We're Taking Over Las Vegas
We Took Over Las Vegas
In-person, Las Vegas, NV. Online, Worldwide. Dec. 9-11, 2021.
Real Vision and MGM Resorts have joined forces to host a groundbreaking event on the biggest revolution since the internet: blockchain.
At the iconic MGM Grand in Las Vegas, we’ll be exploring blockchain’s present and future… how it’s touching almost every industry and transforming our lives — and we’re still only in the early days.
The Takeover will be a big event with big names and even bigger ideas. The current price of bitcoin will probably be discussed during lunch, but rarely on stage…
And the After-Dark Takeover will bring the community together with parties in some of Las Vegas’ most celebrated venues (and bring the house down).
Featured Speakers...
Here are just 6 of the rock stars joining us live in Las Vegas — featured speakers updated regularly.
Raoul Pal
With the Cayman Islands’ closing its borders for much of the last 18 months, having the CEO and co-founder of Real Vision on the ground in Vegas wasn’t a done deal… but now it is. Raoul will be hosting and joining several chats onstage and at parties…
Micah Johnson
The creator of “Aku Dreams” will be joining us in Las Vegas for a special panel hosted by Delphi Digital’s Kevin Kelly. Buckle up for a fascinating discussion on building a Web 3.0 native media company, how it will transform the media landscape, and what it means for us as the audience.
Timbaland
The multi-platinum Grammy-winning super-producer was recently ranked by Billboard Number 3 on a list of the 50 greatest producers of the 21st century. He has launched his own NFT series, Opera Noir, and he’ll be talking about the future of music ownership and more.
Bill Tai
Perianne Boring
Perianne is the founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world’s largest trade association representing the blockchain industry. She’ll be joining Caitlin Long to discuss regulations (and a few more surprises)…
Caitlin Long
When you want someone to discuss, predict, and strategize on the state of crypto regulation on a state level… you want Caitlin Long, founder and CIO of Avanti Financial Group. She’ll be joined by Perianne Boring, founder and president of the Chamber of Digital Commerce.
The Experience
Extraordinary experiences. Iconic venues. Rule-breaking content with big names.
After-dark parties and dinners. The in-person experience in Las Vegas will be unforgettable…
(For Covid protocols, see here.)
As the in-person numbers are strictly limited and because we want to give everyone the chance to join us, The Takeover will be a truly hybrid experience — with unlimited virtual passes.
Join Us in Las Vegas...
(Limited Availability)
General Admission Pass
$3,500
$3,000
There are just 400 General Admission tickets available in total — and not many left.
Real Vision members: please check your email for your unique additional discount code.
Your Pass includes:
The Takeover Sessions: Full access to general sessions and keynotes, General Admission breakout sessions, and breakfast and lunches on December 10 and 11.
The MGM Grand Takeover: Attendees have access to an excellent rate at the main event venue, The MGM Grand. Details on how to take advantage of this rate will be delivered by email.
On-the-Ground Community Access: Every attendee will be invited to a special Takeover Discord group to facilitate meetings, drinks, and parties.
Post-Event Access: It’s going to be a packed 3 days, but don’t worry about missing a thing – a complete Virtual Pass is included in your access.
The Takeover After-Dark: Your Early Adopter Pass includes access to a welcome party on Night One, plus the Final Party and After Party on Saturday, December 11.
VIP Pass
Strictly limited to 50
$15,000
With just 50 VIP Passes available, this gives you the next level of access and experience at The Takeover.
Your VIP Pass includes:
The Takeover Sessions: Full access to general sessions and keynotes, VIP breakout sessions, and lunches and private VIP breakfasts on December 10 and 11.
The NoMad Takeover: A suite at the NoMad is included in your VIP pass. Our concierge team will reach out once your ticket is confirmed to take care of the booking.
On-the-Ground Community Access: Every attendee will be invited to a special Takeover Discord group to facilitate meetings, drinks, and parties.
Post-Event Access: It’s going to be a packed 3 days, but don’t worry about missing a thing – a complete Virtual Pass is included in your access.
The Takeover After-Dark: Your VIP Pass includes access to VIP drinks, dinner, and a welcome party on December 9, VIP drinks and dinner on December 10, the Final Party and After Party on December 11, and more.
Relive The Takeover Virtually…
Virtual Pass
From $129
Online Access Only
If you couldn’t join us in-person or virtually, you can still experience The Takeover with our choice of Virtual Passes, which are available right now.
Real Vision members: please check your email for your limited-time discount code.
Your Virtual Pass includes:
- Networking in The Takeover Discord channels
- Post-event access to rewatch sessions (All-Access Virtual Pass only)
Click “Get Your Virtual Pass”, create your account and select the All-Access Virtual Pass option.
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DAYS
40+
SPEAKERS
400
in LAS VEGAS
1000s
ONLINE
... AND YOU
The Agenda
A Stake In… Arts & Entertainment
NFTs. DAOs. Fan tokens. It’s a new era of ownership, community, and business models, and it’s transforming entire industries overnight. Where do we go from here?
