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BPX and Ownera collaborate
18 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Matthew Challis
BPX, through Ownera’s FinP2P application-orchestration infrastructure, will enhance interoperable transaction workflows across regulated digital asset environments
Collateral and treasury
FalconX joins Taurus-NETWORK
17 June 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis
FalconX will supply liquidity and financing solutions to other participants through TN’s infrastructure, supporting the development of new use cases spanning collateral management, lending, borrowing, and derivatives
Industry
Amundi, CACEIS and Ant International partner
15 June 2026 France
Reporter: Tahlia Kraefft
Through the collaboration, the firms are exploring the potential launch of the Amundi Money Market Fund - Short Term on Whale, Ant International’s internal blockchain-based treasury management platform
People moves
Ondo chooses Hoffman
12 June 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis
John Hoffman joins the firm as managing director, head of product portfolios, from Grayscale Investments, where he served as managing director, head of distribution and partnerships
People moves
Pirum promotes Stillwell
12 June 2026 UK
Reporter: Hansa Tote
James Stillwell will lead product management for CollateralConnect, Pirum’s cross-venue collateral management and optimisation platform
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Building scale in tokenised collateral
As tokenised collateral moves from proof-of-concept projects to production-scale deployments, questions around interoperability, regulation, and market infrastructure are becoming increasingly important. Tonic’s Chris Watts, CEO and co-founder, and Steven Czarnota, head of digital, discuss the industry’s progress with Zarah Choudhary
Tokenisation moves from theory to infrastructure
Speakers at the Securities Finance Times Boston Symposium examined how digital assets are moving from experimentation towards institutional infrastructure, while warning that legacy systems, interoperability, and operational complexity remain major hurdles
The many sides of digital ETFs
Eamonn O’Callaghan, global head of ETF Product at CACEIS, examines the regulatory, operational, and custody considerations shaping the growth of digital ETFs and ETNs as investor demand for cryptocurrency exposure through traditional investment wrappers accelerates
Are stablecoins securities?
With regulators scrambling to classify digital assets, stablecoins sit on a fault line between payments and securities. Karl Loomes unpacks the emerging token taxonomy and what it means for investors across Europe and the United States
The custody battle for digital assets
As institutional demand for digital assets accelerates, Zarah Choudhary examines how traditional custodians and crypto-native firms are competing — and converging — to define the future of digital asset custody
Hitting the mainstream
Matteo Carminati, head of product at Komainu, looks at how traditional institutions have been taking up digital assets, and how the next phase will be defined by interoperability
Reshaping servicing models
Zarah Choudhary speaks with Eamonn O’Callaghan, Ireland-based global head of ETF Product at CACEIS, about the forces driving the expansion of ETFs and how digital assets and tokenisation could influence the future of the ETF ecosystem
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B2PRIME Group
Alex Tsepaev
With continuous markets, fragmented liquidity, and risk systems designed for a five-day work week, Alex Tsepaev, chief strategy officer at B2PRIME Group, talks to Matthew Challis about the operational gaps institutions still have to close
SCRYPT
Norman Wooding
Norman Wooding, founder and CEO of SCRYPT, sits down with Matthew Challis to discuss the operational realities of stablecoin adoption, non-negotiables for risk committees, and why programmable money is the missing layer between AI intelligence and institutional treasury execution
Davies
Tina Wilkinson
Tina Wilkinson, partner at Davies, explains why tokenisation has shifted from experimental technology to operational reality for asset managers and why, with current developments, the risk calculus has reversed
Lagoon Finance
Nadia Sergejuk
As onchain asset management moves from fringe to financial infrastructure, Nadia Sergejuk, co-founder at Lagoon Finance, explains why the next generation of asset managers will be built onchain and why the race to own that infrastructure is already underway
Tradeweb
Chris Bruner
Chris Bruner, chief product officer at Tradeweb, discusses how digital infrastructure, regulatory clarity, and institutional engagement are converging to modernise fixed income markets, from issuance and settlement to liquidity and post-trade efficiency
Ownera
Ami Ben-David
Hansa Tote sits down with Ami Ben-David, founder and CEO of Ownera, to talk about current trends, what sets the firm apart, and the tokenisation journey
PwC
Dr Michael Huertas
Dr Michael Huertas, partner and Global Financial Services legal leader at PwC, argues the EU’s fragmented property laws are undermining its digital asset ambitions. Speaking to The Digital Assets Edge, he proposes a comprehensive legislative solution to harmonise proprietary rights across traditional and tokenised assets
The Digital Asset Association Austria
Walter Mösenbacher
As global crypto platforms establish European headquarters in Vienna, Walter Mösenbacher, managing director at the Digital Asset Association Austria, outlines the city’s competitive advantages under MiCAR
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