News and Events

On 23 May, Julia Charlton and Anastasia Gordeeva of Charltons, Hong Kong participated at the Russian Blockchain Week 2018. Julia Charlton delivered a speech on “Crypto Regulation in Hong Kong” and also took part as a panelist on “Legalization of cryptocurrencies in Russia and around the world”. The event was held at the Innovation Center Skolkovo. Among main topics were – Cryptocurrency: Investment and trading, Blockchain development: innovations and trend, Financial technologies, Legal practices.

On 22 May, Julia Charlton and Anastasia Gordeeva of Charltons, Hong Kong participated at the International Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Expo in Moscow. Julia Charlton has delivered a speech on “Crypto Regulation in Hong Kong”. Among participants were banks and cryptocurrency exchanges, brokers and investment companies, private investors, insurance, financial and HR organizations, traders, media, software developers, payment systems, law firms.

On 8 and 9 May, Julia Charlton and Anastasia Gordeeva of Charltons, attended the Block O2O and Fintech O2O Global Summits in Hong Kong.
The events were hosted by Nexchange and Cyberport and brought together over 1,500 of the world’s blockpreneurs, financiers, engineers, tokenomists, regulators and visionaries. The perspectives of the Blockchain ecosystem of the world were discussed by the representatives of over 30 countries.

On 28-29 April, Anastasia Gordeeva of Charltons, Hong Kong took part as a speaker at the International Crypto Conference for Women in Moscow.
Over 200 women at the Conference Hall and over 3,000 women online. As a result of the successfully held conference a lot of women got interested in Blockchain technologies and its implementation in our future lives. The organizer of the event has announced an establishment of the International Crypto Lady Association.

Charltons’ lawyers Julia Charlton and Kim Larkin participated in the “ICOs – Moving Forward on Best Practices” seminar held by the University of Hong Kong (HKU), Hong Kong Securities and Investment Institute and the Asian Institute of International Financial Law on 24 March 2018 at HKU. Key focus areas were the need for legal/regulatory clarity around ICOs, investor protection and development of best practices.

Anastasia Gordeeva of Charltons, Hong Kong took part as a speaker at the Global Blockchain Summit 2018 in Sochi, Russia. Among these speakers were Sam Lee (Founder&CEO of the Blockchain Centre of Hong Kong), Juwan Lee (Founder & CEO NEXCHANGE), Professor Qu Wenbo (The Belt & Road Blockchain Cooperation & Education Alliance).