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  1. Milken Institute1h 3m

    eSports: The Bumpy Ride to ROI

    Ben White, Sam Englebardt, Peter Levin, Kristen Salvatore, Ari Segal, David Rockefeller Jr., Emily Fortuna, Amanda Han, Eric Schmidt, Ari Schwartzmann, Sam Nelsons, Chai, Peter Barron, Peter Barry Kaufmann, Kevin, Carlos, Paul

    Industry leaders highlight that gaming now surpasses film and television in scale, with a user base of 2.6 billion driving a strategic shift for traditional media and sports organizations to secure the Gen Z demographic. Investment activity is surging as entities like Immortals Gaming Club adopt holding company structures to capture high valuations and leverage the mobile boom, while platforms like Twitch demonstrate superior engagement metrics that attract non-endemic advertising. Amidst these rapid expansions, the sector faces evolving structural debates regarding player welfare, the rise of influencer-driven brands over traditional franchises, and the impending need for standardized unionization and global regulatory frameworks.

  2. Milken Institute59 min

    CryptoCurrently: How Virtual Currencies Went from Mania to Mainstream

    Laura Deal Lacey, Andrew Peaple, Bill Barhydt, Ron Cao, Karen Chen, Sam Englebardt, Jeffrey Lin, Dorji Sun

    Experts including Bill Barheit, Sam Engelbart, and Karen Chen project that the cryptocurrency market will mature from speculative retail activity into a $500 billion to $1 trillion asset class driven by institutional equity investment and regulated infrastructure over the next three to four years. The panel forecasts a strategic pivot toward utility-based applications, such as tokenized real-world assets and security tokens, while advocating for regulatory frameworks that focus on intermediaries rather than the underlying "ones and zeros." Success in this evolving landscape depends on the convergence of technological scaling via Proof-of-Work or Proof-of-Stake protocols, the adoption of custodial standards by traditional banks, and a regional shift toward governance-heavy business models in both global and Asian markets.