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Masashi Watanabe

Masashi Watanabe

Managing Director, Deputy Head of Digital Strategy Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Masashi Watanabe is a Managing Director, Deputy Head of Digital Strategy Division and Head of Digital Asset in MUFG Bank, leading the Digital Asset Business Development team based in Tokyo, Japan.

He has been involved in the bank’s business development for more than 25 years, including Transaction Banking, IT & Payments and Digitalization area, having worked abroad in London and Bangkok.

Prior to his current role, he took part in developing a payment platform utilizing blockchain technology in Tokyo.

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GFTN Insights

Roundtable Room 2 (Level 2)

Open

Tue, 6 May   |   04:00PM - 05:30PM

GL1 Dialogue: Market infrastructure for digital assets

The proliferation of tokenized financial assets across distinct networks has created significant challenges for both the private and public sectors, including issues of interoperability, scalability, regulatory compliance and security. A base layer foundational digital infrastructure, which facilitates interoperability and supports secure transactions of tokenised assets across such networks, could address these challenges while unlocking new opportunities for economic growth.

Global Layer One (GL1) is a collaborative initiative between the public and private sectors to foster the development of multi-purpose, shared ledger infrastructures, that will facilitate seamless cross-border financial transactions while meeting regulatory expectations. More information about GL1 may be found at

The GL1 Dialogue is a series of in person public-private dialogues to facilitate broader industry engagements around GL1. These dialogues seek to bring together financial institutions and policymakers to discuss and learn about developments in financial and asset tokenisation, and features key milestones and progress under GL1. This roundtable will discuss the regulatory and operational considerations in building an ecosystem of regulatory compliant digital infrastructure for tokenised financial transactions.

Amy Kim

Amy KimHead of Global Policy and Government Relations, Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies (BCDC), PayPal
Basak Toprak

Basak ToprakEMEA Head of Kinexys Digital Payments, J.P. Morgan
David Mills

David MillsSenior Associate Director, Payments Division, Federal Reserve Board (FRB)
Emma Butterworth

Emma ButterworthHead of Innovation & Payments Policy, Bank of England
Holger Neuhaus

Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation and Integration Division, European Central Bank
Isabelle Delorme

Isabelle DelormeGlobal Head of Product Strategy and Innovation, Euroclear
John O'Neill

John O'NeillHSBC Group Head of Digital Assets & Currencies, HSBC
Kelvin Li

Kelvin LiHead of Platform Tech, Ant International
Khai Uy Pham

Khai Uy PhamCross-border Wholesale CBDC Projects Leader, Banque de France
Maha El Dimachki

Maha El DimachkiCentre Head, BIS Innovation Hub - Singapore Centre
Masashi Watanabe

Masashi WatanabeManaging Director, Deputy Head of Digital Strategy Division, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Patrick Hansen

Patrick HansenSenior Director, EU Strategy & Policy, Circle
Rachel Pierce

Rachel PierceFinancial Technology Policy Specialist, U.S. Treasury - Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)
Ryosuke Ushida

Ryosuke UshidaChief Fintech Officer, Financial Services Agency of Japan
Thibaut Desouches

Thibaut DesouchesHead of Secondary Markets, Societe Generale-FORGE
Tommaso Mancini-Griffoli

Tommaso Mancini-GriffoliDivision Chief of the Payments, Currencies, and Infrastructure Division, International Monetary Fund
Alan Lim

Alan LimDirector & Head, Financial Infrastructure and Artificial Intelligence Office, Monetary Authority of Singapore
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