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Steve Cerveny

Steve Cerveny

CEO and Co-Founder, Kaleido

Steve Cerveny is the CEO and Co-Founder of Kaleido. Steve has over twenty years of experience in emerging technologies building, launching and growing enterprise products in a variety of business and technical roles. Prior to Kaleido, he led product teams at IBM, spearheading the creation of over a dozen cloud services and managed a strategic portfolio of software products. Steve launched the industry’s first blockchain managed service, developing new commercial approaches to meet the unique enterprise demands for privacy and scalability. Steve holds his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Computer Engineering from Case Western and an MBA degree from Duke University.

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GFTN Insights

Roundtable Room 1 (Level 2)

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Tue, 6 May   |   12:00PM - 01:30PM

Shaping the future of DeFi: Global standards, security and innovation in public blockchain infrastructure

IOSCO’s 2023 policy recommendations on DeFi emphasise the principle of "same activity, same risk, same regulation" to ensure that DeFi arrangements are held to the same standards as traditional financial systems. Against the backdrop of tightening regulations like MiCA and DORA in Europe and growing geopolitical tensions over digital sovereignty, regulators worldwide grapple with the challenge of applying IOSCO's principle to DeFi. How can innovation thrive while addressing critical issues of security, interoperability, and cross-border compliance?

This roundtable brings together regulators, blockchain architects, and financial innovators to explore the evolving role of DeFi and public blockchain infrastructure in global markets.

Key topics include:

  1. Global standards and geopolitics
  2. Tech neutrality and security in DeFi
  3. DeFi and tokenisation: Reshaping capital markets
  4. The future of staking and investor protection

Alan Lim

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

Eva LawrenceRegional Managing Director of EMEA, Figment
Iota Kaousar Nassr

Iota Kaousar NassrSenior Policy Advisor, OECD
Holger Neuhaus

Holger NeuhausHead of Market Innovation and Integration Division, European Central Bank
Jon Isaksen

Jon IsaksenHead of International Policy, Uniswap Labs
Lu Yin

Lu YinAPAC Lead, Solana Foundation
Olivier Brochand

Olivier BrochandSenior Policy Officer, Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
Ryosuke Ushida

Ryosuke UshidaChief Fintech Officer, Financial Services Agency of Japan
Steve Cerveny

Steve CervenyCEO and Co-Founder, Kaleido
Tomasz Kurowski

Tomasz KurowskiHead of DeFi & Enterprise, Nethermind
Adriana Ennab

Adriana EnnabExecutive in Residence, Global Digital Finance
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