Metaco Talks | Crypto podcast on building the future of Digital Assets

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Riegelnig, Founder and CEO of recently launched institutional trading platform Rulematch. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investor...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Rajeev Tummala , Head of Digital & Data – Asia & MENA at  HSBC  Securities Services. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subscribe to not miss out future events: https://www.metaco.com/talks/ Metaco Talks Live conversations with the people operating at the frontier of crypto innovation: entrepreneurs, bankers, investors,...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by experts Ashveen Gopee from Mauritius and Angela Itzikowitz from South Africa to delve deeper into the digital assets ecosystems in Mauritius and South Africa and discuss the state of regulation, licensing requirements and adoption of digital assets in these markets and the broader region. Disclaimer: This is not investment advice. --------- Subsc...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Brad Garlinghouse, CEO at Ripple. Since 2016, Brad is the CEO of Ripple, the leader in enterprise blockchain and crypto solutions. Prior to Ripple, Brad served as the CEO of file collaboration service Hightail. Agenda – The paradigm shift toward the Internet of Value – Ripple’s role in assisting both financial and non-financial firms in navigatin...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by David Creer, Global DLT & Crypto Lead at GFT. David is a global leader in the Enterprise DLT field, being heavily involved in both the strategy defining and technical implementation of banking and enterprise projects. David is also a thought leader in the space and a prolific speaker on digital assets and blockchain. Agenda - Real-world digit...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by  Angela Ang , who leads Asia Pacific public policy and regulatory affairs for  TRM Labs , and  Vince Turcotte , Director of Digital Assets APAC at  Eventus Systems . Agenda 1. Frameworks for Risk Management in Institutional Digital Asset Management 2. An insider view of regulatory environments across Asia Pacific 3. Winning the digital asset race...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Lisa Wade, CEO at DigitalX, a publicly-listed blockchain financial company innovating at the frontiers of Web3, providing digital asset funds management services for institutional investors and development of blockchain-enabled products for capital markets applications. Agenda 1. Real-world assets tokenized funds: the why and how 2. Digital asset...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Richard Rosenthal, Principal in Deloitte & Touche LLP’s Advisory practice, where he specifically leads Deloitte’s Business & Entity Transformation integrated services and also Deloitte’s Digital Assets Banking Regulatory practice. Agenda 1. Digital Asset & Transformation projects in Banking (before and after the crypto winter); 2. U.S...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Marcus Gassmann , Senior Business Expert Capital Markets at  Union Investment , one of the largest asset management companies in Germany with more than 400 billion EURO assets under management – and as some people call it – one of the most crypto-friendly asset management firms on the market. We are also joined by  Benjamin Schaub , Chief Digital...

For this episode of Metaco Talks, we were joined by Paul Brody , Global Blockchain Leader at EY . Based out of San Francisco, Paul is responsible for driving EY’s initiatives and investments in blockchain technology across consulting, audit, and tax business lines, including the build out of EY’s first global SaaS platform Blockchain. EY.com .  Topics covered 1. Privacy-first, permissionless, open...

For this METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Kelly Chia , Deputy Head of Research Asia, Bank Julius Baer , covering digital assets, macro strategy, ESG and thematic investing. Prior to joining Bank Julius Baer in 2011, Kelly worked for Temasek Holdings, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund. Graduating as an engineer from Nanyang Technological University, he first worked at a General Electric join...

For this  METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Nitin Gaur , Managing Director at State Street Digital, a division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization. Nitin leads the digital asset and technology design, with aspirations to transition part of the company’s financial market i...

For this  METACO TALKS episode, we were joined by Simon TAYLOR , known among many others as co-founder of  11:FS , author of  Fintech Brain Food newsletter , and most recently Head of Strategy & Content at  Sardine  – an API platform providing compliance and instant settlement to the crypto & DeFi wallet industry. Simon started as a software engineer in Telco, befo...

