RULEMATCH Spot On

When crypto and digital assets start to spread across capital markets, some things have to change. Others do not... For banks, hedge funds, asset managers and others, some fundamentals hold true, regardless of whether capital markets move wholly or partially on-chain. To serve them - and change the industry in the process - Omer Suleman's Haruko brings a full suite of portfolio and risk manage...

The intersection of crypto and tokenization - and the crossover from crypto finance and traditional finance - is nowhere more clear than with the rise of stablecoins. While a handful of USD-backed coins have dominated until now, the landscape, with MiCA regulations and institutional appetite, is now changing. Except in Switzerland... To better understand how banks view stablecoins, what they still...

The potential for tokenization is massive - and that applies to the fund industry as well. When smart contracts can help streamline investor onboarding, subscriptions and more, the sky is the limit. Who has been building for this future? Apex Group, one of the world's largest and most sophisticated firms in the space. On RULEMATCH Spot On, host Ian Simpson sat down with Daniel Coheur, Global H...

Crypto markets are in constant flux. Not only do prices change, but liquidity ebbs and flows and market participants change their approach. How are financial institutions using their balance sheet to trade today? Is there a future for OTC and CLOB trading side-by-side? How might (big) banks position themselves for a tokenized world? Host Ian Simpson sat down with B2C2 Group CEO Thomas Restout for...

The largest financial institutions in the world are moving towards tokenized markets. Banks, custodians and asset managers all have plans to revolutionize financial markets. Some are faster than others... But how will it actually work? Are there some parts of the technology stack that are unsolved yet? How do we get beyond "tokenized wrappers" to true tokenized securities? Host Ian Simps...

With nearly half a billion in assets, Franklin Templeton's pioneering tokenized money market fund - popularly known as BENJI - is clearly a success. But…how did it come about? What does the $1.6 trillion asset manager think tokenized assets will do for capital markets? And what still needs to happen for blockchain rails to go “big time” in the global world of finance? Franklin Templeton’s Head...

Zürcher Kantonalbank is Switzerland’s 2nd (or 3rd…) largest bank by balance sheet. One year ago it launched a crypto service offering with much fanfare. Now in an exclusive session, RULEMATCH Spot On host Ian Simpson sat down with two of the main persons responsible for the launch of ZKB’s crypto services - Head Digital Assets Solutions Pedro Hubli and Product Manager Digital Assets Michael Rausch...

The largest financial institutions in the world are taking technology seriously - both as an opportunity and a risk. The same goes for the nascent crypto and digital asset industry. In conversation with Ian Simpson, J.P.Morgan Managing Director and Head Markets Digital Assets Scott Lucas discussed the tectonic plates moving in capital markets, the potential for DLT and blockchain to bring value to...

As the crypto and digital assets industry continues to “grow up” - a lot of hard work is being done. Some of it is known - some of it “under the radar”. And some of the most foundational work in digitizing capital markets is being supported by some of the largest TradFi trading houses in the world. In Part 2 of the episode, Chris Zuehlkle, Global Head of Cumberland, the crypto arm of DRW and RULEM...

Capital markets are in a state of flux - because of geopolitics, macro trends - as well as technology, like crypto and blockchain. But some things remain the same - a need for effective use of capital, transparency and reducing uncertainty. Chris Zuehlkle, Global Head of Cumberland, the crypto arm of DRW, knows all about it. From the early days of DRW’s foray into crypto, Chris has been involved i...

Sophistication in financial markets is inevitable. In crypto markets it is just getting started. And banks - especially those with a long track record in the industry - are set to play a key role. One of these is Bank Frick, a pioneering bank from Liechtenstein who has been active in the blockchain and crypto space since 2015. In this episode of RULEMATCH Spot On, host Ian Simpson sat down with Ad...

The future of capital markets is being formed today. But not everything is completely new...especially when it comes to electronic trading, risk management, and data quality. Low Observable Technology (Lo:Tech) CEO and Co-Founder Tim Meggs - a veteran of TradFi markets - sat down with host Ian Simpson to discuss how his firm is helping promote "ethical market making", build advanced data services...