A Stake In… Society & Business
Decentralized technology is giving communities a real stake in everything from environmental changes to cannabis manufacturing, from healthcare to racial bias. What does society 10 years from now look like?
A Stake In… Finance & Investing
Hey Wall Street, there’s a new occupier in town. The fractionalization of everything is here: from collectibles to real estate to people themselves. Could this be the true democratization of finance?
A Stake In… Regulation
Even a year ago, crypto was still the Wild Wild West. Now we’re down to the Wild West, with the mainstream takeover happening at a dizzying pace. As regulators struggle to keep up, what’s next?
All times are US Pacific Time (PST)
Important info for booking your flights… Event registration will start from 2:00pm PST on Thursday, December 9, and continue throughout.
Opening sessions will start later that day at 5:00pm PST.
On the last day, Saturday December 11, sessions end at 5:30pm PST, and the party (and after party) will run to around 2:00am PST.
Here’s a taste of what’s coming up…
5 Tracks: Arts and Entertainment, Regulation, Finance and Investing, Society and Business, the Future.
Important: All sessions excluding VIP-only sessions will be recorded – and all attendees get post-event access.
Thursday, December 9
- 2:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Registration Check-In — Welcome to Las Vegas
Important: Please note all attendees must submit proof of full vaccination status or a negative result from a COVID test taken within 72 hours of the event. Use the Clear App with code THETAKEOVER to submit your information before arrival. - 5:00pm – 6.15pm (PST)
Welcome reception in the Terrace Ballroom & Marquee Courtyard
First floor of the MGM Grand Conference Center
- 6:30pm – 7:15pm (PST)
NFT-ing the World
with Raoul Pal and Bill Tai (MAINSTAGE)
- 7:30pm (PST)
Offsite VIP Dinner
Friday, December 10
- 7:30am – 9:00am (PST)
Buffet Breakfast in the Terrace Ballroom
- 7:30am – 9:00am (PST)
VIP Private Breakfast
- 9:00am – 10:45am (PST)
The Chain
Live in front of hundreds for the first time (MAINSTAGE)
- 10:45am- 11:15am (PST)
Refreshment Break
- 11:15am – 12:15pm (PST)
Morning Breakout Sessions
– Communities: The Children of the Revolution, with Jess Sloss, Duncan Cock Foster and Sergio Silva, hosted by Najah Roberts
– Crypto Payments for Business, with Jason Chlipala, Michelle Gitlitz, Jagruti Solanki and Richard Walker
– The New Asset Allocation, with Dan Morehead, Brian Estes, and Steven McClurg and Mark Yusko, hosted by Jason Buck
- 12:15pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Buffet Lunch in the Terrace Ballroom
- 1:35pm – 2:25pm (PST)
Can Blockchain Solve the Misinformation Problem?
with Ash Bennington, Meltem Demirors, Demetri Kofinas and Dwayne Desaulniers, hosted by David Wachsman (MAINSTAGE)
- 2:25pm – 3.30pm (PST)
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
– The Future of Crypto and the SEC, with Alex Levine, Sean Gilmartin and Greg King, hosted by Morrison Warren
– How to Trade a Crypto Portfolio, with Travis Jamison and Darrin Johnson, hosted by Jason Buck
– Good Night and Good Luck: The Future of Media, with Micah Johnson, hosted by Kevin Kelly
- 3:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Refreshment Break
- 3:45pm – 5:00pm (PST)
VIP Debriefs with speakers
- 4:00pm – 4:50pm (PST)
Ready Player All: The Future of Video Gaming
with Piers Kicks, Gabby Dizon, Shawn Layden, Phillip Gillespie and Alexander Fernandez, hosted by Hector Fernandez (MAINSTAGE)
- 5:10pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Culture is the New Investment
Timbaland, Andrew Rosener, Clement Kwan, Jonathan Tenenbaum, and Gary Marella, hosted by Raoul Pal
- 8:30pm – 1:00am (PST)
VIP Dinner and Drinks
Saturday, December 11
- 7:30am – 9:00am (PST)
Buffet Breakfast in the Terrace Ballroom
- 7:30am – 9:00am (PST)
VIP Private Breakfast
- 9:00am – 9:50am (PST)
Bye Bye Music Middleman
with André Allen Anjos (RAC) and Jack Spallone, hosted by Kevin Kelly (MAINSTAGE)
- 9:50am – 10:40am (PST)
Existential Threats on the Policy Horizon
with Paul Atkins, Chris Giancarlo and Caitlin Long, hosted by Perianne Boring (MAINSTAGE)
- 10:40am- 11:10am (PST)
Refreshment Break
- 11:15am – 12:15pm (PST)
Morning Breakout Sessions
– Here’s the City of the Future — and it’s not Metropolis, with Francis Suarez, Timothy Papandreou and Dr. Pippa Malmgren, hosted by Samuel Burke
– The Metaverse is Eating The World, with Michael Gubman, Ridhima Kahn, Sina Nader and Josh Neuman, hosted by Alexander Fernandez
- 12:15pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Buffet Lunch in the Terrace Ballroom
- 1:35pm – 2:30pm (PST)
So You Want to Research Crypto
with Kevin Kelly and Raoul Pal (MAINSTAGE)
- 2:40pm – 3:40pm (PST)
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
– Remixing the Future: Music’s Next Beat, with Fabian Alsultany and Kelli Richards, hosted by Dr. Pippa Malmgren
– To Be Announced
– Crypto Crime and AML Considerations, with Justin Newton, Ari Redbord and Amit Sharma, hosted by Ash Bennington
- 3:40pm – 4:10pm (PST)
Refreshment Break
- 4:00pm – 5:15pm (PST)
VIP Debriefs with speakers
- 4:15pm – 5:10pm (PST)
Mental Models: Dealing with Crypto Volatility
with Denise Shull, hosted by Maggie Lake
- 5:10pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Networking Break
- 5:30pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Where We’re Going, We Don’t Need Roads
with Bill Tai, Dr. Pippa Malmgren, Jon Cropper and Alex Mashinsky, hosted by Samuel Burke (MAINSTAGE)
- 7:00pm (PST)
After-party at On the Record in the Park MGM
Shuttle transportation provided to the Park MGM from the MGM Grand
Our Partners
Official Knowledge Partner (Regulation Track)
Chamber of Digital Commerce
Our mission is to promote the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies. Through education, advocacy and working closely with policymakers, regulatory agencies and industry, our goal is to develop an environment that fosters innovation, jobs and investment.
