On December 13, Baxter International Inc. (“Baxter”) announced the completion of one of the biggest medtech acquisitions of 2021, acquiring Hillrom (a global medical equipment maker headquartered in Chicago) for a purchase price of ~$10.5 billion.  The deal had originally been announced by Baxter in September 2021.

According to a statement on Baxter’s website, “Baxter’s acquisition of Hillrom has formed one of the world’s leading medical technology companies, centered around a shared vision to transform healthcare.”

Baxter’s product portfolio includes diagnostic, critical care, kidney care, nutrition, and surgical products used in hospitals, physician offices, and patient homes.  According to Baxter, the addition of Hillrom’s product lines, including legacy Welch Allyn products that were acquired by Hillrom in 2015, will help Baxter improve care outcomes and broaden access to care.  Hillrom’s products include the MacroView® Plus Otoscope, the Volara™ Oscillation & Lung Expansion Therapy System, the PST 500 Precision Surgical Table, and the Centrella® Smart+ Bed.

In a press release, Baxter’s chairman Jose E. Almeida stated:

The Baxter-Hillrom combination unlocks the next phase of our transformation, presenting a new wave of potential to drive greater impact for patients, clinicians, employees, shareholders and other communities we serve worldwide.  Integrating our complementary capabilities introduces additional opportunities for growth across our broad geographic footprint and also creates remarkable new possibilities for connectivity with leading-edge digital health innovation focused on enhancing care, lowering costs and increasing workflow efficiency.

According to the press release, Baxter expects the combination to result in ~$250 million of annual pre-tax cost synergies within 3 years.

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CoinAgenda (www.coinagenda.com), the premier global conference series connecting blockchain and cryptocurrency investors with startups since 2014, and BitAngels (www.bitangels.network), the leading network of bitcoin and blockchain investors, today announced that special guest Nio Garcia will be performing for all CoinAgenda attendees at SDG Exchange's Exclusive Concert Series. The concert will take place on December 9 at 10 pm at the popular 7eight7 Nightclub, as part of the fifth annual CoinAgenda Caribbean event in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Tickets and the full agenda are available on the event page. CoinAgenda or SDG Exchange tickets are required to attend the concert as the event is closed to the public. 

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Presented by SDG Exchange, a global sustainability marketplace dedicated to reversing climate change one transaction at a time, the SDG Exchange's Exclusive Concert, will serve as a CoinAgenda Afterparty Concert closing out three days of events covering everything crypto and blockchain including: the Future of Digital assets, Crypto Banking, the Growing Utility of NFTs, Play-to-Earn Gaming, the DeFi and TradFi relationship, Latin America and Crypto, Stablecoins, Scaling Solutions, Blockchain Companies in Public Markets, Creating a Clean Crypto Future, Smart Cities, Crypto Investing Strategies, and Structuring to Protect Assets.

“We are proud to be a co-sponsor of CoinAgenda and part of Puerto Rico Blockchain Week,” said Jason Cooner, SDG Exchange founder and CEO. “We see Puerto Rico as a growing blockchain hub full of opportunities for entrepreneurship.”

CoinAgenda Caribbean will gather top speakers including Brad Garlinghouse, Founder of Ripple; Dan Morehead, CEO of Pantera Capital; Brittany Kaiser, Executive Chair of Gryphon Digital Mining; Jason Cooner, CEO of SDG Exchange, Michael Wagner, Co-Founder & CEO of Star Atlas; and Robert Viglione, CEO at Horizen Labs.

As an international conference series, CoinAgenda Caribbean is supported by some of the world's leading blockchain and cryptocurrency companies including:

Platinum Level:

• SDG Exchange - SDG Exchange is a global sustainability marketplace dedicated to reversing climate change one transaction at a time.

Gold Level:

• Horizen Labs - Horizen Labs is a blockchain technology company that provides the best tools to build blockchains and applications for real-world use cases with privacy options, low transaction fees, and configurable revenue models.

• FV Bank - FV Bank is a global digital bank providing business and individual accounts globally. It supports multiple currencies, international payments, investment accounts along with debit and prepaid cards. 

• Dfinity - (Gold Dinner Sponsor) The DFINITY Foundation is a nonprofit organization that develops the Internet Computer, a decentralized, open-source, general-purpose blockchain designed to host smart contracts. 

Silver Level

• FIO - FIO is to crypto, what HTTP is to the internet. FIO Protocol is the open-source and decentralized crypto usability layer that makes sending, receiving and even requesting crypto easier than ever and dramatically less risky to use. 

