better system

The Gist

If you find Ray Dalio’s view on the US dollar compelling, join us to discuss what to do about it.

If you aren’t familiar already, here’s the thesis in his new book (PDF) and here it is in an animated video.

He’s recently started saying “it’s too late.

See Dalio on “All In” Play Icon

Schedule

Check in at the InterContinental The Wharf

04:00pm

Duration:2 hr

Informal Welcome Dinner and Drinks

06:00pm

Duration:3 hr

Breakfast

08:00

Duration:1 hr

Welcome to Monetarium 2

09:00

Speaker:Nevin Freeman, President, Confusion Capital

Duration:30 min

Evaluating Reserve’s endgame plan: Gold, Bitcoin, or Asset-Backed Currency?

09:30

Speaker:Prof. Larry White, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, author of Better Money: Gold, Fiat, or Bitcoin?

Duration:45 min

Break

10:15

Duration:15 min

What causes reserve currency transitions, and what does that mean for investors today?

10:30

Speaker:Mark Dinner, CIO at ICW, previously co-led Ray Dalio’s investment research team and helped oversee the All Weather Portfolio at Bridgewater.

Duration:45 min

U.S. macroeconomic outlook and leading indicators to watch for the possible decline of the U.S. Dollar

11:15

Speaker:Quinn Thompson, CIO at Lekker Capital and host of the weekly macro podcast Forward Guidance

Duration:45 min

Break

12:00

Duration:15 min

The history of ETFs and lessons for DTFs

12:15

Speaker:Eric Balchunas (Remote) Senior ETF Analyst for Bloomberg, author of The Institutional ETF Toolbox and The Bogle Effect, and co-host of Trillions and ETF IQ

Duration:45 min

Lunch

1:00

Duration:1 hr

Roundtables

02:00

Option 1:Introduction to Reserve for all Skill Levels
Option 2:Open Questions relating to Asset Backed Currencies

Duration:1 hr

Break

03:00

Duration:15 min

Roundtables

03:15

Option 1:Reserve Resource Allocation (RSR Holder only)
Option 2:Forward Guidance live recording

Duration:1 hr

Break

04:15

Duration:15 min

Roundtables

04:30

Option 1:Introduction to the Reserve Index Protocol
Option 2:Macroeconomic Outlook and Discussion

Duration:1 hr

Break

05:30

Duration:30 min

Dinner at Hotel

06:00

Duration:3 hr

Breakfast

08:00

Duration:1 hr

UglyCash Update

09:00

Speakers:Gabriel "Gabo" Jimenez Marron, CEO, Matt Robinson, CTO, Josh Furnas, Strategy and Partnerships, Best Friend Finance

Duration:30 min

ABC Labs – Progress since Monetarium 1

09:30

Speaker:Sean Sadasivan, Head of Product, ABC Labs

Duration:30 min

Break

10:00

Duration:15 min

Fireside chat: A look inside the SEC’s Crypto Taskforce

10:15

Speakers:Michael Selig, Chief Counsel of the SEC Crypto Task Force, and Nevin Freeman, President of Confusion Capital

Duration:30 min

A technical and regulatory scaffolding for bringing tokenized securities into DeFi from The Digital Securities Initiative

10:45

Speaker:Andrew Worth and William “Billy” Sanders, Research and Development Fellows, Confusion Capital

Duration:45 min

Break

11:30

Duration:15 min

TradFi Lessons For DTFs

11:45

Speaker:Prof. Richard Evans, Donald McLean Wilkinson Research Chair and Senior Associate Dean for Research Services and Support at the UVA Darden School of Business

Duration:45 min

Building our way out of here

12:30

Speaker:Nevin Freeman, President, Confusion Capital

Duration:30 min

Lunch

01:00

Duration:1 hr

Roundtables

02:00

Option 1:Discussion on the Digital Securities Initiative tokenized security framework
Option 2:Marketing, Growth, and Retail Adoption of DTFs

Duration:1 hr

Break

03:00

Duration:15 min

Roundtables

03:15

Option 1:Learnings from Research into the Reserve Endgame
Option 2:DTF Governance Discussion

Duration:1 hr

Break

04:15

Duration:15 min

Roundtables

04:30

Option 1:Dragon Portfolio Explainer and Discussion
Option 2:USDi Alternative Approach to Flatcoins

Duration:1 hr

Break and Travel to Dinner (est. 20 minute walk)

05:30

Duration:30 min

Dinner at GATSBY

06:00

Duration:3 hr

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For any inquiries about Monetarium

Please email us at
contact@confusioncapital.com.