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If you want great criticisms of Bitcoin, follow the Bitcoin bear. Transcript
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘If you want great criticisms of Bitcoin, follow the Bitcoin bear’, with Jürgen Schaaf an economic adviser to the European Central Bank (ECB). 00:09 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of the Future of Finance. My guest today is Jürgen Schaaf, adviser since November 2019 to…
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Nadine Chakar on the future of tokenisation. Transcript
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘Nadine Chakar on the future of tokenisation’, with Nadine Chakar at DTCC. 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Nadine Chakar, managing director, member of the executive committee and global head of digital assets at DTCC, the post-trade…
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If banks want things to change, says the RLN, things will have to stay as they are
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘A Tancredi Revolution: If banks want things to stay as they are, says the RLN, things will have to change’, with Tony Mclaughlin, Emerging Payments and Business Development at Citi. 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of the Future of Finance. My guest today is…
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How to make the digital asset markets grow
What can governments do to encourage the growth of digital asset markets? A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘How to make the digital asset markets grow’, with Gilbert Verdian, CEO of Quant. 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Gilbert Verdian, CEO of Quant,…
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The clue is not in the name: AsiaNext is thinking globally not regionally
[JAN 2024] 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Neil Thomas, chief commercial officer of AsiaNext, a digital asset exchange owned by SBI Digital Holdings from Japan and SIX Group, the Swiss stock exchange. The ambition of the Singapore-based digital asset exchange is to provide an…
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How R3 gets blockchain projects done
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘How R3 gets blockchain projects done’, with the founders of R3, Chief Technology Officer Richard Brown and Chief Strategy Officer Todd Mcdonald 00:15 Dominic Hobson Hello, everyone. I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guests today are Richard Brown, Chief Technology Officer at R3, and…
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What We Know and Do Not Know About CBDCs (So Far)
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘What We Know and Do Not Know About CBDCs (So Far) ‘, with Chief economist at R3, Alisa DiCaprio. 00:15 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Alisa DiCaprio, chief economist at R3, where she recently completed an extensive…
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21X: The European token exchange with a reassuringly German personality
[JAN 2024] A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ’21X: The European token exchange with a reassuringly German personality ‘, with CEO of 21X, Max Heinzle. 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Max Heinzle, CEO of 21 X, a fintech that’s developing a blockchain…
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SDX is betting on openness to accelerate the adoption of tokenised assets
[JUL 2023] SDX, the exchange for digital assets built and operated by Swiss stock exchange SIX, is working to accelerate the tokenisation of financial assets in Switzerland, Singapore and Germany, three locations whose legal and regulatory environments are accommodating of the new method of raising capital. Interestingly, the SDX strategy is an open one that…
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Can the carbon credit markets institutionalise and tokenise at the same time?
A transcript of the Future of Finance webinar ‘Can the carbon credit markets institutionalise and tokenise at the same time?’, with Jim Row of Capturiant, Deanna Reitman of DLA Piper, Sean Mullins of Northern Trust and Gbemi Oluleye of Imperial College, London. What is the current state of the voluntary carbon credit markets? 00:19 Dominic…
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The exchange with an insatiable appetite to disrupt
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘The exchange with an insatiable appetite to disrupt ‘, with CEO of Aquis Exchange, Alasdair Haynes. 00:13 Dominic Hobson: Hello I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of the Future of Finance. My guest today is Alasdair Haynes, the founder and CEO of Aquis Exchange, which, despite being little more…
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Stablecoins are not the destination but a stepping stone on the journey towards programmable money
[MAY 2023] It is easy to fall into the trap of treating monetary innovations such as Stablecoins in isolation, or as a final destination, when innovation is in fact constant and individual innovations are merely components of much larger secular trends driven by technology and the interaction of technology with the wants and needs of…
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Having built the tools for institutions to embrace tokenisation, Digital Asset is now building the network to make it happen – Transcript
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘Having built the tools for institutions to embrace tokenisation, Digital Asset is now building the network to make it happen’, with Yuval Rooz, co-founder and CEO of Digital Asset, and Eric Saraniecki, co-founder and head of strategic initiatives at Digital Asset. 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic…
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Tokenbridge believes the funds industry will tokenise from the periphery not the centre – Transcript
[MAR 2024] 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Stephen Ashurst, Co-founder and CEO of Tokenbridge, a blockchain-based service for retail funds and distributors that uses tokenisation to transform the infrastructure of the funds industry and enable wealth managers to engage more successfully with potential clients…
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A European blockchain-based funds marketplace that is delivering on its promises – Transcript
[MAR 2024] 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guests today are Christoph Lepitre, chief executive officer (CEO), and Valerie Gilles, chief commercial officer (CCO), at IZNES, the blockchain based funds marketplace, whose goals are to cut costs and risks and increase transparency in the interactions between asset managers…
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Are the CSDs of Europe putting a brake on the growth of European economies?