For this episode of METACO TALKS , we were joined by Pedro LOPEZ-BELMONTE , Blockchain Lead at Richemont , the Swiss-based luxury company, owner of brands such as Cartier, Montblanc, Net-a-porter etc. Pedro is a Blockchain expert, mission-driven, leading business to generate value through emerging technologies and cross-tech innovations. Currently driving the blockchain & digital asset managem...

For this episode of METACO TALKS , we were joined by Jean-Marc STENGER , Chief Executive Officer at FORGE, a fully integrated subsidiary of Société Générale Group focused exclusively on digital assets. Jean-Marc has been with Société Générale since 2000, and has an active member of the European blockchain ecosystem for many years. Prior to help founding FORGE in order to expand Société Générale’s...

For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Catherine Bautista-Casas, Head of Blockchain Center of Excellence and Digital Asset Markets and VP Fintech Business Group at Union Bank of the Philippines. Catherine is a pioneer in blockchain in the Philippines and has spent the last 20 years at the forefront of innovation at Union Bank (in areas such as market risk, treasury and fixed income der...

For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Julian Sevillano, Managing Director and Head of Digital Assets at Promontory (an IBM Company). Julian leads Promontory’s client relations on the west coast – this includes developing strategies and solutions for their Fintech practice. He has spent the last 20 years experience in international payments and banking and building an impressive reputa...

For this episode of METACO Talks we were joined by Rehan Ahmed , Chief Product Officer and founding team member at Marketnode , a SGX & Temasek joint venture focused on digital assets. Within this role, he focuses on product development and the digitalisation of capital markets products including bonds, funds infrastructure and sustainable finance. As Head of Fixed Income Products & Digita...

For this episode of METACO Talks , we were joined by Izabella Kaminska , editor at FT Alphaville . Before that she worked as a producer at CNBC, a natural gas reporter at Platts and an associate editor of BP’s internal magazine. She has also worked as a reporter on English language business papers in Poland and Azerbaijan and was a Reuters graduate trainee in 2004. In this episode, we discussed, a...

For this episode of METACO Talks , we were joined by Rajeev TUMMALA , Director in Digital and Data team for HSBC ’s Markets &Securities Services Business in Singapore. He is engaged with Financial Market infrastructure providers on implications of DLT for securities issuance and associated asset servicing. Rajeev has worked with Broker Dealers and Securities Service Technology providers for ov...

For this episode of METACO Talks, we are joined by Kevin Lim, Director for the Blockchain Team at Temasek. He is heavily involved in the team’s venture building and ecosystem development activities and leads a series of strategic initiatives. Prior to joining Temasek, Kevin has worked in the Financial Institutions Coverage Team within Standard Chartered Bank with responsibilities over key accounts...

For this episode of METACO Talks we are going to be discussing digital identity with Greg Kidd, co-founder and CEO of Global ID. Greg is a serial entrepreneur, early investor in Twitter, Square, Coinbase, Filecoin. In a highly interesting career so far, Greg was also Chief Risk Officer at Ripple Labs and a senior analyst for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve in Washington. In his lates...

Our guest for this episode of METACO Talks is Mathias Imbach, Co-Founder & Group CEO of Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, founded on Swiss and Singapore heritage, operating globally.   Prior to Sygnum, Mathias was General Manager at RNT Associates, Mr. Ratan N. Tata's personal investment platform, where he joined as first employee. He led multiple venture capital and priv...

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Laurent Marochini, Head of Innovation at Société Générale Securities Services (SGSS), based in Luxembourg. Since 2018, Laurent is Blockchain Leader for the Group and founder of the Innovation Lab #LePlateauLUX Laurent is highly involved in the Fintech ecosystem. He is Co-Chairman of the ALFI (Association Luxembourgeoise des fonds investissements) Wor...

Our guest for this METACO TALKS episode is Swen Werner, Managing Director and Global Product Manager at State Street Digital – a new division of State Street Bank focusing on digital assets and technologies including cryptocurrencies, central bank digital currency, blockchain, and tokenization.  Swen is responsible for designing new products, leveraging different emerging technologies, includ...