Antoine Martin, born in 1969, graduated in economics from the University of Lausanne and received his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota. He began his career with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 2001. Four years later he moved to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he went on to hold various leadership positions, for example in the Research and Statistics Group and the Money and Payments Studies Function. He held leadership positions as Senior Vice President from 2016 to 2022, and as Financial Research Advisor on Financial Stability Policy Research from 2022 to 2023.
With effect from 1 January 2024, the Federal Council appointed Antoine Martin as the new Member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, and thereby also Head of Department III (Money Market and Foreign Exchange, Asset Management, Banking Operations and Information Technology, as well as the Singapore branch office) in Zurich.
Hall A (Level 2)
Decoding Digital Assets and Payments
Join global policymakers in a dialogue on the regulatory landscape for digital money - EU's MiCA and beyond, while unravelling the intricacies of integrating wholesale CBDCs into banking and payment systems for enhanced efficiency and resilience.
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