• Starter Capital - Starter Capital is the venture arm of Starter International, where we incubate and invest in the best projects in DEFI. Starter Capital empowers blockchain and digital currency innovators with resources and access to capital to help create a new future.

• Rair Tech - RAIR is a blockchain-based digital rights management platform that uses NFTs to get access to streaming content.

Bronze Level

• HeartRithm - HeartRithm is a regenerative engine for social impact. Their mission is to apply artificial intelligence algorithms to the global trade of digital currency, redistributing capital to philanthropic causes and social impact projects, accelerating the growth of a heart-centered culture. 

Section Sponsors

• DLTx - DLTx is a public company listed on the Norwegian Oslo Børs Stock Exchange and is the enterprise vendor for DAOs and blockchain protocols that offers unique access to the public blockchain markets & well-priced access to funding. 

• OriginTrail - OriginTrail is the world's first Decentralized Knowledge Graph is organizing humanity's most important assets, and making them discoverable, verifiable and valuable.

• unFederalReserve - unFederalReserve is a fintech SaaS company combining software built on blockchain technology and 200 years of consumer lending experience. Their banking products are designed for smaller U.S. Treasury chartered banks and non-bank lenders in need of a DeFi strategy and greater liquidity without sacrificing security or compliance.

• Blockchain Wire - Blockchain Wire is the industry's first blockchain press release distribution service focused exclusively on news about blockchain, distributed ledger technology companies, ICOs, STOs and other blockchain and cryptocurrency-related announcements. 

• Transform Group - Transform Group is the world's leading blockchain public relations, advisory, events and social media company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Toronto and global headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 

• Bit Digital - Bit Digital is one of the world's largest publicly-listed bitcoin mining companies. Bit Digital is a sustainability-focused generator of digital assets with large-scale, global mining operations representing a currently-owned maximum hash rate of 1,603 EH/S. 

For more information regarding CoinAgenda, please visit  www.coinagenda.com. 

To purchase tickets or view the agenda for CoinAgenda Caribbean, visit the event page: www.coinagenda.com/coinagenda-caribbean-2021. 

To learn more about Puerto Rico Blockchain Week, visit www.prblockchainweek.io.

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ABOUT COINAGENDA

Now in its eighth year, CoinAgenda is the leading global conference series connecting professional investors, traders, family offices and digital currency funds with top entrepreneurs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. CoinAgenda Caribbean focuses on international blockchain investing trends, with world-class speakers from around the globe, plus a special focus on blockchain economic development, friendly jurisdictions, the rise of security tokens, enterprise applications, and changes in digital currency funding vehicles and digital currency exchanges. CoinAgenda is an experience that allows all attendees to meet, mingle, and get to know the leading thought leaders, entrepreneurs and investors in the sector, including memorable parties at unique locations. 

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CoinAgenda (www.coinagenda.com), the premier global conference series connecting blockchain and cryptocurrency investors with startups since 2014, and BitAngels, the leading network of bitcoin and blockchain investors, today announced the fifth annual CoinAgenda Caribbean event to be held at the Miramar Events Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico on December 7-9, 2021. Tickets and agenda are available on the event page.

The three day event will include topics around: the Future of Digital assets, Crypto Banking, the Growing Utility of NFTs, Play-to-Earn Gaming, the DeFi and TradFi relationship, Latin America and Crypto, Stablecoins, Scaling Solutions, Blockchain Companies in Public Markets, Creating a Clean Crypto Future, Smart Cities, Crypto Investing Strategies, and Structuring to Protect Assets.

Confirmed speakers include:

• Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple

• Dan Morehead, CEO at Pantera Capital

• Brittany Kaiser, Executive Chair at Gryphon Digital Mining

• Michael Wagner, Co-Founder & CEO of Star Atlas 

• Robert Viglione, Co-founder & CEO of Horizen Labs

• Brock Pierce, Chairman of Bitcoin Foundation

• Bill Barhydt, Founder & CEO of ABRA

• Edward Boyle, CEO of Medici Bank

• Miles Paschini, CEO of FV Bank

• David Johnston, COO at DLTx

• James Haft, Chairman at DLTx

• Jason Cooner, President & CEO at SDG Exchange

• Dean Thomas, Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon

• Michael Terpin, Founder and CEO of Transform Group and CoinAgenda

• Austin Davis, Co-Founder of CommunityElectricity.io

• Erika Zapanta, Global Director of Events at Transform Group

• Irina Litchfield, Partner at Percival Capital; BitAngels City Leader Austin

• Adryenn Ashley, NFT Community Designer at Wow! Is Me, Inc.