[FEB 2024] Question: Why is consolidation of CSDs back on the official agenda in Europe? 00:19 Dominic Hobson: Hello, everybody. I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder at Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar, “If Europe needs a single European central securities depository (CSD), who will build it?” Does Europe need a single European CSD? That’s our…
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SDX says SMEs are the key to the growth of digital asset markets
[FEB 2023] A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Massimo Butti, Head of Equity at SDX. Dominic Hobson 00:14: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Massimo Butti, head of equity at SDX, the digital asset exchange and central securities depository owned by SIX, the Swiss exchange…
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A thousand dApps will bloom on the solid foundations of CBDCs
[FEB 2023] A Future of Finance interview with Ricardo Correia, Head of Digital Currencies at R3. Dominic Hobson 00:14: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance, spoke to Ricardo Correia, head of digital currencies at R3, where he leads a team that is working with central banks and financial institutions that are exploring…
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Bosonic reinvents the operational infrastructure for digital asset traders
Dominic Hobson 00:13: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Rosario Ingargiola, who is the founder and CEO of Bosonic, the San Francisco-based decentralised financial market infrastructure company, whose mission is to eliminate counterparty credit and settlement risk in digital asset trading. To that end, Bosonic has developed a…
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The Swiss token exchange creating a market for small company shares
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview ‘The Swiss token exchange creating a market for small company shares’, with CEO at Aktionariat, Nicola Plain. Question: What led the founders to create Aktionariat? 00:14 Dominic Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Nicola Plain, CEO of Aktionariat, the…
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The changeable burden that regulation is about to lay on digital asset custodians
A transcript of the Future of Finance webinar with The changeable burden that regulation is about to lay on digital asset custodians, with Jack McDonald, CEO at Standard Custody and Trust Company; Yannick Cherel, Chief Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer at Zodia Custody; Barney Reynolds, Global Head of Shearman and Sterling’s financial services…
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Is the Future of Money Now Visible?
A transcript of the Future of Finance webinar ‘The future of money is now visible?’, with Matthias Studach from SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), Jack Fletcher from R3 and Matthew Osborne from the Bank of England 00:19 Dominic Hobson: Hello, everybody, and welcome to our webinar, “The Future of Money.” I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future…
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SDX services non-custodial Ethereum staking service is live
[SEP 2022] A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Alex Smith, crypto product lead at SIX Digital Exchange. Dominic Hobson 00.13: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Alex Smith, crypto product lead at SIX Digital Exchange, SDX, which is developing a cryptocurrency staking service to enable…
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Data provides the prices that drive activity in tokenised asset markets
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Pat O’Meara, Chairman and CEO of Inveniam Capital Partners and Pat LaVecchia, CEO of Oasis Pro. Dominic Hobson 00:14: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guests today are Pat O’Meara, chairman and CEO of digital investment house and data management systems specialist…
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SupraOracles is conquering the compromises imposed by the Blockchain Trilemma
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Heslin Kim, chief strategy officer and co-founder of SupraOracles. Dominic Hobson 0.14: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Heslin Kim, chief strategy officer and co-founder of SupraOracles, a business founded on the belief that blockchain cannot fulfil its full…
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Blockchain technology is not enough to build a global digital debt market
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Daniel Kilenberger CTO and Benedikt Schuppli CEO at FQX Dominic Hobson 00:13: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guests today are Benedikt Schuppli, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FQX, and Daniel Killenberger, CTO at FQX. FQX is a Zürich-based FinTech whose ambition is…
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The blockchain protocol that has put digital identity at the heart of its strategy
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Kåre Kjelstrøm, chief technology officer at Concordium. Dominic Hobson 0.14: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Kåre Kjelstrøm, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Concordium, a Layer 1, proof-of-stake Blockchain with an integrated counterparty identification functionality, one of whose founders…
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Is it the destiny of Blockchain to become the Open Infrastructure?
[MAY 2022] The transcript of the webinar of May 26 2022 entitled Is it the destiny of Blockchain to become the Open Infrastructure? TRANSCRIPT Is it the destiny of Blockchain to become the Open Infrastructure? Dominic Hobson 0.25 Hello everybody. I’m Dominic Hobson, co- founder of Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar on, `Is…
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10x lowers the cost of curiosity about digital transformation
A transcript of the Future of Finance interview with Leda Glyptis, now Chief Client Officer at 10x. 0.14 Hobson: Hello, I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. My guest today is Leda Glyptis, Chief Client Officer at 10x, the provider of a Cloud-based digital banking operational infrastructure. Founded by former Barclays Group CEO Anthony…
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How banks can make money in the Metaverse
The transcript of the webinar of June 17 2022 entitled How banks can make money in the Metaverse? TRANSCRIPT 0.19 Dominic:Hello everybody. I am Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar, ` How banks can make money in the Metaverse.’ Just last week we discussed why now may be the time…
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Is the digital asset custody industry ready to grow up?
[MAY 2022] The transcript of the webinar of June 9 2022 entitled Is the digital asset custody industry ready to grow up? FULL TRANSCRIPT Dominic Hobson 03:31 0.25 Introduction Hello, everybody. I’m Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar, `Is the digital asset custody industry ready to grow up?’ When we…
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Why the case for regulating cryptocurrencies is becoming unanswerable
The transcript of the webinar of May 26 2022 entitled Why the case for regulating cryptocurrencies is becoming unanswerable. TRANSCRIPT What is the case for regulating cryptocurrencies? 0.25 Dominic Hobson: Hello everybody. I am Dominic Hobson, co-founder of Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar, ` Why the case for regulating cryptocurrencies is becoming unanswerable.’ …
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Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo?
The transcript of the webinar of June 22 2022 entitled Has reform of cross border payments lost its mojo? Transcript 0.24 Dominic Hobson: Hello, everybody. I’m Dominic Hobson, Co-founder of Future of Finance. Welcome to our webinar, “CBDCs are poised to administer the coup de grace to the payments business of the banks” or “Has reform…
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