Bridging the Divide: Harnessing DeFi to Modernise Traditional Finance - Powered by Chainlink Labs

As digital assets become core financial market infrastructure, the question is no longer whether DeFi and traditional finance will converge, but how. In this executive panel we discuss what it takes to achieve true global interoperability across onchain markets and existing financial infrastructure. This session will examine how blockchain-based models, combined with trusted institutional standards, are enabling programmable value transfers, real-time settlement, and seamless connection between banks, liquidity venues, custodians, and blockchain networks at scale.

The discussion will dive into the practical realities of how to connect private and public blockchains, enable secure cross-chain transactions, and overcome fragmentation across disparate networks and standards. We’ll also discuss the technical, regulatory, and cross-border coordination challenges that must be solved to reach critical mass, and what a future financial system looks like when DeFi and TradFi are one seamless interoperable ecosystem.