Curtain Rises In...
Your Rock Star Speakers
More guests and full agenda to be announced soon…
Bill Tai
Chairman
ACTAI Global
Piers Kicks
Gaming at Delphi Digital
& Investment Team at BITKRAFT
Najah Roberts
Chief Visionary Officer & Founder
Crypto Blockchain Plug
Jack Spallone
Head of Crypto
HiFi Labs
Brian Estes
CEO & CIO
Off the Chain Capital
Alexander Fernandez
CEO
Streamline Media Group
Ridhima Kahn
VP, Business Development
Dapper Labs
David Hehenberger
Independent Trader
Michelle Gitlitz
General Counsel
Flexa Network Inc.
JOINING VIRTUALLY
Ryan Gittleson
Co-Founder
Virtue Poker
Travis Jamison
Founder
YieldBloom.com
Darren Simmons
Executive Vice President & FinTech Business Leader
Everi Holdings Inc.
Duncan Cock Foster
Director & Co-Founder
Nifty Gateway
Joel Madden
Founder & CEO
Veeps.com, mddn.co
Elaine Ly
Crypto Producer
Real Vision
Maggie Lake
Host
Real Vision
The Venues
The MGM Grand is the central node during the day, but The Takeover attendees will be partying at some of Las Vegas’ most iconic venues…
What Real Vision Event Attendees Say...
“This is an incredible group of brilliant, unique investors and entrepreneurs who each bring something unique and distinctive to the table and who enjoy each other’s company and hanging out together.”
— Ben H.
“Extraordinary! World class applied experience being articulated from some of the most elite people in finance. Nothing remotely like this or even a fraction of it available anywhere in the world.”
— Shane T.
“This conference could be one of those seminal landmarks in the history of finance.”
— Daniel A.
“Blown away. Head exploding, TMI! My face is actually aching from holding excited expressions for the last 3 days!”
— Caroline
“Thanks for doing this. It’s definitely one of the best crypto/macro events/gathering/collective of speakers and ideas I have ever attended. Fantabulous…”
— Manish G.
“Thank you, RV, you provide more value for money than my psychiatrist…”
— Alexandros A.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you! Excellent info, access the best minds in crypto and a Masters Degree in Crypto in 3 days – Thanks Real Vision and Raoul.”
— Katie
“Real Vision is becoming something iconic in the world of financial education.”
— Adrian D.
“Forget drinking from a firehose, this is drinking from Niagara Falls… Love it. Thanks Real Vision.”
— Johnny
The FAQs
Yes…! We have negotiated a discount for all Real Vision members. Your unique discount code has been emailed to you – if you didn’t receive it, let us know at events@realvision.com.
Once you have the code, simply click register, select your preferred ticket type, and click “Add promo code” at the checkout.
An allocation of discounted rooms is available at the MGM Grand for GA attendees.
MGM Resorts has kindly extended these special rates for several days before and after, in case you want to turn your trip into a Vegas vacation…
You can book your room now through this link.
VIP Pass holders — your room is included in your ticket. Details to follow soon.
As part of our commitment to safety at The Takeover, all attendees must provide proof of vaccination OR negative COVID-19 test results in order to receive a badge to enter the event.
The Takeover will be using Health Pass by CLEAR, which provides a secure, digital proof of COVID-related health insights via the free CLEAR mobile app. Complete your health screening with Health Pass by CLEAR ahead of time for expedited check-in and entry.
Download and enroll here: https://clear.app.link/thetakeover
For testing, only lab-administered PCR and antigen COVID-19 tests will be accepted and must be administered within 72 hours of the event(s) you are attending. (On-site testing will be available on Thursday, December 9, from 2:00pm to 7:00pm, and on Friday, December 10, from 7:00am to 11:00am.)
Drop us a line at events@realvision.com and we’ll get back to you asap.
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