Trading is deep in the DNA of Swissquote, one of Switzerland's largest digital-first banks. The forward-thinking firm was also early in the crypto market - in a big way. With Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Jan de Schepper, host Ian Simpson dove into the details of how Swissquote approaches its trading services for cryptocurrencies today - and how the bank's clients approach their invest...

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: During the World Economic Forum in Davos, host Ian Simpson spoke to Alexandre Kech, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). They discussed the evolving crypto and digital asset market, the need for universal identity to enable mass adoption of tokenized assets and the collaboration needed between public and private organizations to ena...

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: In Davos, host Ian Simpson spoke to Ronit Ghose, Global Head, Future of Finance at Citi. They discussed the changes in finance with the rise of crypto and digital assets, how banks are engaging with the "future of money" and what stablecoins and tokenized assets will mean for the industry.

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: During WEF in Davos, host Ian Simpson caught up with Sanja Kon, Vice-President Europe at Circle, the leading global stablecoin provider. They discussed the growing uses of stablecoins like USDC among financial institutions, the use cases for capital markets and the key ingrediants to support stablecoin usage as a part of the tokenized asset value chain.

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: In Davos, host Ian Simpson spoke to Anatoly Crachilov, CEO and Founding Partner of Nickel Digital Asset Management, one of the industry's largest and most well-established crypto hedge fund managers. They discussed the evolving crypto and digital asset market, with perspectives from Davos - as well as how big hedge funds are operating in crypto, the evolvin...

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: As MiCA regulations roll out in the European Union, European Commission Principal Economist Dr. Joachim Schwerin checks in with Ian Simpson in St Moritz - discussing reactions, potential global competition from other jurisdictions - plus the future of "public vs private" money, including stablecoins.

RULEMATCH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: From the UK to Switzerland and all around, Ellipitic CEO Simone Maini shared her thoughts on where the institutional crypto market is going, what role compliance and regulation has to play - and why the industry cannot "mess up" its big moment.

RULEMATCH Spot On Winter Edition 2025 - “Transformational and fundamental” - David Newns of SIX Digital Exchange talks with Ian Simpson about how important custody and collateral management are for digital asset markets - especially for trading. And why RULEMATCH and SDX are a perfect match to combine trading and custody services of the highest order.

RULEMATH Spot On - Winter Edition 2025: Digital Asset Co-founder and Head of Network Strategy Eric Saraniecki sat down with Ian Simpson in St Moritz to discuss the current state of institutional adoption in crypto, the (continued) rise of stablecoins, the need for privacy in crypto finance and where tokenization will go...eventually.

RULEMATCH Spot On Winter Edition 2025 - B2C2 Global CEO Thomas Restout sat down with Ian Simpson in St Moritz to talk about global liquidity in crypto markets, developments in 2025 and the activities of global hedge funds and trading firms in the digital asset space.

RULEMATCH Spot On Winter Edition 2025 - “TradFi experience and rules matter” - In St Moritz, Amar Kuchinad, Global CEO of Copper spoke to Ian Simpson and shared his experience in crossing over from traditional finance to crypto finance - including what unique experience he is bringing to one of the industry’s leading crypto custody and collateral management providers.

Offering innovative financial products based on crypto assets may sound exciting - but it isn’t easy. Especially for banks. What kind of structuring is needed? How is trading executed? What kind of risks are involved - and how can you control those risks? These are the kinds of questions that faced Vontobel, one of Switzerland’s earliest banks to offer crypto structured products. In the final 2024...

For financial institutions, there is only one way to do crypto - by the rules. Whether it is custody of crypto assets, asset management, wealth management - or simple trading, banks and securities firms have to follow the 'narrow path' to provide the highest level of certainty and security for their clients. This is top of mind for regulated companies like tradias - a spin-off of Bankhaus Scheich...