Isadora Arredondo is VP of Global Policy at Hedera, where she leads global engagement with regulators, policymakers, and industry stakeholders at the intersection of technology, finance, and public policy. She brings 10+ years of experience working in both the public and private sectors, more recently working as an advisor to leading financial institutions, investors, and tech companies on regulatory and policy issues across the EU and UK. Previously, she worked at the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority, where she developed regulatory policy for investment, payments, and digital assets firms.
Her early career included roles at the OECD’s Observatory for Public Sector Innovation, BCG, and the Economist Intelligence Unit, where she led policy-focused thought leadership across EMEA, US and Latam. She holds an MBA-accredited degree from Imperial College Business School and an MsC in Politics and Communications from the London School of Economics.
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The promise of blockchain settlement has always been atomicity - simultaneous exchange of asset and payment, with finality in seconds rather than days. Live pilots from major exchanges, custodians, and correspondent banks are proving the technology works; the harder challenge is rebuilding the legal frameworks, operational workflows, and legacy infrastructure that surround it. This session examines what it genuinely takes to move from today's T+1 standard to a world where settlement is instantaneous, global, and always on.