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The crypto winter has rocked the sector. But is the underlying technology still up to scratch? As the retail phenomenon that was digital assets turns into an institutional opportunity, are banks overlooking the potential of blockchain in their businesses? Join Financial News for a Barron's Live as we ask former UK chancellor Philip Hammond why he has turned his hand to advising crypto custodian Copper, and what a future digital financial assets market based on blockchain could look like.

When
Monday, October 24, 2022 · 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time (US & Canada) (GMT -4:00)
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Lord Phillip Hammond
Rt Hon The Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Philip has had a distinguished career in British politics as a Member of Parliament from 1997 to 2019. He held a range of Senior cabinet posts, most recently serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2016 to 2019. Prior to this, he served as Foreign Secretary (2014-2016), Defence Secretary (2011- 2014) and Transport Secretary (2010-2011). He was awarded a life peerage by HM The Queen in July 2020.

Before entering Parliament in 1997, Philip had a wide-ranging business career spanning the house-building and property, healthcare equipment and oil and gas sectors.

As Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip focussed on the long-term productivity challenges facing the UK economy and was a strong advocate for the Financial Services sector, and especially for the fast-growing Fintech sector. He championed the cause of SMEs and the need for greater access to long-term growth capital to allow successful British start-ups to scale up in the UK, rather than seeking capital overseas.

Philip is a Senior Adviser to Copper Technologies (UK) Ltd, a company specialising in financial services trading infrastructure.
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Justin Cash
Deputy Editor, Barron's
Justin Cash is online editor at Dow Jones’s Financial News title. He was previously editor of Money Marketing magazine, and has also worked for titles including Legal Week and Citywire.

His work has featured in publications ranging from The Financial Times, The New Statesman, Total Politics and The Independent, to CityAM and The Huffington Post. During his time running Money Marketing, the magazine has won the Headline Money B2B Title of The Year Award. Individually, he has won a James Hay Award and the Personal Finance Awards’ Trade Journalist of the Year Award, and has been shortlisted in the Press Gazette Specialist Media and Santander Media Awards.

Cash graduated with a 2.1 in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Durham University and has a masters in Investigative Journalism from City University, London.