Stablecoins for Financial Advisors – Grayscale – 5.18.23

Summary:

Now On Demand

Stablecoins represent a meaningful and integral part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In this webinar, Grayscale’s Investor Solutions team will provide a three-part fireside chat around stablecoins – starting with a history and overview, then discussing recent growth and developments, and ending with a deeper dive into the various stablecoin designs, including the benefits and tradeoffs of each.

Financial advisors will be able to develop a deeper understanding of the crypto ecosystem by diving into stablecoins specifically – and should leave the webinar with an ability to differentiate the various stablecoin designs and the attributes of each.

Speakers:

Brooke Stoddard is a VP on the Investor Solutions Team at Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest crypto asset manager with over $20 billion in assets under management (as of 2/28/2023). Since joining Grayscale in 2019, Brooke has educated financial advisors, institutional investors, and high net worth investors about the digital currency asset class and helped to raise billions of dollars in new capital into Grayscale products. Prior to joining Grayscale, Brooke was a private wealth advisor at Goldman Sachs, where he advised institutional and high net worth investors on asset allocation strategies and portfolio management. Brooke earned his Bachelor of Arts in History from Princeton and his MBA from Wharton at the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Zhao works on the research team at Grayscale Investments. Since joining Grayscale, Zhao has contributed to a number of research reports ranging from high level macro analysis to deeper dives into how certain protocols work. Prior to joining Grayscale, Michael worked at a real estate private equity fund focused on acquiring and managing multifamily assets across the US. Michael earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance and Accounting from Georgetown University.