Institutional investors have toyed with the cryptocurrency markets for years. Where they are actually committed is to the wider digital asset markets, including both asset-backed and digitally native security tokens and digital forms of currency such as tokenised deposits, Stablecoins and central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
This is creating a demand for institutional-grade digital asset custody services, complete with regulated status, insurance cover and cyber-security assurances. This webinar will explore the emerging geography of digital asset custody, with a particular focus on asset safety, regulatory compliance, the range of services available, interoperability between the various blockchain-based networks and traditional markets and likely future developments.
It follows the launch in July 2023 of the first of a planned series of Future of Finance guides to digital asset custody for institutional investors (which can be found at Digital Asset Custody Guide), and will be based in part on its research findings and the issues they raise. Its basic thesis, as its title suggests, is that digital asset custody will come increasingly to resemble traditional securities custody as the digital asset markets grow.
That growth is likely to be driven by the tokenisation of issues that would previously have tapped the conventional capital markets, the migration of existing securities and funds to tokenised markets, and the tokenisation of real and alternative assets not previously available in liquid forms. Without the engagement of “real money” institutional investors that growth will be impossible – so the availability of digital asset custody services which institutional investors can reply upon is crucial.
Institutional investors want and expect their custodians to insulate them from the operational and safety risks created by investment, and digital assets are no exception. The initial issue of the Future of Finance guide to digital asset custody explores what this means in practice: the asset safety technologies employed, the policies and procedures adopted, the certifications sought, the insurance cover provided and the audits conducted. The webinar will explore these issues with an expert panel.
The Panel
Alexandre Kech
Head of Digital Securities Executive Board Member at SDX
Sean Mullins
Senior Vice President – Digital Assets and Financial Markets at Northern Trust
Mark Mayerfeld
CRO at GK8
Kelesi Blundell
Partner in the advisory Financial Services Regulatory practice at Herbert Smith Freehills
Moderated by Dominic Hobson Co-Founder at Future of Finance
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