The Future of US-China Tech Relations: Blockchain, Crypto, and Central Bank Digital Currency

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM US Eastern Time

            Vanderbilt Hall, Room 214

Lunch will be provided

Co-sponsor: Guarini Global Law & Tech

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About the event

How is China regulating data, blockchain, and the emerging Web3? China’s regulatory approach is based on “cyber sovereignty.” The government actively promotes blockchain technology and has advanced plans for a sovereign digital currency, while also strictly prohibiting crypto mining and trading. With respect to the latest Web3 and metaverse developments, China’s tech companies are working on a “token-less” metaverse ecosystem with unique Chinese characteristics.

Using blockchain and CBDC as examples, we will explore China’s latest innovation policy and the post-20th Party Congress US-China tech race, from AI and semiconductor chips to quantum computing and electric cars. Winston Ma, the author of Blockchain and Web3: Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse, will discuss these questions with Maria Adele Carrai, co-editor of The China Questions 2 – Critical Insights into US-China Relations.

About the speaker

Winston Wenyan Ma is an adjunct professor of law at NYU Law School as well as an investor, attorney, and author in the global digital economy. He is a co-founder and managing partner of CloudTree Ventures, a seed to early growth stage venture capital firm empowering interactive entertainment companies. He is the board chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC.  His latest book Blockchain and Web3: Building the Cryptocurrency, Privacy, and Security Foundations of the Metaverse was released by Wiley in September 2022.  

About the discussant

Maria Adele Carrai is an assistant professor of global China studies at NYU Shanghai and an associate at NYU Law School.

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