Wells Fargo to Host Bitcoin Event Following Private Summit

Wells Fargo is hosting a public event to discuss bitcoin, a week after it held a private “summit” on the cryptocurrency in San Francisco.

The event is titled ‘Virtual Currency: Viability, Compliance and Direction’ and will take place on 28th January in a conference room at Union Square Ventures, a noted venture capital firm, in New York City. The event is open to the public, but only 60 spaces are available.

Five speakers will each make 15-minute presentations, followed by questions from the audience. The speakers are; Seetha Ramachandran, the deputy chief of the asset forfeiture and money laundering section at the US Department of Justice;Fred Ehrsam, Coinbase co-founder; Jeremy Allaire, who raised $9m for his startup Circle; Albert Wenger, a partner at Union Square Ventures; and Margo Tank, a partner at Bucky Sandler LLP, a law firm that specialises in anti-money laundering and information security cases.

The event is moderated by Jim Richards, an executive vice president who is the bank’s director of financial crimes risk management.