• Justin Litchfield, CEO of Quantum Machines

• Warren Whitlock, CEO of Stirling Corp; Advisor of BitAngels

• Mario Nawfal, CEO of NFT Technologies

• Matt McKibbin, Founder of DecentraNet

• Emma Rose Bienvenu, Chief of Staff at Pantera Capital

• Brian Santos, COO at Fly Air

• Ben Sigman, CEO of Make Sense Labs

• Sean Walsh, Founder of Redwood City Ventures

• Dr. Steven Waterhouse, CEO of Orchid Labs

• Alex Nascimento, Co-founder of Blockchain at UCLA

• David Namdar, Co-founder of NFT.com

• Joel Comm, Co-Host of Bad Crypto Podcast

• Travis Wright, Co-Host of Bad Crypto Podcast

• Brian Bourgerie, InvestPR

• Joey Krug, Co-CIO at Pantera Capital

• Bryan Bullett, CEO of Bit Digital Inc.

• Liat Aaronson, COO at Horizen Labs

• Jeff Crane, CEO and Exec Producer of NFT the Movie

The conference will also feature a startup contest (in collaboration with BitAngels) where a mix of angel and VC investments (as well as tokens trading on exchanges) will pitch in a Demo Day environment to judges and the CoinAgenda audience of investors and entrepreneurs. Judges may consist of crypto funds, family offices, VCs and strategic partners. Upon completion of the presentations, three winners will be announced and 1st place will walk away with a marketing package (valued up to $10,000).

In addition, all presenters will receive a recording of their presentation, have access to the full CoinAgenda event and parties and most importantly have their decks sent to a select group of investors unable to make the event in-person, but have expressed their interest in allocating capital into new deals within the next year. To apply to pitch and inquire about the presenter fee, email contact@coinagenda.com by November 30.

This cryptocurrency investor conference will conclude each day with an all-inclusive, high-end party where speakers, sponsors and attendees can mingle at some of the most memorable venues in the city. CoinAgenda's main party, known as the “Legendary Dinner” will be held at the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, with four courses of delicious local fare, drinks, and live musical entertainment under the night sky.

“This year has been one of incredible growth in the sector, we've even seen the cryptocurrency market hit $3 trillion for the first time,” said Erika Zapanta, Global Director of Events for CoinAgenda. “We are excited to return to the growing blockchain hub of Puerto Rico to discuss the mainstreaming of digital asset investing.”

Confirmed event sponsors include:

• DLTx - DLTx is a public company listed on the Norwegian Oslo Børs Stock Exchange and is the enterprise vendor for DAOs and blockchain protocols that offers unique access to the public blockchain markets & well-priced access to funding. DLTx has developed a novel way for investors to access compelling and predictable economic returns based on the changes created by the decentralization & disruption of major global industries.

• Transform Group - Transform Group is the world's leading blockchain public relations, advisory, events and social media company, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Toronto and global headquarters in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Transform Group is dedicated to creating and sustaining industry leadership positions for its clients through superior strategy, relationships, market intelligence and consistent execution.

• Rair Tech - RAIR is a blockchain-based digital rights management platform that uses NFTs to get access to streaming content.

• Raiinmaker - Raiinmaker is a blockchain-based social engagement platform where creators and brands grow, incentivize and reward fans to build community, together.

• Blockchain Wire - Blockchain Wire is the industry's first blockchain press release distribution service focused exclusively on news about blockchain, distributed ledger technology companies, ICOs, STOs and other blockchain and cryptocurrency-related announcements. Our global reach includes broadcast and online media outlets, social media sites, industry trade publications, leading blogs and blockchain industry influencers.

For more information regarding CoinAgenda, please visit  www.coinagenda.com. 

To purchase tickets for CoinAgenda Caribbean, visit the event page: https://coinagenda.com/coinagenda-caribbean-2021/. 

For the CoinAgenda Caribbean schedule, visit https://coinagenda.com/coinagenda-caribbean-2021-schedule/.  

To learn more about Puerto Rico Blockchain Week, visit www.prblockchainweek.io.

Connect with CoinAgenda: 

Twitter  Facebook  Telegram

ABOUT COINAGENDA

Now in its eighth year, CoinAgenda is the leading global conference series connecting professional investors, traders, family offices and digital currency funds with top entrepreneurs in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. CoinAgenda Caribbean focuses on international blockchain investing trends, with world-class speakers from around the globe, plus a special focus on blockchain economic development, friendly jurisdictions, the rise of security tokens, enterprise applications, and changes in digital currency funding vehicles and digital currency exchanges. CoinAgenda is an experience that allows all attendees to meet, mingle, and get to know the leading thought leaders, entrepreneurs and investors in the sector, including memorable parties at unique locations.