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People moves
Datavault AI chooses Childe as CISO
20 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis
With over four decades of cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and DLT experience, Barry Childe joins the firm as chief information security officer, having previously worked at HSBC
Digital money
Visa introduces enterprise stablecoin platform
17 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis
The Visa Stablecoin Platform will support Open USD, an upcoming partner-governed US dollar-pegged stablecoin created by Open Standard, along with onchain wallet infrastructure, controls, and workflows
Industry
Marex makes USDC available as IM collateral
16 July 2026 US
Reporter: Matthew Challis
Circle’s US dollar-denominated stablecoin can be used by Marex clients as initial margin collateral, designed to assist in implementing digital asset portfolios while benefiting from blockchain-native rails
Technology
Galaxy launches Galaxy Curator built on Morpho
16 July 2026 US
Reporter: Zarah Choudhary
Galaxy Curator vaults are accessible through Fireblocks Earn, giving more than 2,400 institutional clients access to curated onchain yield strategies from within the infrastructure they already operate on
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Quality over quantity
David Parker of the Bermuda Business Development Agency and David Burt, the region’s Premier, believe the Bermuda Triangle is the relationship between the industry, an independent regulator, and the government. Parker, along with Marnus Kruger of ht.digital, explores how this unified thinking has given Bermuda its reputation as a home to “world-class” digital assets legislation, and why institutions are seeking it out as their Western hub
Tokenised collateral moves towards scale
Speakers at ISLA’s 33rd Annual Securities Finance & Collateral Management Conference explored how tokenisation, digital market infrastructure, and intraday liquidity could reshape securities finance
Paving the way for institutional entry
As digital assets become mainstream components of institutional portfolios, investors will expect the transformative benefits of these new assets to come with the same levels of trust they have in traditional assets. HSBC’s Fiona Horsewill, global head of Securities Services and Sean Mullins, global head of Digital Assets Product, explore
Intraday repo in a hybrid market
Murex’s Ramzi Khemakhem, repo product manager, and Dorothy Queant, securities finance connectivity manager, explore economic and technological forces behind the rise of intraday repo and examine how hybrid post‑trade architecture enables this activity to scale safely and effectively
Tokenised assets: Unlocking a real-time liquidity future
Collateral mobility and settlement efficiency are central for liquidity management, and as real-time settlement moves from theory to infrastructure, a transformation is underway, explain Deutsche Bank’s Monica Bolqvadze, capital and liquidity management, Treasury, and Sabih Behzad, head of Digital Assets & Currencies, Transformation
CASLA: Tokenisation’s future in securities finance
With tokenisation transitioning out of pilot phases and into production, a group of digital asset and financial experts at the Canadian Securities Lending Association explore how digital rails for collateral, cash, and securities are starting to reconfigure securities finance, and the key facets that will determine how fast these rails can carry real volume
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
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Apex Group
Agnes Mazurek
Agnes Mazurek, global head of product, Digital Assets at Apex Group, looks at the growing market for tokenised funds, and the rapid pace of expansion the market is seeing
Jump Crypto
Richard Patel
Jump Crypto's Richard Patel talks to Karl Loomes about Firedancer, and why its rollout could power Solana to support tokenised securities, real‑time price feeds, and high‑frequency trading, helping shift institutional capital markets onto open blockchains
DeFi Technologie
Andrew Forson
With restricted repo rails and daily NAV mismatches, coupled with AI agents propelling autonomous settlement, Andrew Forson, president of DeFi Technologies, talks to Matthew Challis about the execution hurdles tokenised capital must overcome
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
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