Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

Farzam Ehsani

Farzam is the CEO and Co-founder of VALR.com, Africa's largest crypto exchange, that allows customers to buy, sell, store and transfer one of the widest selections of cryptocurrencies. He was previously the Blockchain Lead at Rand Merchant Bank and the FirstRand Group, and was the inaugural Chairperson of the South African Financial Blockchain Consortium. He previously worked at McKinsey & Company in Johannesburg, Deloitte Consulting in San Francisco, the Baha'i World Centre in Haifa, and the United Nations in Nairobi. He studied economics at the University of California - Berkeley.


Session

01-26
09:30
20min
Integration versus Disintegration: Bitcoin Adoption And Human Progress
Farzam Ehsani

Beyond the basics of Bitcoin, in this talk Farzam Ehsani speaks to the broader theme of disintegration and integration unfolding at every level of society, while exploring the emergence of Bitcoin, the significance, and how VALR is working to support its adoption and contribute to human progress.

Machankura Stage