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Hosted by
Karin Keller-Sutter
Federal Councillor & Head of the Federal Department of Finance, Switzerland
Dr. Alexander Thoma
Head of Digital Assets
PostFinance
Dr. Alexander Thoma has been working at PostFinance since 2020 and is currently the Head of Digital Assets. In this role, he is responsible for all
products and initiatives in the area of digital assets and represents PostFinance both internally and externally in this area. He holds a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in economics from the University of Zurich and is a certified digital assets analyst (CDAA). Before he came to PostFinance, Dr. Thoma co-founded Alethena, a pioneer in tokenization in Switzerland. Dr. Thoma is in the expert groups of the Swiss Blockchain Federation (SBF), the Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) and the Asset Management Association Switzerland (AMAS). He is also a founding member of Digital Assets Switzerland.
Speaking at
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1:20–2:00pmTue 23 JunForum StageKongresssaal, Level 1Open
Blueprint for Digital Assets
From Pilots to Plumbing: How Switzerland is Building the Infrastructure for Programmable Money
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H.E. Adrian Cachinero VasiljevicCo-founderSteakhouse Financial
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Dr. Alexander ThomaHead of Digital AssetsPostFinance
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Frederik GregaardChief Executive OfficerCardano Foundation
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Dr. Roman StuderChief Executive OfficerSwiss Bankers Association
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Stephanie K. WickihalderPresidentSwiss FinTech Innovations | SFTI
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Nicola PlainPrincipal Business Consultant Digital AssetsZühlkeModerator
About this session
Switzerland is not debating whether programmable money works - it is building it. Various pilots are now looking to answer the same question: how does programmable money move from laboratory to the infrastructure layer of everyday finance? This session examines where deposit tokens, stablecoins, and CBDCs serve genuinely different use cases, and what the rest of the world can learn from the Swiss approach.
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2:00–3:30pmWed 24 JunGFTN InsightsRoundtable Room 3, Ground FloorOpen
Blueprint for Digital Assets
Digital Money Meets Traditional Finance: Treasury, Cash Management, and Liquidity
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Dr. Alexander ThomaHead of Digital AssetsPostFinance
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Alvinder SinghHead, Innovation Acceleration OfficeMonetary Authority of Singapore
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Arjun Vir SinghPartner, Global Head of Fintech & Digital AssetsArthur D. Little
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Ashley BarnesHead of European Regional Treasury Centre CountriesHSBC
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Ceridwen ChooChief Executive OfficerCleanverse International Pte Ltd
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Jesse McWatersEVP, Head of Global PolicyMastercard
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Lamine BrahimiCo-founder & Managing PartnerTaurus
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Laura LohDirector, Portfolio Strategy & Risk Group Office; Director, Investment (Blockchain)Temasek
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Rahul AdvaniGlobal Co-Head of PolicyRipple
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Richard van ReesExecutive Director, Digital Money ProductsUBS
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Serena SebastianiGroup Chief Strategy & Venture Officer, Head of Regulatory AffairsFuze
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Yoyee WangGlobal Head of B2BByBit
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Steve VallasChief Executive OfficerBlockchain APACModerator
About this session
Stablecoins have crossed $300 billion in circulation. Tokenized deposits are live at various global banks. Yet for all the headline numbers, the hard question remains unanswered: how do programmable money instruments actually integrate with the treasury operations, correspondent banking relationships, and payments infrastructure that keep traditional finance running?
This session convenes senior practitioners from banks, corporates, and digital asset firms to examine the real friction points - legal, operational, and technical - where digital money collides with TradFi plumbing, and where the integration is showing progress. Participants will discuss strategies to scale the integration of digital assets within traditional operations, including updating risk management frameworks, adhering to regulatory requirements, and architecting interoperability across systems.
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