David Newns was made Head SIX Digital Exchange in October 2021 with a mandate to lead SDX in building the next generation fully regulated digital market infrastructure and establish SDX as a leader in global institutional Digital Assets and Cryptocurrency services. David is an entrepreneur and financial services professional with over 20 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to SDX, he was Senior Managing director at State Street and Global Head of GlobalLink Execution Services. In this role he was responsible for the award winning Currenex and FX Connect independent multi-asset class trading platform businesses. Previously, David was Global Head of Currenex and SwapEx. Before that, he held the roles of Chief Operating Officer for State Street Global Exchange Trading & Clearing and State Street eExchange EMEA. In 2001 David joined Currenex as a founding member of Currenex’s London operation. Before joining Currenex, David held several positions in technical services at MicroStrategy, a leading global provider of enterprise software platforms for business intelligence.
Hall A (Level 2)
Decoding Digital Assets and Payments
This session explores the integration of digital assets into the financial system, focusing on the current state of infrastructure, markets, and regulations. Global leaders will assess the viability of business use cases that justify the integration, discuss achieving interoperability between different blockchain networks, and examine various digital assets such as tokenised deposits and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Join us to understand how these elements shape the future of digital finance.
Workshop Room 1 (Level 3)
Decoding Digital Assets and Payments
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This industry discussion will challenge the global regulatory stance on public blockchains. We will hear from financial institutions building digital asset businesses on private and public blockchains, debating the merits and challenges of both.
The session will:
- Explore what’s stopping institutions from embracing public blockchains
- Weigh the benefits of control versus scalability
- Discuss collaborative private sector solutions and the interoperability and regulatory requirements they must meet
Workshop Room 2 (Level 3)
Others
The curation of content and speakers was wholly managed by Chainlink and does not reflect the views of the organisers or its staff.
Join us for an insightful fireside chat with senior leaders from Chainlink, SIX Digital Exchange and AsiaNext, as they explore the future of finance. This discussion will delve into the ongoing convergence between traditional finance and digital markets, examine the progress made and the transformative impact on financial infrastructure.
Roundtable Room 2 (Level 2)
Decoding Digital Assets and Payments
This roundtable reflects Elevandi’s commitment to advancing adoption of frontier technologies.
In today's rapidly evolving financial landscape, the concept of tokenisation is helping to reshape traditional financial instruments issued by sovereign and corporate entities. The transformative potential is exemplified by several digital bonds issuances as part of Project Helvetia Phase III. Also, Project Promissa aims to tokenise promissory notes that are instrumental in raising funds for the World Bank and other International Financial Institutions.
The roundtable will bring together participants from the public and private sectors, the legal and regulatory community, and financial market infrastructures. It will explore the following aspects:
- The transformative impact of tokenising financial instruments, such as liquidity, accessibility, transparency, and efficiency.
- The multifaceted challenges of tokenisation, ranging from technical aspects such as security, privacy and interoperability, to regulation and compliance and coordination between diverse actors in the financial markets.
The objectives of this roundtable operating under the theme of Decoding Digital Assets and Payments are to i) understand the transformative impact of tokenisation and explore challenges and solutions, ii) promote collaboration and coordination between different stakeholders and iii) map the way forward by identifying opportunities and risks.
Attendees who wish to familiarise themselves with the topic may refer to the reference materials below.
- Project Helvetia Phase III
- Project Promissa