Clear Assets: Seamlessly Integrating Broker Dealers Field of Reality: A Top Down Approach to Digital Asset Adoption Athena.Trade Presents Weekly Series offers educational presentations to discuss relevant companies, industry experts, and other tangential professionals within the Fintech vertical, including but not limited to Blockchain, digital assets, and other emerging technologies. This article does not represent any financial, investment, or legal advice. If you have questions we recommend you contact a professional in your jurisdiction and or area of regulation. We are a community; our member logos are visible on the graphic below. All information provided herein is footnoted properly below. If you have any questions on the validity of any source, please message Jenny Balliet, Director of Presentations at Athena.Trade. Athena.Trade Presents Clear Assets Athena.Trade Presents: Please join us on August 7, 2019, 2pm at 211 W. Wacker, Chicago, for a presentation from one of our flagship coworking members, Mr. Aaron Winkler. He will speak on the nuances of bridging legacy finance to crypto from both an experienced FinTech lens and an entrepreneurial lens respectively, including the requisite need for seamless integration of Broker Dealers as they foray into Cryptocurrency and other Digital Assets. Mr. Winkler notes the goal of the platform is to use API and coordinating technology, which then becomes “Injected & transformed… [to] …shorten the time, effort, and risk of adding crypto to their systems” Legacy of Financial Technology Mr. Winkler has the background to complement his drive to innovate through disruptive models as evidenced by his prior role as Dir. of Innovation at OptionsHouse, which later sold to E-Trade in 2016. [1] [2] Since that time, he has been quietly building and has mapped out his next course in creating seamless, emerging technologies. While many entrepreneurs choose to build first and locate the users second, Clear Assets disrupts that very disruption, as they have partnered strategically with a technology platform to gain access to 1million funded accounts. In short, instead of the proverbial, ‘Field of Dreams,’ mentality, Clear Assets opts for the converse, ‘Field of Reality.’ About Clear Assets Clear Assets, Inc., addresses the key barriers of Broker Dealers, mainly the ability to seamlessly trade cryptocurrency and other assets such as equities on the same platform, this convergence is a macro trend throughout the financial services industry. Clear Assets integrates with current technology stacks to offer a simplified experience across all asset classes. The company is headquartered in Chicago IL. To discuss the future state of your technology stack, please contact Aaron@HamiltonDA.com Resources Consulted [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/etrade-agrees-to-acquire-optionshouse-parent-for-725-million-2016-07-25 [2] https://www.barrons.com/articles/e-trade-optionshouse-merge-platforms-1504325466
